Penallt Cricket Club, Sponsored by R&B Boycott Builders, entertained Cinderford St John's last Saturday, the return fixture, having been victorious on their earlier away venture. The forecast was not good, with predicted rain heading from the west at sometime during the afternoon. Penallt captain Simon Owens, fearing the rains, invited Cinderford to bat on a wicket, as always, superbly prepared by club stalwart Bryn Boycott. The idea was to bowl the opposition out as soon as they could, in order to pursue the target quickly, ahead of the rains, to secure another win. Such is the game of cricket, that opening bowlers Owens and Jacques were denied many chances to take early wickets. Too many deliveries proved far too good for the opening batsmen. They were not helped by catches going down on at least three occasions. This set the scene for the Cinderford innings. Runs came slowly. Caution was their game. Even change bowlers Wilding and Eaves could not change Cinderford's slow approach to accumulating runs, by tempting them with slower juicier bait. And so it was. Cinderford ambled to nearly a 100 partnership for the first wicket, consuming most of their overs, in this KW Bell Forest of Dean League, 1st Division game. All Penallt bowlers accredited themselves well by keeping runs down, with the pick of the bunch being Raj Attapu, with some lively pace, returning 2-35 from his eight overs. Jacques 1-23 from eight, Owens 1-17 from eight, Wilding 0-27 all bowled tightly, but without luck, leaving Cinderford on a low total of 145 for 6 after 40 overs, with opener Coleman 74 not out. If fears of rain, and an elongated Cinderford innings, gave Owens any worries, then he certainly wasn't prepared for what ensued. In the absence of regular opener Gwyn Jones, Adam Roberts aka 'The Run Machine', was elevated from No 3 to open with in-form Graham Hyde. Roberts has been in amazing form this season. His season's innings so far include a 68, 81 not out and an amazing, blitzed 151 not out, and Saturday proved no different. Hyde fell fairly early, glancing a ball to slip. Guy Adams joined Roberts at the crease and what then unfolded was no less than carnage. Roberts, while very ably accompanied by Adams, who played some fine cricket shots, simply treated the Cinderford bowling with utter contempt. He brought up his first 50 in around the 16th over. His next 50 seemed to come in about 10 minutes. The proof being that, at the 19 over mark, he was caught in the deep, on 116, leaving four runs for victory. Adams had gathered 18, before Roberts fell. Keith Powles and Dave Wilding saw the game to a fine seven-wicket victory. Ironically, the rain never came. Next Saturday will be a crunch game. An away tie with high flying Westbury-on-Severn, will prove to be an interesting contest. 2pm start. Players meet at Penallt at 12.30pm.