The teams acknowledged the passing of Bob Wills, for whom the match trophy is named, by having the flag at half mast and a moment’s silence before play. We were also fortunate to have his grandson Jamie to present the trophy at the end of the match. The Willows won the toss and decided to have a bat on a wicket that had plenty of pace and bounce. Rhys Petrie made a positive start to the innings contributing 42, while the momentum was continued by overseas player Ross Whitfield who made a stylish 51. The batting innings was in the balance after the top 4 were dismissed but past players Campbell Fowler and Jesse Valpy steadied the ship with Campbell hitting a quickfire 81 and Jesse making 53. The Willows made 279 for 7 in their allotted 45 overs, with the wickets shared around.

The SKC innings got off to a rocky start as Liam Direen bowled with good pace and Jacob Fowler was as accurate as ever. Experienced pair Jack Kelly and Hunter Growcott got some momentum into the SKC innings before Jack fell for a well compiled 51. Hunter continued to rotate the strike well but some tight bowling from The Willows restricted SKC to 200 all out. Hunter was unlucky not to make a well-deserved hundred falling for 92 in the last over.