Exiles beat Unabombers by 8 wickets at Joseph Hood Rec. to pick up an eleventh win of the 2025 season on Sunday.

Making a habit of now bowling first, Exiles won the toss and had to wait until the 12th over for a breakthrough with the score on 58 as Naren took advantage of some inconsistent bounce to induce a top edge, well held by Nadeem running back at slip.

There followed a key passage of play as the old adage of catches win matches came into force as first Asad and then Andy took excellent catches to dismiss two key Unabombers cheaply. And with a run out and the other opener edging Waleed behind Exiles were suddenly well on top.

Unabombers lower order showed plenty of ability however and they recovered their side somewhat from 76 for 5 to 166 all out with Waleed finishing on 4 for 36 and Saeed 3 for 32.

The reply followed a similar script to last week as Asad once again powered the Exiles home with a beligerent hundred, albeit riding his luck this week with several plays and misses and benefiting from several dropped catches – and when he was finally caught, the fielder stepped over the boundary.

Young Fahad also showed good ability with an aggressive 27. Another excellent win for the Exiles, West Wimbledon at Dundonald Rec next week.