Chesterfords got their new season underway with a defeat to a young Granta side on Sunday. On a hard flat wicket Chesterfords batted first and got off to a steady start with both openers looking solid. Young Liam Woodcock batted with real maturity at the top of the innings playing strokes all round the park, and opening partner Paul Phillips played well for (16) but was well bowled in the 8^th over. This breakthrough brought a mini collapse and two experienced players in Wazz Mughal and Dave Perring soon followed which left the score on 40 for 3. When Luke Claydon joined Liam at the crease they rebuilt the innings and started putting together a helpful partnership. As the score was increasing there was a unfortunate run out between the two in form batsman which lead to Chesterfords tail being exposed and only L. Claydon provided any resistance with a well made 57. Chesterfords were finally bowled out in the 30^th over for 138.

After the break Chesterfords knew they needed early wickets to defend such a low total and with an excellent opening spell of bowling from T Thake put the Granta batsman under real pressure. With the mixture of some dropped catches and some luck for the batting team, Chesterford could never quite claw there way back into the game. There were some positives to take, young Alex Marley made his debut and looks to have a bright future, Walter Jackson bowled a very good spell of spin bowling plus the ever dependable Perring and Mughal made it very hard for the batsman to score. However the batting team reached there total in the 34^th over for the loss of 5 wickets.