MIDDLESEX LEAGUE DIVISION TWO SHEPHERD'S BUSH 274-3 (46 overs) Barnes 119 all out (31.3 overs) BUSH 10 pts-Barnes 0pts

Ed Reynolds will earn his corn as Shepherd's Bush captain this Saturday.

How he calls it could decide whether his team are champions, promoted or heartbroken.

All three scenarios are possible, with only one point separating three teams, two of which will cane the champagne and leave the third to cry into its beer.

Of course, Reynolds' team could take matters into their own hands at Acton in the final game if they perform like they did against Barnes.

A Bush win means they will finish champions, and whatever happens at the matches featuring rivals Richmond and North Middlesex will be irrelevant.

Reynolds is uncertain whether he will have spotters at the other two games that might decide how he plays it at the snotty Park Club - over the fence from Bush's own headquarters in Bromyard Avenue.

Last year, Acton's tenants wouldn't even allow late arriving Bush supporters into the hallowed grounds of four-wheel drives and Hermione's tennis lessons.

Reynolds said: "I think it's going to be unwise to change the way we've played to get this far - but we'll assess it on the day."

Last Saturday, an opening stand of 201 between Robbie Watts (162 not out) and Jack Blakiston-Houston (84) set the tone for this weekend's nail-biter.

Middlesex county bowler Alan Richardson (four wickets), Will Speer (one), Del Mian (two), Amit Suman (one), and a run-out had Reynolds already contemplating his Acton game plan.

KENSINGTON 232-5 (36 overs) Little Hallingbury (97-1) 23 overs Match abandoned

IT'S BEEN more than a month since Kensington last won a game - but a dreadful August has played a major innings in the club's barren spell.

Since they inched home against Reigate Priory at the end of July, KCC have been on the end of two defeats, two draws and six soggy full-stops.

Sunday's abandonment against Little Hallingbury, just when things were getting interesting, was the latest episode when the heavens decided a Kensington result.

San Gore's 62 set the tone for an impressive total, and with Aditya Khilani (39) and Vivan Kumar (23) carrying their bats for a 68 sixth-wicket stand, there was plenty for KCC bowlers to aim at.

They needed it, because the Essex village side had got to 97-1, with Khilani claiming the only wicket before the rains came yet again.

Weybridge 153 all out (42 overs) PADDINGTON 154-5 (32.1 overs)

Bowler Ashouk Newman was all but unplayable during his short spell with the ball on Sunday.

The Paddington man mopped up the Weybridge tail with 5-3 and two maidens in just 6.4 overs. The ask for the west Londoners was always within reach once Dominic Bunning (66) and Johnny Bourne (33) got the innings underway.

The following day they lost to North London by 40 runs, when Paddington had the opposition 111-7 before they eventually were all out for 203.