Not quite four defeats from four games with the 2nd XI gaining a potentially crucial losing draw that could be vital in securing their staying in Division A.
The 1st XI game at home to Hucknall started quite well with the team reaching 118 for 3 before wickets began to tumble and the side reached just 170. The visitors then made light work of reaching their target and lost only two wickets and had almost 12 overs to spare.
The 2nd XI game at Flintham started well with a wicket taken before a run had been scored but the home side recovered well to reach a daunting 260 for 9. Prateer Mehta, bowling for the first time for the side, starred in taking 6 of the wickets for 58 runs. On the batting front the team were at 125 for 5 and losing looked a distinct possibility but then Richard Henson (46) and Mason Tolley (43) put on an unbroken 107 for the 6th wicket. Tejash Naik and Oliver Trafford both scored 38 earlier in the innings.
Points awarded for the losing draw leaves the team on the same points as Keyworth with one game to play. A slightly superior net run rate sees the team above Keyworth and out of the relegation positions - some bad weather next weekend (the 2s play on Sunday) may be seen as a good thing!
A hard game for the 3rd XI at Ellerslie with the home side hammering 324 for just 4 wickets. A decent response on the batting front in reaching 182 with Dan Whitham, in his first game for the 3s hitting 45, and James Binnie (31), Ben Goodlass (29) and Bhavesh Panchal (16) all set new high scores.
Dan's score of 45 also saw him record the highest score batting at 8 for the 3rd XI replacing Sam Henson and Arjun Sandhu's scores of 42.
Even though no wickets were taken in the 4ths game against Midlands who finished in second place in the league, there were some good achievements in the batting. Three players hit new high scores for the Club's Saturday teams. Lakshay Sharma, after playing for the 1st XI in his previous game, hit 78 with 14 4s and one 6 - thanks Lakshay for your flexibility. William Green in only his 6th game scored his first half century with 54 and Laura Sainsbury contributed a rapid unbeaten 16.
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