Out of our depth

Waltham St Lawrence Sunday Side took on Valley End from Surrey in the Village knock out cup last Sunday. From the very moment the opposition arrived WSL knew they were going to be in for a tough afternoon as the visitors went through their rigorous fielding drills.

Connor won his second toss of the weekend and elected to bat. After pulling the third ball for four Ray Hussain was soon back in the pavilion after been given out LBW. Woolford was to follow in the same way as both umpires had a field day. Cox's stay lasted barely a minute as he went LBW and just as he started to look comfortable Sharpe top edged Young to gulley.

Connor was next in and together with some lusty hitting from Raja took the score on. This was about it for the WSL batting as both were out in quick succession and with a couple more quacks the Waltham innings limped to a sorry 70 all out.

In return Valley lost opener Durant for 6 but in spite of some spirited bowling from Raja, Arif and Rasool Valley coasted to an easy victory. So dreams of a Lords final are over for another season and Waltham can concentrate on the league now.

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