MACC 2nd XI

Season Summary 2008

2009-01-25T08:14:00.000-08:00

Overall a good season for the 2nd Xi and an even better one for the club because the 1st Xi finished champions which means promotion to the Birmingham League. So there are good reasons to look forward to the 2009 season.

2008 LEAGUE TABLE

Team P W L A PTS
BEDWORTH 22 8 3 3 306
MOSELEY ASHFIELD 22 7 4 4 300
SOUTHAM 22 8 4 3 297
ATHERSTONE TOWN 22 8 5 3 276
NUNEATON 22 6 6 4 266
BOURNVILLE 22 4 4 7 237

Ashfield Runners-up After Winning Draw

2009-01-19T13:41:00.000-08:00

Leading up to game it had been raining all week. There was a strong possibility that if we got a game on we could be the only ones in the league to pick up points. We were guaranteed 2nd place but in order to overtake Bedworth we had to bat 1st and hope that Bedworth got a loosing draw. Ambleside turned up late so I claimed the toss and batted 1st. The wicket resembled a football pitch in the middle of January with chunks coming out every time a ball was balled. Mahroof top scored with 76 to set up a total of 156-9 in 50 overs. At tea the skipper of the 2nd xi Bedworth team turned up to watch and tell us that their game had been cancelled. We now knew that a win would be enough for us to finish top. The bowlers played their part and took wickets at regular intervals. Unfortunately they were not supported in the field with 4 dropped catches. Ambleside reached 90-9 with 8 overs left but in the end we were unable to take the last wicket.

Scorecard:Ashfield
T Bartlett Bowled Gamer 6
Mahroof Azam Ct Heath 76
M Chisholm Ct S Wagstaff 1
O Shah Ct T Rumble 25
R Brown Ct T Rumble 1
M Sutton St J Heath 1
N Udoh Ct Rumble 11
S Shams run out 1
B Chana St Heath 9
C Bourne Ct Heath 1
M Cole not out 0
Sub total 132
Extras 24
Total 156

Scorecard:Ambleside
J Qayyum Ct Sutton 15
B Patel Ct Udoh 2
C Smith LBW Udoh 3
T Rumble run out 27
G Rumble Ct Mahroof Azam 10
Z Qayyum Ct Chana 5
C Garner LBW Udoh 8
J Wagstaff not out 14
S Wagstaff Bowled Mahroof Azam 0
S Healy Bowled Mahroof Azam 2
J Healy not out 0
Sub Total 86
Extras 12
Total 89-9

Bowling:
N Udoh 14-4-25-3
B Chana 13-1-28-2
M Sutton 6-1-13-1
Mahroof Azam 12-6-20-3
O Shah 5-2-5-0

Mahroof Sets Up Easy Win

2009-01-19T13:27:00.000-08:00

A solid all-round performance gave us an easy win against bottom of the table Highway. Mahroof top scoring with 64 and then taking 4-36 Tom looked set for a hundred until he ran himself out.

Scorecard:Ashfield
M Haider Ct Bates 5
Mahroof Azam 64
T Bartlett run out 77
M Chisholm Ct Yardley 48
O Shah not out 41
N Udoh 11
Sub total 246
Extras 14
Total 260

Scorecard:Highway
S Shaw Bowled Haider 29
B Abbey Bowled Mahroof 18
B Chamberlin Ct Mahroof 21
C McDermott Bowled Mahroof 13
N Quinn Bowled Mahroof 1
O Lonnel Bowled Udoh 1
V Parkinson Bowled Udoh 0
V Cranfield Ct Udoh 8
B Yardley LBW O Shah 36
D Bates not out 11
C Bates LBW O Shah 0
Sub total 138
Extras 25
Total 163

Bowling:
N Udoh 12-2-43-3
B Chana 6-0-11-0
M Haider 5-0-28-1
Mahroof Azam 13-4-36-4
M Sutton 4-1-15-0
O Shah 2-0-0-2

A Poor Batting Display

2009-01-19T13:11:00.000-08:00

After a team meeting the previous week I decided to give a few lads their batting opportunity that they felt they deserved. In hindsight perhaps I should have stuck with my own plan because not only the low score but the shots that most of the ‘batsmen’ played would not be seen on a school play ground. In the end it was a heavy loss against a side that were one place behind us before the game.

