Ash provides winning Sunday to start the season

The combined Sunday first and second team started the season with a victory in a tight game against Lingfield New Chapel.

After losing the toss Merstham were put into bat and made slow progress to reach 50 in the 17th over.  

Skipper Jon White (27), Bobby Sharp (57) and Will Prior (20) accelerated the accumulation, but wickets continued to fall, with all down in the 41st over of a timed game for 164.  

Lingfield made an encouraging start (99-2) with the score galloping along at four or five runs an over until the ball was put into vice captain Bill Ash's hands. Ash captured seven of the Lingfield wickets in a 15 over spell for 53 runs. Joe Rees-Davies wrapped up the innings with the final wicket, giving Merstham victory by a slim 14 runs, the visitors batting 40.3 overs, two more balls than their hosts.