Everyone involved should have already been notified but just in case here are the status of the 3 games this weekend

Cancelled

Sat - 2nd XI vs Over III (away) - Cancelled by Over due to rain
Sun - Cup XI vs Willingham (away) - Forfeited by Willingham because they couldnt get a team

Currently Still On

Sat - 1sts vs Over II (home)

Following last week’s impressive win against Waterbeach, the Cambourne Bombers were so eager to carry on the winning streak that they arrived at Comberton's ground before the home team. Having won the toss, Comberton chose to bat on what seemed, upon inspection, to be a lively dry wicket under scorching, humid and still conditions. The pitch proved to be lower and slower than was expected and Cambourne restricted the home team early on with some tight bowling from Nick Banning and Vasu Kumanduri.

Debutee Honey Sarao hit a magnificent half century and was supported well by skipper Chris Cundell, as Cambourne II got their season off to the perfect start against Willingham. Willingham won the toss and chose to bat first posting 107 hard fought runs before they were bowled out in the 28th over. Cambourne reached the target in 21 overs for the loss of no wickets to complete a well earned victory.

Contrary to the weather forecast, the teams were greeted with blue skies at Warboys but the friendly match saw Cambourne's first ever 3rd team game end in a narrow defeat. Cambourne batted first and a major collapse saw the team all out, barely reaching 50 off 20 overs with Ragiv (23) and Charles (20) the only players to get into double figures. Because it was a friendly, the Warboys captain allowed Cambourne to bat on and J.White (around 44*) and K.Gandhi (around 40*) taking full advantage 2nd time around to take the 3rds onto 177 - 14.

The 1st XI got off to a blistering start to the season with a convincing home win against Waterbeach. Waterbeach batted first and limped along to 74-8 off their 40 overs and Cambourne reached that target easily for the loss of just 2 wickets.

tim writes, "The remnants of the Indian summer saw a good day out for Cambourne in a last game of the season friendly against St Giles. Following on from the development league game a few weeks ago, we returned to Dry Drayton to play an informal game that gave everybody the chance for a last hurrah."

The last game of the season for the 2nds ended in disappointment after a collosal mid-innings collapse undid an excellent fielding and bowling performance from Cambourne. After bowling league leaders Elmdon II out for just 108 it was looking good for Cambourne at the tea interval and a solid start by openers Cundell and Ditcher had everyone in the 2nds believing victory was close. Even when Cundell was out with the score in the mid forties, Jonny Allen and Matt Ditcher looked comfortable at 55-1 but then a series of quick wickets fell, panick set in and Cambourne were all out for just 74 runs. There is still a small chance that Babraham will lose the game this
coming weekend against Thriplow and hand Cambourne II promotion but its
unlikely with Thriplow rooted to the bottom of the league.

A big disappointment for all involved but it shouldn't detract from the progress the club has made during this summer. Pictures can be found here. The league table can be found here.

A sunny Saturday saw Cambourne and Sawston cricket clubs go head to head in a double bill, with Cambourne taking the upper hand in both matches. Cambourne I's beat Sawston III's by 4 wickets and Cambourne II's claimed what was eventually an emphatic victory against Sawston IV's, winning by 84 runs.

Cambourne II produced a good all round team display after beating Cokenach II by 5 wickets on a rainy day at the Cokenach ground.

After Cambourne lost the toss, Cokenach decided to bat on a flat wicket and the game started slowly with few runs and no wickets. Ed Garratt came on as first change bowler and immediately made an impact with his first ball after Matt Casey took a catch at deep square. The celebrations were short lived as Cokenach started to take control with some big hitting from there no1 and a very young but talented no3. The pair put on a big partnership and it looked like the game was slipping away from Cambourne but the vital wicket came under bizarre circumstance. Danny White, having recently been brought on to steady the bowling attack, tempted their dangerous no1 into a long drive under which Chris Cundell was waiting. The ball was in the air for what seemed a lifetime and everyone knew how important the next few seconds were going to be. Cundell watched it all the way and held on to what seemed to everyone as an excellent catch but a few seconds later it was evident that the catch wasn't as clean as it appeared. Somehow Cundell had managed to break his tooth again after missing the initial flight of the ball with his hands, but caught it again at the second attempt after it bounced off his mouth. A hugely important wicket at the expense of one of Cambourne's players, or so it seemed. Incredibly Cundell returned to the game a few overs later despite a wonky tooth and blood all over his shirt, fantastic commitment.

Their no3 was still a danger even though wickets were falling at the other end but despite a few previous dropped catches, Danny White held onto one and the game swung into Cambourne's favour. The rest of the wickets fell for minimal runs with Danny White and Matt Casey both completing good spells of bowling. George Harrison wrapped things up with the last couple of wickets bowling one and running out the last man after a mix-up by the last batting pair. Cokenach finished with a respectable, but definitely gettable, 144 all out.

Cambourne's reply started well with Ed Garratt and Tim Pryke both moving the score on well before Pryke top edged a full toss to fine leg. Wickets started to fall quickly and at around 40-3 it looked like the 145 target was going to be tougher than expected but a solid partnership between Garratt and Josh White took the score onto 90 before Josh was run out for around 30 runs. After the captain Sunil Sharma was out cheaply LBW shortly after it was left to Garratt and Stuart Charles to finish things off, reaching their target with around 4 overs and 5 wickets left to spare. Garratt put in a magnificent batting performance and held the innings together, finishing an agonising 1 short of his 50 with 49no and Charles finished with 30no.

A great game then which could have gone either way, but Cambourne finally came through keeping up their push for promotion. Thanks go to Cokenach who played the game with good spirit throughout, and thanks to Eric for doing an excellent job of umpiring for both innings.

statoo writes, "Elmdon cricket club made the journey to visit Cambourne 2^{nd xi} in search of a win. Sunil the captain who won the toss and elected to bat, unfortunately on a damp wicket in search of a decent total. The two openers Michael I and Greg B had a dodgy start with Greg’s wicket falling early and that saw the arrival of Simon W. With some wise words of wisdom Michael and Simon began to build a partnership with some solid defensive shots and some aggressive hook shots. But this was short lasted as Michael got out and in came Ollie V. Soon after Simon’s wicket fell to a very good delivery and this saw the arrival of Ashley H. Chris C arrived at the wicket and stuck around and batted well. But soon after saw the arrival of Chris G and Rishi S who added more to the total. Ashley batted unselfishly for some overs, as the wickets continued to fall. Suddenly with some splendid batting from Ali W, Cambourne were all out. They had achieved a score of 50 odd with the clouds approaching.

Elmdon came into bat with a required total of only 50 something. They started to chip away at Cambourne lead immediately. Only the 4 bowlers were used with some awesome bowling from Chris C and Marshall K. Chris took 3 wickets with two stunning catches behind on Michaels keeping debut. Plus Marshalls fast in swingers working for him knocking the stumps out of the ground. Unfortunately the score was met as the rain arrived. With some good fielding and a good catch from Marshall, the game ended on a low. A disappointment for Cambourne but with more experience under their belt we will do better next time.

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