Drama at Shepherd's Cot
The ones were very much at the centre of the drama. They travelled to North London and won....but only just (see here for the card).

The Ts won the toss and had first hit. Patrick Dixon led the way with 55 (89 balls) at the top, whilst Don Manuwelge chipped in with 40 (47 balls) at four. The dismissal of Carlos Nunes for a duck might potentially have thrown the ship off course, but an undefeated 95 run partnership from Ben Leale-Green (55no off 54) and Akash Multani (38no off 32) saw the Ts to 244. Tommy Pegler (2-28) led the way for North London.

244 at North London is usually a competitive score and when the Ts reduced the hosts to 137-7 it looked like NL were going to fall plenty short. Nikhil Nomula (3-32) and Akash Multani did most of the damage.

But, North London's overseas, Colin Dwyer (94 off 65), a man who scored a century last week in a warm up game against Highgate, wasn't going to take things lying down. He batted superbly, getting North London right back into things.

Eventually, however, he fell; Akash Multani trapped the big hitting Aussie leg before. Was that the end of things? Not qute, as Joe Kingsley-Smith (19 off 14) and Freddie Issit (28 off 18) kept things moving forward until, eventually, Adam Mather claimed the tenth and final wicket of the innings. The Ts were home by 13 runs.

Twos win at a canter
The twos also won although there wasn't quite so much drama involved. They beat Brentham by 52 runs on the Green (see here for the card).

Strong batting all the way down was the key to Twickenham posting 276 off their allotted 45. James Smith (64 off 92) led the way, although Sami Shori (46 off 55), Phil Nash (31 off 24) and Eugene Berger (30 off 22) weren't far behind. Faizullah Khan (2-34 off 9) caught the eye for Brentham.

In reply Brentham never really got going. Dhiraj Knullar got 45, but once Callum Watson (2-36) removed him the Ts were effectively home and hosed. Skipper Blake van der Linde (2-31) and Phil Nash (2-31) claimed a couple of scalps apiece with the ball, whilst late call up Anush Ganesh will have been happy with his day's work; he ended with 3-27 as Brentham closed on 224.

Oakes leads the way for the fours
The other winners on day one were the fourth XI. They were impressive seven wicket victors against Actonians' 5ths.

Actonians batted first and put 157 on the board. Hamza Abbasi's 57 (67 balls) was the mainstay of that.

The redoubtable Hinay Dassani (4-34) led from the front for the Ts, whilst Rehan Naqvi (3-36) offered him able support. Jarryd Knott (2-19) and Frankie Lingemann (1-2) also chipped in.

The 4s' reply centred very much around opening bat Ryan Oakes. He went in first and was there at the end, standing tall on 70no as the Ts reached their target. Saul Croxford (22) helped Oakes put on 66 for the first wicket whilst Jarryd Knott finished his quietly impressive day with a 17no at the end. Decent stuff from the 4s.

Threes fall short against Stanmore
The threes have high hopes for the season, so they'll be a little disappointed to have come off second best at Stanmore (see here for the card).

Twickenham batted first and put 186 on the board. Jonty Hunt (38 off 52), Rajdeep Choudhry (32 off 27) and Dev Tomlinson (27 off 32) were much to the fore there. Yash Pota (5-23) was the mainstay of the Stanmore bowling attack.

In reply Nishan Singh struck early for the Ts, removing opener Vaibhav Dubey for 2, but number three Shaurya Tanna (60no off 71) was not to be dislodged.

Singh did all he could, finishing with 2-49, and Heath Mather also chipped in at the other end. But, it was not meant to be, and Stanmore ultimately got to their target at something of a canter.

Batting woes for the fives
The fifths also came off second best; they lost by five wickets at Chiswick 5s.

Batting was the problem for the 5s with only enigmatic skipper Jon Bosier getting into double figures. He managed a couple of boundaries plus a big six, but even then his stay at the crease was too shortlived for many. The Ts closed on 91.

Chiswick took their time with their reply, but then again there was no real need to rush. Lloyd Townsend certainly didn't make it easy for them (2-10 off three balls short of ten overs), and the Harmenator (Singh) was also in the wickets. Adam Tebb also got a W in the wickets column, removing Chiswick's best player for 24.

The hosts, however, still got home with five wickets to spare.

So, a day of mixed fortunes for Twickenham. But, three wins and two draws is far from a disastrous weekend's work. Bring on Week 2.