AFTER producing a series of patchy performances, Colwall found that they could do no wrong as they comprehensively defeated visitors Hatherley & Reddings.

COLWALL I v HATHERLY

& REDDINGS I

Tom Wolfendale won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Wolfendale and David Powell gave Colwall an initially steady start.

They certainly did well to survive the opening spell from the dangerous West Indian Tony Mayers.

At the end of his opening spell, Colwall were 54-0 after 14 overs. They then increased the tempo against the Hatherley attack taking the score to 116 before Wolfendale was dismissed for 49 in the 24th over.

Jordan Kontarines quickly followed to leave Colwall 125-2 after 28 overs. Majeed then joined Powell and the pair building on the earlier good work. They added 115 for the third wicket in 22 overs with Majeed dispatching the ball to all parts of Stowe Lane and Powell providing support. Colwall finished on 244-3 in their 50 overs with Majeed being dismissed in the last over for 71 and Powell remaining unbeaten on 108. Tony Mayers returned figures of 0-46 from his 15 overs and young off spinner Simon Evans bowled well to take 2-53.

In reply, Hatherley were given a good start by Hutten and Bussy. They gave the visitors an impressive base adding 81in 21 overs for the first wicket. However, for the second week running, the introduction of Andy Sutton into the attack transformed the complexion of the game.

He first bowled Bussy for 36 and then, in his next over, Damian Berry brilliantly run out Hutten with a direct hit for 42.

Sutton then dismissed Mayers with a slower delivery and quickly followed up with the wicket of Clifton.

Colwall never let Hatherley back into the game finally dismissing them for 132 in the 45th over. Andy Sutton finished with figures of 3-20 from his six over spell whilst cousin Dave Sutton was back to his economical best taking 3-24 from 14 overs during the slow demolition of the Hatherley innings.