13/14th May Results - Sat 1st, 2nd, 3rd & Sun 1st all record victories!
Saturday 1st XI wrapped up a victory at home against newly promoted Chobham CC with some superb fielding and, for the 9th wicket, a catch of the season contender! Finn Harris (46) opened assuredly and Asim Jaffri 4-20 off 9 overs was the pick of the bowlers. It was a good team performance to pick up all the wickets as at the break Chobham were in high spirits having restricted MCC to 117, to pick them up for only 57 was a real victory.
2nd XI bowled first restricting Horsley & Send CC on a good wicket. To chase the runs after a great fielding display shows the season has real promise. Finn Wilsher (21) showed composure at the crease opening the batting against the new ball and a few players chipped in with runs notably Lithon (52) and Dan Barlow (32). The task now for the batsman is to convert these good starts in the 20s when set, to higher scores. Bowling the wickets Lithon put in a great all rounders performance picking up 3 wickets alongside Luke (3wkts) and Bobby Sharp, Imran Aslam, Finn W and Ferg all picking up 1 wkt each showing the real bowling strength in the group.
3rd XI hosting Old Wimbledonians at The Ring made the best of the conditions after a week of bad weather the pitch was slow and the ball was keeping low and sticking in the outfield making run scoring tricky. Ben Jones (63 runs) showed his resilience and early season promise after a lot of dedication in the nets this off season. He backed it up with 87 runs the next day for the Sunday side too! Less said about the rest of the batting the better!
In the field the 3rds looked sharp and James Lowe (5 wkts) made his long journey on train strike day count after recording a duck batting he came out bowling very well picking up 5wkts to see off the oppos run chase.
4th XI had a good game but sadly came 2nd. Gareth Tucker batting well and the wickets shared around the strike attack. Really promising to have some new faces playing and we look forward to their progress through the year.
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