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Bailey’s Bay captain Terryn Fray (File {photograph})
Somerset Cricket Membership (Willow Cuts gained toss): Bailey’s Bay beat Willow Cuts by 108 runs
Bailey’s Bay captain Terryn Fray believes his workforce nonetheless has a shot at defending their Premier Division 50 overs title after they lastly picked up their first win of the season in opposition to Willow Cuts on Sunday.
Fray scored 108 of Bailey’s Bay’s whole of 338 for six after his facet had been despatched into bat after which dismissed the house workforce for 230 in 49.4 overs to lastly get their title defence up and working.
“It is by no means too early to jot down Baileys Bay off and we all know within the subsequent couple of fixtures if issues go our approach the league may very well be broad open within the second half,” Fray instructed The Royal Gazette.
“We give thanks that the Board [Bermuda Cricket Board] made the choice to have two rounds as a result of had it not been that approach we might have been dealing with down the barrel of relegation.
“However with all issues being truthful, the nation deserves two rounds of fifty overs cricket, and I feel profitable right now with a little bit of momentum we will put ourselves again across the speaking factors for the second half of the season.
“All of it comes right down to the following two video games in opposition to Cleveland and St George’s and hopefully we will put collectively some good performances like we did right now and make it difficult.”
Fray led by instance batting at No 3 as he stroked 108 from 123 balls, which included 13 fours and a six.
“After I awoke this morning, I knew it was a superb day to attain some runs being that Somerset is my second dwelling,” Fray saod.
“I got here with the mindset that I used to be simply going to maintain it easy and never do something rash if we bought the chance to bat first. Simply bat by the innings and see the place we ended up and I ended up with 100.
“It was in all probability not one in all my simpler a whole lot, however I’d say much less threat.”
Former captain Stephen Outerbridge chipped in with an aggressive 70, from 42 balls, which included 9 boundaries and three sixes, whereas Delray Rawlins hammered seven fours and three sixes in a brisk 69 from 54 balls.
“I used to be somewhat bit anxious as a result of each Stephen and Del had been dealing in boundaries and right here I’m dealing in ones and twos, however that is the way it goes,” Fray stated.
“Delray sadly was dismissed by an incredible catch down the legside as much as the stumps and Stephen once more proved why he has the identify that he has. They each batted extraordinarily properly and we gave ourselves a superb goal to bowl at.”
Opening batter Coolidge Durham (28) and middle-order batter Shaquille Outerbridge (34) had been the others in double figures for Bay.
Cuts captain Antonio Darrell led his workforce’s bowling with three for 73 off 9 overs after bringing himself into the assault as first change.
Willow Cuts had been in early hassle at 86 for 4 of their reply earlier than skilled pair Kamal Bashir (71) and Kevon Fubler (67) produced a 92-run partnership to regular the ship.
Nevertheless, Nhyrobi Carmichael made the large breakthrough for Bay when he dismissed Bashir to ignite one other slide which noticed Cuts lose their remaining 5 wickets for 52 runs within the house of 12 overs.
Spinner Rawlins (4 for 21) and second-change Carmichael (4 for 35) bagged eight wickets between them to steer the Bay assault.
“We seemed to Del to open the innings with simply one thing totally different and spin up prime, so he got here by once more to get the ball rolling,” Fray stated.
“Then down the again finish Nhyrobi bowled two spells of 5 overs every and in his second spell he claimed just a few scalps.
“Nhyrobi has been battling just a few accidents during the last couple of years however now he appears to have discovered a little bit of health and is lastly coming into his personal.
“He’s passionate and looks like he’s having fun with it, and we admire him for being on the market and placing his physique on the road for us.”
Wicketkeeper Ras Solomon Burrows (26) and Chakote Basden (19) had been the one different Cuts batters making begins on the crease.
Scorecard
Bailey’s Bay
S Tavares lbw b Ceasar 2
C Durham c Burrows b Darrell 28
*T Fray c Brangman b Darrell 108
D Rawlins c Bean b C Basden 69
Stephen Outerbridge c Bashir b Darrell 70
R Ramasundaram b Simons 4
Shaquille Outerbridge not out 34
Z Hart not out 8
Extras (lb 6, nb 1, w 8) 15
Complete (6 wkts; 50 overs) 338
Ok Hodsoll, L Outerbridge and N Carmichael didn’t bat
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-52, 3-168, 4-279, 5-269, 6-300.
Bowling: Caesar 7-0-32-1; Simons 10-1-29-1; Darrell 9-0-73-3; Gomes 2-0-17-0; Bashir 5-0-34-0; Fubler 10-0-81-0; Basden 6-0-51-1; Bean 1-0-15-0.
Willow Cuts
R S Burrows b Rawlins 26
S Bean b Rawlins 0
A Darrell c Fray b Rawlins 6
Ok Bashir c Outerbridge b Carmichael 71
C Basden c Rawlins b Carmichael 19
Ok Fubler not out 67
D Basden lbw b Carmichael 1
M Simons b Carmichael 0
Ok Brangman c Rawlins b Ramasundram 1
S Caesar lbw b Hart 3
S Gomes lbw b Rawlins 3
Extras (b 8, lb 7, nb 2, w 16) 33
Complete (49.4 overs) 230
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-19, 3-34, 4-86, 5-178, 6-183, 7-190, 8-193, 9-209.
Bowling: Hodsoll 10-0-39-0; Rawlins 10-4-21-4; Tavares 5-0-42-0; Carmichael 10-1-35-4; Hart 10-0-47-1; Durham 2-0-13-0; Ramsundaram 3-0-18-1.
Umpires: E Carrington and P Smith.