Burnham Sports CC

Burnham Sports finished their cricket season with a flourish - the 1st XI and 2nd XI both signing off with notable victories.
The 1st XI entertained Rettendon in T.Rippon Mid-Essex League Division One and won by 14 runs, in the process avenging a one-wicket defeat in the reverse fixture.
Their prospects of doing that looked bleak after they had batted first and crumbled to 65 for eight. That would have been even worse had Fuad Ahmed (26) and his older brother, Jalal, not put on 39 for the third wicket.
However, the ninth-wicket pair of Ali Allchin and Neil Saunders put on what proved to be a match-winning stand of 47.
Saunders, batting at 10 and standing in as captain for the ill Andy Stephens, was undefeated on 28 at the finish - his team finishing up with 118 to defend.
That modest tally still seemed unlikely to prove enough but Saunders followed up his batting exploits by inviting Hamilton, an off-spinner, to open the bowling.
It proved a masterstroke, Hamilton grabbing a wicket with his first ball and going on to finish with figures of 12-4-29-5.
His efforts caused Rettendon to stumble from 38 for one to 76 for seven, but when the visiting team reached 104 without further loss, it seemed they might sneak another narrow success.
However, Jalal (two for 14) had the final say after Fuad (two for 15) had dismissed the dangerous Huntingdon without scoring. Remarkably, he was one of eight batsmen in the game to be dismissed without score.
Victory enabled Sports to finish sixth in the table after a disjointed, rain-ruined campaign. Their opponents next season will include Great Totham and Little Baddow - who were relegated from the Premier League -  plus Thurrock and Herongate, who won promotion from Division Two.
Meanwhile, Burnham's rejuvenated  2nd XI were winning by nine wickets away to Great Wakering in Division Eight.
Such a convincing success had looked most unlikely after Wakering's opening batsmen had put on almost 100 in rapid time.
Roger Perrin (11-1-49-3) then dismissed the pair in quick succession, though, and that opened the door for Greg Campion (7-2-14-1) and Brian Leech (7-0-32-3) to change the course of the game, aided by sharp run outs by Perrin and Sayeid Ahmed.
Great Wakering were eventually bowled out for 172 off 37 overs, 80 runs short of where they would have hoped to have been after the start they made.
In reply, Burnham's openers Steve Sims and  Grant Smith were positive from the start and put on 109 before the former perished for 37.
Sayeid (30 not out) and Smith then guided Sports home after just 30 overs.
The prolific Smith finished unbeaten on 84, giving him 338 runs from five innings in the 2's this year at an average of 112.67.
Having been in relegation trouble all year, the 2's ended up sixth in the table.
They will renew rivalry with their Tillingham counterparts next year because they finished bottom of Division Seven.
In their final Warsop Sunday League fixture, Burnham played at home to Westcliff and won by four runs.
Tom Silvester (51), Jalal Ahmed (a destructive 47) and Ali Allchin (35 not out) helped Sports accumulate 216 for eight from their 40 overs.
In reply, Westcliff finished on 212 for seven. Allchin claimed three for 40.