Having won the toss, Chesham Bois duly batted. Bowling conditions were favourable early on with plenty of movement available using the new ball as Alex got an unplayable one early on. Paul(41) played with a patient approach, happy to take the many singles that were on offer. Gaurav(21) and Uma(37) have a more adventurous approach, but these two, the backbone of so many of our innings, departed with the score on a slightly concerning 99. It was time for the others to step up and they duly obliged as Alok(16), Samar(11), Jitendar(34), Bennett(9), Chamal(12no) and even the skipper(13no) batted out the 40 overs. 222-9, another defendable score.

Whilst 222 is a good score, it is a total that The Misfits were more than capable of chasing down. Early control was key and Samar(8-0-25-2) and Karthik(5-0-32-1) delivered both control and wickets in their opening spells. Chamal(8-3-12-4) and Alok(5.1-0-18-1) compounded their problems, being both frugal and removing wickets. Bennett(3-0-18-1) got a few overs in and took a wicket along the way (could have been 2), Jitendar(2-0-19-0) had a couple of overs as we wanted to see if he was as good with the ball as he was with the bat. Samar, his son, doesn’t need to worry about that just yet. Finally, Uma(5-1-19-1) came on to help remove the surprisingly competent tail and Alok returned to mop up the last wicket. 152 all out for The Misfits in the end, it was a good effort, but our initial control ultimately left them with a little too much to do. As ever with The Misfits, a very friendly and enjoyable game.