Woodmansterne 2xi vs HWRCC 2xi - Match Report by Immy

Woodmansterne 2xi vs HWRCC
HWRCC 183/9 50.5 Overs
Woodmansterne 118/10 29.1 Overs Fahad 6-33, Naveendra 4-24
HWRCC wins by 65 runs

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It was Derby day in Epsom, so we had to leave early. Keith suggested that we take the M25 to avoid the traffic. The Sat Nav kept telling us to turn around but we followed the M25 route, trusting Keith. The journey was 3 times longer than the normal route. Interestingly, the guys that took the normal route reached Woodmansterne earlier...

Anyways, it was the first “timed game” for us this season. We won the toss again and elected to bat first. Byrne and Golbourn opened up for the WICK. It was looking a steady start from them but didn’t last long, with Goldy caught at point. And then wickets started tumbling from one end. Byrne showed a bit of resistance but was unlucky when the ball rolled on to his stumps and just flipped the bail. The positive was that everyone contributed with a few runs. Naveendra played a very good innings, holding one end open and also played some lovely shots. He is a class act. Surprisingly Aqeel supported him well (scored 20 with 3 fours). And together the took us to 183 which was looking unlikely at one point.

Then it’s all left to our reliable bowling attack. Fahad and Aqeel started the proceedings. Fahad looked in very good rhythm from the very first ball. He bowled really quick. Got the early breakthrough that the skipper was looking for. The opposition showed some intent to get the runs quickly. Their number 3 batsman was looking to get all his runs in boundaries. He got a huge nick to Matt Rudolph off Aqeel’s bowling. We all were convinced even the non-striker, but, like the driving route earlier, the Chairman thought otherwise. But the No 3 didn’t last long and got out for 24. Wickets then fell at regular intervals and it didn’t allow them to settle down. From the other end Junaid kept things quiet, but we needed to bowl them out. Naveendra was introduced and he was just too good with his line and length and took the last four wickets in no time. Jamie Craddock also bowled couple of overs, he is still very young, he has the potential to be a very good bowler!

It was again a very good performance from all 11 players. It’s the self belief, passion and energy which are winning games for us. Now 4 wins in a row! Great, keep going guys!

MOM: Naveendra Weerakoon - Scored 42 and took 4 wickets