The first XI travelled to Marlborough for a critical game at the top of the league. It was disappointing to have such a crucial game played on a pitch that deteriorated throughout the day and, consequently, Marlborough winning the toss was probably crucial. Marlborough were bowled out for 164. Two early wickets for Jasper Richards were followed by 30 overs of spin with combined figures of 6-116; Andy Owen was the most successful with 4-23 (116fps). There were also two run outs attributed to James Cousens with the first a magnificent direct hit from boundary.
In reply Winsley were bowled out for 137. A confident start from Charlie Holton and Andy Owen (36 runs) was interrupted with Charlie caught off a ball that had taken a vicious bounce. Thereafter wickets fell regularly although Matty Garrod 25 and Oli Hendy 23 looked as though they could take Winsley to victory before both were caught at deep long on.
The Ist XI are now not at the top but two more wins against Biddestone and Chippenham 2s will secure promotion if not the title. Biddestone have hit some form of late and are fighting to avoid relegation so Saturday's game at home will again be crucial.
The 2nds also played Marlborough and had a comfortable victory with Gareth Pugh starring! Marlborough batted first and in 45 overs rather crawled to 132-9. Gareth Pugh 3-23, Josh Lewis 2-28 and Peter Orchard 2-21 (60fps) were the main wicket takers.It took Winsley just 20 overs to reach their target for the loss of one wicket. Gareth scoring 76* (181fps) and Jon Keepen 46* (66fps) doing the damage.
It is getting tight at the bottom of division 8 and the 3rds needed a win against Marshfield; sadly it was not to be. Marshfield batted first and were bowled out for 197 in 44 overs. Jordan Wickens 2-32 (56fps) had another good day but George Timbrell- White, on debut, stole the show with 5-33. George also took 3 catches! (171fps). Matt Cousins opened and scored 51 (76fps) but the next highest score was just 24 and this was not enough to secure a win.
There were just 3 players in the 4ths that have already registered fantasy points this season with 4 of the 11 coming from our. Women's WEPL XI. Beckington are 3rd in the table and pushing for promotion. Batting first Winsley scored 161 ao in 39 overs. Ben Howe (58fps) top scored with 48 and Charlie Bostock on debut reached 25. It took Beckington 30 overs to reach their target for the loss of 3 wickets. Charlie Bostock again with 2-20. Jemimah Barker was our most economical bowler with 0-16 off 4 overs. This leaves the 4ths in 7th/8 in the league.
Next week is the final 2 games of the knockout cup:
Final | Run Out of Ideas (Hugo Bradbury) | V | Holton’s Wicket Wonders (Laura Holton) |
3rd Place | Welsh Wizards (Wayne Griffiths) | V | Caravan Club (Stuart McCollam) |
The week 16 leaderboard is:
Rank | Manager | Team Name | Total Points | Change From Previous Week |
1 | John Spencer | C’Mon Citeh | 8554 | 188 |
2 | Pat Spencer | The 3T’s | 8342 | 230 |
3 | Hugo Bradbury | Run Out of Ideas | 7847 | 168 |
4 | Simon Richards | Six Pistols | 7477 | 234 |
5 | Chris Mann | Dos Cruzcampos por favour | 7396 | 168 |
6 | Charlie holton | Chairman’s xi | 7251 | 203 |
7 | Laura Holton | Holton’s Wicket Wonders | 7142 | 348 |
8 | Ros Garrod | Dreadlocks | 7096 | 175 |
9 | Nick Swinburne | Viva España | 7008 | 195 |
10 | Chris Hole | Stuck At Cow Corner | 6798 | 148 |
11 | Noah Holton-Hunt | Holton-Hunt's Heros | 6685 | 368 |
12 | Dexter holton | Dexters dynamos | 6669 | 461 |
13 | Jasper Richards | Jasper's Bumrah | 6639 | 233 |
14 | Jenny Smith | Granny's winners | 6621 | 215 |
15 | Vicki & Jon Keepen | Keepen The Faith | 6536 | 247 |
16 | Wayne Griffiths | Welsh Wizards | 6493 | 191 |
17 | Stuart McCollam | Caravan Club | 6467 | 252 |
18 | Simon Howell | The Photographers XI | 6445 | 197 |
