The 1sts had a solid and promising start to the league season against Wincanton on Saturday.
Stand in skipper Tom Barton won the toss and decided to bat on a good pitch, hoping to control the game if it did rain and overs were lost from the second innings. A new opening pair of Mark Tomlinson and Sam Gillatt strode out to face Wincanton's medium pace seamers.
Both looked solid and accumulated runs effectively to take the score to 27 inside 6 overs before Mark chased a wide half volley and was caught at slip. Ray Rose and Sam shared a useful partnership of 33, with Ray putting away the bad ball well, before Sam departed dragging on for 18.
Ray followed him twelve runs later bowled by one that turned between bat and pad. Jon Rowe and debutant Ollie Horner put KSCC back on top with an important partnership. Ollie began slowly and was reminded repeatedly of this by some opposition members, whose sledging could only be described as ineffective and unintelligent at best. Jon rode his luck initially as a few tough chances were grassed by the usually sharp Winky fielders. However, he soon found some form, using his feet to attack the spinners, driving the ball effortlessly over the infield to continually find the ever decreasing number of vacant boundaries as fielder after fielder was pushed back. His 53 included 10 fours and with Ollie solid at the other end they added 57 at a decent run rate.
Both were caught in the outfield attempting to accelerate bringing together Ben Chant and Duncan Burles who together added a quick 30 but fell around the 170 mark just as they threatened to take the game away from Wincanton. Fortunately, by turning ones into twos and finding the occasional boundary, Freddie and Tom Barton were able to put on 35 in 5 overs before the captain was caught at long on attempting a shot beyond his batting capabilities in the 45th over. Spencer Churchill made a brief appearance in the final over, returning an impressive strike rate of 200 but more importantly a not out! Fred finished with an entertaining 30* in a total of 222-8 which the whole team (minus Derren who must be thanked for his umpiring and scoring efforts) contributed towards either in runs or presence in a partnership.
As soon as the second innings was about begin the rain came down and after an hour or more of pondering (and studying the rules for rain affected games) the match was called off. The result was a draw with us picking up 22 points and Wincanton 20. They seemed happy to escape with a draw.
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