Exiles were well beaten – again – this time by the ‘weak medium’ Cheam Cricket Club Sunday eleven. Even having four ‘Wills’ in the side was to no avail.

It was a bad toss to lose, but despite fielding their strongest batting line-up of the season, the Exiles quickly subsided to 64 all out, with only Gundry (15) and Kent (18) reaching double figures.

Post tea, with conditions having eased somewhat, the Cheam batsman played well to cruise home, with only Clephane (1 for 17) having any joy – albeit in an expensive over.

Hopefully Exiles can have an enjoyable end to the season at Nursery Road next week.

Exiles were narrowly beaten by 21 runs by Winning Innings on Sunday despite a fine all-round performance by Chris Plume – who scored 26 runs with the bat and a seasons best 4 for 33 with the ball.

All Exiles bowlers bowled well, with Tim Storey (2 for 19) picking up 2 wickets in an over before Plume took over with a fine spell of off-spin. Exiles could be well pleased with their first half efforts in restricting a strong opposition batting side to 158/9 off 35.

But – as seems often these days – Exiles were let down by their batting and soon found themselves in trouble at 90 for 8, but a fine rear-guard partnership of 46 between Will Kent (34) and Plume got the Exiles within striking distance, before both fell in trying to keep up with the required rate.

A better performance than recent weeks from the Exiles and hopefully the season can yet finish with a couple more wins…

On the slopes of Cottenham Park, Exiles put in a very disappointing performance to lose to the Clapham Nomads by 5 wickets.

On losing the toss, Exiles swept to 42 without loss before captain John Tither (34) was caught at point. The pitch suddenly seemed to become unplayable as the rest of the Exiles batting subsided to 90 all out, with only Marcin Zieleniewski (10) and Johnny Aloysius (10) battling to double figures in addition to other opener Will Kent (13).

Exiles needed wickets quickly in response but in slightly less generous conditions they weren’t quite able to get enough of them – despite a fine spell of 3 for 16 from Zienleniewski, Nomads getting home 5 down with over 10 overs left.

Exiles aren’t currently in action next week, leaving a return to Cottenham Park in 2 weeks time against WICC as the next challenge.

Exiles are without a fixture this weekend, following CYPOS withdrawing the opportunity to host us.

Next fixture is the Nomads on the slopes of Cottenham Park on Sunday 18th August.