The Lions had to adjust to a last minute change where Harry Pigram came in for Remi Sendall and when we won the toss we decided to field first and then chase down their total. The Lions put in a creditable bowling and fielding performance which was almost perfect if we had managed to quickly dismiss their last batsman after reducing the opposition to 35 for 5. Ilford's last batsman managed to rescue their innings with a solid 51 runs. There were three run outs which was down to some sharp fielding from the lions and Ilford finished their innings on 83 for 6. This type of scoreline should be easy for the Lions to chase down but they persisted in making hard work of the task. Nathan and Ben Walcott opened the batting and initially got us off to good start but then we lost Nathan and Ben in a short space of time. Ben Roberts came to the crease and looked promising until he was dismissed. We knew we had good batters all the way down to number 6 and the great thing in this game was that all the batters chipped in to contribute to the run chase. Daniel (16) displayed some brave batting to move us along midway through our innings and when he was run out it was down to Henry (25n.o.) and & Harry (16n.o.) to keep their composure and see us over the line with only 2 balls to spare - Phew!!!

Great team performance, the biggest positive to pull out of the game was the mental toughness and the fighting spirit which was a marked improvement on previous games that have been close.

Well done boys!!