Having won the toss and decided to bat Ashtead made a steady start through Sam Jenkins and Euan Mason with Stoke D'Abenon having a watchful approach in their early over. A good piece of fielding saw Dan Geddes runout one of the opening batsman with a direct hit on the stumps. Euan, who finished with strong figures of 1 wicket for 16 runs in 4 overs and Sam both found wickets hard to come by as Stoke D'Abenon's lower order batsman increased their run scoring through a number of boundaries which saw 3 of their batsman retiring after having reached 30 runs. As Ashtead rotated their bowlers, Paddy Crossan, Matthew Shadrack, Jed Brockes, Dom Bunyard, Dan Geddes and James Graham all found wickets hard to come by as the Stoke D'Abenon batsman hit any slightly lose ball to the boundary. Stoke D'Abenon's strong batting display saw them post a very impressive score of 157 for 4 in their full twenty overs.

Ashtead made a strong start in response with both Dan Geddes and Luke Hutter batting very sensibly and keeping up with the required run rate. Both however fell to catches behind, enticed by some well pitched up bowling. James Graham (a last minute replacement for Tom Perkins who was delayed at District Sports) and Toby Arnett both steadied the innings through some very sensible batting and some strong running between the wickets. With Stoke D'Abenon bowling strongly runs became harder to come by and Ashtead found themselves fall behind the run rate at the halfway mark. After James Graham had retired having scored a well constructed 32, Jack Goodin instantly made an impact through a delightful boundary before he was caught for 6 as he looked to force the pace of the innings. It was a similar story for Paddy Crossan as went for quick runs whilst the game was by this time beyond Ashtead. The end saw Toby Arnett not out for a very well crafted 18 not out and Ashtead reach their highest score of the season of 120 for 4 of their 20 overs, with positives therefore to take away from the game.

Thank you to Brendan Crossan for once again taking the scoring into the computer age and Peter Graham for assisting with the set-up.