Exiles were beaten by 6 wickets in tough encounter in Ewell on Sunday.

Exiles batted first and were indebted to 40 from Suraj to hold the top half of the innings together and a late flourish of 43 from debutant Nasrullah bolstered the score up to 174 all out.

Despite a double breakthrough from Nadeem in the opening over it wasn’t enough as the Ewell powerful middle order took their side home comfortably, with the number 5 finishing 105 not out. Naren did pick up his 398th Exiles wicket on the way however.

On to Streatham & Marlborough in Dulwich next Sunday.

Exiles picked up their 7th win of 2025 courtesy of an excellent 4 wicket victory over Whalers at Barn Elms.

Unusually Exiles were bowling first and a steady flow of wickets – with 3 for Nadeem, 2 for Ishaq and Siyar saw Whalers reduced to 45 for 5 before a fine 77 from number 7 Rohan led the Whalers fightback to 183 all out. Whalers also gave Exiles 5 LBWs which must be a club record.

Exiles didn’t waste any time in reply with 29 from Asad and 46 from skipper Shahid, but it was a fine 58 not out from Nadeem at number 7 that took the Exiles home with nearly 9 overs to spare.

Ewell away next week.

Exiles match against Streatham & Marlborough on Sunday at Dundonald Rec was bubbling along nicely only to be ruined by two heavy thunderstorms which ultimately ended proceedings.

Exiles batted first and had faced 2 overs when the first storm arrived and once play resumed about an hour later, another 10 overs were possible before a second storm rendered the pitch too wet to continue with the game, so an early trip to the pub was agreed.

Exiles had reached 68 for 3 when play was abandoned, with Darwin looking in good touch for 24no.

Back to Chiswick next week to face the Whalers.

A stunning performance from Asad Khan took Exiles to an excellent 51 run victory over new opponents Gladiators CC on Sunday at Joseph Hood Rec.

Exiles batted first as is customary and despite some early boundaries from Asad, Exiles lost wickets at the other end and were soon 67 for 4, before Asad finally found an able ally in KK (47) who played the support role in a stunning partnership of 141.

When Asad was finally dismissed – having scored 139 out of the teams 208 at the time, the rest of the innings subsided pretty quickly to 232 all out, 2 balls short of the 40, KK falling just short of a fifty.

Naren struck in the first over in reply and soon took a second wicket – taking him to 397 career Exiles wickets – and with an early strike also for Nadeem, Gladiators were in early trouble at 23 for 3.

However contributions from the numbers 4 and 5 in particular, with support from the rest of the Gladiators line up, kept the Exiles honest, but 3 wickets for Shahid (3 for 36), two more from Nadeem (3 for 31) the Exiles kept chipping away and it was left to Asad – who else – to wrap up the win with 2 wickets in 5 balls.

Gladiators 181 all out, giving the Exiles the win by 51 runs. Fixture next Sunday is tbc.