Saturday saw the 2s travel to the picturesque Harrow St Marys CC

In the tropical heat of Shepherds Cot, Southgate continued their recent good form by beating North London by 20 runs and moving to 3rd in the Middlesex League Third Division.

The 2nd team arrived to the Walker in fine fettle carrying only a minimal number of hangovers on the hottest day of the year. At the time we had an inkling this would be the hottest day we’d played on and research confirmed it was 6°C warmer than hottest June day ever in this correspondent’s home town.