Leaders Wickford got their fourth draw of the season against the side who were second going into this match.

Chris Gladwin - scored an unbeaten 58 for Wickford Picture: ROB BROWNE

The Dick Patmore Memorial Ground side won the toss and put Brentwood in. The visitors reached 279-5 from their 52 over before declaring.

Wickford saw openers Ian Letch (39) and overseas player Kim Beazleigh (33) get their run chase off to a good start, before Chris Gladwin (58no) and Lee Deller (52no) ran out of time 42 runs short of victory.

"The score does not really reflect the game," said Wickford cricket manager Mark Everitt. "They put some slow balls in at the end and we got some runs."

Published Monday August 2, 2004

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