Match Report: NECC vs Woldingham
It was time for the first game of the season and we had a trip to Woldingham’s lovely ground. It was a strange week as we had 10 for a while, had 9 on Saturday afternoon and somehow on Sunday morning we found ourselves with 11 players ready to go. It was obvious that both teams were looking to bat first, The toss went the way of Woldingham’s and they opened the batting. Aidan and new opening Bowler Josh got us off to a solid start keeping the runs down and Josh picking up his first wicket for the club. At drinks we were in a good position with the run rate down, due to some good bowling and excellent fielding in particular from Ed, Lee and Jez. Toward the end of their innings they picked up the rate to score some quicker runs but this allowed for some wickets, two going to Gideon in his first game for the club and Aaron also picking up one to open his account for the season. Woldingham finished on 196 and while this was a gettable target it left some disappointment that we l...