On a typically good batting surface at Redlands (though the long boundaries meant fours and sixes were rare), Triangle opened with the ever-dependable Simon Barrett, and Jan Davey, to face the might of Weymouth's overseas starlet, South African U19 player, Siraag Abrahams, a very sharp bowler indeed. After his first over, the opening pair must have wondered what the pre-match fuss was all about, but this had proved to be six looseners, as he stepped up a gear in his second over and Barrett and Davey were ducking and weaving. With Michael Pearce operating at the other end, no mean bowler at all, the Portland batsmen struggled to score, but then Jan Davey realised his stumps weren't in danger from Abrahams, got bat on ball and started the scoreboard ticking, meanwhile Simon called for a helmet. With Barrett holding up the other end, Davey progressed to 25 before he was trapped LBW by Steadman, and the first wicket fell for 40 runs.

Barrett was joined in the middle by this season's current star, Simon Browne, but he didn't last very long and was caught behind off Dan Hutchens for a duck. Next up was Randell, who looked like he was on for a big score after hitting some lusty boundaries off the leg side, but was given out off a hotly disputed edge off Steadman. As the temperature rose out in the middle, Styles too fell cheaply to Steadman, caught behind for a lowly 4, though he could have gone earlier if Lawes had held onto a catch in the slips. Luckily, Triangle's current form batsman, Dave Blackman, came to the crease, and was there to see Weymouth finally remove Barrett, who was caught and bowled by Michael Pearce, after an innings of 19 in 98 minutes that was the definition of gritty, including taking a full toss from Abrahams on the foot.

The young pretender, Ben Doidge, then came to bat, and the first delivery faced was from Abrahams, a snorter of a bouncer that caught him on his middle finger, visibly shaking the lad. Credit to him, Doidge came back and edged a drive through the hands of Ben Lawes at second slip, and was off the mark. Blackman, batting without any head protection (not even hair) took on the pace of Abrahams, and successfully failed in either hooking or cutting the big South African, as his bouncers proved too quick to hit. Simon Talbot, ex-Danish coach, came on to bowl in tandem with Abrahams, and this change bore fruit as Doidge edged him to Hawson after a gutsy knock of 21.

The Captain was in next but didn't last long, as Abrahams immediately tested his injured hand, and Hewson obliged, gloving an easy catch to Janaway at first slip, the first one the cordon had held all day. Bill Gates, in fine form with the bat lately, also chose to forgo the need for cranial protection, and with Blackman added 22 runs, as the innings closed with Triangle on a modest 148/7, the Cat ending up with an unbeaten 41.

After a hearty tea, Triangle took to the field, with Hewson choosing to start with Gary and Terra's superstar and wages negotiator, Simon Browne, taking the new ball. With Weymouth only needing 3 an over, the PRT bowler's kept it very tight, and the opposition rarely got ahead of the run rate. In the fifth over, tempers nearly boiled over as Talbot called for a runner, complaining of a pulled hamstring, though he'd managed to bowl his full quota of overs. Words were exchanged in Danish and Davey, before Tom Steadman was allowed to run for Talbot. Hewson then brought on John "Long Hop" Ryan for Browne, and this looked like a mistake when his first three balls went for runs, but a few overs later, Ryan lured Janaway into popping an easy catch into Browne's waiting hands.

Jan then came on for the unusually expensive Randell, and bowled 10 very tight overs, but the Weymouth played him defensively, and he ended wicketless but only conceded 16 runs. Ryan once again made the breakthrough, finding the edge of Ben Lawes' bat and Blackman gleefully snapped it up. This was to be the last wicket, as Talbot steadily reached his unspectacular half century, but alas, by then the writing was on the wall, as he and Dave Pearce saw Weymouth to victory with 8.1 overs to spare.