Charlie Brain’s five-wicket haul helped Shipton-under-Wychwood into the last 16 in a crazy clash at Goatacre yesterday.

The bare facts are that Shipton beat the Wiltshire champions by six wickets after fewer than 90 minutes of play.

But they fail to tell the story of a game that will live long in the memory of spectators – or at least those who arrived in time to catch the action.

Shipton will now visit Carew on July 10 after they beat Timsbury yesterday.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Goatacre, former winners of the competition, were skittled for 26 – a record low total in the national rounds.

The hosts innings’ lasted fewer than 16 overs, while Shipton lost two early wickets and then two more with the score on 26.

A surreal match was over at 2.30pm when Jack Haines bowled his fifth wide of an expensive spell, leaving players and spectators scratching their heads in disbelief.

On a warm day, Goatacre were happy enough to bat on their home track with its inviting short boundaries.

Indeed, Shipton would have done the same, had Simon Hole won the toss.

Goatacre were soon in big trouble at 2-4 as Brain and youngster George Seacole did the damage.

A mixture of tight bowling and injudicious batting put Shipton in a scarcely believable position.

Jif Wilkins and Mike Elton were the only Goatacre batsmen to score more than two, with their seventh-wicket stand of ten by far the hosts’ highest partnership.

Shipton fielded superbly for their part on a day when everything came off for them.

Paul Hemming took a fine catch on the boundary, while Brain pulled off an even better caught-and-bowled effort.

Seacole was given a rest after six super overs and spinner Shaun Miller wrapped up the tail with three wickets in ten balls.

Shipton lost Tim Senior and Brain during an early wobble.

But Hole and Steve Bates looked to have set up an eight-wicket win, helped by Haines bowling four wides in his second over.

Hole flicked a six over mid-wicket before he and Bates were both caught by Brad Dawson at slip when a pushed single would have sufficed.

Andy Hemming, who had taken three catches behind the stumps, didn’t get to face a legitimate ball before it was all over.

So early was the finish that Goatacre decided to host a twenty20 match to involve their players and supporters.