It was a beautiful day at The Willows. The outfield was dry and the pitch hard and true. The Willows decided to bat and unfortunately lost a wicket early, however a good partnership by Brent Fleming and Paul Miller saw us through to 68 runs and at lunch after 33 overs we were 102 for 4.

Sadly, the quality of the lunch was far too high and upset the quality of the batsmanship and The Willows lost 6 wickets for 22 runs in nine overs to be dismissed for 123 in 42 overs. All the Wellington bowlers performed well. Tom Valentine ended up with 3 for 21 and Henry Chandler 2 for 32.

In reply the Wellington batsmen took control early on despite some very good bowling from Riccarton High School debutant Nawid Mohammady and some economical bowling by Chris Mugford. Craig Gibb had a good spell at the bowling crease, being the most economical, but sadly 123 was not enough and the visitors reached their target in the 30th over.

Despite the quality of some Willowers performances we all very much enjoyed the occasion and it was lovely to see so many Wellington parents taking the time out to visit the ground. Many thanks to Wellington College coach, Duncan Murray and the team Manager Richard Peterson for their input. And once again our appreciation for high quality umpiring from Dave Miller and Ryan Jackson and the most detailed scorebook kept by Rob Seabourn.