Pacific are still going strong, striding into October with a confident step, while others begin to hibernate. Congratulations to our captain Toby Chasseaud on passing 1,000 runs for the season over a weekend in which we beat Bussey in Greenwich, while narrowly losing out to a Golden XI at Wray on Sunday. On Sunday himself (67) and Luke Hollman, with a flawless 150, put on a mammoth opening partnership thought to be 212, which would be the highest in PCC history.

Pacific v Golden XI

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Toby Chasseaud   not out    67  0  0  0  0   Luke Hollman   c Saj b ?   150  0  0  0  0   Ben Burnham   c Mortaza    4  0  0  0  0   Rizwan Siddiqui   not out    26  0  0  0  0   Ben Stockton*   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Kieran Mullens   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Sam Howes   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Hugh Macpherson   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Andy Charman   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Murtaza Siddiqui†   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 0      TOTAL (35.0 Overs) 259

Fall of wickets:  1-212 [Hollman]

Bowling  O  M  R  W

Golden XI innings  R  M  B  4  6 Sanu   c Macpherson b Stockton   15  0  0  0  0   Shiva   not out    125  0  0  0  0   Harsab   c Hollman b Mullens   22  0  0  0  0   Sajid   c Burnham b Mullens   0  0  0  0  0   Dilawar   c Hollman b Mullens   19  0  0  0  0   Saleem   not out    44  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 11, lb 5, w 11, nb 3) 30      TOTAL (33.2 Overs) 260

Fall of wickets:

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Ben Stockton   6  0  37  1    Sam Howes   4  0  44  0    Hugh Macpherson   4  0  31  0    Rizwan Siddiqui   6.3  0  37  0    Kieran Mullens   5  0  36  3    Andy Charman   5  0  37  0    Imaad Siddiqui   2  0  20  0    Toby Chasseaud   1  0  7  0