Woolpit 1st XI get back to winning ways
Woolpit 1st XI gained a crucial victory at the weekend and at the same time made it consecutive wins away to local rivals Lakenheath.
It was a good weekend for the club with the 3rds, 4ths, Ladies 1stand 2ndall winning their games.
The 1st XI were soon up against it when opener James Deeley was out lbw without scoring. Will Parker and Corey Polyak repaired the damage before Parker was out caught behind for 22. However, this brought Andy Northcote to the wicket, who along with Polyak played with a mixture of strong hitting and positive running to put on 100 for the fourth wicket. Polyak was out for 70, leaving Northcote to increase the scoring rate towards the end of the innings. He brought his 100 up with a pull back over the bowlers head for six, and eventually finished 119 not out from a total of 277 for 7. Pick of the Lakenheath bowlers was Leech with 3 for 44.
In reply, Parker soon had opener Rodic caught. Experienced pair Baugh and Leech then took the score to 84 before the former was bowled by Northcote. From then on, any thoughts of chasing down the target seemed quite distant, and despite a fluent innings of 42 from just 37 balls from Rob Horrex the scoreboard pressure always proved too much for the home side. Their innings finished in the 39th over on 173 all out. The majority of the wickets were shared between spinners with Deeley achieving figures of 3 for 29 and Northcote complimenting his performance with the bat with 3 for 17.
The 2nd XI lost to Walsham 1st XI by 8 wickets. Woolpit won the toss and the Walsham’s bowlers started out strong and several quick wickets fell. Kian Flannagan (31) and James Holmes (27) managed to stay in the middle long enough to get past single figures. Walsham’s Ben De Carvalho done all the damage, taking a five wicket haul and ending up with figures of 5 for 40 off 10 overs. Woolpit posting a target of 127 all out. Liam Bryant (41), Walsham’s captain led from the front with support from the number three batsman Oli Jackson (66 not out). Woolpit’s bowlers didn’t cause too many problems and Walsham reached 128 for 2 in just 26 overs.
Woolpit 3rd XI beat Long Melford 2nd XI by 8 wickets. Gavin Taylor won the toss and elected to bowl and Long Melford’s wickets fell at a steady rate with Brett Wright (25) being their only batsman to surpass the 20-run mark. Samuel Bradwell proved to be the most effective Woolpit bowler taking 3 for 23 off 11 overs. Long Melford set a target of 108. Woolpit had a young opening partnership, putting 82 runs on the board before George Tillbrook (35) lost his wicket but Merlin Stamper continued his efforts and finished on 66 not out. Matt Hoadley took both wickets that fell, but it wasn’t enough and Woolpit reached 112 in 24 overs.
Woolpit 4th XI beat Elveden 1st XI by 112 runs. Woolpit had a wobbly start losing two wickets for less than 30 runs but Rob Jack (46) hung around at the crease making it difficult for Elveden’s bowlers. Steve Firman posted some impressive figures taking 2 for 21 off 13. Woolpit ended their innings on 150 for 7. The Elveden batting line up struggled against Woolpit’s young bowling attack. Edward Flack was the only batsman to enter double figures scoring just 10 runs. Will Simmonds took 4 for 2 off his 5.3 overs and ended Elevden’s innings on 38 all out.
The Ladies 1st XI (114-0) beat Easton Ladies 1st XI (113 all out) by 10 wickets, the Sunday 1st XI (228-2) lost to Walsham Le Willows 1st XI (231-4) by 6 wickets and the Ladies 2nd XI (80-2) beat Maldon Ladies (79-6) by 8 wickets
On Monday the Woolpit CC U15’s played Kampong CC U15s, the Utrecht U15 touring team, (pictured above) with Kampong chasing down 184 winning the game by 4 wickets.