It was Wanderers’ boosted batting attack that was supposed to do the damage, in the end it was their bowlers that secured the club the region’s one-day cricket crown.
Taylor’s Contracting Wanderers batted first in the Nelson Cricket one-day final at Saxton Oval on Saturday.
Their total of 197 didn’t seem enough, especially when Waimea Toi Toi United were 121/2 with ten overs to play in the 45-over contest. But then came the fight-back from Wanderers, first Dan Cooper snared two key wickets, then he and Connor Goodman put the brakes on Waimea’s attack.
Waimea eventually fell short of the target, finishing their allotted overs at 178/8.
Wanderers captain Dan Cooper says he felt the game was “slipping away” when he brought himself on to bowl.
“I wasn’t really sure how we were going to win it. But it paid off, I got a couple of wickets and Goody [Goodman] did a good job. Then the run rate started to get up to 8s and 9s and we could afford to throw the field back because they needed boundaries.”
The games ends the senior club cricket season with Stoke/Nayland earlier winning both the two-day and T20 competitions.