Scorecard:Ashfield
Mahroof Azam Ct Neale 6
S Shams Ct Preston 51
M Haider Bowled Haider 18
Mo Azam Ct Neale 3
O Shah Ct Neale 0
T Lane LBW Neale 0
C Sheeham Ct Neale 10
H Butt Ct Preston 3
R Brown Ct Wilkins 18
C Bourne Bowled Neale 7
M Cole not out 0
Sub Total 116
Extras 18
Total 134

Scorecard:Southam
S Calutt Bowled Haider 2
T Hornley Ct Mahroof Azam 1
S Heath not out 27
R Russell C & B Haider 18
T Wilkins run out 9
H Wlikins not out 59
Sub total 116
Extras 21
Total 137

Bowling:
Mahroof Azam 12-2-37-1
M Haider 13-1-44-2
O Shah4-3-7-0
R Brown 3-0-23-0
C Sheeham 1-0-16-0

Rain Holds Up Push For Win

2009-01-18T07:03:00.000-08:00

A solid batting display saw us reach 254-5 from 50 overs. During tea there was steady rain falling and it was a case of getting in as many overs as possible. In the end they crawled to 83-7 in 44 overs before the heavens opened yet again.

Scorecard:Ashfield
P Tomminks 40
S Shams Bowled Ingram 66
K Qamar Bowled Ingram 19
Mo Azam Bowled A Khan 70
Haider Ct A Khan 37
Mahroof not out 2
A Shah not out 5
Sub total 239
Extras 15
Total 254

Scorecard: Old Edwardians
A Khan Ct O Shah 17
M Thomas Ct Mahroof Azam 12
Zubair St Mahroof Azam 0
Sadiq not out 14
A Rehman Ct Mahroof Azam 3
S Jakes Ct Sutton 12
A Ali Ct Haider 0
P Fentham Ct Haider 0
S Strokes not out 0
Sub Total 58
Extras 25
Total 83

Bowling:
M Haider 4-0-11-2
M Sutton 10-3-16-1
B Chana 9-0-14-0
O Shah 10-4-13-1
Mahroof Azam 9-3-14-3
C Bourne 2-1-5-0

Frustration As Solihull Hold Out For Draw

2009-01-18T06:38:00.000-08:00

Several dropped catches cost us dear against Solihull. Having won the toss we batted 1st And declared on 203-9 in 49 overs. Phil Tomminks top scoring with 67. From ball one it never looked as if they would reach the target as they finished on 115-9. It was frustrating to see a side not even attempt to chase a score of 203 in 51 overs.

Scorecard:Ashfield
P Tomminks Bowled Siddiq 67
S Shams Bowled Ford 0
K Qamar Bowled Luke 16
Mo Azam Bowled Siddiq 35
O Shah Ct Lewis 2
T Lane not out 17
N Udoh Ct Siddiq 7
Mahroof Azam run out 19
C Sheeham Ct Lewis 2
Sub Total 165
Extras 38
Total 203

Scorecard: Solihull
A Murray Ct Udoh 12
B Whelstone Ct Udoh 8
S Khan Bowled Udoh 42
S Mahmmood Ct Udoh 0
N Lewis LBW Mahroof Azam 1
C Lewis Bowled Haider 8
B Sesiers Bowled Mahroof Azam 5
A Walters Bowled O Shah 2
T Last Bowled Mahroof Azam 8
M Ford not out 1
I Curran not out 2
Sub Total 26
Total 115-9

Bowling:
N Udoh 11-3-32-4
Mahroof Azam 20-11-33-3
M Haider 3-0-25-1
O Shah 11-6-9-1
Mo Azam 2-2-0-0
C Sheeham 2-1-1-0

Easy Win V Sheldon

2009-01-17T04:47:00.000-08:00

We were asked to bat 1st and alomst everyone made contributions to set up an easy win against a poor Sheldon side. The win took us to 3rd in the table.

