Afterwards Nth Middx Chairman Mark Pittman said "Is that the strongest XI you can put out because if it is we'll have to consider the fixture before next year". Shame really as at the 20 over mark N Middx were 76-2, the Jameses Smith & Gleadow had bowled very well as had Shayne Rees.

The ground fielding lead by James Gleadow (again) & Rob Bastin had been superb & featured a splendid single stump 25 yard throw & hit from James Smith to dismiss a casual Sam Shepherd; but a change of bowling, an excelleration in the run rate as the wickets in hand told & an unforeseen rise of inconsistent fielding & the game changed.

In reply, Ben Gibson was caught at gully - the 1st catch of the match & thereafter wickets continued to fall at regular interludes.

Partnerships win or save games & our largest was 26 for the 2nd wicket which summarises the batting plight. Maybe a stronger team is required in 2008 or if not, a greater level of batting commitment.

XI:- Rob Bastin, Ben Gibson, James Gleadow, Matt Holliday, Peter Hollman, Lahri Mohamed, Shayne Rees, James Smith, Jon Webley* Steve Emmins & Stan McLeod. 12th Lucius Faisal,

North Middlesex v Pacific

North Middlesex innings  R  M  B  4  6 S Shepard   run out Smith    10  0  0  2  0   J Pittman   b Rees   1  0  0  0  0   J Yorke-Starkey   not out    70  0  0  10  1   A Holmes   b Bastin   65  0  0  11  0   R Els   run out Bastin    0  0  0  0  0   V Parmar   b Bastin   0  0  0  0  0   O Mohinvaden   run out Emmins    13  0  0  1  0   S Vartva   not out    0  0  0  0  0   D Fryer   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   O Jacobs   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   A Adil   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 13, nb 1) 21      TOTAL (40.0 Overs) 183-6

Fall of wickets:  1-9 [Shepherd] , 2-35 [Pittman] , 3-44 [Yorke]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    James Gleadow   8  2  23  0    Shayne Rees   6  0  28  1    James Smith   9  1  29  0    Stan McLeod   6  0  25  0    Matt Holliday   2  0  23  0    Jon Webley   5  0  36  0    Rob Bastin   4  1  11  2

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Peter Hollman   c Sheperd b Els   12  32  32  2  0   Ben Gibson   c Sub (Headlake) b Els   0  12  9  0  0   Jon Webley   c Jacobs b Pittman   29  31  36  6  0   Rob Bastin   b Pittman   13  32  24  2  0   Lahri Mohamed   lbw b Pittman   8  8  11  1  0   Shayne Rees   c Yorke-Starkey b Fryer   12  41  36  2  0   Matt Holliday   b Fryer   0  1  1  0  0   Steve Emmins   b Parmar   5  12  8  1  0   James Gleadow   b Fryer   12  30  20  1  0   Stan McLeod   c Yorke-Starkey b Fryer   3  3  3  0  0   James Smith   not out    0  14  13  0  0    Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 3) 10      TOTAL (31.5 Overs) 104 all out

Fall of wickets:  1-9 [Gibson] , 2-35 [Hollman] , 3-44 [Webley] , 4-54 [Bastin] , 5-67 [Mohamed] , 6-71 [Holliday] , 7-77 [Emmins] , 8-92 [Rees] , 9-96 [McLeod] , 10-104 [Gleadow]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Els   6  1  11  2    Varma   5  1  23  0    Pittman   5  1  15  3    Holmes   4  1  17  0    Parmar   4  0  17  1    Fryer   5.5  0  17  4    Adil   2  1  2  0