Kam-ran Shines on Miserable Day

On a rain affected miserable day, fifteen year old, Kamran led Ashfield to a respectable 204-8 from 43 overs. Kam put together a superb 91, his highest score for the 2nd XI. He is a pleasant and by far the most confident young cricketer that I have played with and on this occasion his bat did the talking.
Having been on and off for rain it left Bedworth needing 154 from 33 overs to get a winning draw and they managed 170-9 along the way seventeen year old Qasim helped himself to 44-5

Scorecard: Ashfield

S Shams LBW Lovick 22
K Qamar Ct Lovick 91
T Lane Bowled 12
C Sheeham Bowled 0
N Udoh Ct Ines 1
Q Shah LBW Ines 1
T Mahmood Not Out 31
M Haider Bowled 4
M Azam Ct Lovick 17
C Bourne Not Out 2
R Brown DNB

Extras 23
Total 204-8


Scorecard: Bedworth
J Maywell Ct Shah 14
S Bhauay Bowled Shah 0
J Walker Ct Udoh 48
G Pukett Ct Shah 0
R Ines Ct Shah 14
Faisal Bowled Azam 0
Lenton Ct Udoh 0
Price Bowled Udoh 0
Aldis Not Out 35
Minhas Bowled Shah 7
Lovick Not Out 9

Extras 44
Total 170-9

Bowling
M Haider 9-0-48-0
Q Shah 7-1-44-5
M Azam 8-2-23-1
N Udoh 9-4-23-3

2nd Game and Disaster Strikes

Atherston is a long way to go to get a hiding but thats exactly what happend to us. On a warm day we won the toss and elected to bat and from there things got worse. To cut a long story short we were bowled out for 89 and they reached the target with 4 wickets down. M Azam bowling pretty well.

If the batsman can't take responsibility then it will be a long season. Some of us played as if it was a 20-20 game.

I am not a bad looser but the least written about this match the better!


Scorecard: Ashfield

S Shams Ct Swerowshi 14
K Qamar Ct Swerowshi 6
S Bilal Ct Swerowshi 12
N Udoh Bowled Swerowshi 0
Q Shah LBW Blake 6
M Azam Ct Riley 17
T Mahmood Ct Riley 10
C Sheeham Bowled Riley 3
A Hussain Not Out 8
M Sutton Bowled Riley 3
C Bourne Ct Riley 0

Extras 10
Total 89


Scorecard: Nuneaton
O Oldham Ct Azam 13
N Williams Ct Azam 29
R Boal St Azam10
S Wordsworth Not Out 17
D Cooper Ct Sheeham 2
D Box Not Out 7

Extras 12
Total 90 - 4

Bowling :

A Hussain 5-1-20-0
Q Shah 2-0-8-0
S Bilal 3-1-4-0
M Azam 9-3-15-3
M Sutton .5-0-5-0
T Mahmood 2.1-0-13-0
C Bourne 2-0-6-0

Respectable start V Nuneaton

Our opening game was against one of the stronger sides in the division and we certainly held our own and perhaps should have kept them 40-50 runs lower than what they got.
Having won the toss we elected to bowl first and soon reduced the opposition to 126-5 but things just got a little bit away from us in the last 20 overs and they finished on 218-9. With Sooty and Nigel both out injured we were found wanting in the closing overs. The batting started almost where we left off last season and wickets again fell at regular intervals and we finished on 183-9, Tahir top scoring with 34

Scorecard: Nuneaton
C Topp Bowled bowled Shah 6
A Walters St Qamar bowled Hosein 48
P Colbin Ct bowled Hosein 63
D Topp Bowled Haider 25
R Harris Bowled Haider 7
T Whitehouse St Qamar Bowled Habib 16
V Patel NOT OUT 2
A Robinson Bowled Hadier 1
S Lester NOT OUT 4

Etras 46
Total 218

BOWLING:

Q Shah 9-1-31-1
B Chana 4-0-10-0
S Hadier 11-0-40-3
M Habib 5-0-29-1
M Azam 9-2-25-0
C Bourne 5-1-22-0
R Hosein 7-0-46-2




Scorecard: Ashfield

S Shams LBW Pater 7
Q Shah CT Leisecter 32
K Qamar Bowled Leisecter 26
M Azam Bowled Leisecter 8
R Hosein CT Leisecter 3
T Mahmood Bowled Goodman 34
B Chana St Patel 12
C Sheeham Bowled Leisecter 2
M Habib Bowled Robinson 6
M Shoubaz NOT OUT 16
C Bourne NOT OUT 0

Extras 37
Total 183

League Season Starts Today

The 2nd XI start their league season today with the visitors Nuneaton. It is a 1.30pm start at The Graveyard.

All the best to the 2nd XI for the 2008 season.

Look here for match reports throughout the season.