The Twickenham CC fourth and fifth XIs were the talk of the town on 20 June, both coming away from their respective encounters with 10 points. The twos very nearly did the same in their contest at Hampstead, only to lose at the death. The threes and the ones had less successful days, earning silver medals in their games against two of the Hornsey sides.

Fifths up to second place
The fifths are officially on a promotion charge! They now sit second in Division 6A (see here) and over the coming days skipper Jon Bosier will be planning how best to close the gap on Teddington 4s.

In terms of Saturday, Bosier's side won and they won well (against Ealing), but ultimately things were just a bit closer than they probably would have liked (see here for the card).

The Ts bowled first and they restricted the hosts to 103. Ilyas Amanullah led the way with 34 (40 balls), but Pete Burke (5-57) and Rishabh Gulati (5-41) both bowled unchanged and were well-deserving of their five wicket hauls.

The ebullient Jon Trippett (25 off 57 balls) and this week's MVT, Harry (17 off 46), started the ball rolling nicely and at 57-2 all was set fair. But, wickets began to fall and ultimately it was skipper Jon Bosier (26no off 34) and Essam Ali (just the one run, but an important 16 ball supporting act) who saw the 5s home. A decent day at the office.

Fours looking good
The fours had a slow start to the season but they are now moving along nicely. The Dassani Army is still only sixth, but the side is looking up and working its way up the ladder (see here). Indeed, they remain just the seven points off second.

In terms of Week 7, the Holy Trinity once again did what they do. The Ts bowled first and Mehran Iqbal (4-39), Shah Bozdar (2-8) and Hinay Dassani (3-16) were all in the wickets. Their rock-solid performances meant that Chiswick 4s could only get to 65 (see here for the card).

In reply Chris Wylde reached double figures, but it was Matt Parker who stepped up, boshed his way to 19no, and got the job done. Excellent stuff.

Twos frustrated at Hampstead
Elsewhere, the twos will be asking what might have been. They travelled to bottom of the table Hampstead. They came off second best in something of a thriller (see here for the card).

Batting first Twickenham put 162 on the board. The returning Nikhil Nomula (46 off 69) batted nicely, as did Hamish Johnston (35 off 63). Esarjeet Singh (5-61) was the main thorn in Twickenham's side.

In reply, Hampstead had a long way to go when they were 58-8. Blake van der Linde (5-68) did most of the damage there.

Yet, number six Jacob Bor and number ten Mackenzie Elliott-Diaz refused to throw the towel in. They put on 87 before Syed Mehdi removed Elliott-Diaz for 36 (off 41 balls). Hampstead needed 17 to win, the Ts needed one wicket.

Hampstead it was who held their nerve and ultimately got home. Respect due to Bor, he ended on 68 (96 balls) - by quite some distance the key innings in the game.

The defeat sees the Ts slip to seventh (see here). But, the division is a tight one and there's still plenty of reasons to remain positive.

Silver medals for ones and threes
Elsewhere, both the ones and the threes had days to move on from.

At half way the ones were nonetheless in a pretty good position (see here for the card). Carlos Nunes declared on 246 with the Ts having batted 64 overs. Don Manuwelge (91 off 116) and Faf Fourie (61 off 76) were at the centre of that.

But, as it turned out 346 might well not have been enough. The Hornsey openers made hay while the sun shone, and indeed went out together at the beginning and came back in together at the end. Tom Wyatt ended on 103 (off 121 balls), Josh Haynes 114 (off 106). Respect due to them, too; a decent effort.

The threes have also been on an upward curve, but Week 7 wasn't quite their week (see here for the card). The Ts put 141 on the board, but top of the table Hornsey 3s will always have fancied their chances of chasing that down. Imran Niazai (45 off 54) led the way for the visitors. The evergreen Adrian Fawden took three wickets for Hornsey.

In reply Anil Settipalli (44 off 42) and Peter Millard (37 off 48) did most of the heavy-lifting, Praween Siriwardena (2-27) did what he could for the Ts. Robbie Bosier's side will brush this one off and move on.