Well, we got 50 overs in after the clocks went back – or 49.2 more accurately, with visitors Harrow Willow CC winning by two wickets with three balls to spare, ending the Pacific autumn winning streak at 7.

Seconds after the last footballers were cleared from the outfield, Pacific captain Rizwan Siddiqui lost the toss and saw his side inserted, with the captains agreeing to bowl five overs at a time from each end to maximise the over rate and get a game in before the now mid-afternoon sunset. Opener Jon Thornton led the way for Pacific with 56 from 63 balls, whilst captain Siddiqui powered a late 38 off 24 balls to boost the Pacific run rate up to a respectable 6.88. Less respectably, number three batsman Hogg found himself run out for the second time of the weekend.

With the sun setting quickly, the Harrow Willow innings got underway after the shortest of intervals with Paul Davis and Jonas Nisse opening from the same end. Pacific ground fielding was good although several catches followed the temperature on its way down - but Sumeet was having no such issues with the keeper's gloves, catching both openers behind. 50 partnerships for the second and fifth wickets gave Harrow Willow a strong platform although at seven down with 21 runs still to get, Pacific were right in the game. But visiting captain Karhik Raghavan took control of the situation and dealt well with an aggressive spell of bowling from his opposite number before punishing the more occasional bowlers to take the Willows closer to the finishing line. Number 10 batsman Parekh walked out with the scores level and promptly edged the winning runs through a vacant third slip to end a cold, but ultimately enjoyable contest, and with it, the Pacific outdoor season.

Enjoy your winter, gents, and thanks to Mark the Guv'nor for scoring.

Pacific v Harrow Willow CC Toss won by Harrow Willow CC

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Sumeet Sharma†   c Jimmy b Rajesh   17  16  13  2  1   Jon Thornton   c Karthik b Suraj   56  68  63  5  0   James Hogg   run out    10  20  16  1  0   Ramiz Khan   c Varun b Suraj   19  22  19  1  1   Rizwan Siddiqui*   not out    38  27  24  3  2   James Soden   st Roshin b Karthik   4  12  10  0  0   Rob Dinsey   not out    5  6  5  0  0   Jonas Nisse   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Tim Garrett   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Paul Davis   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 19, nb 1) 23      TOTAL (25.0 Overs) 172

Fall of wickets:  1-35 [Sharma] , 2-68 [Hogg] , 3-112 [Khan] , 4-133 [Thornton] , 5-161 [Soden]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Rajesh Narayanan   4  0  42  1    Ghanshyam "Jimmy" Parekh   5  0  26  0    Karthik Raghavan   4  0  13  1    Krishna Balasubramanian   3  0  29  0    Vipin Ardra   5  0  26  0    Ishwar Hangargi   2  0  21  0    Suraj Ramaprasad   2  0  12  2

Harrow Willow CC innings  R  M  B  4  6 Varun Bhardwaj   c Sharma b Siddiqui   38  44  37  4  1   Roshin Ambookan†   c Sharma b Davis   7  14  11  1  0   Atharua Suraj   b Khan   28  23  25  5  0   Sanjay Chaudary   b Siddiqui   1  2  2  0  0   Karthik Raghavan*   not out    54  44  38  4  3   Ishwar Hangargi   b Nisse   18  22  23  2  0   Krishna Balasubramanian   run out Sharma    5  7  6  0  0   Rajesh Narayanan   lbw b Nisse   1  2  2  0  0   Vipin Ardra   lbw b Garrett   1  7  2  0  0   Ghanshyam Parekh   not out    1  1  1  0  0   Suraj Ramaprasad   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 18, nb 1) 19      TOTAL (24.2 Overs) 173

Fall of wickets:  1-22 [Roshin Ambookan] , 2-74 [Atharua Suraj] , 3-81 [Sanjay Chaudary] , 4-82 [Varun Bhardwaj] , 5-135 [Ishwar Hangargi] , 6-150 [Krishna Balasubramanian] , 7-152 [Rajesh Narayanan] , 8-172 [Vipin Ardra]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Paul Davis   5  0  38  1    Jonas Nisse   5  0  32  2    Ramiz Khan   5  0  28  1    James Soden   3  0  32  0    Rizwan Siddiqui   5  0  28  2    Tim Garrett   1.2  0  15  1