Scorecard:
T Bartlett LBW J Shirley 49
S Shams Ct J Shirley 58
K Qamar Ct M Jennkins 56
Mo Azam not out 47
O Shah Ct M Jenkins 0
M Haider Ct M Jenkins 34
Mahroof Azam not out 0
Sub Total 244
Extras 19
Total 263

Scorecard:Sheldon
L King Bowled Hussain 11
R Parmer Bowled Hussain 5
H Phoofer Ct Mahroof 17
J Shiriet Ct Mahroof 1
T Hemming Bowled Hussain 6
M Thair Ct Mahroof 25
P O'leary Ct Mahroof 7
A Maguire LBW Mahroof 1
A McDonald LBW Udoh 0
M Jenkinns not out 0
A Mohammed Bowled Mahroof 0
Sub Total 73
Extras 16
Total 89

Bowling
N Udoh 14-5-16-1
A Hussain 14-0-43-3
M Sutton 5-3-4-0
O Shah 4-4-0-0
Mahroof Azam 12-6-14-6

Painful Loss

2009-01-17T04:17:00.000-08:00

We went into the match with Bedworth who were in 4th position, knowing that if we could manage a win then we will put them right out the race for the league title. Having put them into bat they managed to get to 217-9 although at one stage they were 36-5. Amer was again the pick of the bowlers with 5-47. In reply we made a good start and we were coasting along at 125-2 but then with Mo Azam getting out for 45 the momentum was lost. Despite loosing wickets we were always in the game and with 3 overs left , 3 wickets in hand we needed 35 to win. Shazad then smashed 20 in one over but was then given out LBW. Six balls left, 10 to win and last pair A Crossley and Amer at the wicket. Amer Cleared the ground with the 1st ball of the over and it now looked comfortable with 4 to win from 5 balls. It finally came down to 2 balls left with 3 to win and 2 to tie. Amer played it to mid-wicket and the in the panic Crossers who palying his last game for the club before moving to Amercia was run out. We finished 2 runs short. A game that we should have won.

Scorecard:Bedworth

A Illes Ct Hussain 0
J Maxwell Ct Hussain 24
G Chand Ct Hussain 0
K Sharma LBW Hussain 0
J Walker Ct & B OShah 92
R Illes Ct Hussain 0
N Hancox run out 25
O Oldham Bowled Udoh 40
P Lovick not out 12
G Minhas CT & B Udoh 0
C Price not out 6
Sub Total 199
Extras 18
Total 217

Bowling:
A Hussain 14-3-47-5
Shazad Ali 8-0-32-0
N Udoh 10-2-34-2
O Shah 14-0-63-1
Mahroof Azam 2-0-18-0
M Haider 2-0-13-0

Scorecard:Ashfield
T Bartlett Bowled Minus 29
S Shams LBW 31
K Qamar Ct Lovick 13
M Azam Ct Lovick 45
O Shah Lovick 2
M Haider Ct Lovick 14
N Udoh ST Lovick 3
Shazad Ct Alies 34
Mahroof Azam Ct Lovick 12
A Crossley run out 4
A Hussain not out 8
Sub Total 187
Extras 28
Total 215

Atherstone Get The Chop

2009-01-16T13:45:00.000-08:00

League leaders were thumped by 5 wickets with solid all-round performance by Ashfield. Things are now looking interesting at the top of the table.

Scorecard:Atherstone
M Alcock LBW O Shah 40
R Boal Ct Hussain 3
D Cooper Ct Shazad 0
M Cloments Ct Hussain 2
P Oldham LBW Mahroof 33
W Arnald Ct O Shah 10
B Blakeman Bowled O Shah 2
B Box Bowled Shazad 5
S Smith Not Out 5
T Tamas Bowled Shazad 14
P Nibbler Bowled Hussain 4
Sub Total 118
Exrtas 29
Total 147

Bowling
A Hussain 11.1-4-23-3
Shazad 16-4-34-3
N Udoh 3-0-22-0
Mahroof Azam 9-1-31-1
M Haider 3-0-10-0
O Shah 7-2-16-3

Scorecard:Ashfield
T Bartlett LBW Nibler 10
K Qamar Ct Nibbler 14
S Shams LBW Nibbler 4
A Crossley Bowled Smith 5
O Shah Not Out 52
N Udoh Ct Smith 0
M Haider Not Out 32

Sub Total 117
Extras 31
Total 148-5

Young Kam Shows The Way

2009-01-16T13:01:00.000-08:00

On one of the worse days of the summer so far, the start was delayed by heavy rain. Nuneaton who were in second place in the league were determined to play regardless of the conditions. Our guys felt quietly confident but we weren’t going to let on that availability at Ashfield was pretty strong. Having lost the toss we were asked to bat 1st. with the match was reduced to 46 overs per side. Kam stood tall with an impressive 87 to set up a total on 203. In reply Amer again took charge by taking 6-23 to set up the win. There’s still mileage left in the old man (Amer Hussain).

