Rarely has Twickenham CC experienced such a positive across-the-board set of results as the club did on Saturday 21 June. The ones and the fours won at a canter, the fives roared back to triumph over Wycombe House's 4th XI whilst the threes, and skipper Robbie Bosier in particular, dug in and held firm to secure a winning draw. A decidedly decent set of performances all round.

Ones continue to cruise along
The ones set the tone for the day with an emphatic eight wicket win against old friends Acton (see here for the card).

Acton won the toss and unsurprisingly had a bat. With the temperature gauge edging north of 30C, batting made sense. Throw in a decent surface and an outfield like glass, and the Ts went out knowing that they were going to have to put some hard yards in.

Those hard yards weren't, however, nearly as debilitating as they perhaps could have been. Adam Mather came steaming in at the Staines Road End and basically blew the visitors away. By the end Mather had 6-16 and the Acton innings was in tatters.

Mather didn't work alone; Akash Multani chipped in with a neat and tidy 3-16 (off 7), whilst Angus McKenzie pulled off a well-executed run out after a calamitous mix up between Sunil Rithik (24) and Easa Malik.

During the 1981 Ashes series Kim Hughes, then the Australian captain, famously said that there are times when he'd rather chance 400 than 120. Carlos Nunes and the Ts were most definitely not in the mood to subscribe to that theory on Saturday. They were all for getting the job done quickly.

Neville Talbot hit one big six before departing leg before, but that simply allowed Preet Himananshukumar (17 off 8 balls) to come in and flail the ball everywhere.

Himananshukumar did, however, die by the sword, although that simply meant that the immaculately resolute Patrick Dixon (28no off 77) and Don Manuwelge (52no off 77) could gently sail the ship home.

The win sees the Ts six points clear at the top of Division One of the MCCL (see here). Brondesbury and Finchley remain very much in the hunt, but seven weeks in and the Ts will be more than satisfied with their efforts thus far.

Fours get the job done
With the twos having a well earned week off, attention turned to the 3s, 4s and 5s.

The 4s were the first to get their respective job done. They beat Brentham 4s by six wickets (see here for the card). That win sees them up to joint second in the ladder (see here).The 4s are on the move.

All eyes were on the bowling troika of skipper Hinay Dassani, Shah Bozdar and the returning Mehran Iqbal. Between them they have the small matter of 887 wickets in Twickenham colours. Quite the pedigree.

All three bowled well, and Iqbal in particular caught the eye (3-25). Frankie Lingemann (2-34) and Jarryd Knot (2-2 off 16 balls) also stepped up impressively; they cleaned things up at the end as Brentham were bowled out for 104.

Monish Malhotra and Steve Cowley got things moving nicely for the Ts in reply, although when Malhotra (16) and number three Knott (4) departed the Ts knew they still had a bit of work to do.

Steve Cowley, a man who has been round plenty long enough to know how to chase down small totals, dug in and took the strain. He ended 41no and was there at the end alongside Shah Bozdar as the fours got home with plenty to spare.

Fifth Dimension are (most definitely) up and running
The 5s showed - without being aware of it - exactly why an innings the one that Steve Cowley was playing in the 4s can be so important. Jon Bosier's barmy army posted 110, just six more than Brentham had done. But Wycombe House didn't have a batter who could sit in and see it through. The 5s subsequently won by 28 runs (see here for the card).

At 42-7, however, not many Twickenham players thought they'd be returning to the Green with 12 points in their back pockets. A bit of stick-in-ability was most definitely needed.

Barty Boyd (16 off 27) did what he could, but numbers 9, 10 and 11 ultimately scored some all important runs that got the Ts over the 100 mark. Puneet Sahota (18 off 34), Lloyd Townsend (15 off 17, including one impressive six) and last man Harmeet Singh (16no off 15) battled and scrapped their way to 110. Decent tekkers.

If the Ts could get in amongst the Wycombe House batting they knew that they had a chance. And, that they most definitely did, Lloyd Townsend claiming 6-30 from 12 impressive overs. Skipper Jon Bosier, undoubtedly and unequivocally the best all-rounder in the club, also helped himself to three wickets (3-14) whilst the Harmeenator (Singh) nabbed 1-28. The 5s were home with 28 runs to spare.

Captain Marvel leads the way for the threes
The threes may not have been able to follow the other sides and win, but they certainly put in an excellent performance and were good value for their winning draw (see here for the card).

Robbie Bosier was the star turn, chipping in with 5-67 off 15 hot and sweaty overs. Anjam Hussain (122 off 125) batted impressively for the House, but in truth there wasn't a lot of support around him. That led to Wycombe House going all the way to 50 overs for their 223.

The Ts reply was marked by a number of decent contributions. Alex Lowe made 30 at better than a run-a-ball, Varad Rampal also scored quickly enough for his 29 (off 27). Vamshi Krishna's 31 (43 balls) was a little slower, but the Ts were nonetheless plenty ahead of the rate.

The big question was whether they could get to 223 in the 42 overs they had. It soon became clear that that was going to be a bridge too far. Given that, the Ts had little choice but to settle for the winning draw. Nishan Singh (42 off 51) made a big contribution to that, but it was gaffer Bosier, blocking out at the end (19no off 45) who declared thou shall not pass.

The winning draw sees the threes nicely placed in fifth (see here). They are, however, little more than a win away from second. Keep plugging away and this could be a very interesting season indeed for Robbie Bosier's troops.....