After flying down especially for their fixture at The Willows, the Wellington College 1st XI looked like a tight unit bowling first, with a great display of fast bowling from their two openers. After taking a three year sabbatical from the game, Willower Paul McCarthy put together a well compiled 71 at the top of the order. He had capable assistance from Brad Doody who made 47. Even after 25 overs of intelligent spin bowling from the Wellington attack, The Willows finished with a very respectable 252/6.

Young pace bowler and Willower, Sam Baxendine displayed a superb combination of pace and swing for his 3/38 off his allotted overs. The standout for the Wellington College XI was Raketha Weerasundara with his inning of 61; Raketha was also part of The Willows tour party to Sri Lanka earlier this year. Leg-spinner, David Wakefield finished off the Wellington innings by ripping through the middle order ending with figures of 2/32 off his 10 overs.