"The Risman of the night"

HWRCC DEFEAT CHERTSEY AND GO FIFTH IN LEAGUE

HWRCC - 231 ALL OUT (Lloydy 61, Risman 40, Robinson 28)

CHERTSEY - 108 ALL OUT (Robinson 6 for 18)

King's Field. Saturday. Summertime. Warm and sunny. Is there a better place to be in the world? The short answer is: no. The long answer is: "yes, well i could name you a number of better places actually including...wtf? Clearly this isn't the best place to be..."[*PUNCH*]. End of discussion. A. Risman doesn't take kindly to people criticising King's Field. Noted.

After the kids were cleared off the pitch, the game against Chertsey could finally take place. Calling the pitch a dustbowl would be being a tad too kind. It was like playing beach cricket without the talent in bikinis walking past. Don't get me wrong, the sight of a few men in whites can raise the old bed flute on the odd occasion, but for pure consistency, you get the picture....

The Wick batted first. Lloydy and Risman. Perfect conditions for batting, and the pair didn't hold back. Lloydy belted his first faced over for 12 runs. Risman wasn't too far behind either. In no time, the Wick had reached 80 for no wicket off just 17 overs. Lloydy and Rizzo soon "became bored" (there's no pleasing some people....), and Zo and Pradeep tried to keep the runs flowing. Zo hit a massive 6 off his first few deliveries and (you guessed it) was soon caught trying to hit a ball out of the park for the second time in as many balls. One often wonders if scientists ever did experiments on Zo for development of future products. You can just imagine someone setting up an electric fence, and rather than the exhibit touching it once then walking away, Zo would probably keep touching it just to piss off their experiment. His skipper probably feels the same way too...

DMJ, Harmy and Jimmy C then set about rekindling the innings after Zo, and then Pradeep, had given away their wickets. With Harmy's agressive shotmaking, combined with Jimmy's bottom handed 1s to fine leg, its was soon 170-6 off around 40 overs. Once Jimmy was dismissed, and Bendall threw his wicket away (and Lownsy) it seemed likely that 200 would not be made.

Enter Tommy Robinson and Eddie Charlton. In perhaps the most important innings both have played before, the pair put on almost 50 runs for the last wicket. It was a lesson to those above about what can happen if you apply yourself. Robinson looked as composed a batsman as anyone had seen, and Charlton appeared to gain confidence from time out in the middle. After Eddie was out caught, the Wick had reached a very strong 231 off 48 overs. It was a defendable total.

Teas - 7/10.

Harmy's return to the club has been positive and, alongside Eddie Charlton and then Tommy Robinson, the Wick had a strong bowling attack and were ready to get stuck into Chertsey. Harmy bowled line and length down the hill, and while Eddie went unrewarded for his efforts, it just brought in Tommy Robinson earlier than normal to pick up the slack. The boy bowled beautifully. Line. Length. At the stumps. Nothing more (well...perhaps the odd one that swung), but good consistent bowling. At 1 for 60 odd, it looked to be a contest to the end. After Tommy's bowling, it was game over. He smashed the stumps down five times. Five times. And picked up his 6th after Lloydy took a one hander behind the stumps. It was a brilliant spell of bowling, and the fact that Lownsy and Harmy could only pick up a few wickets between them (while bowling really well) just showed how good he had been. After 31 overs Chertsey were all out. 13 points. job done.

It was a fantastic team performance, and probably the best of season 2010. Two wins from two now and up to fifth in the league. Still a long way to go to get third place and grab promotion, but if the side can put a run together until the end of the season, a promotion might not be out of the question. Believe.

Wickman Junior