On a very cold spring day (9°C) The Willows hosted the Peninsula Craz XI for the 21st time in the two clubs’ long association. The Willows won the toss and elected to field on a reasonably green track, which had been covered for a couple of days due to adverse weather conditions.

The Willows had the Craz in trouble early at 36/3 but an excellent innings from R Breitmeyer of 61 and the Craz middle order, got them up to a competitive total of 176 all out off 37 overs. All seven bowlers used by The Willows got at least one wicket apiece but the outstanding figures of the innings went to Jack Nuttall who bowled six overs, 3 for 11.

The game was reduced from 40 to 37 overs per team due to a rain shower in the middle of the Craz innings, where half an hour of time was lost.

The Willows innings started off reasonably well with Paul McEwan and Jonathan Davidson putting on 40 for the first wicket but The Willows lost too many wickets along the way and were always just a bit behind the run rate. The Willows ended up falling 10 runs short with nine wickets down. Credit must go the Craz bowlers who kept things tight and the wickets were shared around with the first four bowlers getting two wickets apiece.

Once again it was a fantastic day at The Willows and some excellent yarns were told over a sausage and a glass of port at the end of the day.