However, the wicket was already in a wrecked state from previous use that morning and despite the showers we were cleared to play. Jon Webley stepped up to captain the side and promptly lost the toss and so we batted first.

Alex McKillop, who made 13, and Julian Levy proved to be yet another effective Aussie opening partnership as they took the game to the bowlers with some crunching cuts and pulls. After McKillop departed Rajaraman cameod with 9 from 4 balls before returning to the pavilion displaying a lump of mud on the face of his bat as a pretty valid excuse for an attempted hoik over midwicket failing.

Levy and Webley kept up the run rate although Webley was the beneficiary of a controversial not out decision. Levy eventually departed having made a superb 43 off 42 balls.  Tim Vanderpump came in and displayed a beautiful technique in supporting Webley as the weather improved.

 Webley hit a fine six down the ground before departing for 26. Chris Atkin looked in good nick but went for 7 leaving Vanderpump marshalling the tail. He progressed to a well made 40 off 55 balls but the last five batsmen only added three between them as Lawrence bowled superbly to take 5-10 off his seven overs.

Pacific were happy having set a challenging target of 150 and enjoyed a good tea. They knew they needed early wickets and two slip catches, off James Gleadow (2-23), were held in the first over to decapitate the Crossbats innings.

However, Spiro and Carter put on 64 to rebuild the innings as patchy bowling by Gleadow and Pascal allowed them off the hook. The skipper acted and brought himself and Atkin on and they both bowled well to bag two wickets each as wickets started to fall regularly although Crossbats did keep up with required run rate.

Webley then turned to the spinners to bowl at the death and Rajaraman (0-15) and Vanderpump (3-19) bowled containing spells whilst keeping the wickets coming.

The Crossbats tail had no real answer to the questions posed by our spinners.

Overall it was a good victory for Pacific by 27 runs on a quagmire of a pitch. Positives included good captaincy from Webley, a fine allround display from MOM Tim Vanderpump and a solid display from McKillop on his debut behind the stumps (one catch held and two half chances dropped). The concerns would be the 30 extras conceded and the limp display by the tail.

XI:- Jon Webley*, Chris Atkin, Matt Callender, John Hill, Mat Patel, Jai Rajaraman, Alex McKillop, Moses Hutchinson-Pascal, Tim Vanderpump, & Julian Levy+ & James Gleadow

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 Who would be a batsman?, 29-May-2010, Gonville & Caius,
 Pure & Simple Every Time, 10-Oct-2009, Moor Mead, Won
 Hundred not out overnight, 30-May-2009, Gonville & Caius, Won 6 wickets
 Webley Continues Fine Form & Roberts Picks up Season's Best, 11-Oct-2008, Moor Mead, Won 68 runs
 19-Jul-2008, TBC (To Be Confirmed), Cancelled
 The Wonder of Webley, 15-Sep-2007, Hampton Wick, Won 3 Wickets
 Crossbats Rain Runs, 22-Jul-2007, Gonville & Caius, Lost by 168 runs
 Carter's Steamy Fare, 7-Oct-2006, Moor Mead, Lost 5 wickets
 Brown Arsed!, 1-Oct-2005, Moor Mead, Lost 45 Runs
 Crossbats Washed Away in Pacific Tide, 4-Jun-2005, Gonville & Caius, Won 170 runs
 2-Oct-2004, Wray Crescent, Cancelled
 Braden Blasts King Ton in Kingston!, 5-Jun-2004, Hawker Ground, Won By 100 Runs
 Downpour ? What Downpour ?, 1-May-2004, Moor Mead, Postponed
 Close But No Cigar - Again!, 4-Oct-2003, Moor Mead, Lost By 1 Run
 Cancelled, 6-Sep-2003, Queens College, Cancelled
 Marshall Magic in Vain!, 26-May-2003, Wray Crescent, Lost 14 Runs
 Davies Crossbats Pacific to Victory, 28-Sep-2002, Moor Mead, Won by 5 Wickets
 Great Guy Breaks Crossbats Hearts, 30-Jun-2002, Queens College, Won by 4 Wickets
 Picknett leads Pacific home, 29-Sep-2001, Away, Won by 5 wkts
 Pacific dominate one-sided draw, 1-Jul-2001, Queens College, Drawn
 Pacific Wrench-ed asunder !, 30-Sep-2000, Moor Mead, Lost by 38 runs
 Crossbats play deadbat, 29-Apr-2000, Wray Crescent, Drawn
 Good starts for Roberts & Murray, 24-Apr-1999, Wray Crescent, Won by 8 wkts
 Neil out-foxes Crossbats, 26-Sep-1998, Moor Mead, Won by 123 runs
 Under water, 25-Apr-1998, Tufnell Park, Cancelled
 Sherpa Murray returns to form, 26-Apr-1997, Tufnell Park, Drawn