The 1s travelled to Ealing Trailfinders and were made to bat first after stand in skipper Dilan Wanniarachchi lost the toss. The boys knew how important a win was here after narrowly missing out last week and were determined to put on a show. Even without skipper Dylan Assani, the lads were still very confident they could do the business. Schopun Jooma and Hem Shah, opening up for the 1s for the first time, started well before Hem was dismissed on 23. This didn’t stop Schops as he scored 68 (85) before being dismissed. Akshay Powale contributed with 35 and we batted all 55 overs and ended on 197/9. Charlie took 2 up front with the new ball before Kalpesh Kerai than through the ETCC lineup with 6-38 in 13 overs, including the big wicket of their keeper, before running through the middle and lower order. A truly remarkable spell from Kalpesh. Tejpal Jadeja also took the very important wicket of their skipper and Asif Mohammadi finished the job with a seed to get the final wicket. It’s 12 huge points for the 1s in their quest for promotion.

Scorecard: https://kenton.play-cricket.com/website/results/6753376

Kenton CC 2nd XI vs Chiswick CC 2nd XI

The 2s hosted Chiswick CC at the Alan Digby Ground and were bowling first after skipper Roshan Patel won the toss. At 73/4, with Ajmal Jabrekheil, Yashil Kamdar and Prithvi Nakrani bowling well, we were in control however Chiswick managed to get up to 230ao after a couple of good partnerships. Viraj batted well for his 50 (67) opening the batting however we ended up with 186/8 from 47 and it was a losing draw. Shoutout to skipper Roshan for his 37* (57), as well as Milind Kamdar with 27 (23) and Yashil Kamdar with 12* (14) to ensure we secure the 2 points which are still invaluable in a tight scrap for promotion.

Scorecard: https://kenton.play-cricket.com/website/results/6754055

Kenton CC 3rd XI vs Ealing CC 4th XI

The 3s travelled to Ealing to play their 4s. Skipper Jonny Rye lost the toss and we were batting. He and Kaushlendra batted superbly for their 126 run partnership where Jonny made 52 (76) and Kaushlendra 66 (62) however no one else could get going and it was 171ao. Ealing chased it pretty comfortably 4 down as Prishant Roy took 2 wickets to take him to 23 for the season and leaving him 3rd in the leading wicket takers list for Division 1. Loss for the 3s but they will bounce back next week in a huge game vs North London 3s.

Scorecard: https://kenton.play-cricket.com/website/results/6754503

Kenton CC 4th XI vs Twickenham CC 3rd XI

The 4s hosted Twickenham 3s at home. After skipper Deepak Singh lost the toss, we were batting first. Deepak hit 56 (78) opening the batting, a truly fine knock from a Kenton legend. 50 (46) from Krunal Patel and 46 (43) from Manoj Prasanga helped us get to 242/8 in 50. Bowlers started well and we had them 30/2. Raj Parmar ended with 3-37 (8) and Ravi Patel 2-50 (12) however we ended with a losing draw in the last over. Great fight from the boys once again and 1 point in the bag.

Scorecard: https://kenton.play-cricket.com/website/results/6754684

15 points this weekend and promotion confirmed for the skipper Hem Shah and his CV side after their game on Sunday was conceded by our opponents. We will be hoping for an even better showing in the coming weekend’s fixtures. The last round of timed games.