2014 - Match Report & Scorecards

All the match report and scorecards of season 2014 are available here.

2014 Results

All the results of the 2014 season are available in this page. 

WFCC Players Pay Tribute to Phil Hughes

A tribute to Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes at the training session this evening #PutOutYourBats #RIPPhilHughes

FRIENDLY (20 Overs): WFCC v Bath Venturers, Match Report & Scorecard

Bath Ventures (179-5) beat Western Flyers (176-5) by 3 runs

BAWA CUP (Quarter Final) - WFCC v Bristol Chargers, Match Report & Scorecard

Bristol Chargers (230-6) beat Western Flyers (69 all out) by 161 runs

Western Flyers run in the 2014 BAWA tournament came to a humbling end on Monday evening as they were beaten in emphatic fashion by last years winners Bristol Chargers. Having won all four of their previous fixtures to finish at the summit of group A Western Flyers were in confident mood prior to the quarter final draw last week. However, that mood was soon dampened by a draw which bizarrely lacks any kind of seeding system. When two of the only three teams to win all their group stage games are drawn against each other at the quarter final stage you have to question the logic behind the organisers methods. It seems these methods are in as much need of a complete overhaul as Alistair Cook's captaincy. Still if you aim to win the tournament you will have to beat the best teams and the draw presented an opportunity for WFCC to see just how far they have come since the huge defeat they suffered to Bristol Chargers in the group stages the previous season.

BAWA CUP: WFCC v Knockout Knights, Match Report & Scorecard

Western Flyers (88 all-out) beat Knockout Knights (52 all-out) by 36 runs.

Scorecard –

WFCC 88/10 (19.3 overs)

Knockout Knights 52/10 (20overs)

WFCC won by 36 runs

Point Table for Cup Tournament

Teams	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Points
Western Flyers CC	4	4	-	-	12
Knockout Knights	4	3	1	-	9
Bangers & Smashers	3	1	2	-	3
UNCC	2	-	2	-	0
Sitting Ducks	3	-	3	-	0

BAWA CUP: WFCC v Bangers & Smashers, Match Report & Scorecard

Western Flyers (184 for 2) beat Bangers & Smashers (104 for 3) by 80 runs.

Western Flyers made it three wins out of three in the group stages of the BAWA cup and guaranteed themselves a spot in the quarter finals after a comprehensive victory over Bangers and Smashers on Monday evening. In doing so, Western Flyers set a new club record for a 20 over match as they scored a commanding 184 runs.

With minimal changes to the team and the batting order starting to have a somewhat settled look to it, Atiq won the toss and opted to bat against a team who had won one and lost one of their previous group games. The bowling was not looking too threatening as Shehan and Tim soon set about building a big opening partnership. 10 overs in and the openers were still out there having gone along at more than 8 an over, with Shehan scoring fluently and Tim batting a little more patiently. Tim missed a straight one and departed for a patient if not slightly pedestrian 20 off 37 balls, but with Shehan still going strong the innings was set up nicely for a big total. Captain Atiq came in at number three and faced only 3 balls before controversially being given out lbw by Siva to a ball that struck him above the pad on his thigh. It takes a brave man to give his own captain out lbw. 

Friendly (40 over): WFCC vs University of Bath Venturers, Match Report & Scorecard

Bath Venturers (119-7) beat Western Flyers (115 all out) by 2 wickets.

Western Flyers fell to a disappointing defeat in a 40 over friendly against Bath Venturers at BAWA on Sunday. Making their first venture into the longer format of the game Western Flyers had made a number of largely enforced changes to their line-up. Captain Atiq was unable to play so handed the reins to Shehan, who had drafted in a couple of players from Bristol Sri Lankans.

After losing the toss and being put in to bat, Shehan had opted to flip the batting order on its head, giving some players who’d previously had little time in the middle a chance to impress. This didn’t quite work out as planned, a combination of poor shot selection and a pair of opening bowlers who had the ball swinging all over the place decimated the top order, so much so that the top six between them mustered a paltry 4 runs off the bat. By the time Shehan and Anu came together at the crease to start the rebuilding job the score was 20-6.

