At a drizzly Long Ashton, the Methodists batted first and made a good start – Mark Robinson and Dave Sackett seeing off opening bowlers, Joseph Baines and the awkward Daniel Caie, and adding 42 runs in the first ten overs.

Unfortunately, a trio of wickets then fell for no runs in the space of eight balls, Josh Ball (2–19) and Nathan Copson the cause of the mini-collapse. Father and son, Stuart and James Green, then restored calm and took the visitors into triple digits – their stand of 61 in fourteen overs putting the Methodists back where they wanted to be, before wickets again began to fall at regular intervals. A quick cameo from Dave Murthi (20) boosted the total towards the end, but the Methodists were again indebted to Green Senior, whose 64 not out ensured that a final score of 161 for 9 at tea meant the visitors had something to bowl at.

However, during the interval, steady drizzle set in, and at the start of Long Ashton’s innings the Methodists’ bowlers had trouble directing the now rather damp ball. L.A.’s skipper, Brian Storey, took full toll of this initial waywardness to blaze a rapid half-century and take the home side to 87 by the twelfth over, before he was eventually bowled by Josh Potter.

Potter (3–36) picked up both openers in the same over, putting the brakes on the scoring-rate and, in tandem with James Sackett, virtually dried up the available runs, ironically, as the rain grew heavier. Alex Nash, having again proved his worth by taking several catches and effecting a run-out, now had his turn with the ball – two wickets for nine runs, including set batsman, Luis Parnham (26), causing further wobbles for the home side. It had been a great effort by the fielding side, but in the end, Storey’s early blitz meant that Long Ashton had only required another 75 runs from 28 overs, and eventually, they reached their target with three wickets and nearly six overs to spare.

Daniel Shearn