Despite a decidedly rollercoaster week in terms of selection, the Twickenham sides came to the party on Saturday 11 July, picking up three wins, a winning draw and just the one solitary defeat. Not bad.....

Townsend leads the way for the 5s
The most knicker-gripping win of the day undoubtedly came over in Ham. The fifths welcomed top of the table Teddington 4s, and Jon Bosier's men won in the very last over with the last pair at the crease (see here for the card).

Quite how 340 plus runs were scored on a track that was, quite frankly, terrible, remains something of a mystery. Only two of the Teddington batters looking anything like at home, skipper Paul Dancy (68 off 65) was the most accomplished performer with the bat all day, although 'keeper/batter Matt O'Toole (45 off 80) helped him out admirably.

Lloyd Townsend (4-19 off 9.2) was as reliable as ever with the new cherry, whilst the returning Harmeet Singh (3-28) varied his pace cleverly. Skipper Bosier (2-28) was also in the wickets as the Ts were set 173 to win.

Gulati and Wanigabaduge keep their cool to see 5s home
The Ts chased admirably, riding their luck at times, but also taking every run they possibly could.

Ben Hawkins was certainly positive, and he was good value for his 33 (61 balls). Cam Allen also chipped in with 33, if at a slightly quicker rate (42 balls). Skipper Bosier added an important 25 (36 balls), but ultimately it came down to whether the final pair of Rishabh Gulati and Sacith Wanigabaduge could somehow find 18 runs for the final wicket.

The smart money was very much on Teddington, and particularly the tricky Aarav Bajaj (3-6 off 4). He was proving a real handful.

But, the Twickenham batters nudged and nurdled, rode their luck.....and ultimately got home by burgling a bye with four balls left in the game. Excellent stuff.

Imran Niazai stars for the 3s with bat and ball
The threes also put in a solid performance and indeed came back to The Green with 12 points (see here for the card) in the bag.

The ever-reliable Ollie George opened up and helped himself to 53 (55 balls), Imran Niazai blasted 10 boundaries on his way to a 35 ball 48. Lower down, Dom Thamby's 41 was helpful in getting the Ts to 238.

Did Wycombe House ever look like they were going to chase that down? Erm, no.

Zidaan Khan top-scored with 31, but that wasn't enough in the face of some decent Twickenham bowling. Imran Niazai built on his solid batting display to grab four wickets, the rest of the wickets were nicely spread around.

Meaning? The 3s blew Wycombe House away, winning by 112 runs.

Twos win at a canter
The third Twickenham side to win were the twos. And, they needed to - they were playing Brondesbury. Bron were one place above the Ts at the start of play, but by the end of it Twickenham had leapfrogged them up and out of the relegation zone (see here for the table).

In truth, Twickenham made light work of their task. Nakul Vishvanath took a remarkable six - yep, you read that right, six - slip catches as Bron were bowled out for 125 (see here for the card). Eugene Berger (an impressive 5-34 off 17) and Syed Mehdi (5-40 off 10) were the bowlers who did the damage.

In reply, James Smith was the anchor. He went in first and was there at the very end (39no off 83 balls). Around him Hamish Johnston batted nicely (35 off 68) before Nishan Singh long-handled his way to 29no (off 13 balls) to see the Ts home. Good stuff.

Ones have better of drawn game on the Green
The ones didn't quite manage to get 12 points, but they did all they could to try and cross that line. They had Ealing nine down and reeling when time was called (see here for the card).

The Ts started slowly, but 81 (111 balls) from Ollie White and 53 (70 balls) from Blake Cullen saw things turn nicely around. Ben Leale-Green (30 off 37) also batted nicely at the end. 260 was certainly a decent target.

Blake Cullen took two early wickets to leave Ealing reeling on 8-2. But, the Corfton Roaders clawed their back into the contest, Ryaan Hussain chipping in nicely with 57 off 69 balls.

Twickenham nonetheless kept chipping away. Blake Cullen took a third scalp, Carlos Nunes grabbed a couple of wickets. Ollie White (2-53) and Akash Multani (2-38) also came to the wicket-taking party, and by the final over of the day the Ts needed one wicket to win.

Ollie White did what he could, but Nirvan Ramesh held firm and secured two points for his side. Twickenham took five.

Tebb and Dassani's long rearguard goes unrewarded
The final team in action was the fours. On paper they took a strong side to SKLP, but being strong on paper wins you nothing if you don't perform on the field. SKLP ended up winning by 110 runs (see here for the card).

Druv Amba was the star man for SKLP, hitting 49 off 74. Hinay Dassani eventually got him, but he couldn't do much to prevent the hosts from posting 196. Mehran Iqbal again did well with the ball (4-48).

In truth, the less said about the Twickenham batting response the better. At one stage the Ts were 43-9 as the top and middle order failed to fire. It was only the last pair of Dassani and Liam Tebb that showed any sort of stickability. Tebb was ultimately removed for an obdurate 23no (off 65 balls), Dassani was left hight and dry with 14 (56 balls) to his name. A decent effort by the pair, but not enough to save the game.

But, the fours' disappointment to one side, a decent day for the Twickenham sides. Good stuff.