Torrid Twoo's Tumble against Headley

Deep in the dark, mysterious forests surrounding Bordon and Oakhanger, the Wrecclesham Twoo's set forth and journeyed to have a match. A match that would decide once and for all who would be the greater, Wrecclesham or Headley! - well, until next year.

Mitch 'Golden' Brown was bestowed with the 'skippership' for this occasion and won the toss, putting Headley into bat.

Conditions were overcast and showers looked incredibly likely. Mitch and Leo-Jak Carter opened the bowling and proved to be totally opposite in their approach. Mitch came storming in and sent down some very deadly deliveries. However, anything loose was punished by Headley's Graham Pullen. Leo, on the other hand, was very cautious, bowling incredibly accurately and tying down the Headley batsmen. It is no surprise then that within a short space of time he removed 2 batsmen, bowled in short succession. Admittedly, Mitch was not to be left behind and bowled an absolute peach to remove Rob Turner.

After a rain break of 4 overs, Headley rallied and posted a partnership of 55 between Algie Trotman (53 runs) and Graham Pullen (49 runs). To counter this surge, Darren 'Dazzling Wheels!' Bridger and Scott 'On a hat trick!' Newman were brought on and posted immediate results. Scott maintained his fantastic form with 10 - 1 - 37 - 3. One of his wickets happened without him knowing it! He came running in, bowled, tripped, fell teeth first on to the pitch and only knew he had bowled someone when Mitch came over and told him!

Matty James and James Merryweather (no relation) were brought on to keep up the pressure. Though their success was more limited, they did make inroads when James Merryweather had Ben Dudley caught by Darren 'It's that man again!' Bridger.

Leo was brought back on finished off the tail bringing back fantastic figures of 9 - 4 - 6 - 4, leaving Headley III all out for 154 off 39 overs.

Wrecclesham started their innings much the same as the previous match, with Dave 'Boom Boom' Vasey and Barry 'Treasurer to the Stars' Croucher opening the batting. However, after a normal start, both were undone adjudged LBW off the bowling of Callum Hawlin. James Merryweather followed not soon after, caught and bowled off the same Callum. Neil Harris was sent back to the pavilion not much later by the bowling of Connor Commander, leaving the Twoo's 31 for 4.

This left Mitch 'Skipper' Brown and Scott 'Sooooooo nothing like Usain Bolt' Newman with a mountain to climb. They put on a partnership of 84. They dispatched the ball to all parts of the ground. At one stage Headley had 5 fielders on the leg side, so Scott and Mitch sent the ball to the offside instead! Had the first four wickets posted 18 runs each, the Brown/Newman partnership would have won the match. Too much was required of them and the sweat they were perspiring after their long innings was a sign of that. Mitch and Scott fell for 46 and 29 respectively in a very short space of time. Unfortunately, no-one else really stood up against the Headley onslaught lead by Callum Hawlin (12 - 3 - 22 - 6). Too many Wrecclesham wickets fell by players playing loose shots against deliveries heading for the stumps. The last five wickets were all bowled, with L. J. Carter the last man standing. The Twoo's were all out for 132 off 41 overs, 22 runs short with a lot of lessons to be learned.

by the Ginger Owl