Promotions and Relegations
It was a weekend of Promotions and Relegations as the 2nd XI secured promotion with one game to go and unfortunately the 1s were relegated as they lost to Offham.
The 1s entertained Offham in a must win relegation game. Offham won the toss and elected to bowl. Joe Mills (8 overs 2 for 12) and Ricky Dale (8 overs 1 for 20) bowled extremely well and picked up early wickets to put the visitors under pressure. Tom Carey (2 for 31) and Harry Mantle (1 for 36) met stiff resistance but managed to remove the middle order. Kesha Rajadurai (3 for 30) finally removed the opener and between himself and Amith Lokesh (1 for 8) they finished off the tail as Offfham found themselves all out for 140 in the 39th over.
Bapchild lost their openers early after the break but a fine 40 from Matt Lewis steadied the ship but wickets fell with no other batsman reaching double figures as the team found themselves all out for 92 in the 34th over. The loss meant the 1s will be relegated next season to division 6 after a tough season
The 2s travelled to The Mote and was put into the field. Ethan Collier (9 overs 3 for 5) and Haris Khan (9 overs 3 for 19) ripped through the top order. Adam Rayner (9 overs 2 for 21) and Daniel Covey (1 for 43) carried on the good work as home team tried to rebuild leaving Alan Hampton (1 for 6) to wrap up the innings as The Mote found themselves all out for 113 at the end of the 39th over.
An early wicket allowed the opposition a glimmer of hope but a fine 40 from opener Paul Surridge supported by Ben Fulton (10) allowed the team to push on and Chris Hogg (24no) and Tom Gunner (26no) saw the team home comfortably with 7 wickets and 9 overs to spare. The win meant the 2s will be promoted to division 8 next year and they require only 1 point in the last game to go up as champions.
The 3s game was cancelled as The Mote 4s conceded and resigned from the league ensuring the 3s will continue to play in Division 12 next season
The Sunday XI were at home to bottom of the league Chestfield who decided to bat first. Ethan Collier (2 for 6) and Haris Khan (2 for 2) repeated their Saturday performance as they once again removed the top order. Ben Wiebe-Williams (3 for 5) and Amith Lokesh (1 for 16) continued the fine bowling performance leaving Toby Heather (1 for 6) to mop up as the visitors were bowled out for 47 at the end of the 20th over
Three early wickets saw a small wobble until Tom Carey (22 no) and Amith Lokesh (5 no) saw the team over the line with 7 wickets to spare in just 11 overs.
The win guarantees the team with at least 3rd position in the league.
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