Wellington Cricket Club

Trevor Brooks sends the following message to all WCC players

Following on from the players survey which I completed I have been asked to join a workshop/focus evening at the county ground in Monday 3rd June.

Has anyone else from the club been asked?

I understand that this is being run to obtain a players view on amateur recreational cricket to enable the ECB to consider the future of cricket at grass roots.

Whilst I have my own views I thought it would be good to ask if any Wellington CC members want me to take forward their opinions and ideas on their behalf.

Please e-mail your thoughts to Trevor at trevorbrooks848@msn.com by month end so that they can be taken forward.

Paul Short (Capt), Alex Sparks, Neil Hendy, Leo Goodman-Jones, Rob Moysey, Luke Desave, George Hooper, Scott Davey, Ian Hewson, Aks Latifi (Wkt), Indika Weerawarna

Meet at Football Club at 11.30am for a 1.00pm start.

Details from Paul Short.

We will host WEPL Premier Two side Taunton Deane A on Monday 3rd June from 6.15pm in the Quarter Finals of this year’s competition.

This was a stunning Baker Cup First Round win for Wellington at WEPL Premier Two side Chard on Monday evening and the reward for this endeavour is to host Taunton Deane A on Monday 3rd June in the quarter finals.

Wellington batted first against last season’s runners up and were 15-2 in four overs as C.Scott with 3-25 in 5 overs of good left arm spin did well for Chard first up, but Leo Goodman-Jones with 14 and skipper Paul Short with 61no fashioned a better position for Wellington as Short angled and swept often on his way to a fine half century.

Rob Moysey, Luke Desave and Scott Davey all got in on the act to see that Wellington got to 120-5 in their 20 overs.

Chard were kept in check by Luke Desave and Jack Beal and the wickets came as Hurley and Glentworth were both bowled by Desave and Hayes with 24 offered a soft chance to Alex Sparks at mid wicket.

Wells-Burr with 25 was getting motoring when he was run out in a farcical manner and this saw the door opening for Wellington and although C.Scott took 14 from the 19th over Paul Short held his nerve to bowl a fine last over and secure a passage to the last eight for his side.

Taunton Deane A – another Premier Two side – will be a tough task, but if the team play as they did here anything is possible

Wellington made it two West of England Premier League Somerset Division wins out of two with this stunning success at Winscombe last weekend when they put the home side’s attack to the sword and took them for nearly 300 all told before successfully defending the total with a lot to spare.

Paul Short elected to bat first on winning the toss and after losing a wicket at eleven the skipper and Alex Sparks set about adding 74 for the second wicket; Short made 31 with a great mix of shots and angled glides, Sparks made it to 56 and played very well to leg – both were out caught and at 120-5 Wellington were at a crossroads in their innings, but the power play of Indika Weerawarna with 83 (seven sixes) brought the game back to Wellington as he played a blistering knock with great support coming from Rob Moysey’s 17.

Scott Davey with a league best of 41 was run out on the last ball of the Wellington innings as the Red and Blacks posted 292 in 50 long overs for the home side whose best offering with the ball was Cureton with 4-53 in 10 overs, but the Winscombe bowlers collectively lacked direction and accuracy as they sent down 37 wides all told.

Wellington’s bowling was much more considered and accurate, but still struggled to make the breakthrough as Cureton with 51 and Durrance-Paul with 36 locked down a 78 run opening stand that was finally broken when Neil Hendy (3-31) induced Cureton to play on.

From then Winscombe folded somewhat as their score dipped from 111-1 to 127-7 as Rob Moysey with 3-29 got involved and an early finish was on the cards, but Lunn with 42 and I.Fraser with 26 added some gloss to the home side’s effort and although Luke Desave claimed two wickets in his last over Winscombe still had enough in them to get to the fourth batting point off of the last ball of the game.

Wellington take 19 points to Winscombe’s 9 and host Westlands this coming weekend.

Paul Short (Capt), Alex Sparks, Neil Hendy, Luke Desave, Aks Latifi (Wkt), Rob Moysey, Sam Murdock, Scott Davey, George Hooper, Ian Hewson, Indika Weerawarna

Depart from Courtland Road Car Park at 10.45am for a 1.00pm start.

Details from Paul Short.

There is no game at home in the Preliminary Round of the Baker Cup tomorrow evening as Bagborough are unable to raise a side.

We therefore progress to the First Round and we play at Chard on Monday 20th May.

This was a fine riposte by Wellington as they secured a 41 run win in their opening home West of England Premier League Somerset Division game last weekend and provided the best response going following the previous week’s disappointment at Ilton.

Wembdon – runners up last season – asked Wellington to bat first and the visitors struck early when Neil Hendy was adjudged LBW, but in the showery and damp conditions Paul Short and Aks Latifi prospered against a Wembdon attack that employed many bowling changes and they got Wellington to 53-1 when two overs were lost from the game; Short was out for 22 with just one more run added.

Sam Murdock joined Latifi and played a mature knock of 19 that contributed to a stand of 66 for Wellington’s third wicket; by now Latifi was playing with freedom and mixed delicate glances with his trademark forcing game.

In the end he made 95 and was caught on the boundary going for glory.

Tom Baycock – who had a fine all round game – made a feisty 24 that saw Wellington to 213 all out in 49 overs – for Wembdon Gower took 5-46 in eight overs of  ‘mixed’ leg spin.

Wembdon’s reply started well as Gower and Puddy put on 68 for the first wicket until Rob Moysey induced Puddy to hit hard once too often and Tom Baycock took a good catch.

Wembdon had wickets in hand, but they got bogged down and by having to force the rate they were always liable to lose wickets and they did; another wicket for Rob Moysey as he took 2-35 in 10 overs opened up the middle order and with Neil Hendy letting just 20 runs go in 10 overs Wellington were in control.

Paul Short with 1-35 (the wicket of Gower for 41) and Tom Baycock with 4-34 saw the game was ended in the last over when George Hooper – who fielded excellently – ran out Watts.

Wellington took 19 points from the game and Wembdon 8 and the side are away to Winscombe on Saturday.

http://www.somersetcricketboard.co.uk/player-survey

The Somerset Cricket Board are canvassing the views of the County’s playing community and would like ALL players to take a few minutes to complete their survey at the above address.

Please show that WCC is at the forefront of recreational game in Somerset by providing a good level of response at this time.

Wellington’s return to the West of England Premier League after a 12 season absence was disappointing as the team, shorn of skipper Paul Short by illness, failed to develop a fifty one run opening stand to be shot out for 84 in 23 overs at Ilton last weekend.

Alex Sparks – deputising for Short – won the toss and elected to bat first and it was he and Neil Hendy who laid into some wayward Ilton bowling to get 51 on the board in just nine overs as both played a number of good and emphatic shots to a selection of overpitched and wide deliveries and all looked good, but Sparks was caught behind chasing a wide one for 26 and Hendy was trapped LBW for 19.

Hendy’s dismissal was one of seven for Ilton skipper D.Price who took 7-17 in 8 fine overs of controlled medium pace.

Apart from Indika Weerawarna’s 17 the middle and lower Wellington order were despatched within half of the overs being bowled.

Ilton – through N.Price with 44no – got over the line and to 21 points within 18 overs to leave Wellington with zero from the game.

Rob Moysey with 1-36 was Wellington’s successful bowler.

A home game with last season’s runners-up Wembdon is next up.