The 2025 season ended on a real high for three Twickenham senior sides as the ones, twos and fours all found themselves celebrating promotion. The threes can also be justifiably proud of their barnstorming second half to the season; they won in Week 18 and ended fourth. The fives endured a much tougher campaign, but life still goes on for them. It nothing else, they’ve got two local derbies against Teddington to look forward to in 2026.

Strong finish by the ones
The ones had done their work in the previous weeks and so went into Week 18 knowing they were already champions (see here for the table). They nonetheless finished on a high and beat Barnes by 42 runs (see here for the card).

Preet Himanshukumar ended a super season with 72 (92 runs) and skipper Carlos Nunes blasted six sixes on his way to a 36 ball 56. Gurjit Sandhu and Adam Mather also brought some long handle to the party as the Ts closed on 261.

Barnes gave the chase a decent go with opener Ross Talmage (85 off 71) very much at the forefront of that. But once he went they fell behind the rate, Angus McKenzie (4-51), Don Manuwelge (2-18) and Akash Multani (2-32) reining the hosts in. They closed on 219.

The ones will be joined in the Prem next year by Finchley. They just needed to beat Indian Gym to secure the second slot. And, that they did, by three wickets. Well done to them.

Twos keep their eyes on the ball
The twos were also well placed to gain promotion but they knew that there was still work to be done. They needed to win at Hornsey to follow Stanmore into the Prem in 2026 (see here for the table). And, that they did (see here for the card). With quite some style.

In truth, Blake van der Linde’s side dominated proceedings at Tivoli Road. Sahil Bareja (26 off 36) and Cormac Haughton (26 off 64) got in for the hosts, but Margin Kantilal (3-30) and Greg Nielson (3-22) throttled any momentum that they might have been generating. Hornsey ended on 109.

The Ts, and Ethan Wright in particular, wasted little time in chasing that target down. Wright careered along to 58 (42 balls), whilst Sami Shori (16no off 11) was fittingly undefeated at the end. He’s had a quietly impressive season. Opener James Smith dug in, remained largely untroubled, and was there undefeated when the final dye was cast.

Super work from the twos.

Tebb is the man to see the 4s over the line
The final Twickenham team with promotion aspirations were the fours. They’ve had a superb campaign but they knew that that would mean little if they lost to fellow promotion chasers Ealing Trailfinders IIIs on the last day. They didn’t (see here for the card). And so go up alongside Chiswick 4s (see here for the table).

Trailfinders won the toss and had a bat. Jatin Chauhan (29) and Navtej Chahal (26) started reasonably well, but human wrecking ball that is Hinay Dassani soon tore through the Trailfinders’ middle order. He ended with 4-19 off 10.

Akshay Kumar has performed consistently well throughout the run in, so it was fitting not just that he got 2-17 but also that he bagged four catches. Bucket-hands Kumar he seems to be!

Mehran Iqbal (3-39) and Shah Bozdar (1-26) were as efficient and effective as ever as Trailfinders ended on 104.

In reply a rejuvenated Andy Donelan opened up and was decent value for 21 (36 balls) before the effervescent Frankie Lingemann upped the ante and chipped in with 42 (39 balls). Ultimately, however, it was Jarryd Knot and Liam Tebb who were at the crease when the job was completed. Tebb, a man who has put more into Twickenham CC than most over the years, will have enjoyed hitting the winning runs. Rumour has it a number of shandies were drunk in the evening….

Niazai, Bosier and Jennings see the threes home
The threes have been impressive in the second half of the season. The only regret is that they started their charge up the table just a little too late to gain promotion. They nonetheless finish fourth (see here) and can be justly proud of their efforts.

They ended 2026 with a 48 win over Hornsey 3s (see here for the card). Rumours that corruption and skulduggery shaped the Twickenham CC batting order have been neither confirmed nor denied by skipper Robbie Bosier, but whatever method he used to deem who went in when it seemed to work.

That led to the unusual sight of Anush Ganesh and Imran Niazai opening the batting. Ganesh took his time, enjoyed the view and set a platform, Niazai did as he does; he whacked three sixes in an entertaining 52.

Kevin Cavilla (21 off 28) and Praween Siriwardena (20 off 32) carried on the good work before the enigmatic Dominic Thamby rounded things off with a solid 16. The visitors closed on 173.

Hornsey immediately found themselves in trouble chasing. Robbie Bosier removed Joss Littler leg before for three and skipper Rob Devenney quickly followed him back to the shack. Once Bosier (4-45) got rid of numbers four and five it was clear that Hornsey were in a fair bit of trouble.

Speedster Ali Jennings then entered the fray. He’s had an up and down season, but he ended the campaign very much on the front foot. He claimed 4-33 off 9.1 as Hornsey ended up closing on 125. Excellent stuff.

Fives go down fighting
The final Twickenham side in action was the 5ths. 2025 was most certainly a season of ups and downs, but going into the final game they knew they still had a chance of staying up.

Ultimately, however, it wasn’t meant to be. Even if they’d beaten Brentham IVs they’d have ended up in the relegation zone, simply as SKLP surprisingly managed to beat already promoted Chiswick 4s.

As it happens, Brentham had much the better of the contest. They put 212 on the board off their 45 overs. Pete Burke took 3-49 and the ever-reliable Puneet Sahota 3-58, whilst Risbah Gulati ended with 2-43.

In reply, the Ts never really got going. Paul McLoughlin offered obdurate resistance up top, but ultimately Brentham ended up victorious. The fives move on…