Second XI - Matches

[Jim Panzee]

Second XI season up & running yesterday v Hampshire - after the first match v Sussex was abandoned last week

Hants declared 400-9 - Noah Cornwell finishing with 6-101

[MIDDLE EXILE]

Congratulations to EPG squad player Aaryan Sawant on a maiden 2nd XI century today.

[Jim Panzee]

Great to see 2 of of the younger players making their mark

2 more wickets for Noah Cornwell this morning in Hampshire 2nd innings - currently 58-2 ..... 157 ahead

[Jim Panzee]

Game at Kent started today
Robbo playing for 2nd's today and is on 107* out of team total of 225/3

[Jim Panzee]

We finished on 369 - Besides Robbo's 100, useful contributions from Cracknell, Isbell & Andersson

Kent currently 112/2

A plus point this early in the season is the younger players making their mark

[MIDDLE EXILE]

Kent were dismissed for 218 and Middlesex are 183-2 in their second innings.

[Jim Panzee]

Middlesex won by 148 runs
Kent shuffled their side around a fair bit by the looks of the scorecard, but a comprehensive victory nontheless
Good contributions from most of the team - 4 wickets for Samarjeet Singh & 3 wickets for Noah Cornwell in Kent's 2nd innings. Cornwell making a good early impression in the 2 2nd XI games so far this season

[Jim Panzee]

Game against local rivals Surrey started today.
Surrey batted first and were bowled out for 249, 4 more wickets for Noah Cornwell.
In reply Middlesex 80-2, recovering after losing De Caires first ball of innings and Cracknell not long after.
Luke Hollman seems to be following something of a reverse path of De Caires, a lower middle order bat and spin bowler now regularly opening the batting in the 2's

[Jim Panzee]

Tough day 2nd day for Middlesex yesterday
Bit of a batting collapse (where have we heard that before), going from 81-2 to 184 ao
Then Surrey finished on 204/2, a lead of 269

[Jim Panzee]

Drawn match in the end after weather affected much of the last day
Surrey declared on 401/8 - leaving us an improbable 467 to win
We made a slightly better fist of it second time around with De Caires & Hollman putting on over 100 for the first wicket and navigating us through the final session on Day 3.

Useful time at the crease for the returning De Caires, although he did remain wicketless