After losing the toss, Downsey was able to expect more from the team after taking regular wickets to bowl the opposition out for just 106. Birju Lukka bowing an 18 over spell unchanged to take a 6 for.
Now despite the total being a considerably low one, the team had played enough cricket at the Village to know that chasing low scores is not always easy, especially if most of the team try to hit the ball out the park. Regular wickets fell in the chase and with only El Capitan, Rohan Sheth and George Lee making double figures, the village fell agonosingly short by 7 runs.
An improvement has been demanded by Richard, with rumours suggesting a recall for the recently discarded Welsh wizard Piers Jenkins and a second team debut for Sunny Raval as yet unconfirmed, despite the double century partnership put on last week.