

Napton won the toss. Hereafter, any other successes appear to have abandoned the home team. That is perhaps a tad unfair as this report will identify some individual efforts.
Captain Chris elected to bat.
Mike (N) and Mike (E) opened the batting for Napton. Mike (E) left the crease early.
Mike (N) and Chris were making steady progress until Chris was unlucky to be given the finger for getting his foot to the ball before his bat; albeit halfway down the track. Napton 44-2.
Matt, batting at 4, managed to make the bowling look easy to deal with and he clocked-up 33.
After that Napton batsmen had little to offer and the 35th over saw the end of their innings with only 92 runs.
Matt Sharples 33 runs
Mike Nyren 22 runs
Chris Gooderham 19 runs.
The visitors took to the wicket after tea with only 2.325 runs from each of their allocated 40 overs needed to secure victory.
Some tight bowling was needed.
Opener Mike (E) bowled very well, and with only 17 runs off his 8 overs he had kept the score under control.
Jimmy, Chris and Matt also bowled well.
However, this correspondent lost count of the dropped catches. This is unusual for Napton as fielding is usually one of their strong points.
JP and Rory both accounted well for themselves in the field; but the visitors target of 93 runs was reached in the 29th over.