The Old Boys reached 233, with Matthew Austin hitting 72 and Blake Sutheran 44. Henry Bridgman and Danish Shah each claimed three wickets for the visitors.

Rayleigh 3rd recorded a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Eastwood 2nd in a low-scoring T Rippon Mid Essex League Division Six fixture at Rawreth Lane.

England’s defence of their European title got off to a disappointing start as they fell to a 2-1 loss to France in Zurich to ...