Totton & Eling under 9's welcomed Fawley to Southern Gardens for their 6th and penultimate game of the league season. Having won at Pylewell Park seven days earlier expectation was high from the boys to push on and go for their first back to back win of the year. Fawley skipper won the toss and invited skipper for the night Ethan Taylor's team to have a bat. With the temperature approaching 80 degrees and with the sun in total control of the sky concentration and focus was going to be the key factor for both sides and again for the second week running and against the better judgement of this report writer, T&E applied themselves superbly and proved the eventual winners by some margin. T&E amassed a team total of (2)67 from their 16 alloted overs with that total only yielded two dismissals from the four pairs! Of the pairs each came to the crease with a different agenda yet all having the desired affect; Mayer & Clark mixed aggression with control, Laughland & Young took the game to Fawley with lusty blows and high risk yet well rewarded running, Alp & Carty consolidated using steely concentration and great technique whilst Taylor and Dibben mixed business with pleasure and pushed the total along with real assertion and with it played some outstanding cricket shots to the delight of the large and merry T&E crowd. Taylor (18) and Laughland (12) top scored with chief support coming from Mayer & Dibben. Of the opposition, Fawley played some really good cricket on the night and appeared a well drilled and excellently conducted team. T&E defended 267 with real confidence restricting Fawley to a final total of (2)17. Every player was very keen to get into the game and with that everyone contributed something positive to the 50 run win. Ryan Dibben did a great job behind the stumps setting the standard for his team mates with some tidy glove work and in complimenting Ryan's work the outfielders really seemed fired up and alert. Statistics from the excellent outfield performance showed 5 of the 7 bowlers struck the stumps scoring a bowled dismissal and of the 16 bowled overs only 9 extras were conceded, by far the fewest amount of wides and no balls of the season. Wicket takers on the night were Alp (2) Carty, Young, Taylor & Clark. Well done to the mini Eels, with three wins from 6 games, the Europa Cup could be a real target for next season, saving the Champions League for the year after... :-)