Sway went into this fixture expecting a tough game from a good Fawley side who woulld be no doubt eager to put one over on their ex-skipper Kev Glass in his first game against his old club. Sway skipper Adam Clark won the toss and elected to bowl expecting Sway's pace attack to make best use of the new ball. Sway opened with David Steadman who from the first ball was both nippy and ruthlessly accurate; and with the final ball of the first over bowled opener Steve Rice for a duck. With Jon Grasham at the other end, there was little pressure release for Fawley and with the score on just 16 Steadman struck again trapping Rob Leach LBW. Much now rested on the shoulders of classy batsman Kieran Earl and so Fawley's hopes of racking up a big score took a massive dive when Earl feathered one through to keeper Rubycz to leave them mired at 31-3. Fawley then suffered a mini-collapse as first Grasham bowled Alfie Cole for 12 then Steadman picked up two further wickets including a contraversial LBW that saw big hitter Jason Ford triggered for a golden. With 6 wickets down and only 36 on the board, John Doe and D Phillips were left with no choice other than trying to dig in and attempt to bat out as many of the remaining 27 overs as possible. To be fair they did this very well - seeing off the openers the progressing and a slow but steady rate against Sway's change bowlers Robert Steadman and Steve Thistleton. It was not until the 27th over with the score on 85 that Sway enjoyed any further success with Nilantha Atapattu cleaning up Doe for a resolute 17 in his first over. Sway now had a whiff of the Fawley tail and Steve How managed to pick up two quick wickets. With 9 wickets down, David Steadman returned in search of a 5-wicket haul and it seemed the chance was gone when a dolly was put down at 1st slip, however, not to be outdone some sharp reactions by Rubycz standing up to the stumps saw Phillips stumped for an excellent 31 to leave Fawley all out for 105.

Obviously if Fawley were to have any chance of victory, they would have to take quick wickets and with the score on just 7 skipper Clark was caught behind for a duck. Grasham also departed early on - trapped LBW for 8 giving Fawley the faintest scent of an improbable victory. In a key moment Atapattu rode his luck being put down twice early in his innings and after that never looked back. With tectonic plates moving faster than opener Steve How's scoring rate, it was left to the classy Sri Lankan to score the runs and he was soon on top of the Fawley bowling as Sway cruised towards the required target. Although How was eventually dismissed for a resolute 13, Sway reached the target off 28 overs with Atapattu 63 not out.

All in all a pretty ruthless performance by Sway setting the lads up perfectly for the clash next Saturday at second placed Verwood.