The day began with a trip to Barnes to take on Kew. Prior to the match, the hosts requested a 100-ball format with five-ball overs due to apparent time restrictions on their pitch hire. They also requested a brisk 9:30am start, before proceeding to arrive late.

Twickenham captain Rory Flynn won the toss and elected to field, but the opposition requested to bowl first as members of their team had birthday parties to attend later in the day.

Arthur Keates and Dominic Jones opened the batting. The pair were involved in an early run-out before Jones struck Twickenham's first boundary of the morning.

As it turned out, that would be Twickenham's only boundary of the innings as batting pairs regularly found it difficult to pierce the infield against some slow bowling.

Too many dot balls throughout the innings ultimately proved costly. Once wickets had been taken into account, Felix Morris, Hannah Humphreys, Rory Flynn and Kit May all finished as Twickenham's joint top scorers with two runs apiece.

It was felt that the score posted would be difficult to defend. The message during the innings break was simple: keep extras to a minimum and avoid conceding overthrows.

Twickenham responded with an excellent bowling and fielding display. Holly and Freddie opened the bowling and both claimed a wicket, conceding just four and seven runs respectively and no extras.

Dominic Jones and Rory Flynn both bowled well without reward, while Arthur Keates, James Buxton and Felix Morris were similarly unlucky not to pick up wickets despite producing disciplined spells.

With Kew beginning to find the boundary through Broadley, Twickenham took some pace off the ball by introducing Hannah Humphreys, who bowled with control to stem the flow of runs.

With four overs remaining, Twickenham needed wickets to bring the game back into contention. The final four bowlers all delivered strong performances, with Alfie Fernandez claiming a well-deserved wicket.

The standout bowler of the day was Kit May, delivering two maiden overs without conceding a single extra. His second over was particularly impressive, combining pace and accuracy at a crucial stage of the innings when Twickenham desperately needed breakthroughs.

Freddie Homewood took responsibility for the final over and capped a good spell by picking up a wicket, but the wickets needed didn't come and Twickenham fell short.

Ultimately, it was a frustrating day with the bat for Twickenham, who struggled to find gaps and rotate the strike consistently. A greater variety of shot selection and taking advantage of bad balls will help batters in future.

They followed that up with an impressive bowling and fielding performance that kept them in the contest for long periods. Unfortunately, a couple of Kew batters found the boundary a little too regularly, and Twickenham's modest total left them with just too much to do.

There were plenty of positives to take from the performance, particularly with the ball, but the key lesson from the day will be the importance of finding ways to keep the scoreboard moving when runs are hard to come by.