The 3rd XI were the stars, defeating Wycombe House 3s by 76 runs (see here for the card). Ollie George led the way with an undefeated century. Elsewhere, both the twos and the fives batted pretty well, but ultimately found themselves chasing just a few too many runs. The ones weren't quite where they needed to be; they came second against Ealing. The 4s, meanwhile, suffered a severe attack of the batting collywobbles against SKLP as they came off second best against the guys from Harrow.

George, Bosier and Salgotra stand up for the threes
The threes have had a tough few years, but if Saturday is anything to go by then 2026 may be a much more forward-looking campaign.

Ollie George set the tone, facing the first ball and being there when the last was bowled. He was very much the backbone of the innings, ending on 100no.

Fellow opener Rogan Pietersen also had a decent day (and with that a decent debut); he scored 42 as the openers shared a stand of 72. Jonty Hunt (19) helped keep the score moving, while Praween Siriwardena eased to 20 at the end. Zayan Khan, son of former Twickenham CC fast bowler Athar Khan, took three wickets for the hosts.

Chasing 271 was never going to be easy and although Khan scored an impressive half century (53 off 77), the Ts soon gained the upper hand.

Robbie Bosier led the way (4-31 off 11), although the bowling and fielding was very much a team effort. That was epitomised by the performance of Sourav Salghotra; he came into the side very late, but was on the money from ball one. Indeed, it was fitting that Salgotra was the man to win the game, trapping the home number 11 leg before without scoring.

Ones come up short
Elsewhere, it was slim pickings for the other four Twickenham sides.

The ones found themselves chasing 265 at Ealing (see here for the card). The top score in the innings was Mungo Russell's 38 (off 45), but he was well supported by the likes of Tom Marshall (37no off 31) and Ollie Wilkin (33 off 30).

Blake van der Linde, stepping up from his more regular berth captaining the twos, bowled impressively (3-34 off 10), with Akash Multani (2-39) and Ollie White (2-44) also chipping away.

Ealing's not a bad place to bat so chasing that total down was always feasible. Yet, somehow the chase never really seemed to get going. Ross Tamalge hit a breezy 24 (30 balls), with Preet Himanshukumar (33 off 36) following that lead. Rashid Mullazahdah's run-a-ball 21no at the end was as good as it got after that.

The ones will re-group for the visit of Richmond next weekend.

Brondesbury IIs ease home on the Green
It was a similar story for the twos on the Green (see here for the card). Late drop outs had really complicated selection plans, and every respect to groundsman Nigel Gordon for stepping in and at least making sure Twickenham had 11 players.

Brondesbury had first hit and they batted impressively to top 300. Two contrasting 59s were at the centre of the visitors' innings; a traditional-type-of knock (59 off 65) from skipper Mike Stewart and a whirlwind 59 (off 25 balls) from Shailen Assani. Syed Mehdi (1-46 off 9) came out of things best for the Ts.

In reply, the Ts were in with a chance whilst Ethan Wright (71 off 83) was at the crease. But, when skipper Stewart trapped him leg before that signalled the beginning of the end for the hosts. Wayne Edgar (60no off 62) certainly tried to push it along and skipper Eugene Berger (32 off 41) did what he could. But, the Ts ultimately fell well short.

Cowley carries his bat, but to no avail.
The fours could tell a similar story (see here for the card).

Opener Vaidik Pindolla batted impressively for 119no (143 balls), allowing others to simply bat round him. Narendra Hirani (36 off 42) accompanied Pindolla for a fair amount of time before he was run out by Pete Burke. Or was it Liam Tebb? Or was it both of them? Who knows, the main thing was that Hirani was walking back to the shack.

In reply, the Ts weren't looking too bad at 79 for 3. However, that soon disintegrated to 96 all out. Ouch. Respect due to Coach Cowley, though; he carried his bat for a rock solid 51.

Fives give it a good go
The final Twickenham side in action were the fifths. They travelled to Bushy Park to play Teddington 4s (see here for the card).

Ultimately, Teddington were probably appropriate winners, but there was a time during the chase when the Ts definitely had their hosts worried.

Skipper Paul Dancy led from the front for Teddington, hitting 70 (75 balls). He was well backed up by three other batters who got into the 40s. The Ts certainly weren't at their best with the ball, but Rishabh Gulati kept at things admirably and was good value for the three wickets he picked up. Zafar Ali also came home with a 3fer, rolling back the years impressively to throttle the run rate just a little at the end.

In reply Ryan Oakes took little time in getting the show on the road, hitting a buchaneering 35 off just 25 balls. To be fair, Oakes may well have kept on going had Rob Elliott not taken a stunning catch to remove him.

By the time Paul McLoughlin and Dan Hough came together the Ts were 79-4 and looking down the barrel. The two TCC stalwarts nonetheless fought back. They ran well and hit crisply, putting on 113 before Patrick Donegan snuffled McLoughlin caught and bowled for 46,

Hough tried to carry the fight forward, but once he'd departed (75 off 81) Teddington could begin to breath easy. Lloyd Townsend and Puneet Sahota both hit impressive boundaries, David Lingemann - not out at the end - came in and stroked a positively imperious cover drive to the fielder out deep at cover. Magnificent. Ultimately Twickenham nonetheless closed on 244, 48 runs short.

Some weeks it doesn't quite happen. And that's certainly the tale of the tape for the Ts in Week 1. But, there are 17 weeks left to make good on that.

Bring on Week 2.