MATCH 20 Nomads CC v Eton Ramblers Sunday June 25th 11.30 am  Agars Plough, Eton Windsor 

At Eton a decent top order line up collapsed to wrist spinner Innes-Kerr on a bouncy Agars Plough pitch either side of an early lunch after being invited to bat. At 117-7 Nomads were in dire straights but a stand of 90 by young Mahendra Parwan and skipper Michael Blumberg revived the innings helped by the generous removal of Innes-Kerr from the attack for a while. Parwan scored the runs(98) while Blumberg offered advice between overs. Abetted by some lusty slogs from Peter Cooke a total of 234 was eventually  reached, all out  in the 53rd over .

Despite losing an early wicket Ramblers set off at a furious pace aided and assisted by wides, full tosses and long hops so that 50 were on the board off 6 overs. Srikanth brought some sanity at one end and began to take wickets steadily such that Ramblers were 187-6, 5 wickets to Srikanth Kattaboyana. Boxcowan who started tentatively and might have been caught several times on another day grew in confidence to hit a fine 75 not out while Innes-Kerr  kept him company in a stand worth 60 runs when the winning runs were hit.

With a little more line and length a very enjoyable day would have seen a victory if not a much closer result.

Toss:     Eton Ramblers
Umpires:  Cliff Wilkins & Brian Wilson
Scorer(s):Various
Debuts:   None