Ramsey 119 (39.1 overs) Foxton 141 (47.3 overs)

Foxton's visit to last seasons league champions Ramsey had, in many ways, an uncanny resemblance to the win over Wisbech the previous week. A weakened Foxton side, missing three regulars, were invited to bat after acting skipper Tom Stone lost the toss. Once again they found themselves on a damp wicket with an extremely slow outfield. Nonetheless openers Sharne Grant and James Clarke made steady if somewhat risky progress against the nagging consistency of David Carlaw, partnered by Oliver Verral. After 11 overs they had advanced to 36 when Clarke was trapped l.b.w. to Carlaw for 20. The medium pacer then had further success when dismissing Lawrence Farnum and Adam Webster cheaply, and when Grant departed for a well played 31 (six fours), caught by Muhammad Haroon, also to the bowling of Carlaw, the visitors innings was beginning to falter at 64-4 from 23 overs. Max Bowen, batting at five, began to drop anchor whilst searching for partners and his watchful innings of 18 helped push the total to 88, but he was then bowled by Sam Rippington, hitting across the line, and in this time Foxton had lost two further wickets and were now tottering at 88-6 from 33 overs. Two stands of 22 and 23 for the seventh and eighth wickets relieved the situation and was led by a fine knock of 32 from Stone, ably supported by Tyler Deas and Mark Ferrari. The departure of Stone, caught by hosts skipper Michael Cafferkey from the spin of Haroon signalled the ending of the innings and the latter mopped up the tail with a further two strikes. The Foxton total of 141 from 47.3 overs was competitive and was felt to be worth another 20 or so runs allowing for the conditions where several shots pulled up agonisingly short of the boundary rope. Carlaw with 16-7-29-5 again proved a thorn in Foxton's side, and along with Haroon 3-27 were Ramsey's top bowlers.

After tea Andrew Kealy, partnered by newcomer Randy Gayle, opened the visitors attack, and as last week struck in his first over trapping Taylor West l.b.w. to get Foxton off to a flyer. There then followed a best of the match stand between Damian Clarke and an impressive James Markland looking in good touch. They were playing the odd loose shot but unfortunately for Foxton nothing was going to hand. A welcome drinks break was taken after 24 overs, but at this point with the total on 84-1, and batting conditions improving with the sun and a drying wind, Ramsey, were looking clear favourites to go on and secure a comfortable victory. Upon resumption, spinner Stone, now in his sixth over, at once had opener Clarke caught by Bowen for a steady knock of 32 and, as so often is the case, the other partner immediately followed, also to Stone, being stumped by Grant for 47 (seven fours, one six), when looking well set for a large score. Enter Kealy for his second spell, this time from the football pitch end, and this move dramatically changed the shape of the contest. In his next 7.1 overs he virtually ran through the rest of the order and devastated Ramsey, at one point claiming five victims in 20 balls, one of the highlights being the stumping of Elliot Cafferkey by Grant standing up to the pace of the Aussie. After 39.1 overs it was all over with Kealy posting another impressive return of 14.1-4-31-6, brilliantly supported by the flight and guile of Stone with 13-2-43-4. Ramsey lost their last nine wickets for just 35 runs to eventually wind up 22 runs short of their target. Another maximum 25 points for the visitors which now finds them surprisingly top of the table as they are usually notoriously slow starters.
Next Saturday Foxton entertain Castor in the league and on Sunday visit old rivals Kimbolton in the regional first round of the Persimmon Village Cup, whilst the second eleven having beaten Barley II by six wickets in their first completed match of the season have no fixture.