With the weather looking threatening The Willows won the toss and elected to bat. The opening partnership found it difficult to score runs with tight bowling from the Ashburton College openers Sam Hall and Josh Buchanan. With the fall of wickets at regular intervals The Willows team struggled to put any partnerships together until Matt Tait (31) joined opener Ben Mably (32) for a 48 run partnership to put some respectability on the scoreboard. Once this partnership was broken the final wickets fell in short succession to be all out for 117. With the wickets shared the Ashburton College could be credited for excellent line and length bowling plus outstanding fielding in damp conditions.

In reply the College batsmen got off to a good start, with the weather improving to sunny conditions, with a good 30 run opening partnership between Michael Burton and Zach Naldrett. With handy contributions from Tom Ravenscroft (21), Liam O’Connor (23) and Ben Niles (13 not out) the College reached the total in the 41st over. The Willow bowlers kept pressure on the batsmen with the spin bowling of Ben Mably, Jack Meyrick and Mario Williams keeping tight lines. The Ashburton College captain (Kieran Hunt) showed great sportsmanship calling back The Willows Captain after being run out having slipped over in the damp conditions. An interesting statistic was noted. A combined age of 181 years of three senior Willows players exceeded the total combined age (174) of the entire Ashburton College team – thus proving one is never too old to play the game.