Week 15 Results

Division 1

Terling 149-3 v Braintree 141-4                                            Terling won by 8 runs  (10-5)                       View Card

Coggeshall 102ao v Witham 104-1                                     Witham won by 5 wkts (14-1)                       View Card

Division 3

Terling Reserves v High Easter                                           Terling Res won by Concession (15-0)  View Card

Rayne Res 139-2 v Woodham Mort Res 145-2              W. Mort Res won by 4 wkts (13-2)            View Card

Sunday January 16th 2022

Following High Easter's concession on Saturday just 3 games took place this afternoon and a trial of an orange ball.

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The game of the day on paper was reigning champions Coggeshall v current leaders Witham but it didn't live up to the billing as Witham hardly broke sweat to take a 5 wicket win. All but Rob Cross got starts for Coggeshall with Andy Goding and Barry Edwards passing 20, but nobody got to retirement as they stuttered to 102 all out with 4 balls unused. Witham made light work of the below par total and romped home in just 7.4 overs thanks to 25* from Matt Hart, 24 from Michael Glynn and 21* from Jake Wakelin.

Witham now have a 7 point advantage over Terling who had a much tighter win over Braintree, giving up 5 bonus points in an 8 run win. Dawsons Keith and Ryan both scored 25* for Terling but Braintree will be kicking themselves for conceding 59 wides and no balls from Terling's total of 149-3. Steve Hale seemingly enjoyed the Orange ball trial taking 3-19 and notably 2-4 in the 12th over. Braintree started well and at 74-1 from 7 overs were in a good position to launch an assault on victory, however Ryan Dawson and Craig Twin had over ideas as they slammed the brakes on removing Geoff Eveling, Steve Hale and Charlie Garner in the 8th an 9th overs whilst conceding just 13 runs. Dan Garner did his best to get the chase back on track but there was too much to do with 26 needed off of the final over. He managed 18 and took his own total to 69 not out but Terling consolidated 2nd place having opened up a 15 point gap over Coggeshall in 3rd. Braintree come out of the bottom 2 for the first time this season as they leapfrog the College.

The remaining Div 3 game of the day saw Rayne Reserves soundly beaten by Woodham Mortimer's second string. 31* from Duncan Fielding, 26* from Peter Shaw and 25* from Paul B brazier gave Rayne a competitive total to defend but Woodham came out firing and got home with 13 balls to spare. Dan Smith the main aggressor with five maximums in his 43* while Toby Pateman and Jack Preston scored 27* and 26* respectively to see Woodham home for the loss of just 2 wickets.

Feedback has really positive with regards to the orange ball so we will continue to use it in the coming weeks. We are awaiting delivery of a couple of boxes so fingers crossed we can keep the current one from getting lost or damaged until they arrive

MATT HART - Witham

500 games

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