The rain (just about) held off on 16 May, and that enabled the 3s, 4s and 5s to register decent victories. Both the 1s and 2s were in their contests for much of the day. They both eventually lost, but they did at least manage to pick up a bonus point apiece. On to next week in terms of looking for their first victories, though.

3s march on
Only one of the Twickenham senior sides is played two won two, and that's Robbie Bosier's third XI. They defeated Willow Leather 3rd XI by 59 runs (see here for the card).

Run machine Ollie George (61 off 84 balls) was very much at the centre of the Ts' 239-9. Steve Cowley (43 off 66) helped George along with the two of them putting on 97 for the second wicket. Dev Tomlinson (43 off 30) gave it a bit of long handle at the end.

Willow Leather started their chase brightly enough, Prakash Venkataramani and Nitin Bansal putting on 46 on for the first wicket. Skipper Bosier (2-32) then began to make inroads, as did the lively Nishan Singh (2-24). It was club chairman Eugene Berger who nonetheless swept the 3s to victory; he took 5-58 as Willow Leather closed on 180.

The win means that four sides now share top spot in Division 3 (see here for the table). But, next week the Ts travel to Stanmore 3s....one of the other undefeated sides. Could be a very interesting one.

4s are up and running
The 4s came off second best to SKLPC in Week 1. No such blank was fired in Week 2; Hinay Dassani's side defeated Harrow Town by 38 runs (see here for the card).

Manish Ganatra (54 off 88) anchored the hosts' innings, although Imran Niazai ultimately removed him. Indeed, Niazai, forever at the centre of things, snatched 6-46 as the Harrow Town middle and lower order struggled to deal with him. Hinay Dassani (3-44) returned from his Enrique Iglesias concert to slot right back into the groove - fair play, the 4th XI skipper keeps rumbling on.

Niazai went in first for the Ts, no doubt hoping to get the visitors off to a flier. That didn't work, he went first ball. So, to plan B....

Saul Croxford and Meer Syed (15 apiece) settled things down, Holger Kriess, batting at four, continued the trend, and his 24 (32 balls) saw the Ts to within sight of 100. Still, when he went the Ts were 86-5 and then quickly 90-6. Harrow Town sensed an opportunity.

Enter Eljiaz Mahmood. He decided that the best form of defence was attack, blasting 40 (off just 19 balls) to get the Ts back ahead of the game. That just left club stalwart Liam Tebb (10no off 34) to dig in, take his time and get the Ts over the line. Good stuff.

5s also join the ten point club
The 5s were involved in a topsy-turvy affair over in Ham against Kensington and Chelsea 4s. But, gaffer Jon Bosier held his nerve at precisely the point when he needed to and that saw the Ts over the line (see here for the card).

Zafar Ali (46 off 60) and Paul McLoughlin (30 off 89) set the tone, putting on what ultimately turned out to be a very impressive 103. No other pair got close to matching that, and their knocks set the Ts up nicely to get to what looked a challenging 201.

Jon Goddard (15 of 22) and particularly Tom Petrides (35 off 29) batted impressively in the middle, Puneet Sahota and Rishabh Gulati whacked and ran enterprisingly at the end. Shubman Gangil (5-45) was the start turn for Kensington & Chelsea.

K & C's reply ebbed and flowed. Puneet Sahota has arguably bowled better, but his 3-46 kept the Ts (just about) in control. Ankit Katyal (42) looked good, Rishabh Kaul (22) also moved the score along.

Two bowling changes by Bosier nonetheless shifted the dial. 13 year old Ronnie Riddett came on and took a wicket with his very first ball in senior cricket. Top captaincy there, respect due.

The enigmatic Sourav Salghotra then went one better; he entered the fray and took two wickets in his first over. The Ts were on the charge.

K & C then came back into it. Arguably their best two players came in at seven and nine; Meet Bhavsar (46) hit hard, Shubman Gangli (19) followed suit. There was nothing for it. Cometh the hour cometh the man; Bosier took the ball, bowled straight.....and caused havoc.

On a pitch offering plenty of help, Bosier bowled full and at the pegs. It didn't take long for him to get his rewards. He only bowled 12 balls, but he ended up with 3-2. Magnificent stuff, and that was enough to see Twickenham home by 31 runs.

Ones run Teddington close on the Green
The fortunes of the 1s and 2s weren't quite as positive.

The ones played title favourites Teddington on the Green. They were always in it, but ultimately fell 33 runs short (see here for the card).

Aaran Amin (90 off 99) proved the mainstay of Teddington's 238. Don Manuwelge (3-43) tweaked and twirled admirably for the Ts.

The Ts got off to a slow start, but Manuwelge (46 off 72) and Carlos Nunes (66 off 99) hauled Twickenham back into it. However, once they'd left the fray the Ts never quite got where they need to be. Niel Botha (5-34) took the eye for Teddington.

Fourie's Fireworks not quite enough
It was not a dissimilar story for the 2s. Ealing batted well, and the feeling was that their 278 was going to be a tough total to chase down (see here for the card). Syed Mehdi (2-32) bowled tidily, Owen Marshall (a blistering 106 off 59) was pivotal for Ealing.

In reply, the Ts took their time to get going. Things weren't then helped by a disastrous run out, meaning that by the time Faf Fourie - batting on one leg because of an injury - came to the crease the Ts had lots to do.

Fourie, however, wasn't going to die not knowing. 92 off just 44 balls certainly saw the total rocket northwards. Still, 279 remained a bridge too far, Twickenham closed on 238.

So, some games won, some games lost. On to Week 3....