South Wilts 209-9 off 50 overs v Chippenham 28-1 off six overs

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ALL of South Wilts' batsman got in and made a useful start but none went on to make a significant contribution in their friendly at home to Chippenham on Saturday.

Jamie Glasson, 46, and Paul Draper, 39, top scored against some tidy bowling by Wiltshire team mates Paul Bates, 4-34, and Richard Bates, 2-32.

Chippenham were 28-1 off six overs when rain put an early end to proceedings.

South Wilts' seconds beat their Chippenham counterparts who were all out for 127. In reply South Wilts reached 128-1 with 15-year-old Eddie Abel hitting an unbeaten 54 supported by Andy Hayward, 48.

On Sunday South Wilts entertained Warminster in the first round of the ECB National Club Cricket Championship.

The home side were put into bat after losing the toss and started well with Russell Rowe and Jamie Glasson looking in good shape. They took the score to 55 before Glasson went for 22.

The score had reached 119 for 2, when Rowe fell for 63. His dismissal triggered a mini-collapse with poor shot selection and running between the wickets leaving them in trouble at 130-6.

However, Tim Lamb, 37, and Shaun Little, 26, nudged the score up to 180 and then the tail rallied to post a total of 206 off 44.4 overs.

South Wilts needed to exert immediate pressure with what was a challenging, but certainly not impossible score.

Adam Smith and Hugh Tomlinson did that, showing excellent control and having the opposition players groping at fresh air on numerous occasions.

However, disaster struck for South Wilts and more specifically for Hugh Tomlinson.

A year since recovering from a serious knee injury, his knee buckled in just his fifth over and he had to leave the field after appearing to have suffered a repeat of the injury.

The Warminster batsman struggled to get the ball away against a disciplined bowling attack and excellent fielding.

Tomlinson's early wicket was followed by two brilliant run-outs from Glasson and Laney to leave Warminster struggling at 55-3.

The run rate looked all important with a stoppage now likely. This only added to Warminster's problems and South Wilts turned the screw.

Warminster had reached 101-6 off 31 overs when play was stopped for a second and final time leaving South Wilts victorious courtesy of a faster run rate.