Bore draw ruins a good lunch
WNCC opened the bowling with Stanton B and Thompson R. ‘Tommo’ took a wicket with his 1st ball and another one 8 balls later, both bowled. The time was 12.05pm.
Seaman’s last over heroics seal victory
WNCC snatched victory from the jaws of defeat thanks to an astonishing last over from Captain Marcus Seaman.
WNCC down Burghley
Another cracking game of cricket at Burghley Park.
WNCC batted first posting 276. Paul Richardson and Harry Kennedy, both opening on debut, launched WNCC off to a flyer with 11 from 10 overs, then let rip.
Team Sutton to the fore in 540 run thriller
Another wonderful game of cricket was edged by WNCC in the penultimate over as we chased down 270. Felsted won the toss and elected to bat and by 3pm had 220 for 2 on the scoreboard.
West Norfolk Youth hold back the tide but King Canute Russell is eventually overun
FF won the toss and batted. What an incredible display of batting by classic Wandering performers. Andy Mawson timed a majestic 143 and led FF to 294 for 2 off 55 overs.
WNCC show improved performance from the year before
Following last year’s convincing loss, WNCC performed better this year with a tidy bowling attack and some good keeping by James Holden.
As the Freddie Mercury tribute band warms-up WNCC season reaches crescendo …
“It’s a beautiful day” that saw nearly five hundred runs scored in 76 overs, on a wicket that was more “Save Me” than “Play the game”; with the skipper and the host warming up for their “Bicycle Race”, Mike (“My Fairy King”) Fairey led a team that was more “Fat Bottomed Girls” than “We are the champions”.
West Norfolk Steady Batting Performance Upstaged by Young Granta Unbroken Victory Partnership
Rusty batting and some very unlucky bowling (if not the occasional wide delivery) allows Young Granta side to impose a humiliating blow to WNCC
WNCC maiden 2012 victory