Having lost the toss and being asked to field, Dave Cooke and Louis Burrows got the side off to a good start with accurate bowling and Burrows (2-20) picked up early wickets. For the home side, Park (42) and Kershaw (57) knuckled down and put on 93 for the third wicket, helped by several dropped catches. Adam Roe and Alex Showell both bowled well but it was the slow off-breaks of Tom Yates (2-40) and inswing of Warren Cowell (2-38) which took regular wickets and Wirksworth closed on 179-7.

180 looked a reachable target and both skipper Richard Bryan and Keith Widdows looked comfortable against some accurate opening bowling, particularly by Lowe (2-8 from 9 overs). However both fell for 22 and, at 53-3, Rolleston were wobbling. Steve Yates and Ian Wakefield took time in doubling the score before Yates also went for 22. Wakefield batted on but eventually departed for 55 and, after that, wickets tumbled to Javed (2-14) and Kershaw (3-22), Rolleston crumbling to 154 all out and leaving Wirksworth deserved winners. Both sides were depleted of regular players but the youngsters drafted in by Rolleston performed with credit, especially with the ball.