Wizzy News 29 May 2019

Hi everyone

Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News.

Another great week of cricket to report on again this week with a number of our teams in action.

As the season progresses its always good to see how the performances of some of our senior players fare against other players in their division.

Click here for the performance stats for all the players in the 5th division of the Sussex league (our First X1 )

Click here for the performance stats for all the players in the 8th division of the Sussex league (Our Second X1 )

Great to see some Wisborough names at the top of the table – keep up the good work lads !

Honours board for the week

Congratulations to all the players who made it onto the honours boards this week.

Match Highlights

First X1 vs Pagham

Green complete all round display of the season as they blow away Pagham 2’s
Law continues fine form with the bat after hitting 66
DJ, Stu and Talcs also in the runs with 31 a piece
Doddy and Hoppo weigh in with good contributions
Green set Pagham target of 271 to win
Pagham come out blocking in 40:40 as Green dominate with the ball.
Rainford and Self create the early pressure
Only Farmer misses out on the Pagham harvest
Catching at its finest since the Wisborough Green fishing competition in 2001 as DJ, Sizzler, Law and Doddy make light work of tough chances
Next stop the seaside for the Green

Click here for the full scorecard

Second X1 vs Crawley Eagles

Second X1 featuring 7 young guns and 4 Francis’ miss out on victory against Crawley Eagles 4th X1
Five under 14’s or younger colts (Oli Warmington, Alex Philp, Harry Dancaster , Ben Carpenter and Harry Hunter) handed senior debuts in thrilling encounter
2018 batsman of the year , Callum Price , looks to defend title with half century. Commentators curse puts end to innings
Jimmy and John Francis in the runs too, as Green set 150 total.
Frank Vickery on fire with the ball, as he claims 6 -32
Harry Hunter claims first senior wicket . Other colts unlucky to not take wickets too.
Fine fielding display with great catches from Oli Warmington, Ben Carpenter and Chris Francis
Skipper Francis comes to realisation that death bowling is possibly not his greatest attribute as he is launched for 6 to see Crawley over the line with 9 wickets down.

Click here for the full scorecard

Under 14 vs Horsham

Under 14’s put into bat against strong Horsham side which includes 5 Sussex players
Skipper Joe Bonney gets innings off to a good start with some great shots
Harry Hunter continues good form with the bat to finish off with 18 not out
Green set oppo target of 94 to win after 9 wickets fall
Horsham get off to a good start as bowlers stick to their task
Zac Whittle, Hamish Ramsay and Joe Bonney bag a wicket each
Good fielding from the Green restricts the extras
Horsham’s Sussex batsman retires on 40
Oppo reach their target with just over 2 overs to spare.
Team congratulated for a good performance against a very strong side
Coach Bonney calls for more runs with the bat and improved fielding which was average at times

Click here for the full scorecard

Under 12’s vs Lindfield

Under 12’s continue the 2019 season unbeaten with a great team performance against a strong opposition

Green lose the toss and sent in to bat
Tom Bonney in fine form and top scores with 33 no
Stong oppo bowling restricts Green batsmen
Green end with a total of 97 runs after allotted 20 overs
Three Bridges restricted with great bowling from William Reed, Tom Bonney, Ran Dawson, Joseph Reed, Isaac Paisley, Emily Reed and Alex Greaves
Great effort in the field from all players to restrict Three Bridges run total
Wren Fawcett praised for magnificent performance behind the stumps keeping byes to a minimum
Leading wicket taker William Reed shines with the ball with 2 for 13
Ran Dawson makes another valuable contribution with the ball and takes a scalp for only 8 runs
Three Bridges finish with 85 for 4 off their 20 overs

Well done to our captain Ran Dawson and great collective team effort contributing to the win. Congratulations to the entire Team!

Click here for the full scorecard

Matches this weekend

Click here for senior team selections for this weekend.

Other News

Spotted at the Ageus bowl supporting the England team against Australia – from left : Will Dixon, Jacob Ball and Hugo March. Cheers lads

Pizza on the Green

Great news – in addition to the usual BBQ , homemade Pizza will be served on the balcony on the Green on FRIDAY 31ST May. Please support local villager Buster who will also be selling homemade breads for the weekend