Disappointment was not in short supply in this corner of Middlesex yesterday. Solid bowling & even sharper fielding could not make amends for a dismal all round batting display that was to follow. The batting was Hartley revisited & tight if unspectacular bowling was enough to undermine Pacific's 2nd round aspirations. The 1st wicket is the best comparison - Chieftains made 86 by the 22nd over, Pacific were 0-1 after 3 balls but still in with a shout at 49-2 also after 21; but then as acceleration was required, the wheels fell off. Back to the nets!

Meanwhile, one point of light relief. In the 1st innings Golding score a SEVEN. The Captain missed him at long on, but the ball landed inside the boundary. As the batters crossed for a 3rd the ball flew out of Jim's hand & over the boundary ! Where to look ?

1st round match

XI: Guy Wiehahn, Pete Hollman, Jim Davies*, Jon Webley, Kurt Rademaker, William Davies, James Smith, Rob Bastin+, Rob Allum, Shayne Rees,Darryl Roberts

Sunbury Chieftains v Pacific

Sunbury Chieftains innings  R  M  B  4  6 G Spencer   c Roberts b Allum   49  106  90  6  0   N Turnbull   c Rees b Allum   48  74  68  5  1   M Golding   c Rees b Davies   67  72  44  6  4   A London   c & b Allum   1  5  9  0  0   P Scott   not out    27  0  38  2  0   D Midwinter   b    5  12  11  0  0   D London   b    14  13  17  0  1   P Hennessy   c Rademaker b    0  1  1  0  0   M Hennessy   not out    4  1  1  1  0   S White   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   C Bentall   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 11, nb 1) 15      TOTAL (0.0 Overs) 230-7

Fall of wickets:  1-86 [N Turnbull] , 2-131 [G Spencer] , 3-133 [A London] , 4-184 [M Golding] , 5-193 [D Midwinter] , 6-225 [D London] , 7-225 [P Hennessy]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    James Smith   7  1  26  0    Darryl Roberts   9  2  28  0    Jon Webley   3  0  21  0    Rob Allum   9  1  45  3    Jim Davies   8  0  46  1    Kurt Rademaker   4  0  31  0       5  0  28  3

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Peter Hollman   c Turnbull b Midwinter   0  3  3  0  0   Guy Wiehahn   c Turnbull b Midwinter   28  74  0  3  0   Jim Davies   c A London b P Hennessy   8  20  0  0  0   Kurt Rademaker   c Golding b M Hennessy   11  69  0  0  0   William Davies   c P Hennessy b Bentall   0  2  2  0  0   Shayne Rees   b A London   12  20  25  1  0   Jon Webley   c A Scott b M Hennessy   3  9  7  0  0   Rob Allum   run out    8  31  28  0  0   Rob Bastin   c Scott b P Hennessy   1  10  10  0  0   James Smith   c Turnbull b London   0  8  6  0  0   Darryl Roberts   not out    6  6  6  1  0    Extras (b 3, lb 3, w 4, nb 0) 10      TOTAL (39.3 Overs) 87 all out

Fall of wickets:  1-0 [Hollman] , 2-12 [Davies] , 3-50 [Wiehahn] , 4-51 , 5-66 [Rademaker] , 6-67 [Rees] , 7-71 [Webley] , 8-75 [Bastin] , 9-79 [Smith] , 10-87 [Allum]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Midwinter   9  3  28  1    Hennessy P   7  1  9  2    Bentall   9  1  16  1    Hennessy M   8  3  14  3    London A   5.4  1  8  2    White   1  0  6  0