Exiles picked up their 4th win in a row with a hard fought 16 run victory over Riverbank Ramblers at Barn Elms.

Batting first Exiles soon found batting not as easy as recent weeks as overnight rain and a trio of pacy opposition bowlers saw the side lose regular wickets and at 108 for 6 the side looked like posing a score short of par in the 30 over contest before 41 from KK and 26 from the returning Simon fortified the Exiles score with a partnership of 54 as the side finished on a decent 166 for 8.

Exiles had the unusual these days luxury of their 4 highest individual wicket takers of all time in their attack – with Naren, Andy, Phil and Simon having 1,154 club wickets between them. And despite each bowling okay, most then proceeded to drop catches off each others bowling, but a lid was generally kept on the run rate as Riverbank ran out of overs despite a fine 55 from the number 4. In a slightly unusual scorecard, Riverbank finished 16 runs short despite only losing 4 wickets, Nadeem, closing out the game with 2 wickets.

4 wins out of 5 in 2025. Whalers at Joseph Hood Rec next week.