Good win on wet ground with some big hitting

While the ground was understandably wet, solid work by the ground staff and a flexible attitude shown by both captains enabled a 43-over game starting slightly late.

Sam showed his pedigree almost from ball one with superb offside driving, while Charles was his solid companion in a big opening stand. Sam went on to 79, his principal ally being Krunal whose 50 came from only 25 balls, and took us (with contributions all down the order) well past 200.

Rudra continues to impress with pace and control, taking a vital early wicket and only conceding two runs per over. Though the second wicket partnership took NE within sight of the run rate, always a factor when rain is around, Adnan was the star turn with the ball putting the skids under the batsmen with a superb 5-28 from his 9. Sharky also showed the value of experience by chipping in with 3-for, and JK gained a wicket as well.

All in all an extremely solid win on an unpleasant day weather-wise, and hats off to the hosts for playing on through, and for buying the umpire a pint after the game! Cheers!