Sat 30th August v Banstead

DULWICH 113 (24.1) lost to BANSTEAD 116-3 (19) by 7 wickets

A depleted Dulwich side were thoroughly outplayed in their AJ Sports Surrey Cricket Championship Premier Division match at home to Banstead, losing by seven wickets.

Dulwich elected to bat, but saw two wickets go down in the first two overs. The Banstead bowlers then worked their way through the rest of the batting. Three more wickets fell to the quicks to make it 63-5 off eleven overs. The spinners then put a break on the scoring rate while taking three more wickets to make it 92-8 off 21  Jacob Emler then went on the attack, scoring 13 off nine balls before turning his ankle and having to be helped from the field. The innings closed soon afterwards on 113 after 24.1 overs. Five of the other batsmen had also made double figures, but none had reached 20.

The Banstead innings started in similar fashion when Joe Payne struck in the first over. But an edge to slip by the other opener off Harrison Perry in the second over went down. Arjun Gill, who had scored a century in the first match between the sides, then ensured that there would be no further collapse, making 72 not out off 60 balls. Ahmed Khan took two wickets at the other end but the Dulwich spinners could not exert the same level of control as their opponents. The target was reached off the last ball of the nineteenth over.

Dulwich’s final match in the Premier Division next week is away to last year’s champions East Molesey, who are currently sixth, but who remarkably are still only eleven points behind the leaders.