Seventeen year old Tom Bartlett showed the maturity of an experienced cricketer with a superb 105 against Old Edwardians. Having been put into bat under helpful bowling conditions Tom, who opened the batting, looked determined to make his mark on the game. He took his time to see off the new ball but then accelerated just at the right time playing shots all round the wicket with 11 four’s and a 6. He had scored 35 at the drinks break (25 overs) but then his 100 came up in the 44th over. It was his maiden century for the club and true to his word he called his father to buy a round of drinks for the lads! In the end we managed a competitive 208-7 from 50 overs. The bowlers took a while to get into their stride and at one stage the opposition were 67-1 but our secret weapon in the form of leg spinner Riad Hosein destroyed their middle order with figures of 8-2-18-4. This included bowling their captain behind his legs as the tried to sweep – almost Warney style! After that up stepped Ray (Iltaf Rehman) for his second spell and cleaned up the tail finishing with 9-2-24-4.
Scorecard: Moseley Ashfield
A.Pervaiz Bowled R Khan 07
T Bartlett Bowled R Khan 105
S Shams Ct Chandler 45
T Smith Ct Khan 19
T Mahmood Ct Ali 1
Q Shah Ct Ali 10
I Rehman Ct Ali 0
N Udoh Not out 0
R Hosein Not out 1
M Sutton Did not bat
C Bourne Did not bat
Sub total 187
Extras 21
TOTAL 208
Scorecard: Old Edwardians
G Ali Ct Pervaiz Hosein 32
P Clare Bowled Rehman 20
Zubair LBW Rehamn 8
C Lloyd Run Out 2
M Thorton Bowled Hosein 0
S Jukes Bowled Rehman 16
J Junior Bowled Hosein 0
Adil LBW Hosein 1
R Khan Bowled Rehman 3
N Chandler Not out 0
M Ali Run Out 6
Sub total 88
Extras 39
TOTAL 127
N Udoh 6-2-14-0
M Sutton 6-0-16-0
I Rehman 9-2-24-4
C Bourne 9-2-25-0
R Hosein 9-2-18-4
Q Shah 4-0-7-0
A Pervaiz 3-1-5-0
