First, it was great to have Andy C back after his sabbatical and hopefully this was the first of many more games to come for him.
As to the match after losing the toss on a blustery day at Mayfield and being put in the field, this was arguably decided by a first wicket partnership of 53 on what was an unpredictable wicket, not helped by a couple of difficult chances going down in the field.
After Richard broke the opening stand with a spell of 2 for 1 in 5 overs, Adrian bowling unchanged for the remainder of the innings from the top end took 5 for 34 in 14 overs, aided by good catches for Richard, Andy H and Prasad and with Prasad (1 for 19) and Saqib (2 for 13) at the other end picking up 3 wickets between them the remaining 9 wickets fell for only 79 runs to leave Mayfield on 129 all out from overs.
After an excellent tea, Ives never really got to grips with the wicket with only Adrian (20) and Richard (13) making double figures as we were bowled out for 77 in only 27 overs which although we could have done better was possibly a par score for the conditions on the day.