Taunton Deane won the toss and batted first and saw Wylie and Axon make solid, but slow progress against the new ball as George Hooper, Adrian Lee and Sam Murdock let nothing go and had Wellington held their chances the partnership would not have realised the 56 in 20 overs of the 45 available.

It was broken by new signing Indika Weerawarna whose darting and biting spin took 3-33 in 9 controlled overs – he looked good with the ball and later with the bat too.

Wellington continued to spill chances too often for their liking, so it was left to the bowlers to do the job and Rob Moysey with 2-27 in 8 overs of leg spin did a fine job as always.

Deane skipper J.Squire hit a fine 65 as he used the short leg side boundary to good effect with eight fours and two big sixes.

Sam Murdock with 3-35 in 9 overs cleaned up the tail and Alex Sparks – who was captain on the day – took the last wicket to see Taunton Deane were all out for 187 with four balls left.

Charlie Davies slammed 23 in 13 balls as Wellington’s reply got off to a rapid start, but from 25-0 to 41-6 was a steep decline as Florey with an eventual 5-39 in 6.3 overs doing much damage to the Red and Blacks.

Rob Moysey and Max Capaldi steadied things for Wellington with a 29 run seventh wicket offering that came to an end when Moysey was caught off of T.Burgess for 15.

Indika Weerawarna hit a fine 33 as he and Capaldi added 66 for the eighth wicket and put some pressure on the home side, but Taunton Deane saw victory come with 9.3 overs left with Capaldi left on 48no when he ran out of partners.