CAPTAIN Jake Wakelin felt his team's ten-wicket win against reigning the Marshall Hatchick Two Counties Championship division one champions was their best performance of the year.

Title-holders Elmstead may be sitting bottom of the table, but the way Witham dispatched them last weekend was ruthless by first bowling them out for 115 and then cruising past their total in 15 overs with no wickets down.

"I'd say it was probably our best performance of the year," said Wakelin.

"It was just a good all-round performance.

"We took early wickets, which was important as we'd been asked to bowl after losing the toss.

"We were a bit surprised about that as there had been some rain earlier in the day and it was windy so we thought the pitch would get better to bat on as the day went on.

"We got those early wickets and even though they got a partnership of 65 going, myself and Greg Stephens came on and took six wickets between us for 20-odd runs in 20 overs.

"Carl Bragg then took a late wicket and we had them all out for 115 inside 41 overs."

The bowling of the two spinners proved crucial in skittling Elmstead out as cheaply as they did, with the skipper taking figures of two for 13 and Stephens four for 14 and Wakelin feels they have found a winning formula.

He added: "In the early part of the season, we didn't really know how to play it with myself and Greg in the same line-up.

"We feel we're possibly the best two spinners in the division but we didn't really know what would work best and whether to have us bowling separate spells or bowling together when we were both in the team.

"But in the last few weeks, we've settled on us bowling in tandem and it's getting us results.

"We're not just getting wickets between us, we're tying teams' scoring down.

"But that's also thanks to some excellent fielding from the rest of the team.

"The boys were brilliant against Elmstead and backed myself and Greg up with a very good display."

However, a strong bowling display was then backed up by a ruthless batting show and Wakelin also proved instrumental as he hit an unbeaten 88 in getting to the target in just 15 overs.

He added: "We felt confident going in to bat as we thought 115 was at least 100 runs under par on that wicket and the way we approached the run chase showed that.

"I've felt that I haven't been in the greatest of form with the bat recently and have struggled a bit so I thought I'd just go in, back myself and play my game.

"It worked as the ball kept going over the boundary rope and with Michael Godwin also playing nicely, it was an easy run chase in the end."