Winner Takes All

Last Monday saw a disappointing first defeat of the season for the 13s, against Belvoir in the semi-final of the cup.

However, 3 days later it was business as usual. A return to Belvoir kept the league campaign on track in a good show of character.

With the home team batting first. Shepherd (3-1-5-0) Chamberlain (2-2-0-2) and Wilkins (2-0-5-2) all applied the squeeze as Belvoir were restricted to 18-5 off 8, with a reversed batting order.

Malik (2) Kitching, Brown and Cairns all chipped in with wickets. Kitching, Cairns and Brown all showed safe hands when required as the overall ground fielding was much improved.

Belvoir: 86-9 off 18.

Newell received the only good delivery in the opening 4 overs. 42 runs appeared on the board with only 13 of them coming off the bat, leaving the result never in doubt.

Nice played tidily for 23 before being caught in the covers. Chamberlain crafted an excellent 19 not out despite running in treacle while Shepherd (14*) crashed the winning runs with 7 overs to spare.

Keyworth 90-2 off 10.4

The win sees Keyworth join Fiskerton at the top of the league having both played 8 won 8. Both teams meet on Tuesday night away at Fiskerton for a winner takes all decider. 6pm start, the more supprt the merrier.

A summary of the other matches will follow (when school is out!). The U12s sit top of their league having won 4 out of 4, with 2 matches remaining. The U14s have been without a game for 5 weeks but kick start their final 6 games on Monday night against Kegworth at the Field of Dreams.