Loughborough Carillion 13 September 2026

Manager Craig Foster

Lost by 5 Runs 

Loughborough Carillion 225 (Craig Foster 7.2-0-47-5, Faisal Ayub 7-1-23-2, Jack North 10-42-2)

SOA 220 for 8 (Graeme Coates 56, Alex Ross 50, Chris North 38)

The long drive to Loughborough was worth it, where we arrived to a beautiful green ground (not seen since early May) and a stunning clubhouse. SOA elected to field with the Younis brothers getting Carillon off to a solid start before Faisal got both openers with 40 on the board. Aakif played beautifully for an hour, hitting three sixes and ten fours before Jack North bowled him for 75. There was some steady scoring from Karthik and Trimingham before the skipper brought himself on and managed to remove them in fairly quick time. The remaining batters did not contribute much as the Pres cleaned up three of them to finish with 5-47 as they finished on 225 all out in 41.2 overs.

SOA did not start well in reply, Wildman lasting only two balls but Graeme Coates and Alex Ross got stuck into the chase and were scoring well until Coates fell for a well-made 56 and Ross soon followed for a rapid 50. The only other batter to shine was Chris North with a speedy 38. We were limping towards victory but in the end fell five runs short.

It was a brilliant game played in great spirit and we were brilliantly looked after by SOA members Andy and Nat Capel and Swappy Kulkarni.