Never believe what your colleagues from other schools say! We'd heard that we had nothing to worry about from Meoncross. This turned our far from the case as their bowling display was excellent. They captured 7 wickets and only bowled 15 sundries. This restricted Alton to 228 for 7. Josh P held off their attack by keeping to the instructions of eyes down and bat straight. Other batsmen thought they were hitting watermelons, thus giving up the wicket cheaply.

The battle lines were drawn as the team worked to bowl on line with hardly any sundries. As wickets began to tumble there was an air of relief from both coach and team. This was short lived as Meoncross gained the upper hand by some poor bowling and sloppy fielding. By the end of the 12th over they were only trailing Alton's score by 9 runs. A transformation occurred as the spectators grew three fold and cheered every good piece of fielding and bowling. Henry lead by example took 2 wickets in 1 over and bowled a maiden at the end. Those last 8 overs showed how well Alton can play with good concentration and control. Meoncross's final score read 207 runs for 13 wickets. For his steady improvement and concentration both in batting and bowling, Man of the Match went to Josh P.