Skipper leads from front

COBO overcame the hangover of a 50th anniversary celebration that went on long into the night to keep their championship bid on track at KGV. But Ami Banerjee's college boys made the unbeaten league leaders work for their victory on a slow, low track and had it not been for the studiousness of skipper Stuart Le Prevost Cobo would have come a cropper.

Chasing just 105 for victory, they were wobbling a little at 59 for three.

But Le Prevost, 42 from 65 balls faced, took them on to 89 and within sight of victory before his own wicket signalled another flurry of wickets.

Earlier, Jonny Warr had held the college innings together with a fine 44 from 76 balls faced.

At Port Soif, the run-machine by the name of Ryan Bishop knocked a further dent in Optimists' thus far poor season.

The South African smashed a quickfire undefeated 61 as Rovers romped to a nine-wicket win chasing just 142.

Mark Clapham top-scored for Optimists with a patient 43.