This was as close a Baker Cup Quarter Final as you could have seen as Wellington were edged out by fellow West of England Premier League Somerset Division side North Petherton at home last Monday evening as the Red and Blacks lost by two wickets with a ball to spare.

Choosing to bat on winning the toss saw Wellington get 21 on the board through Ben Evett and Sam Whitefield, but two wickets in two balls from Gregory put paid to this good start, but Evett and skipper Arron Campbell with 37 and 22 respectively took the game back in Wellington’s favour as both played well.

Luke Desave with 22 made good middle order runs, but the innings did not quite realise the total desired, but Rob Moysey, Lewis Sparks and Macaulay Campbell scrambled some good late runs to see that Petherton would need 114 to win.

Wellington had two wickets to their credit by the time the score had hit double figures as Arron Campbell and Luke Desave struck and at 44-4 and then 54-5 the game was well balanced, but a fine attacking knock of 33 from Knight and 17 from Lambert got Petherton into the 90s and they were on course.

Wellington still came back and claimed wickets six, seven and eight as Sam Whitefield, Will Derrick, Luke Desave and Arron Campbell all tasted success with the ball and the last over came to pass with three needed and two wickets in hand and it went to the fifth ball of six, but Petherton got what they needed down to third man and had won a pulsating game and will play Ilminster, of WEPL’s Premier Two Bristol and Somerset Division, at Taunton CC in the Semi Finals.