Written by 
Adrian St.John
On the 17th April 2011 the GRA recorded our first victory against a strongEssex league side Harold Wood CC. Once again we were blessed with fantastic weather and the wicket was especially good for this time of year. We won the toss and chose to field first where Harold Wood made 256 for 9 off 45 overs. In reply we got off to a solid start with Tom Smith and Adrian St. John both digging in well. Sadiq Hasan came in at number 3 and injected a bit of impotence into the innings with a quick fire 34 before smashing one to mid off.
Tom Smith
Somewhere in the middle of the innings we managed to lose our way and almost in the blink of an eye the scoring rate crept up to the 8/9 runs per over mark. We were in a bit of a hole before the introduction of Lesbourne Edwards at number 7. He proceeded to smash the ball to all parts of the ground in a blistering 37 off 13 balls to win the game for the GRA with an over to spare. What a game!