SHEPHERDS BUSH have made a habit of leaving it late, and they saw no reason to change on the biggest day of their season. Set a revised target of 106 from 15 overs at a rain-soaked Wormsley, the Middlesex County League side got home with four balls to spare, beating New Farnley by five wickets to win the ECB National Club Championship for the first time.
It was their fourth successive tie settled in the final over, and they had won all six previous rounds batting second, seeing off Finchley, Banbury, East Molesey, Bath, Teddington and Sawston & Babraham. So when captain Fin Trenou...