Westbury Away

Cubs lost the toss, and Westbury elected to bat first on a suspect "oval" but a solid looking strip. Cubs settled into a nice rhythm, with Ollie Fairhurst and Owen Venebles opening up, and Westbury looking vulnerable at 91 for 4 off 25. Cubs failed to capitalize however,dropping Judd G on 0 and 14, who went on to score 80 from 42 balls. Wickets came, from Ketan Patel, and Will Rodnight, though they came at a cost, with Westbury showing strength in depth with the bat, and contributions from all raced away to 261 for 9, declared after 52 overs. The key leanings for cubs: second highest scorer was extras, and catches, catches, catches..

Unperturbed by the score, and the aggressive 3 slip 2 gully field set by the opening attack, Owen and Calum gunning set out for a long stint at the crease. Alas, an optimistic lbw appeal took Gunning out the game, swiftly followed by a cover catch for Venebles. Some promising drives from Ben Orchard and Sam George were short lived as both skippers unforgivably got in and got out. It was left to our overseas Ketan Patel to come in at 5 and steady the ship. Wickets came and went from Nick Rowe, Will Rodnight, Fairhurst and Suri, with little contribution. Enter Tom Darling, showing his senior teammates how to "lock it down". Holding up one end with 11, while Ketan knocked a cool 75. Unfortunately even Tom couldn't last forever, and the batting for Ketan ran out. Cubs finished on 160 all out, 100 runs short.