V PARKMEN
Rick Skipper, bowled them out for 127 in 19ov, Paul 3 and Rick, Ken 2 wickets. Rather slow response to some half decent bowling ended with us falling 30 short with 7 wickets remaining, off our 20 overs.
V THAMES TRAINS
A grey overcast windy cold evening in Perivale saw us struggling to control the ball aginst some lively batting, helped by a small boundary and lots of bushes. We bowled better in the last 8 allowing them only 30 to take the score to 141/8, Rick taking 4 for 6 from his 4 overs. Steve, Phil and Wendel fell early, 4 for 3, but then enter Knobby and Alex, who hit the ball all over, including 2 6's from Alex, in a 98 run partnership. When Alex fell we needed just 40 from 7. Their openers came back and we fell 6 short.
V PS93
Social friendly. Leisure 187/3, PS93 140/7
V HARROW
Why anyone would want to drive from Feltham to Harrow on a daily basis, I dont know, but once a year is doable. Harrow is a very old fixture, they have a few characters, and over the years the honours are quite even. Anyway, the losing streak was continued as we limped to 99/8 from 20, Knobby top scoring with 27. The plan was to make Harrow work hard for it. A wicket first ball and another in the 3rd over from Paul gave us confidence on a slow uneven wicket. However, 5 an over is hard to restrict and one expensive over put them on top. A couple more wickets fell but the game was up in the 19th over.
V ELMBRIDGE
9 man Leisure went to Hersham on a glorious Thurday evening. Bowled and fielded well, and despite fifties from their two openers, we restricted Elm to 133/5 from 20. Rick 2 wickets. The reponse started well. Wasim and Swain with 30's. However, the ball after a massive lost ball six, Wendel fell to an impressive catch at point from a fielder who had missed everyting else that evening and we found ourselves needing 16 from 4 overs, with the last wicket pair out in the middle. 16 became 6, and when last man Jim fell plum LBW, obvious even from the pavilion, meant that with 2 batters short, we lost by 6 runs. Could have done it with a full team, but not to be.
V RICHMOND TEACHERS
Leisure were on good time. Eventually, the oppo turned up, the boundry markers and stumps put out and play commenced. Teachers batted first. A solid 50 from one of their chaps, a lightning fast outfield and an artificial matt, allowed Teachers to 155/5 from 18 overs, Ian S taking 2 wickets. We responded well and were always up with the run rate, until the last 6 overs or so, with the light fading. The run rate crept up, so needing 19 off the last over. We fell 16 short, 7 down. Everyone chipped in with runs, except John C, who recorded the second golden duck of the season.
V GARRISON
Despite the massive boundary and 48 from Chris and a quick fire 24 from Wendel, 125 was not really enough from our 20 overs. 65/0 from 10 overs in response only confirmed our fears, so it was a case of how near to the 20 overs we could take them. However, in the space of 2 overs, they lost 5 wickets (1 stumping, 1 direct run out (Chris), 3 catches), and from then on the run rate slowed and more wickets followed. We even managed to drop at least 5 catches, and in the end winning by 22 runs. Paul with 4 wickets, Chris with 48 runs.
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