Scorecard:Ashfield
P Tomminks LBW Patel 13
K Qamar Ct Lester 87
S Shams Ct Baker 10
Mo Azam Ct Walters 14
O Shah Bowled Walters 3
Q Shah Ct Walters 12
N Udoh Not Out 20
M Haider Not Out 28

Sub Total 187
Extras 16
Total 203

Scorecard:Nuneaton
A Walters Ct Hussain 4
S Bourne Bowled Hussain 4
L Topp Bowled Haider 12
T Whitehouse Bowled Q Shah 20
R Harris Ct Hussain 0
A Wilkinson Ct Q Shah 17
V Patel Not Out 12
C Bowers Ct Hussain 3
S Lester Bowled Hussain 0
T Baker LBW Hussain
D Topp Bowled Haider 0
Sub Total 72
Exrtas 30
Total 102 -10

Bowling:
A Hussian 14-6-23-6
Q Shah 9-2-21-2
M Haider 6-2-19-2
Mahroof Azam 6-1-19-0
Mo Azam 4-1-7-0

League Runners-up ! club photographs Saturday 11th October

2008-09-27T06:23:00.000-07:00

Club photographs Saturday 11th October at the graveyard.

All sides to attend - if you have played for the club this season it is important that you attend in full whites for a 10.30am prompt photo session at the graveyard.

This will take place whatever the weather !

Full club photo will be taken of all players who have represented the club at any level during this magnificant season, 2008.Then in turn all players who have played in the league 1st XI champions, then 2nd XI runners-up, then 3rd XI champions etc.Please make sure you attend or you will not appear on these important photos.

Captains will be phoning - also compulsory is the league dinner on October 31st, and the club dinner provisionally November 11th.

Amer Stars again

2008-07-11T01:38:00.000-07:00

Having been put into bat on one of the greenest wickets we managed 146 all out in 44 overs. Having seen the first 5 overs of our innings (and we were 2 down) the bowlers felt 120 could be enough on that wicket. Amer took over in the field and finished with figures of 18-7 to bowl them out for 45.

Scorecard:Ashfield
P Tommkins Ct Rumble 3
O Shah Ct Hayah 5
K Qamar Ct Willy 11
Q Shah Ct Phillips 28
S Shams Bowled Hilston 4
S Ali St Phillips 22
Mahroof Azam LBW 0
A Hussain Bowled Willy 21
M Sutton Ct Phillips 6
C Sheeham Ct Willy 14
R Brown Not Out 11
Sub Total 125
Extras 21
Total 146 - 10

Scorecard:Ambleside
B Patel Ct Shazad 9
M Phillips Ct Hussain 3
C Smith LBW Hussain 0
P Hurleton Bowled Hussain 1
J Walistaff Ct Hussain 11
R Moreston Bowled Shazad 0
G Rumble Bowled Hussain 0
S Rainbone LBW Hussain 0
H Wood Bowled Hussian 05
W Cannonn Ct Shazad 10
D Ranbourne Not Out 0
Sub Total 40
Extras 5
Total 45

Bowling:
Shazad Ali 12-4-23-3
A Hussain 11.5-6-18-7

Mohammed Lets His Bat Do The Talking

2008-07-11T01:16:00.000-07:00

A shy Mohammed Azam hit a superb hundred to set up a winning draw. As we all know Mo does not often say much and is a reserved character (not) but on this occasion his bat cracked a few jokes at the expensive of Bronze. Well batted Sir the school kids will be proud of you!
Small note : 12 dropped catches!

