Hi everyone

Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green cricket club.

Another fantastic week of cricket to report on with more great individual performances

Honours boards

Congratulations to all those who made in onto our honours board this week

Match Results

First X1 vs Horsham Trinity

• Green fall short against promotion candidates Trinity
• Trinity get off to a flyer with the bat, with opener hitting quickfire 50
• Green reel in Trinity due to destructive bowling spell from Nick ‘send off ‘ Klein (3-43)
• Sizzler hungry for wickets too, with impressive spell yielding 3-29
• Trinity tail wags, as they finish on 191 having been 77-6.
• Malcolm (67) and DJ (21) set solid platform for Green reply.
• Last minute heroics from Webber to no avail, as Green collapse from 73-1 to 149 all out.
• Jamie ‘FB official’ Self only other batsman to reach double figures with knock of 27
• Practice needed with the bat for 2nd half of the season relegation scrap.

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Second X1 vs Arundel

• Team left the pavilion full of confidence that 2nd placed Arundel were going to deliver the goods as usual and produce a cracker of a tea
• Skipper Frank does it again and wins the toss on what looks like a road of a wicket (he has his suspicions that it might not be the case and there may be something in the wicket early on)
• JCS and Frank open the bowling – Vickery strikes early on to remove one of openers.
• After short opening spell Eddie Ragg and Dan V replace opening pair.
• Dan Vickery shines with the ball to remove next 3 batsmen with some excellent straight bowling
• JCS snaffles one more in the slips to give Dan the man 4 scalps for 25
• Players concerned for the future of the Arundel countryside after Tommy Colbran tries to secretly sneak off to mark his territory against a bush
• Under 14 Richard Wilson clings onto a stunner of a catch to remove the backbone of Arundel’s batting line-up.
• Arundel slump to 164 all out in the 35th over.
• A solid tea from Arundel sees Wisborough in to a happy place with full tummies.
• Dan V and Calum ‘binary’ Price’ take to the crease
• Vickery survives first ball scare as he nicks one to slip only to be given his first of many lives.
• Some big hitting , slow singles and solid blocking see Wiz reach 123 before Calum ‘binary’ Price falls for 32 well run singles.
• Dan V falls 2 runs later as he tries to go over the top again, this time he picks the one Arundel fielder who could catch the soap in the shower , and is out for 83.
• After a small wobble inform man JCS combines with Eddie Ragg to knock off the winning runs.
• A second solid win against another top 4 team sees Green come off the bottom – long may this form and belief continue
• Next week is Broadwater. Pressure is on to find a team as its now the turn of the other joint captain to sign his life away. Good luck Chris Francis ! xxx

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Under 12 vs Lindfield

WGCC U12s bounce back with a comfortable win vs Lindfield

• Lindfield win the toss and elect to bowl first.
• Lindfield take early wickets with some very accurate bowling 
• Joseph Reed bats very well to retire unbeaten on 31.
• Lower order add to the total with valuable runs scored by Charlie Burchill and Fraser Williams (14 each)
• WGCC end on 124 for 6 after 20 overs
• Tight bowling from WGCC restrict Lindfield
• Piers Walters the pick of our bowler’s with 3 for 12.  
• Well done to Rufus Foden and skipper Tom Bonney who were also amongst the wicket takers
• WGCC fielded very well to defend their total with a great catch from Nathan Caddock deserving a special mention
• Lindfield end up on 95 for 5 off their 20 overs.
• Well done to the entire team who all contributed to the 29 run victory –   A great effort.

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Matches this weekend 

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Other News

Wisborough Green Sports News

BIG TV FUND

We’re almost there!  Ronnie ran a very successful “FIFA” night on Saturday which raised £80, the raffle is just shy of £100 and the donation box has raised nearly £140 so far!  Friday night will be the last day of the raffle for a bucket load of booze and also for the donation box so please check behind the sofa for all your spare change and notes!

BOOKKEEPER

After 11 years of amazing service Hayley is hanging up her calculator later this year as the Sports Association/Wisborough Green Sports Treasurer and bookkeeper so we’re looking for someone to take over the bookkeeping part (and potentially the treasurer role).  If you have bookkeeping experience and would like a few hours work per week then please get in touch with Hayley at Hayley@tulipaccounting.com for details about what is involved.

Dates for your diary

Sunday 21st July – Under 14 match in the morning followed by Presidents X1 vs Chairman’s X1 at 2pm . Teams to be announced next week.

And finally ….

Spotted out and about …

That’s it for this week – If there is anything we need to know, you know where to find us.

Have a great cricketing week

#UpTheGreen

Cheers

Wizzy

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