Goresbrook Captain, Rohit Sharma, won the toss and decide to bat against bogey side, Leigh on Sea, at May & Bakers Sports Ground on Saturday. Opener Siraj Zafar found the rope on 13 occasions in accumulating a compelling 58. Armajit Bhupal (29), Manish Battan (29) and teenage ‘keeper John Nicholls (20) caught the eye with excellent knocks before Kaushik Yeluri compounded the seasiders misery when thrashing 87 from only 71 balls. The teenager’s knock included 15 fours and 1 maximum enabling his side to post a daunting 274 which would prove a tall order for the visitors.

After the tea interval, Leigh on Sea’s batsmen signalled their intentions to conduct an exciting run chase with their first nine batsmen all making double figures in an entertaining reply. Brook’s attack combined to restrict their opponents run rate with Manish Battan, Bobby Granger, Karamat Ali and skipper Sharma all claiming a couple of victims as the Dagenham side cruised to a 54 run victory.

Goresbrook 2nd 274 all out from 45.3 overs beat Leigh on Sea 2nd 220 all out from 42.4 overs by 54 runs