Somerset Cricket League, Premier Division: Chard 271-4 (35pts) defeated Castle Cary 197 (13pts) by 74 runs
Chard maintained their second place in Somerset Premier with a commanding victory over Castle Cary on Saturday (July 26).
On a day when all of their promotion rivals were also winning, Chard posted a commanding total of 271 from their 45 overs. In response, Castle Cary could only muster 197 as they were bowled out inside 41 overs.
Maximum points means Chard remain 42 points behind leaders Frome and nine points ahead of Bridgwater below them.
Having won the toss at Chard, Castle Cary elected to field first and it looked a good decision when Josh Short was removed in the sixth over with the home side only having scored 15 in the first 31 balls.
However, it was Short’s opening partner Reid Mawdsley who proved to be the difference maker smashing 150 runs off 150 balls with 18 fours and three maximums.
Chard raced to 75-2 when Harvey Evans was out for 24 off 34 balls but Mawdsley put on 56 runs with Liam Cleal to take Chard to 131 by the end of the 30th over.
Nathan Johnson joined the opener at the crease to add another 55 runs and Jonathon Legg was not out at the end alongside Mawdsley on 30 off 22 balls.
In response, Castle Cary only managed to get to 10 runs off 16 balls when Daniel Lake was run out by Short. However, like Mawdsley for Chard, Eben Latham was a mainstay of the innings, scoring 82 off 130 balls not out.
However, wickets did fall at regular intervals, starting with Matt Holland who only put on 12 with Latham before being trapped lbw by Harvey Evans. Another 12 runs had been added with Joe Atkins was another victim of Evans’ bowling and by the time Steve Wadman was out for 19, Castle Cary were on 74-4.
That wicket was the first of five taken by Jon Dalwood and after a 23-run stand put Castle Cary on 107-5, wickets began to tumble leaving the visitors on 197 all out by the end.
Dalwood finished on figures of 5-23 in 7.3 overs. Harvey Evans’ early wickets gave him 2-20. Chris Scott and Jonathan Legg also picked up a wicket apiece.
Next up for Chard is Taunton Deane who are just 28 points behind
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