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Commanding away win for Barry Wanderers

Stay top of the league table with six wins out of seven.

Glamorgan Star news 15/06/2022

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SPORT | Cricket

Barry Wanderers travelled to Blackwood Town CC 2nds on Saturday and continued their winning ways on the road in the league this season.

The Wanderers won the toss and elected to bat. Peter Coleman and Neil Blundell started circumspectly against the opening bowlers but quickly got into their stride, going past 100 together for the second time this year. Both Coleman and Blundell notched up half centuries before Coleman was run out for 51.

This brought Abhilash to the wicket who immediately went on the offensive. Both Blundell and Abhilash flayed the Blackwood attack to all corners of the ground. It needed some very good fielding to slow things down a little. Abhilash departed for a quickfire 21 but Blundell continued and brought up his 100 with a towering six. Blundell was out soon after for a classy 110. The Wanderers middle order continued the aggressive endeavours to bring the final total up to 258-5.

Luke Grant took the new ball and accounted for the dangerous Owen with a wicked outswinger. Grant, known to frequent Coco’s nightclub, was dancing with great exuberance at this important wicket. Thereafter the other opener Weaver, played what he later described as a “resilient” knock. He accumulated his runs at a less than pedestrian speed, finishing with 18 runs from the full allocation of overs. Weaver was taking evident pleasure from the Wanderers despairing efforts to extract him from the crease.

Wickets were struck at the other end with Blackwood finishing on 121-7.

It was another polished performance in the field by the Wanderers and they stay top of the SEWCL Division 8 league table with six wins out of seven.

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