Twickenham U11s played their 22nd and final game of the 2026 season on Friday 28 August. They started way back in April with a cup game against Sunbury, they ended four months later with a Summer League contest against the same club. The Ts were on top more or less all the way through, although Sunbury were competitive right to the end (see here for the card). Ultimately, the Ts won by 42 runs, not that it matters massively.

On Friday 28 August the sun set on Twickenham Green a fraction before 8pm. We won't see it set after 8pm for another 232 days (until 17 April 2027). 2026's long, warm summer nights of cricket have come to an end. And that even though Middlesex still have five and a half Championship fixtures left to complete. Make of that what you will....

Ts' batters look the part
Closer to home, it was Twickenham's plethora of U10s who came nicely to the party as the Ts eased their way to their fourth win of the Summer League campaign.

The Ts batted first and put 169 on the board. Skipper Harvir Ghere was perhaps in less ebullient mood than usual, but that didn't stop him from becoming the first of three Twickenham batters to retire (15no off 25 balls).

It was the ever-improving Ved Pradyumna (28no off 25) and Stan Hough (27no off 25) who started to generate a bit of momentum. Pradyumna hit hard - including the only six of the game - Hough, particularly in partnership with his twin brother, Vince (18 off 18) - ran impressively.

Sunbury did leak a few extras, but their bowlers nonetheless kept at it admirably. Seymu Thommadura grabbed the prized wicket of James Marsh, whilst Cheith Pathirange and Finn Miller each knocked over the stumps. Aveer Singh (0-7) was the tightest of the Sunbury contingent, whilst Sunbury's twins (George and William Hack-Davies) ran in and gave it all they had.

Jaden Mate and Albert Whitehead nonetheless rounded things off for the Ts, running sharply to see the hosts up to a formidable 169.

Twickenham bowlers take the strain
Sunbury went out to bat with precisely the right attitude. If you're going to chase a big total down, then you need to be positive from the get go. Andrew Cross and Thor Rogers, opening for the visitors, epitomised that nicely.

Both batters hit the boundary ropes early, but it wasn't long before Twickenham were making an impact in the wickets-taken column. Quinn Kedzlie, another who has come on nicely in 2026, bowled Cross for 7 (7 balls), Stan Hough ran out Rogers (8 off 12) after a calling mix up. Sunbury were 24-2 and creaking a bit.

Numbers three and four, skipper Cherith Pathiranage and Will Hack-Davies, then came together to begin a fightback. The two of them saw the score move nicely beyond 50 as the visitors' innings began to take shape. But, the retirement of Pathiranage (30no off 23) and the dismissal of Hack-Davies (bowled by Ved Pradyumna for 12) saw them slip behind the rate and Twickenham begin to take firm control of things.

With the light fading the Ts began to race through their overs. Harvir Ghere (1-7 off 2) went from big fast bowler to twirly off spinner in a blink of an eye, as run ups shortened and fielders hurtled round between the overs.

That didn't stop Gus Joyce (1-13 off 2) from taking a well-deserved wicket, James Marsh taking one of two catches at mid off. Vince Hough (1-9 off 2) and Jaden Mate (1-15 off 2) also joined the wicket-taking party.

The game finished, however, with Aveer Singh, Sunbury's number 11, thundering the final ball of the day wide of mid off for a superb boundary. It felt like a good note on which to call time on the 2026 campaign.

Excellent work, everyone. We go again in 2027.