This match was the third meeting between Napton and Leamington Lemmings this season.
The first match was on 15th May. That was a 40 over match which L.L. won on their home ground.
Napton scored 160-7 and this was overtaken in the 36th over.
On the evening of 8th June a T/20 was played at Napton which Napton won.

Napton won the toss and put the visitors in to bat.
Mike, Sam and first-change bowler Stuart, with just a few stray overs between them, bowled as tightly and cheaply as one could expect in a limited over match. Their total 19 overs gave away just 51 runs. About 2.7 per over. If Napton could always keep opposing teams down to that scoring rate they wouldn't lose many matches !

However, dismissals were slow in coming and following a wicket in the 9th over Leamington Lemmings batsmen 1 & 3 were building up a solid partnership that needed breaking up.
Captain Sam decided on a change of pace and in the 25th over brought on slow left-hander Rob. For clarity, that is a description of his bowling action.
The aforementioned batsmen 1 & 3 didn't last Rob's first over! They found his looping and well pitched up balls hard to handle.
Due to an injury to Mike's shoulder that required a spell off the field for attention by Holly, young George came on. He was so near to taking a catch off dad's bowling. It was hit hard and just to his left. He managed to get a finger-tip to it. If it had come off I think Rob would have been buying jugs all night.
A catch by Sam, one by Callum and two by Tom rewarded the bowlers efforts and Leamington Lemmings completed their 40 overs on 159-8.
Wicket takers:
Rob Pelter 6 overs 3-25
Mike Eadon 8 overs 2 maidens 2-20
Stuart Alsop 8 overs 3 maidens 2-21
Callum Tuck 8 overs 1-44

A few more pounds and ounces were added to this scribe's girth by the selection of sweets and savouries that awaited our delectation and gratification by courtesy of Helen and Holly.

The home team felt that the target set should be very 'gettable'; exactly 4 per over.
Leamington Lemmings bowlers were not prepared to stick to the script and runs were at a premium.
Although without loss of a wicket the first 10 overs only produced 16 runs. There was a slight improvement after 15 overs, but still only 36 runs on the board.
At the halfway mark 60 runs were showing with the loss of just one wicket.
However, Napton's openers had soaked up the bowling pressure and Tom had been joined by Mike.
They had decided to move things on and the number of singles recorded by them indicates the excellent running between the wickets. They parted company in the 27th over with a partnership of 70 runs.

Some cheaply lost wickets put the result in the balance. The Captain then joined Mike in the 35th over with just 14 runs needed for victory.
He consulted the score-book before taking to the wicket. It told him that the visitors very competent first-string bowlers had three overs left.
He made a conscious decision not to risk the loss of another wicket and just block these overs out taking the runs from the remaining balls.
This correspondent thought that a very high-risk strategy, but Sam carried it out to the letter; blocking as only Sam can block.
As planned, the winning runs were then taken quickly.
Napton reached their target in 38.3 overs at 161-6.
It is uncanny how similar this result was to the match in May --- only in reverse.
Tom Hancock 78 runs 11 boundaries inc 2 sixes
Mike Eadon 40 runs NO 3 boundaries inc 1 six