Pacific fell short by the smallest of margins for the second time this season – agonisingly failing by just one run to overhaul Crossbats target of 211 in a 35 over game.

Despite excellent bowling from Rob Allum (7 overs for 25) and Mike Alexander (7 overs 1 for 35) – Pacific faced a target of just over 6 an over thanks to a classy unbeaten 64 from Alan Carter.

After a difficult start – reaching 30 for the loss of 3 wickets in the first ten overs – Pacific looked on course for victory as Miles Picknett (80) and Jim Davies (59) added 145 for the fourth wicket in good time.

Despite a subsequent stand of 30 between Picknett and John Hill (12) – Pacific failed to get over the line when they needed only 12 to win from the final two overs - with 6 wickets in hand. Matt Holliday just failing with a desperate dash to make a second run needed to tie the game from the last ball.

Crossbats 211 for 5 from 35 overs (Alan Carter 64*, Collier 33, Jim Davies 3-55)

Pacific 210 for 7 from 35 overs (Miles Picknett 80, Jim Davies 59, Clive Lawrence 2-23)

MOM - Miles Picknett - a classy innings of 80 nearly saw the side home.

Packing the Kit - Craig Jones - arrived very late and missed out with the bat.

Stato Corner - the 29 conceded by Collier in an over matches the most ever scored by Pacific off a single over.

The 145 run stand between Miles Picknett and Jim Davies is the second-highest ever for the 4th wicket for the club.

XI:Mike Alexander, Jim Davies, Peter Hollman, Matt Holliday, Craig Jones, Rob Allum, Rob Bastin, Oliver Haill, Joe Phelan, Miles Picknett, John Hill

Crossbats v Pacific

Crossbats innings  R  M  B  4  6 Collier   b Alexander   33  0  0  0  0   Wright   b Davies   28  0  0  0  0   Spiro   run out Allum    25  0  0  0  0   Carter   not out    64  0  0  0  0   Ball   b Davies   25  0  0  0  0   Groves   c Phelan b Davies   16  0  0  0  0   Rapley   not out    1  0  0  0  0   Kirkwood   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Lawrence   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Baird   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Lippitt   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 10, nb 2) 19      TOTAL (35.0 Overs) 211 for 5

Fall of wickets:

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Rob Allum   7  3  25  0    Oliver Haill   7  0  40  0    Mike Alexander   7  0  35  1    Jim Davies   7  0  55  3    Peter Hollman   7  0  49  0

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Peter Hollman   b Lawrence   8  18  14  1  0   Miles Picknett   run out    80  152  89  10  1   Joe Phelan   b Baird   8  13  15  1  0   Craig Jones   b Lawrence   1  4  2  0  0   Jim Davies   c Groves b Lippitt   59  93  61  7  0   John Hill   c & b Ball   12  20  15  1  0   Rob Allum   not out    1  6  4  0  0   Matt Holliday   run out    0  2  0  0  0   Rob Bastin   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Oliver Haill   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Mike Alexander   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 6, lb 1, w 31, nb 1) 39      TOTAL (35.0 Overs) 210 for 7

Fall of wickets:  1-12 [Hollman] , 2-29 [Phelan] , 3-30 [Jones] , 4-175 [Davies] , 5-205 [Hill] , 6-209 [Picknett] , 7-210 [Holliday]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Lawrence   7  1  23  2    Baird   7  0  36  1    Wright   2  0  23  0    Collier   7  0  53  0    Lippitt   7  0  42  1    Groves   4  0  20  0    Ball   1  0  5  1