A DISAPPOINTING draw with Finchampstead prolonged Radlett's return to winning ways.

The Cobden Hill club have suffered a mid-season blip in the inaugural Home Counties Premier League campaign and Saturday again saw them some way off their best.

The toss aside - Scott Moffat has now lost all seven this season - Radlett could not have got off to a better start as wicket-keeper Neil McEwan added to his growing reputation by stumping opener Faulkner from Stuart Browne's opening delivery of the day.

The celebrations were soon cut short though, by a devastating second-wicket partnership that went some way to ensuring the stalemate.

Despite a lively, if unrewarded, spell from Simon Jackson, Seymour and Moss put on an almighty 172 for the second wicket before Moss was caught in the deep at the end of a very good 115.

Seymour then fell for 67 as the off-spin of Nick Hampton (2-41) gave the visiting batsmen something different to consider.

Jackson (2-58) finally got the wickets his bowling deserved and after being made to suffer, Radlett at least managed to restrict the target to 253-9.

But their response got off to an almost identical start as Nick Fielden was adjudged lbw with only three to his name, leaving Matt Evans to lead the charge.

The former St Albans man's recent run of big scores came to an end when he was caught for 27 and with the similarly in-form Moffat also falling for 22, the chase was almost over before it had begun.

Moffat's understudy Kaf Jahangir has also been showing signs of slipping back in to form and for a while, he looked capable of making a fight of it.

Some typically stylish strokes saw him up the run rate although with Finchampstead conceding few runs even when Radlett were on top, thoughts of overhauling the total were soon dispelled.

Jahangir eventually fell for 47, leaving Nick Hampton and Warren Jeffries - on his debut - to steady the innings and stay at the crease to occupy valuable time.

Any attacking instincts fell by the wayside and although Jeffries was out for 10, Hampton's patient 48 not out at least ensured that the Cobden Hill club had avoided a third defeat in recent weeks.