The Mote were involved in an eventful Shepherd Neame Kent League Division 1 game at Whitstable last Saturday which ended in a tie.

With The Mote needing just one run to win and their last pair at the wicket, Australian Kym Daley attempted to slog a delivery off Max Campbell and was bowled.

It was far from being the first time this season that The Mote had squandered a winning position.

Set a modest target of 148 to win, it looked all over for The Mote when they collapsed to 55-6 in the face of a penetrating spell from former Kent seamer Ben Trott, who finished with 6-38 off 15 overs.

But then a defiant seventh-wicket stand of 64 by Chris Back (46) and Ed De Lucy, who smashed six sixes in his 45, breathed fresh life into The Mote’s innings and they were poised to pull off an unlikely victory before Daley departed for a duck.

Earlier, the Whitstable innings had been held together by a superb 86 from Sam Denly who, along with opener Campbell (27), was the only home batsman to get into double figures.