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VW Day

 OSCC, 160-3, beat Luton Town & Indians, 157 all out, by seven wickets And so finally it came to pass. Having assumed the captaincy in February 2024 and toiled through a season and a half of heart-sapping, soul-crushing, spirit-breaking defeats - and the Christians give it big licks because Jesus went camping for 40 days and 40 nights - Marc Ward experienced his first win as captain. Leading from the front, Ward top-scored on a day where hope finally triumphed over experience and ten of eleven players either contributed runs or wickets to the cause. The eleventh, Roger Piepenstock, contributed his IT expertise to the event, overseeing his beloved iPad going wrong. Again. The Ideal Ashes With the visitors nervously inspecting the craters and crevices to be found on the Lilley length, a delighted Ward won the toss and opted to bowl. The last time anyone looked quite so happy on a potentially lethal surface was when Princess Diana was posing cheerfully for the cameras in the middl...