For me, the highlight of the game against English Heritage (which Maxie has already blogged about below) was the point at which the Allstars run rate was a breezy 54 runs per over, which put us on target for a projected first innings total of 1,890.
Sadly the home team tightened up their bowling considerably and managed to restrict us to 152. Still, it was nice while it lasted.

Lost by the annoying margin of 1 wicket. They crept over the line with eight balls to spare. 152-7 played 155-9.

Stephen Harty top scored for us on debut with 65, with support from James Morgan’s 32.

Stephen also took 4 wickets, Tony Grant snaffled a brace, and there were one each for Morgsy and KP.

A very close, exciting match – just a shame the final wicket eluded us.

Allstars 75-3 off 20.

EH won toss and will bat.

Village CC (221-6) beat St Anne’s Allstars (200-8) by 21 runs. A swashbuckling 73 from skipper James Morgan, ably supported by Dave Halladay’s 40, was not enough in the fading August light. Morgan’s departure, run out backing up, with Allstars needing 46 off 28 balls left the home side with too much to do. Up to then it was a tense affair, worthy of the new plastic, bronze effect trophy which was collected by Eklayva Gupte, Village’s victorious captain.
Morgan spoke for the whole team by placing the blame for the defeat firmly at Maxie’s door. Gupte said: “It was a good game, I never thought the Allstars could reach our target, but I was scared by how close they came in the end. A really good game.”