Scorecard:Ashfield
T Bartlett Ct Hart 22
O Shah Ct Pitt 13
K Qamar Ct Clarke 38
M Azam Ct Clarke 102
Q Shah LBW Freeman 28
S Shams Ct Hart 2
N Udoh Not Out 30
M Sutton Ct Clarke 3
Mahroof Azam Not Out 12
Sub Total 250
Extras 28
Total 278-7

Scorecard:Bronze
B Chamber Ct O Shah 62
D Mander Bowled Shazad 12
M Hart Ct Mahroof 10
M Coley Bowled O Shah 40
A Naddaus Ct Shazad 40
A Pitt Not Out 34
O'Freeman Ct Bartlett 0
J Clarke Notu Out 4
Sub Total 201
Extras 30
Total 231-6

Bowling:
A Hussain 11-1-32-0
Shazad Ali 18-2-58-2
Q Shah 4-0-12-0
Mahroof Azam 10-0-69-1
O Shah 8-2-31-2
T Bartlett 1-0-13-1

Amer Stars Against Southam

2008-07-10T02:52:00.000-07:00

An inspired bowling display from Amer gave us a much needed win. Having been rested by the 1st XI may be he had a point to prove and took 57-9 for the sake of the 2nd XI lets hope the 1st team captain is not reading this!

Scorecard:Ashfield
K Qamar Ct Ward 13
O Shah LBW Ward 11
T Lane Not Out 42
T Mahmood Ct Neile 15
Mahroof Bowled 0
S Shams Ct Neile 24
M Sutton Bowled Heath 13
A Hussain Ct Neile 18
M Haider Not Out 23
C Sheeham Ward 0
R Brown DNB
Total 159
Extras 38
Total 197

Scorecard:Southam
Fletcher Bowled Hussain 15
A Sedgfield Ct Hussain 4
T Wilkins LBW Hussain 0
T Russell Ct Hussain 34
P Burnell Bowled Hussain 20
S Heath Ct Mahroof 4
L Chruch LBW Hussain 2
R Heath Ct Hussain 18
A Heath Bowled Hussain 0
I Ward Bowled 22
G Neal Not Out 0
Sub Total 119
Extras 17
Total 136

Bowling:
A Hussain 18-6-57-9
M Haider 3-0-22-0
Mahroof 13-4-53-1
O Shah 1-0-0-0-

Winning draw V Old Eds

2008-07-10T02:38:00.000-07:00

The batting keeps going hot and cold and this week it came off. Having won the toss we batted first and posted 288-9 and then reduced the opposition to 239-6. They were never in the game.

Scorecard: Ashfield
K Qamar LBW Z Ali 28
O Shah Ct m Ali 30
T Lane Bowled Ifzal 2
M Azam Ct Khalid 79
Q Shah Ct Ali 72
N Udoh Bowled Ali 10
T Mahmood Ct Ali 19
Mahroof Azam Bowled Ali 1
C Sheeham Not Out 1
M Hadiar Run Out 1
R Brown DNB
Sub Total 243
Extras 45
Total 288-9

Scorecard: Old Eds
A Khan Not Out 74
S Mahmood Bowled Q Shah 9
Z Kahild Bowled Q Shah 4
A Thompson St Mahroof 4
Q Sulaman Bowled Haider 36
Z Ali LBW Mahroof 59
Ifzal LBW Mahroof 0
M Thornton Not Out 1
Total 188
Extras 51
Total 239-6

Bowling:
N Udoh 12-2-33-0
Haider 6-0-41-1-
Q Shah 6-0-27-2
Mahroof 16-5-60-3
O Shah 5-1-14-0
C Sheeham 5-0-0-53

Grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory

2008-07-10T02:23:00.000-07:00

Having bowled out Blossomfield for 141 we were 82-2 and fell to 125 all out. The least said the better. Batsmen lack real responsibility.

