Club Update...

Club Update…

Saturday Season gets under way and Sun XI remain unbeaten!!

The 1st XI travelled to their old foes Addiscombe on Saturday where the home team found something other than the thunder and lightening very, very frightening!! Noman Ali ripped through the Addiscombe batting to finish with 5/35 as they were dismissed for 206 in the 44th over. The rain came in the interval and unfortunately the WICK was unable to even start their innings.

The 2’s also took on Addiscombe who currently sit two divisions above them in the Surrey Champ. Skipper Fudge surprised everyone by winning the toss and on a day hotter than a Turkish Bath, had no hesitation in batting. After a solid start and a well constructed 50 partnership between Fudge (40) & Jackson (24) the 2’s really should have pushed on from being 116/2 and posted 20 or 30 more than 145/6 they managed from their 40 overs. In reply Addiscombe showed greater fluency with the bat and despite some exceptional bowling from the luckless Unsworth and attacking lines from Lown (3/35) and McMullan runs flowed at a greater rate than wickets fell. Late spells from Goodwin (2/20) & Linter (1/24) almost got us back in the game but Addiscombe held on to win by 3 wickets with more than 4 overs to spare.

The 3rd XI under new skipper Nathan Singh took on a Banstead 3rd XI, a side fully 4 divisions above them. The 3rd XI gave debuts to no fewer than 7 players and despite the heavy defeat the skipper was buoyed by some of the performances. He singled out Ed Charlton (0/32 from 9) and Aqeel Ilyas (3/31 from 9) as two bowlers who did exceptionally well despite Banstead amassing 271/5 from their 45 overs. And in reply the skipper himself top scored with 33 in a total of 117 all out.

The Sunday XI was skippered by Matthew Davies this weekend and he wasted no time in scoring the 1st WICK century of the 2011 season. Mattyd bludgeoned his way to 103 and was ably assisted by Zohaak Tughral who scored 63 in a total of 250/9 in 40 overs. Never in trouble, the WICK easily defended the total restricting Hillingdon Manor to 125/9 in reply.

Road to Wembley

The 1st XI set off on the road to Wembley (more likely Godalming) in the preliminary round of the League Cup this weekend. The boys take on Carshalton C.C. at the WICK from 13:30.

Saturday 30th – Captains Night

Saturday League Captains, Matthew Davies, David Fudge & Nathan Singh invite you to join them on the home balcony this Saturday night as they will be shouting the first skipper’s jugs of the season. With the 1’s & 3’s at home and the 2’s just down the road at Old Hamptonians they though this would be the perfect opportunity to encourage people to stick around and sink a few beers on the balcony!!

Nets

Nets are this and every Tuesday from 18:00 – 20:00.

Don’t forget you can book 20 minutes batting coaching on the bowling machine with club coach Noman Ali. The next available slot is on the 17th May.

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