19 | Chris Tebb | Probably better using darts | 6430 | 339 |
20 | Neil Hussey | Allez Les Greens | 6245 | 237 |
21 | Josh Norgrove | Berries and not many cherries | 6132 | 328 |
22 | Toby Nightingale | Tobinators | 6107 | 455 |
23 | Thomas Felstead | Noggens Fc | 6024 | 130 |
24 | Elly Norgrove | EllysXI | 6007 | 164 |
25 | Freddie Richards | Full Toss Tossers | 5971 | 210 |
26 | Ben strange | Odd Oliver’s idiosyncratic 11 | 5957 | 217 |
27 | Jan Light | See the Light | 5942 | 212 |
28 | Ben Phillips | Prof's XI | 5898 | 359 |
29 | Keith Potter | Potter's Pirates | 5829 | 409 |
30 | Pete Merrell | Barrow Street Farmers | 5812 | 269 |
31 | Kirsty Clark | Winsley Dragons | 5796 | 234 |
32 | Matthew Garrod | Seagull Steamers | 5388 | 234 |
33 | Emily Richards | Walking the boundary with Scout | 5298 | 166 |
34 | Peter orchard | Old and new | 5238 | 499 |
35 | Tim Merrell | Timmy’s Triers | 5132 | 411 |
36 | Adrian Jeffrey | Viking Gold | 5070 | 117 |
37 | Erica Baxter | NeverGonnaSayGoodbye XI | 5049 | 223 |
38 | Niall MacDougall | Wot5points! | 4895 | 213 |
39 | Michelle Hole | Where’s Woakes and Woody | 4850 | 134 |
40 | Ben Garrod | In ChatGPT I Trust | 4444 | 114 |
41 | Fi Llywelln | Fi Fi Fo Fum | 4221 | 174 |
42 | Josh Lewis | Boomstick Brigade | 4214 | 306 |
43 | Martyn Garrod | The Dead Balls | 4170 | 108 |
44 | Iwan Legg | Joss wrights duck pond | 4070 | 132 |
45 | Kevin Hendy | And in First Place | 3972 | 51 |
46 | Cameron Selway | Norfolk In Chance | 3847 | 112 |
47 | Nadeem Ahmed | Western Force | 3425 | 332 |
48 | Jaime iles | Iles Be Back | 3257 | 43 |
49 | Ben Howe | Yabba Dabba we bat too | 3103 | 236 |
50 | Peter Mundy | Bored of Peas | 3095 | 52 |
51 | Darren OConnor | GreenMachine | 2392 | -11 |
Top 5 improving teams of the week:
Rank | Manager | Team Name | Total Points | Weekly Change |
1 | Peter orchard | Old and new | 5238 | 499 |
2 | Dexter holton | Dexters dynamos | 6669 | 461 |
3 | Toby Nightingale | Tobinators | 6107 | 455 |
4 | Tim Merrell | Timmy’s Triers | 5132 | 411 |
5 | Keith Potter | Potter's Pirates | 5829 | 409 |
Team of the week:
List A | Gareth Pugh | Andy Owen | Charlie Holton |
List B | Peter Orchard | Peter Merrell | Jordan Wickens | Josh Lewis |
List C | Matthew Cousens | Ben Howe | James Cousens |
List D | Jon Keepen |
This team would have scored 795 points and would have cost 59 units. With Gareth Pugh as captain, it would have scored 976 points.
League position graph:
Next week’s fixtures are:
Team | League | Opposition | Venue |
Winsley | Division 1 | Biddestone | Home |
Winsley 2 | Division 4 | Christian Malford | Away |
Winsley 3 | Division 8 | Potterne 4 | Home |
Winsley 4 | Division 10 | Calne 3 | Away |
Honours Board:
Week | Player | Team | Opposition | Runs |
2 | Freddie Richards | Winsley | Malmesbury | 102 |
3 | Bruno Broughton | Winsley | Melksham | 100 |
4 | Michael Sherring | Winsley 4 | Swindon 5 | 127 |
5 | Charlie Holton | Winsley | Swindon 2 | 109 |
8 | Freddie Richards | Winsley | Biddestone | 151 |
8 | Charlie Holton | Winsley | Biddestone | 100 |
10 | Josh Norgrove-Gray | Winsley | Royal Wootton Bassett 2 | 115 |
12 | Monty Lunt | Winsley 3 | Trowbridge 3 | 101 |
12 | Neil Jelly | Winsley 4 | Calne 3 | 100 |
15 | Freddie Richards | Winsley | Devizes | 130 |
15 | Modester Mupachitwa | Winsley Women | Hatherley and Reddings | 158 |
15 | Lauren Adams | Winsley Women | Hatherley and Reddings | 117 |
Week | Player | Team | Opposition | Figures |
3 | Jasper Richards | Winsley | Melksham | 5-0-12-6 |
4 | Finn Hughes | Winsley 4 | Swindon 5 | 6-0-25-5 |
5 | John Iles | Winsley 3 | Bradford-on-Avon 2 | 9-1-42-7 |
8 | Jasper Richards | Winsley | Biddestone | 9-2-34-5 |
14 | James Cousens | Winsley 2 | White Horse | 4-1-16-5 |
16 | George Timbrell Whittle | Winsley 3 | Marshfield 3 | 9-1-33-5 |
All the best,
Martyn and Ben
