The Wicklow 1st XI were hoping to kickstart the season well when they travelled away to Pembroke for their season opener, and they delivered.
A strong opening innings was built on a top order partnership between captain Damian Joyce and Justin van der Spuy, putting on a 146 run partnership. Joyce fell only 1 run short of his first century of 2018, and will no doubt be aiming to hit the triple digits next time out. This took the pressure off the middle order and allowed them to play freely, taking the team to a score of 259/6 after 45 overs.
After lunch, the bowling attack put on a show, and coupled with some spectacular catches in the field, let to Pembroke falling for 110 in only 29 overs. Richard Hastie made a lone stand on 44 N/O, but unfortunately for Pembroke, that was not enough as Shawaiz Chaudhary and Richard Bridge carved through the order taking 3 wickets each, and the additional wickets shared amongst the other four bowlers, 1 a piece.
The season opener for Wicklow was a strong one, coming away with a maximum point haul, but will be tested when they go away to Swords on May 6th.
See the full scorecard below.
Scorecard
1-Innings Match Played At Sydney Parade 1, 29-Apr-2018, Division 8
Wicklow County 1 Win by 149 runs
| Toss won by |
Pembroke 4 |
| Umpires |
Gunther Bayer – Patrick Carty |
| Home Side |
Pembroke 4 |
| Comment |
Unregistered player for Pembroke Naseebullah Orikhel (5 point deduction) |
| Points Awarded |
Wicklow County 1 25, Pembroke 4 -5 |
Wicklow County 1 – 1st Innings 259/6 Closed (Overs 45)
| Batsman |
Fieldsman |
Bowler |
Runs |
Bls |
4s |
6s |
| Damian Joyce* |
c P Unregistered |
b Kieran Vulker |
99 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Niall Clifton+ |
|
b Rafi Ullah |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Justin van der Spuy |
c Rafi Ullah |
b Patrick Morris |
47 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Richard Bridge |
c Rafi Ullah |
b Kieran Vulker |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nicky Fusco |
lbw |
b Rafi Ullah |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| M Joyce |
c Rafi Ullah |
b Sean Bromfield |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| John Joyce |
not out |
|
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Thejas Sreedharan |
not out |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Matthew Sisley |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
| Stephen Sheldon |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
| Shawaiz Chaudhary |
dnb |
|
|
|
|
|
| extras |
|
(b16 lb3 w13 nb6) |
38 |
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
|
6 wickets for |
259 |
|
|
|
| FOW |
| 1-4(Niall Clifton) 2-148(Justin van der Spuy) 3-177(Richard Bridge) |
| 4-185(Damian Joyce) 5-227(Nicky Fusco) 6-250(M Joyce) |
|
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maid |
Runs |
Wkts |
wd |
nb |
| Kieran Vulker |
9 |
0 |
49 |
2 |
2 |
– |
| Rafi Ullah |
8 |
0 |
43 |
2 |
1 |
– |
| Patrick Morris |
9 |
0 |
54 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
| Sean Bromfield |
5 |
0 |
27 |
1 |
5 |
– |
| Richard Hastie |
9 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
1 |
– |
| Oskar Shorthose |
5 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
– |
2 |
Pembroke 4 – 1st Innings 110/10 All Out (Overs 29)
| Batsman |
Fieldsman |
Bowler |
Runs |
Bls |
4s |
6s |
| P Unregistered |
c Justin van der Spuy |
b Richard Bridge |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Harry Dagg |
lbw |
b Richard Bridge |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Stephen Willis* |
c Nicky Fusco |
b Shawaiz Chaudhary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Oskar Shorthose |
c Thejas Sreedharan |
b Stephen Sheldon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sean Bromfield |
|
b Shawaiz Chaudhary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Thomas Musgrave+ |
c Justin van der Spuy |
b Damian Joyce |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rafi Ullah |
|
b Richard Bridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Richard Hastie |
not out |
|
44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Patrick Morris |
c Matthew Sisley |
b Thejas Sreedharan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rahmanullah Orikhel |
|
b Shawaiz Chaudhary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kieran Vulker |
c Thejas Sreedharan |
b Matthew Sisley |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| extras |
|
(b0 lb0 w9 nb0) |
9 |
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
|
10 wickets for |
110 |
|
|
|
| FOW |
| 1-32(P Unregistered) 2-32(Harry Dagg) 3-32(Stephen Willis) 4-32(Sean Bromfield) |
| 5-38(Oskar Shorthose) 6-38(Rafi Ullah) 7-58(Thomas Musgrave) 8-73(Patrick Morris) |
| 9-84(Rahmanullah Orikhel) 10-110(Kieran Vulker) |
|
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maid |
Runs |
Wkts |
wd |
nb |
| Matthew Sisley |
6 |
0 |
26 |
1 |
4 |
– |
| Shawaiz Chaudhary |
8 |
1 |
32 |
3 |
2 |
– |
| Richard Bridge |
6 |
2 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
– |
| Stephen Sheldon |
2 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
– |
| Thejas Sreedharan |
4 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
– |
– |
| Damian Joyce |
3 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
– |
– |
