On a warm sunny day Chesterfords were lucky enough to travel to the picturesque ground of Great Canfield again for the second time this year. Chesterfords won the toss and batted first on a hard, dry looking pitch. Openers Paul Phillips and Tom Dowrick got off to a watchful start due to a swinging ball. In the 5th over Chesterfords lost T.Dowrick for only 5 which brought young Rob Paskins to join his skipper at the crease. Both batsman looked in good touch especially R. Paskins who played some fantastic strokes all around the park. Skipper P.Phillips (34) batted well and was well caught at gully in the 19th over which ended a 50 run partnership between the two batsmen. R.Paskins continued to look in impressive form and eventually was bowled in the 26th over for a well made (41). With 15 overs left and the score on 110 - 3 Chesterfords had wickets in hand to increase the run rate which they did with the two experienced batsman David Perring (17) and Wazz Mughal (42). Mughal played a typically aggressive innings smashing boundaries for fun which saw the total race onto 170 with 5 overs to go. Mughal's innings came to an end being well caught in the deep which saw young Richard Taylor (14) and Nick Dowrick (10 no) together at the crease, both batsmen played some excellent shots keeping the run rate going and with a cameo in the last over from Brad Mchugh Chesterfords posted a impressive 195 - 7 off there 40 overs.

 

Chesterfords display with the bat was well matched by there bowlers as openers Tom Thake bowled a fantastic spell of quick aggressive bowling finishing with figures of 1 - 8 of 8. Alan Stokley proved to be a handful taking 2 - 18 of 8 which left Canfield on 30 - 3 after 12 overs. Young Richard Taylor showed what a excellent young bowler he is with a tidy spell of 0 -12 of 4 and Shaun Stokley showed his brother how to do it taking 2 - 20 of 8. Canfield found themselves up against it on 85 for 6 with 15 overs remaining still looking to bat the overs out to claim a draw. Canfield produced a mini fight back and only the introduction of pacey Wazz Mughal taking 3 - 1 of 1.1 overs finished the game off and Chesterfords won the match in the 36th over not only due to an excellent bowling performance but a fantastic fielding display as well.