The TW ECB Cup XI visited Bromley, and fielded out to a mammoth total in the 45 overs, after the home side had won the toss and elected to bat first.

   59 runs came in nine overs before the first wicket fell, bringing Miguel Barbosa to the crease to anchor the progress as Bromley strove to place the game beyond reach at the greatest pace allowable. The fourth partnership with Alan Wells realised 178 runs, and a century for Wells, while Barbosa continued to move towards three figures himself. Veteran Wells smote eight fours and seven sixes in the 32-over assault, while Barbosa gathered eight fours before falling for a very fine 93 at 327 in the penultimate over. The TW attack was put to the sword but at no stage lacked endeavour, despite the powerful punishment meted out to them, and several of the bowlers emerged with credit in the circumstances.

   The reply stuttered to 52-4 as Matt Dennington snapped up 3-28, but Will Stickler now played a remarkably mature rearguard innings that afforded the visitors much respectability, as he also reached three figures near to the end of the contest. Support came in cameos down the list, but Wes Bryce-Borthwick helped to add an unbroken 65 for the eighth wicket with Stickler, whose not out 112 came from 123 balls and included 15 fours and 2 sixes. The 45 overs concluded with TW on 233-7, which meant a defeat by 98 runs, but the side was neither overwhelmed nor cowed by the encounter, while Bromley go on to the semi-finals of the local stages of the tournament with best wishes for further success to their remarkable side.

   Wells travelled to Bromley for the first of their two Cup visits of the coming fortnight, and batted first in the 90-over encounter.

   Will Stickler made the early pace, but 65-4 after 21 overs was scarcely likely to extend the home side, with two run-outs already suffered. Richard Cutts (34) and Brough Cooper (28) now consolidated as the score was raised to 116 and the promise of a defendable target, but Craig Peters stepped up to grab 5-13 as the innings rather petered out, and, with three overs unused, Bromley were left with 135 to make. There was just the one fifty-partnership, and the usually excellent wicket was better used by the home attack. 

   In reply, Chris Fenwick put in a tremendous burst, snapping up 2-24 in seven fine overs, including danger man Nadeem Shahid, but Miguel Barbosa anchored the chase with steely discipline to record an undefeated 47 as the victory charge was mounted. Mark Smith chimed in with 2-26, and a run-out from Cutts saw to a fifth wicket falling, but, in the end, an insufficient total left Wells with too much to do, and Bromley coasted past the required score with some nine overs in hand.

   Again, there were positives to take from the game for Wells, but this particular Competiton is now over for them.

   Tunbridge Wells travelled to Hayes for the First Round of the ECB Cup, and promptly lost the toss and found themselves in the field.

   Mark Whetren led the way for the home batsmen as 82 runs were plundered in short order from just 16 overs, 50 coming to the opener while only one wicket was lost. At last Wells began to control the runrate, but the real turning point came with the introduction of Ollie Priestman into the attack, as he removed Whetren, skipper Jamie Askew and Martin Pratt while conceding just sixteen runs in nine miserly overs. James Bamber (31) now took charge of the lower order, but Mark Smith (4-41) saw to further reduction and a nugatory tempo, and the innings spluttered on to 184-8 as the overs ran out. Whetren made, in all, 74 attacking runs, including among his hits eleven fours from only 99 balls, but the support was rather torn away in the second phase of the innings.

   The Wells reply was almost leisurely, proceeding at barely three per over, and the Hayes attack took full advantage with vital wickets as the score reached 92-5 after 30 overs, whereupon the match was seized by a remarkable tour de force from visiting skipper Mark Smith. Not out 19 at this point, Smith found a staunch ally in tailender Chris Fenwick, personally knocking up 50 more runs in a rising crescendo of hitting, and posting 49 with Fenwick for the eighth partnership before holing out for a dramatic 69. Still there was work to be done, but the nerveless ninth pair of Fenwick (21*) and the returning Ben Entacott coolly knocked off the required 22 runs, exquisitely getting the winning run from the final ball available, albeit from a dropped catch. The final one hundred runs were made from eighteen overs, contrasting sharply with the opening stages of the innings, and so a nailbiting climax saw Wells squeak through by the narrowest of margins.