Cricket Web Red vs Cricket Web Black
at the Pickford Reserve
The Reds continued their resurgence in Pickford, beating the Blacks by a comprehensive margin of 76 runs. Ian Markus and James Stedman continued to press on in the Dev League record books, as they piled up another double century stand for the first wicket.
The Black were largely deflated by the time Markus was run out, and CW Red maximized for a total of 319/4.
Such a large ask is never easy, but when Rich Edmunds quickly dismissed Smith and Fitzsimmons, it meant the Blacks sought after the near impossible. Darren Dubb-Lynch and Chris Butler sought to restore a measure of pride to the bruised Black outfit, but could do little more than to narrow the defeat to less than 100 runs in margin.
Cricket Web Red 319/4 (50 overs)
Cricket Web Black 243 ao (44 overs)
Cricket Web Red won by 76 runs.
Man of the Match: I Markus
Cricket Web Blue vs Cricket Web Colts
at Goffmouth Park
Yet another brilliant clutch performance from Ben Wilshere sealed a classic last over win for CW Blue over the Colts. Wilshere only scored 11 runs, but hit a six off the second ball of the final over with 4 runs needed from the last 5 balls.
It was an excellent chase from the Blues all the way down, set up by the strokeplay of Andrew Cloete and Liam Camps at the top of the order. Brendon Goff signed his return from injury with a quick duck, but Dinu DeSilva rose to the occasion under pressure.
Hancock took crucial wickets for the Colts, but he and Comley struggled to contain the Blue batsmen after the excellent work of Wright and McKern. A total of 248 just wasn't enough for the home side to defend, though they fought to the very end.
Earlier the Colts chose to bat first on the friendly Goffmouth Park wicket. Camps bowled well at the start and then at the death, but Jasotharan's half-century was followed up by a couple of busy innings from Burke and Comley down the order.
On a rare occasion Nath Patrick failed at the end of the innings, but the disappointing middle order showing from the Colts told as much as needed in the final result.
Cricket Web Colts 247 ao (49.5 overs)
Cricket Web Blue 250/6 (49.2 overs)
Cricket Web Blue won by 4 wickets.
Man of the Match: LA Camps
scoring slow 16 and 44 in the match.
