A determined challenge from the XI north of the river ended in frustration. Was the total too high ? Maybe. Certainly The Bank were never in the game as wickets fell too regularly as Captain Steev Lay engaged in all out attack. The resistance of number 6 Kidnee & Down meant that Pacific were 2 wickets short of reclaiming the honour last held in 2002.

Earlier, the batting had also imposed itself around Rob Bastin's 81. A real shame such fine surroundings could not witness a deserved maiden century, Kidnee spoiling the party with the ball on this occassion.

Useful contributions from Lahrie Mohammed & Matt Holiday + some tail wagging plundering by Chris Atkin & Shayne Rees probably took the game out of the Bank's reach.

MOTM Rob Bastin - he even took a cracking 1st slip catch off James Smith to dismiss Adey

XI:-Chris Atkin, Rob Bastin, Joe Bennett, Matt Holliday, Peter Hollman, Steve Lay, Lahrie Mohamed, Shayne Rees, James Smith, Jonathan Hardisty, Matt Patel.

12th man: Jon Brown.

Pacific v Bank of England

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Peter Hollman   c Merriman b Eddolls   1  4  7  0  0   Jonathan Hardisty   lbw b Eddolls   24  63  57  4  0   Rob Bastin   b Kidnee   81  92  97  11  3   Steve Lay   b Kidnee   13  31  25  2  0     b Down   1  15  13  0  0   Matt Holliday   b Down   19  29  37  3  0   Mat Patel   c Adey b Down   0  8  3  0  0   Lahri Mohamed   not out    30  44  26  6  0   Shayne Rees   c Adey b Down   16  12  11  3  0     not out    14  7  6  1  1   James Smith   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 2, nb 0) 10      TOTAL (48.0 Overs) 212-8 dec.

Fall of wickets:  1-1 [Hollman] , 2-93 [Hardisty] , 3-128 [Lay] , 4-129 [Bastin] , 5-135 , 6-145 [Patel] , 7-156 [Holliday] , 8-188 [Rees]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Kidnee   15  4  44  2    Eddolls   14  1  43  2    Hussain   6  0  56  0    Down   13  2  64  4

Bank of England innings  R  M  B  4  6 Adey   c Bastin b Smith   8  0  0  0  0   Merriman   lbw b    3  0  0  0  0   Austin   c Holliday b    8  0  0  0  0   Goodwin   lbw b    2  0  0  0  0   Vaughan   c & b Rees   13  0  0  0  0   Kidnee   not out    33  0  0  0  0   Gallimore   c Holliday b Mohamed   0  0  0  0  0   Eddolls   c & b Rees   5  0  0  0  0   Hussain   c Holliday b Smith   4  0  0  0  0   Down   not out    3  0  0  0  0   Rumball   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 17, lb 6, w 7, nb 3) 33      TOTAL (35.0 Overs) 112-8

Fall of wickets:  1-9 [Merriman] , 2-27 [Austin] , 3-32 [Merriman] , 4-46 [Goodwin] , 5-62 [Vaughan] , 6-63 [Gallimore] , 7-72 [Eddolls] , 8-101 [Hussain]

Bowling  O  M  R  W       11  3  32  3    James Smith   12  2  20  2    Lahri Mohamed   5  1  16  1    Shayne Rees   5  1  13  2    Peter Hollman   1  0  4  0    Rob Bastin   1  0  5  0