Louis struck in his 6th over taking a handy catch of his own bowling and then Nick came on and one was sliced to Billy Mills at point. Sawtell 3/48 off 18 overs. Nick then found the edge for the skip to get his name in the book and then Scotty Hulbert picked up an lbw to have Sawtell 5/53 off 21 overs. The ship was steadied by the Sawtellians before a drinks break and the introduction of "nude-spin" from the skip, who picked up 2 quick wickets from sharp catches taken by Simon Noble at slip and then Maurice "Akmal" Hulbert behind the stumps. Sawtell 7/95 off 32 overs.

The skip then picked up the skip when Louis took one in the deep and Father Paul chimed in with a catch taken by "Akmal" Hulbert to have them 9/136 off 43 overs. They then added another 14 before a run out off the last ball brought their innings to a close at 150.

With openers Scott and James Brownlee teeing off we got away to a flyer with 20 off the first over and 8 off the second catapoulting us to 0/28 off 2 overs. The show continued with Scott blugeoning everything and James stroking nicely along the ground at the other end to take us at one stage to 0/86 off 11 overs and then 1/111 off 17 when Scott was bowled for a whirlwind 72.

With 40 runs to win we rotated the order and gave newcomer Rob "fast-car-bike-girls" Begonia a debut bat and Billy "Moses" Mills a hit, but this along with Julian, Nick, Louis and the skip failing, we were soon 7/138 off 28 and making a meal of it. All this time James was making it look easy and rode us to victory with a brilliant 57no with Father Paul 2no when we past them in the 31st over 7 down.

A convincing win against the front runners of the comp to have us outright 2nd on the competition ladder leading into a 2-dayer next round against West Coffs at Coffs. This weeks quote comes from George M Trevelyan who said "Village cricket spread fast through the land. In those days, before it became scientific, cricket was the best game in the world to watch - each ball a potential crisis." Ya not wrong George!