BAWA CUP: WFCC v UNCC, Match Report & Scorecard

Western Flyers (164 for 6) beat UNCC (160 for 6) by 4 wickets.

Western Flyers maintained their 100% start to the season as they inflicted a second defeat in as many games on pre-tournament group A favourites UNCC in a thrillingly close match on Tuesday evening. For the few spectators who came to watch this was T20 cricket at its most gripping, a perfect showcase of what makes this form of the game so exciting. The pre match talk had been of Western Flyers avenging last year’s semi-final defeat, and with UNCC likely to be fired up after a shock defeat in their opening match, everything pointed towards a close match. Nobody however, would have predicted it would be quite this close. It all came down to a final over which was packed with drama, if there had been an entrance fee, it would have been worth it on its own.

BAWA CUP: WFCC v Sitting Ducks, Match Report & Scorecard

Western Flyers CC (174 for 5) beat Sitting Ducks (109 all out) by 65 runs.

Western Flyers got their 2014 BAWA cup campaign off to a strong start as they ran out comfortable winners against a lacklustre Sitting Ducks side in their opening group A clash.

Having won the toss in gloomy and somewhat drizzly conditions Western Flyers opted to bat first and openers Shehan and Atiq cashed in straight away on some poor bowling and even poorer fielding. With the run rate at almost 10 an over and the bowling looking decidedly unthreatening a big total was starting to look certain, the only opportunities coming from dropped catches as the batsmen tried to put pace on a ball that was coming very slow off the wicket. Sitting ducks made the breakthrough in the 6^th over as Shehan played across the line to a good ball and was bowled having scored a quick-fire 25 off 18 balls. As is often the case one wicket quickly led to two with captain Atiq departing the following over caught and bowled for 20 off 16 balls.

University of Bath Venturers vs WFCC 29th April 2014 Match Report & Scorecard

New name, new logo, new committee, new captain, new season and new beginnings! A winning start for the Western Flyers in what could be termed a ‘very friendly’ game and more importantly a good run out for everyone. New captain Atiq took this opportunity to experiment with the team based on individual player preferences for which he accommodated to see what everyone had to offer.

The Venturers could only raise 7 players for this match and as WFCC turned up with 12, it was decided that WFCC would lend them 2 players (Yameen and Shehan) making it a 9 v 10. Following this, there were weather concerns and of course diminishing light at this time of the year so both teams agreed on a 16 overs per side encounter.

WFCC KIT for 2014 Revealed!

Kit for the 2014 season, the logo is designed by the vice president and vice captain of WFCC Shehan Somaratne

Committee Meeting 1 (21st March 2014)

Hello all,

Hope you had a nice weekend. The committee meeting went very well with lots of productive discussion and key decisions being made.

Western Flyers Cricket Club committee meeting #selfie

Committee Meeting

Hello all,

The Committee Meeting will be held on Friday 21^st March at the ‘Air Balloon’ pub just off the Airbus roundabout in Filton. We hope to get this underway by 1700.

The key discussion points will be as follows –

Coach for WFCC

As some of you know, I am in the process of bringing in a coach for our training sessions following various requests from the November 2013 AGM. I have spoken to an old contact who is a registered coach and willing to help out. He is an ex-minor county player and currently plays premier league weekend cricket in addition to coaching junior and senior level teams. His coaching career so far has been quite successful managing to get 8 youth players into the county circuit.

WFCC Logo Revealed

We have finally come to a decision for the logo for our club. Despite Logo number 2 having the most number of votes, it appears the company I was hoping to do the embroidery think otherwise. They feel they would not be able to create the shading effect and would not look good on the shirt. I then sent them the other two logo candidates and they have suggested that we go for logo design number 1 (Shehan’s one) as logo 3 (Thusitha) has too much writing on it. We are therefore going with logo 1 which I personally am happy with if everyone else is? I’m sure Paul is happy with this choice and perhaps had an influence on the embroiderers!