The seconds' idea of excitement was somewhat different to that used to describe the firsts' cup exploits, as they cruised to a second round tie with the good citizens of Roe Green.
After a steady start in which the openers accumulated 33 in ten overs, a nagging bowling attack ground down the Milnrow batting order, taking wickets at increasingly regular intervals and reducing the side from Division 5 East, that had lost its first game a day earlier, to 108 all out.
Sam Winstanley took the main chunk of the plaudits with his spell up th'ill earning him 5-34, but all the bowlers performed well including Lewis Keogh who remained wicketless despite bowling his seven overs for just 11 runs. Despite being far from perfect in the field, this was a statement performance from the team which had been deprived of three key players immediately prior to the game starting.
The reply started in steady fashion with Big Mac and Ethan Kite going shot for shot in the early stages. Ethan's ability to drive the ball straight to fielders persists however and it was noticeable, as the skipper pulled away, how his shots were going between fielders, rather than warming their hands. Two boundaries in successive balls brought up the fifty in the 10th over and seventy was achieved in the 15th with a four and a six as the skipper approached a half century. It was then that he unleashed a veritable StevieMacflurry of seven boundaries in 10 balls that yielded 32 runs to finish the game and bring his individual score to an impressive 80no with Ethan left gazing in wonder, stuck on 19no at the other end.
So, a ten wicket win inside 18 overs complimented the first's victory and saw both sides into round two for the second successive season.