June 7th Club XI home vs Caterham
Godstone Village 20/20 Cricket Festival
Merstham 116 for 6, Caterham 117 for 8
Caterham Win by 2 wickets.
We made a glorious exit with only three balls remaining from the Godstone 20/20 Cricket festival after drawing favourites Caterham on Wednesday 7th June.

We were inserted and made a sluggish start, only opener Dave Neal (24) offering some aggressive resistance. James Lowe (12) continued in similar vein while Andy Pearce (16 ) intelligently kept the score-board ticking over. Ray Shinners (24 ) when joined by Ritchie Feist ( 19no) raised the tempo in the last few overs with a stand of 33 to set a competive 117 to win.

In reply Shinners (4 overs for 11) bowled the opener in the first over and with Bobby Sharp (4 overs for 17) bowling accurately the first eight overs cost only 28 with two wickets down. Caterham were consistently behind the required rate and some outstanding catches in the deep from Chris Wiggeley, Richard Feist and Bobby Sharp built up the pressure. Only some late hitting saw Caterham home in an excellent match.

Our club team featured a genuine mix of players from all five teams who did the club great credit on the day.