After a good start by Mansfield they would have been disappointed to see that the rain started to come down and play was halted after 6 overs. The rain came down heavier than we had seen all year and the square soon had scattered puddles on it. After a long wait the rain finally halted and we quickly tried to get the ground back into a playable state. The covers did their job and the quick draining of the outfield made it possible for a 4.10pm restart.
Clowne resumed on 17 for 1 but the quick scoring Spencer soon raised the run rate. Barton was doing a great job at the other end giving Nigel the strike and keeping the Mansfield bowling at bay. Barton eventually fell in the 19th over for a well grafted 8 being bowled by Hales with the score on 64 for 1. White then came to the middle and rotated the strike well with Spencer who had now reached his 50 and looking for a big score. Spencer was next to go for a very good 76 being caught in the covers. White (14) was soon to follow after being judged to be caught behind down the leg side but was actually hit on the forearm. Ryan Bennett (0) then followed in the same over being caught and bowled. Then Ashley (1) and Askew (1) all were back in the hut. This left Clowne on 131 for 7 after being 99 for 2 only 6 overs previous. This left Matt Linacre and Jamie Fellows at the crease. These two rotated the strike well and kept the score ticking then with both batsmen on 17 in the 39th over Linacre let loose he left the first ball but then went barmy hitting 4,4,4,6,6 off the rest of the over. Clowne ended up with a very good 190 for 7 with Linacre 41* and Fellows 22*. Wilkinson finishing with the best figures of 3-0-14-3 for Mansfield.