With another toss won and in the bank, good tosser Chandler elected to bat and let Sky chase. Boss and Chandler opened proceedings, however Chandler soon found himself heading back for an early shower after beautifully guiding a wide into the hands of the Sky. Boss soon found himself and new no.3, Wainwright, knocking the ball around into open spaces and laying the foundations to a target of 150.

However, 3 run-outs and a lack of lusty blows due to some decent spin from Khan, left Pacific in the lurch with 109.

Wainwright being stumped on 46, having played some gamely blows and a lovely straight 6 over the path and past the pikies.

  Well, Sky still had to get the runs. With a wicket second ball for Chandler, and Boss proving cheap in the opening overs, 109 looked an easy yet egg-shell laden path. However, a couple of sledge-hammer blows from the bat of Aleem Hussein put the target in perspective, and ultimately Sky took the easy road.

New spinner Tim, Vanderpumped up the volume and made the suggestion that wickets might indeed stop the rot: getting a wicket in his first over.

 However, no amount of Ron-Seal would have helped and Sky won with ease, thanks mainly to Hussein's 'stand and deliver' 46.

VIII: Conrad Chandler*, Adam Long, Gavin Wainwright+, Stefan Boss, Chris Atkin, Peter Grainger, Richard Blench, Tim Vanderpump.