Wiltshire CCC's Men win both matches in T20 double header against Dorset

Dorset CCC v Wiltshire CCC   NCCA T20

Wimborne CC, The Leaze

Sunday 21st June 2026 at 11:00am and 2:00pm

Game 1

On another scorching hot day Wiltshire returned to T20 action against neighbours Dorset at the Leaze, home of Wimborne CC. Wiltshire won the toss for game one and chose to field first. In the very first over Dorset captain and danger man Will Tripcony was superbly run out thanks to a direct hit from Tom Cheater.  The powerplay overs (1-6) saw the score advance to 61 for 2 with Finn Gordon caught on the boundary by Cyrus Shafi from the bowling of Stan Brown.  Ben Rogers 41 was the mainstay of the Dorset innings, but when he was out soon after Dylan Church the innings began to crumble alarmingly.  The Wadworth Man of the Day , Charan Chahal bowled both and in all bowled a miserly spell of 4 overs for just 12 runs.  The rest of the wickets fell cheaply with three falling to Archie Fairfax-Ross , 3 for 25, One to a piece of sharp wicket-keeping as Jake Goodwin stumped  Joe Weld: one LBW and the third an impressive caught and bowled. The other three fell to captain Ed Young, 3 for 9, with one bowled and the other two caught by Archie Pascoe and  Stan Brown. An excellent bowling and fielding display saw Dorset finally dismissed for just 106 with 10 balls to spare.

The Wiltshire reply started strongly with Tom Cheater in fine form striking 30 from just 13 balls until adjudged LBW to Alfie Appleby-Ingram. Jake Goodwin added 14 from 14 balls until caught by Will Tripcony from the bowling of Connor Smith. Will Naish hit 30 from 20 balls until he was bowled by Appleby-Ingram. Finn Gordon took the wicket of Cyrus Shafi when he was caught by Chesterman, but thereafter Ed Young, 16 not out, and promising youngster Olli Brown, 13 not out took Wiltshire comfortably  to their target in just 14.4 overs with 32 balls to spare.

Wiltshire CCC beat Dorset by 6 wickets

Game 2

The heat was relentless and this time around Dorset won the toss, but they chose to bat first. The first 4 overs yielded 44 runs with Will Tripcony hitting 36 from just 19 balls.  Finn Gordon, 9, had stayed with him, but allowing Tripcony to have the lion’s share of the strike.  They both fell in the 5th over to Sam Freestone, 2 for 26 as he first bowled Gordon and then saw Tripcony well caught by Stan Brown.  Once again Ben Rogers, 44,  was the mainstay of the Dorset innings until adjudged LBW to Ed Young, 2 for 20, who had also bowled Dylan Church.  Ben Rogers also saw Joe Weld fall, caught by Stan Brown from the bowling of Archie Fairfax-Ross. Rogers fell in the 16th over having pushed the score on to 113 for 5.  The last three overs saw a further 30 runs added with the loss of just one more wicket as Cyrus Shafi took another fine catch to dismiss Alfie Appleby Ingram from the bowling of Archie Pascoe.  The final score for Dorset was 147 for 6 from their 20 overs.

In reply, Tom Cheater continued with his excellent strike rate hitting 32 runs from just 14 balls.  His opening partner Will Naish,36, was the 4th wicket to fall having watched Olli Brown and Jake Goodwin fall earlier, both caught by Will Tripcony from the bowling of Martin and Smith.  Martin also claimed the wicket of Cyrus Shafi caught behind by keeper Ben Rogers.  At this stage the score was 110  for 5 from 15.4 overs  leaving  38 runs required for victory from just 26 balls.  Enter Stan Brown to join his captain Ed Young. Any concerns the Wiltshire supporters may have had were dispelled in one crucial over in which the first two balls were despatched for  sixes  well over the bowler’s head and over the boundary fielders by Stan Brown who went on to score 23 runs from just 11 balls.  Ed Young played his part with 32 runs from 28 balls as Wiltshire reached their target, 148 for 5,  with 9 balls to spare.

Wiltshire CCC beat Dorset by 5 wickets

Another 4 points leaves Wiltshire well- placed to progress in the T20 competition with just 2 games remaining.  The final group games will be played at Westbury on the 5th July when Wiltshire take on Herefordshire. One very pleasing feature of this campaign is that everyone has made a significant contribution to the team’s success and with this team of heroes anyone is likely to step up and aid another Wiltshire victory!

Report and photographs by Roy Honeybone