In a match that ebbed and flowed the Lions eventually triumphed with any result possible going into the last over.
Belhus batted first and got off to a fast start. A sharp catch by Shyam off the bowling off Scott slowed down there initial momentum. Another wicket followed shortly as Charlie had there no.3 caught behind. Then followed a period of Belhus dominance as they put together a partnership of 50 runs. Their batsman were running well and accumulating runs at a steady state. As they started to push the run rate a moment of brilliance by Noah with a direct hit ended an excellent innings by their opener. The death bowlers; Charlie, Ibrahim and Ben W did their job by restricting runs and picking up wickets to leave a target 0f 120.
We got off to a perfect start as Ben W (25) and Rohan (21) put on 54 for the opening stand before Ben was bowled. When Rohan was caught by a stunning one handed catch at midwicket what was 66 fo1 quickly became 72 for 5. By now we had lost the initiative and fallen behind the run rate. After a nervy start Charlie (21) and Noah (18n.o) put on 32 runs in double quick time to put us back in control of the match. Then another mini collapse occurred as we lost 3 wickets for 2 runs. As Ben C came out to bat we needed 14 runs off 18 balls with 2 wickets in hand. Ben C (10n.o) showed great calmness and maturity along with Noah to take us over the line with 4 balls to spare. It was an excellent match played in excellent spirit and it was a pity that there had to be a loser, but this time the Lions managed to sneak over the line