1st. XI v. Kenilworth Wardens II
Kenilworth 182-8 (20 points) (45 overs) beat Kenilworth Wardens II 69-10 (3 points) (28.4 overs) by 113 runs. WCCL South East Group A League Match.
A solid all round performance by Kenilworth gave them the win by 113 runs over town neighbours Kenilworth Wardens II in their WCCL South East Group A win/lose League match.
Batting first the side started cautiously finding runs hard to come by. However, opener Joe Atkinson went on to hit 50 (7 x 4) and was the mainstay of the innings being the 6th out in the 32nd. over after sharing in a 44 run 5 wicket partnership with Henry Curran 17. Adrian Sellar and Matt Casey then teamed up together and they increased the run rate putting on 78 runs in 11 overs for the 7th wicket. Sellar made 32 (4 x 4) whilst Casey hit 38 (3 x 4). Steve Rhodes added on an unbeaten 10 off 6 balls as the side ended on 182-8. For the Wardens, all 6 bowlers took wickets, 5 one each whilst Tom Mordey took 3-23 from his 7 overs.
Replying, Wardens struggled against the Kenilworth attack, with opener Sahota hitting 13 and then number 5, Linfield 20 whilst 12 extras were the next highest score. Steve Rhodes took 2-18, Potten-Ravenshad 3-19, Atkinson 1-10 and Jack Howard a wicket maiden whilst skipper, Connor Shingler, ended the game taking 3-6 off 3.4 overs as Wardens crumbled to 69 all out in the 29th. over losing their last 6 wickets for only 7 runs as Kenilworth won the match with ease and some 16 overs spare on a good day for the Club.
The link to the match scorecard is at:
https://kenilworth.play-cricket.com/website/results/4437792
