This match went ahead after the shock news that Barry Gray had been omitted from the side, with debutant Sudip Samanta making the side instead as Nick was looking to protect the future of the club and blood new players after recent weeks with a shortage of players available. Despite this disappointment, however, it should be pointed out that Barry generously turned up regardless, and umpired all day instead, proving that he is a club man after all?! 

After a 5 week absence since the tour, Graveney skipper Paul Fanning arrived sporting a new beard which caused a good deal of discussion. After a look at a very bad looking wicket, and a a run through with Nick about who had been doing well or otherwise over the past few weeks, he decided, with Graveney due to bat first in the heat, to ask Rob Davies and John Howard to open.  There was little time for the skipper to settle into a chair however, as, despite their relatively good form of recent weeks, both John, popping up a catch due to the slow pitch, and Rob, unlucky to be expertly caught at short leg, had soon departed for ducks leaving Graveney in immediate trouble. 

The skipper and Nick Goodburn, who had a life when dropped early in his innings, began to rebuild, but it was not long before Paul skied one and was caught for 14. Graveney were now 24-3. There then followed a solid partnership of 99 between Nick Goodburn and Paul Jeffels, who eventually departed, bowled for 61. During this time Barry Gray managed to upset the home team by calling one of their fielders a muppet. Whilst we know only too well that he could just as easily have said the same to one of our players, the Burgh Heath team were less understanding. 

Pradeep Jain (1) holed out having seemingly failed to spot that there was a man positioned at backward square, before another good partnership of 47 between Nick and Jez Skidmore (21) followed. Some late hitting from Nick in an unbeaten partnership of 25 with debutant Sudip Samanta (4 not out) saw Nick end up on 77 not out, and Graveny post a total of 196-6 in their 40 overs. 

During the team interval, the Burgh Heath skipper said that his team did not want Barry to umpire during their innings. This was rather unnecessary, and understandably upset Barry somewhat. There followed some quite lengthy discussion before they relented and let Barry carry on in the white coat. In the meantime, to the great amusement of many, but unnoticed by some, Paul Jeffels had managed to get himself locked in the toilet - a champagne moment if ever there was one!! 

When the game got underway once more, Graveney's opening attack of Pradeep Jain (6-0-15-1) and Sudip Samanta (7-1-21-0)produced some fiery bowling with the opening batsmen taking the ball on the body a good number of times. Nick's good day continued when he took a slip catch off of Pradeep's bowling to dismiss one of the Burgh Heath openers, following which Burgh Heath struggled to get after the bowling at all on a difficult pitch. 

All subsequently used bowlers also returned excellent figures. Jez Skidmore (7-1-22-1) and Kevin McGill (6-0-19-2) continued the good work begun by the openers, and the whole team were amazed when Big Tim's 'twin' displayed almost identical mannerisms to Big Tim in his innings wherein he managed to survive for some time, playing one or two lusty blows in the process.  As was always likely to happen once they had agreed to let him continue with umpiring, Barry almost caused a diplomatic incident when the other Burgh Heath opener was given out LBW, although to everyone but the batsman it looked absolutely plum! 

More tight bowling from Tim Bunn (6-0-15-2) and an excellent spell by Chris Pullen (6-3-7-1) saw the required run rate rise steadily before Rob Davies (2-0-9-1) pouched the ninth wicket in the last over courtesy of a second catch for Nick. 

In the end Burgh Heath had been unable to get after any of the Graveney bowlers, and were only able to muster 111-9 in their 40 overs, with Graveny securing their third consecutive victory, running out winners by 85 runs