Wrecclesham Pushing for Promotion

Wrecclesham completely overpowered a youthful Puttenham side to stretch their unbeaten run to 18 games and to climb to the summit of Division III.

On a day where the conditions were superb for cricket Skipper Boniface lost the toss and the Owls were put into bat.

As events unfolded it proved a blessing in disguise as it enabled the Mighty Wreccers the chance to grab a valuable 2 bonus points.

Regular opening pair Chris 'Uzi 9mm' Spooner and Matt 'MB is he on E?' Parkinson took the shine off the new ball well and generally started in confident fashion against some decent bowling.

However the Herald's favourite son Chris Spooner got one that popped from the consistent Seenach which sparked jubilation from the visitors.

But the days of 'get Spooner out and your amongst them' at the Wrec are well and truly over as Parkinson and James 'Aurora 2' Wright proved in emphatic fashion.

Parkinson in particular settled in immediately and put pressure on the Puttenham openers with excellent application and sensible shot selection.

This coupled with Wrights natural ability to score quickly, devastated Puttenham and they never mounted a meaningful recovery following a very decent partnership of 90 odd.

Parkinson, who had previously been noticed more for his bar bill than his cricketing ability, has been charged with opening the batting this year.

He has improved immeasurably and showed great maturity for his 56 and undoubtedly now adds another string to the Wreccers batting bow.

Despite Parkinson's efforts James 'he can drink a bottle of wine in under 5 seconds' Wright (102) was determined not to be upstaged and played a typically cavalier knock which saw him reach 3 figures inside 20 overs, sharing another sizeable partnership with Chris 'the Rock' Windeatt.

Wright has always threatened to score big on a consistent basis and with his promising start this season it could well be the year it all comes to fruition.

Despite a mini collapse which saw wickets fall steadily and some rather unothordox slogging, with the exception of an ever reliable Windeatt innings and a decent Hammy cameo, the Wreccers amassed an ominous looking 245-9 from 41 overs.

The Owls knew that despite having a large total they could take nothing for granted as they tucked into yet another superb tea.

The WAGS, like the sun, were out in full force and in fine voice as the Wreccers set about getting amongst Puttenham.

Oli 'Bondi Beach' Caston (4-28) who once again looked conspicuously like a young Dale Winton in the tan stakes, opened things up and was as ever, right on the money from the off.
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His accuracy and knack of tying good batsmen down coupled with Spooner's (5-32) variety and ability to swing the ball has proved to be a key partnership this year as, with the aid of some rather tidy and somewhat trademark fielding from the likes of Dave 'Mind your windows' Vasey and Graeme '1000 wickets Jonty Rhodes' Larby, the pair skittled through the Puttenham line up with a minimum of fuss.

The Wreccers are on a real roll now and if they can keep this momentum going in the next few weeks they will surely be considered real title candidates.

Afterword by Joe Boniface

A fine performace from the boys once again.

Wrighty, a superb knock from you mate, a real joy to watch as ever. You must have the best array of strokes in the league.

Parky, once again a solid performance and you are growing into your role as opener with every game - a superb decision I might add!

Oli and Spoons, you two are thriving off each other and bowling really well, it's great to see and long may the banter continue!

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