Two heavy thundery downpours left a saturated wicket & no prospect of further play in Highgate Woods yesterday. Balck Rose's trademark positive batting & running between (& ofton on) the wicket kept the pressure on the fielding side.

The slow low bounce wsa difficlut to negotiate for the opening pair & an across the line shot & a wrong line defencsive sho=t accounted for the 2 openers Inam (17) & Shah (2) as darryl Roberts straight bowling was rewarded with 2 successful LBW appeals.

Shoib & Kabir made light of the conditions countering with good foot movement & lofted shots into vacant gaps but they survived chances as the slippery ball saw them escape a sure run out & a huge top edge to point one ball before the teams came off for the last time.

The trees around the boundary did not provide sufficient shelter sadly & those who stayed to munch a crushed soggy tea experienced.

XI versus Black Rose are:-Chris Atkin, Rob Bastin, Joe Bennett, Lucius Faisal, James Gleadow, Matt Holliday, Peter Hollman, Darryl Roberts, James Smith, Jon Webley* & Jai Rajaraman.

Black Rose of Highgate CC v Pacific

Black Rose of Highgate CC innings  R  M  B  4  6 Shah   lbw b Roberts   2  0  13  0  0   Inam   lbw b Roberts   17  0  19  0  0   Shoib   not out    31  0  30  4  0   Kabir   not out    21  0  33  2  0   F Middleton   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   A Mishra   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Marshall   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Saad   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Mike   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Foley   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Ahid   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 12, lb 4, w 3, nb 0) 19      TOTAL (15.5 Overs) 87-2

Fall of wickets:  1-25 [Inam] , 2-26 [Shah]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Lucius Faisal   5  0  21  0    Darryl Roberts   6  0  36  2       3  0  13  0    James Gleadow   1.5  0  5  0

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Peter Hollman   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Jaikishan Rajaraman   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Jon Webley   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Rob Bastin   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0     did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Matt Holliday   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Lucius Faisal   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0     did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   James Smith   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Darryl Roberts   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   James Gleadow   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0

Fall of wickets:

Bowling  O  M  R  W