The sun is shinning

After great efforts by the groundstaff and some members of the team, we managed to get some play in against Olton & West Warwks. After loosing the toss in a rain-reduced game with only 25 overs per side possible, we were realistically looking at best, the result being a winning draw. Faced with this position for the second match in succession, Ashfield performed very well. This is the second time in succession that we have had to bowl when opposition are chasing a low total with full wickets in hand and the second time we have managed to secure the lions share of points.

Batting first we recovered well with excellent batting given the situations from P.Jeffries and Zubair. Both handled conditions very well to provide the bulk of the runs with Mo Azam and Guy Shears making important contributions also. Ashfield fielded and bowled very well for the second game in succession and this handling of pressure and good work in the field should hopefully arguer well for the rest of the season.

The performance of Zubair Khan and Phil Jeffries with bat and ball this year have been excellent….top stuff boys keep it going.

On Monday we entertained Bronze but once again despite the efforts of groundstaff Alan Thomas/Chris Bourne the elements defeated us after 10 overs of play with Ashfield placed on 41-1.

We now turn attention to this weekend which promises to be a dry and the visit to Marston Green should result in a full days play. Which will no doubt please all sides especially our hosts who have had the misfortune to have all 5 of their games called off so far this year.
Given the promise of a prompt start time it is very important we are on time for our meet and able to prepare properly for the game on Saturday so we are focused to build on our unbeaten start this year.