Chesterfords got there first victory of the season on Sunday when they made the trip to Sampfords on a hot muggy afternoon. Chesterfords won the toss and battled first looking to post a solid total.

Chesterfords got off to steady start until opener Shaun Stokley  (5) was bowled by impressive S. Green (5-55). A mini partnership of 30 then developed between R. Paskins and skipper P. Phillips which took the score onto 42-1 which soon became 47-3 when both Paul Phillips (19) and after some excellent stroke play Rob Paskins (19) both fell in a matter of overs. This brought Adam Miles and Jamie Kempner together at the crease with both batsmen finding there rhythm and timing from the off. A. Miles accelerated his innings smashing fours all around the park and reached he¹s maiden 50 for the club with a massive 6 over deep mid-on.

J. Kempner (26) supported A. Miles superbly picking off singles a dispatching the bad balls to the boundary. The impressive partnership came to an end on

85 and the score stood at 140-5 with 8 overs to go. Chesterfords finally managed an competitive 182 ­ 8 off there 40 overs with James Case (25) finishing the innings off with some fine strokes and was well supported by the lower order.

Chesterfords took the field looking for early wickets which young Alex Marley (2-20 off 4) delivered, beating the outside edge on a number of times and causing problems for the top order. With the score on 20-2 after 8 overs Sampfords fought back with a 65 run partnership and swung the game in there favour moving the score onto 85-2 of 22. With the introduction of A. Miles

(4-43 off 11) and Shaun Stokley (3 ­26 off 7) changed the match with some outstanding bowling and was well supported by Ross Laird ( 0-23 off 4), Mark Stokely (0-14 off 4) Steve Tapping ( 0 ­ 13 off 4) and James Case (1-23 off 5) . The combination of excellent bowling and tight fielding put the pressure on Sampfords and fittingly to finish off a fantastic day A. Miles took the last wicket off the match to bowl Sampfords out for 171.