After last weeks close defeat to Betsham (Match report by J. Haggart is still be awaited), the 2s took on Shoreham & Otford, who were 3rd, looking for a win to help maintain the 2s in division 4. For once the skipper managed to win the toss and, with the words of groundsman Barker ringing in his ears ("you have got to bat first, this is a road") he chose to follow his advise. Croom and Kenny strode out to the middle and put on 28 before Angus "got a good one" and was bowled for 11. The skipper, in chipper mood following his holiday in the 1st XI, came out next and steadily put on 30 for the 2nd wicket before Croom was adjudged LBW for 32. 58-2, 13.5 overs gone. Filmer in at 4 and he and the skipper put on 176 for the 3rd wicket in 22 overs. 234-3. Filmer making 58 from 62 balls. The skipper had quietly got his 50 off 56 balls. It was roughly at this point where Chris had encouraged the skipper to look to hit a 4 from every over and also try and get a few singles to get the run rate up. At the end of the innings the skipper was 156* off 98 balls, just 42 balls to get from 53 to 156, taking Chris' advice and upping it a bit. A total of 285-4 was achieved setting Shoreham a target at a rate of 7.15 runs per over. The Shoreham openers had given up, muttering "we'll never get this, why have they got a Kent 2s player playing, ruining the game for everyone else"?!!

Steve B and Ollie opened the bowling and for once it wasn't Steve's day, bowling his 9 overs without success. Ollie, however got 2 wickets and 2 in 2 balls. He obviously thought he was playing for the 1s and trying to get another hat trick. Unfortunately, he proved he was playing for the twos and didn't achieve the hat trick, ending up with 2-50 from his 9 overs. Golden arm Ben Lush took over from Ollie and Harry "I'm so unfit I can only bowl a maximum of 4 overs before I need to come off"Slevin replaced Steve Benj. Ben took 4 wickets although all I can remember about them was that Croom caught two of them and neither were at mid off!! Oscar had a short spell but Steve Horrocks polished off the tail with 3 wickets for 32 runs including a sharp caught and bowled to finish the game off. A satisfying win by 58 runs and after checking the other results a few more points required but with 2 games to get 8 points, it was confidentally predicted that the 2s had done enough to remain in division 4.