Scorecard: Blossomfield
A Murray Bowled Hussain 1
B Seifs Bowled Hussain 2
B Lohethstone Ct Haider 10
E Jahjae Ct Haider 2
S Lewis Ct Udah 6
S Muhammed Ct O Shah 28
L Camam Ct Hussain 12
C Evans Not Out 3
C Lewis Ct Hussian 16
Taiquib Ct O Shah 25
M Ford Bowled Haider 11

Sub Total 116
Extras 25
Total 141

Bowling:
Udoh 13-5-25-1
A Hussain 15-0-34-4
Haider 11-0-28-3
O Shah 7-0-10-2
R Brown 4-0-18-0

Scorecard:Ashfield
S Shams Ct Ford 4
C Sheeham Ct Camam 6
T Lane LBW Taquib 24
M Azam LBW Taquib 46
O Shah Ct Muhammed 5
N Udoh Ct Lewis 14
T Mahmood Ct Taquib 0
A Hussain Not Out 8
K Qamar Bowled Ford 5
M Haider Bowled 0
R Brown Bowled 0

Sub Total 112
Extras 13
Total 125

V Bourneville

2008-06-13T12:19:00.000-07:00

It was only possible for Bourneville to complete their innings before the rain came. We picked up 8 points.

Scorecard:Bourneville

F Mustafha Ct Haider 0
Spragg Ct M Azam 16
Yousef LBW M Azam 48
Smith Ct M Azam 45
M Edgehill Ct Udoh 4
T Choudhry Run Out 37
N Satter Bowled Haider 4
J Stevens Run Out 5
M Buabau Bowled Haider 3
R Curtis Ct Haider 3
E Evans Not Out 1

Extra 36
Total 202-9

Bowling
Haider 14-1-51-4
Q Shah 7-0-37-0
N Udoh 10-3-34-1
M Azam 16-3-44-3
R Brown 3-0-29-0

Mahroof and Warner Set Up Thumping Win

2008-06-13T12:00:00.000-07:00

Sheldon won the toss and elected to bat. They got off to a flyer and at one stage they were 60-0 from 9 over until Mahroof Azam and Omar came on to put them in a spin. Mahroof who is arguably the best spinner in the league at 2xi level took 18-2-53-5 with Omar taking 57-2 from 18 overs.
Our 1st team ringer Alex was is the side because of strong availability took over the show with the bat. Alex made them look ordinary in reaching 91 not out.

Scorecard:Sheldon

Pottinger Ct Azam 29
Rasin Bowled O.Shah 84
Collell Ct Azam 8
Mullard Bowled O.Shah 5
Singh Bowled Azam 0
Farroukh St Azam 8
Rose Bowled Azam 2
Parmer Not Out 3
Maguire Not Out 12

Extras 24
Total 169 - 7

Bowling:
M.Haider 7-3-20-0
Q.Shah 7-1-35-0
M Azam 18-2-53-5
O Shah 18-3-57-2

Scorecard:Ashfield
K Qamar Ct Read 18
A Warner Not Out 91
T Lane Not Out 31

Extras 30
Total 170 - 1

Kam-ran Shines on Miserable Day

2008-05-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-15T12:59:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-15T12:32:00.001-07:00

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

2008-05-03T04:00:00.000-07:00

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.

Season Summary

2008-01-16T06:11:00.000-08:00

There have been a few technical problems which is the reason I have not updated the match reports! Better late than never! Here is a summary for the season.

P W L T D A
22 7 6 0 4 5

Bowling Averages

Name O M R W Avg
R Hosein 41 5 122 13 9.38
I Rehman 54 8 179 14 12.79
C Sheeham 11 2 49 3 16.33
M Sutton 104.4 19 301 17 17.71
O Shah 58 11 177 9 19.66
Q Shah 50 4 245 12 20.42
C Bourne 73 18 229 11 20.82
Y Shah 30 4 136 5 27.20
H Butt 57 3 248 9 27.55
N Udoh 87 13 267 9 29.66

Batting Averages

I NO R Avg

T Bartlett 7 0 329 47.00
S Shams 13 0 326 25.07
R Hosein 6 4 48 24.00
T Smith 6 1 115 23.00
N Udoh 6 2 90 22.50
K Qamar 9 2 143 20.43
H Butt 9 1 143 19.71
O Shah 9 0 174 19.33
I Rehman 7 1 109 15.57
Q Shah 12 0 174 14.5
C Sheeham 6 0 87 14.5
A Crossley 7 0 73 10.43
T Mahmood 11 0 112 10.18
M Sutton 6 1 50 10.00
C Bourne 5 1 27 6.75

In writing the summary you have to mention the form of young Tom Bartlett who could easily have broken a few club records if he had been in 2nd XI for the entire season.

The rest of the match reports are as follows:

V Bournville

We won the toss and elected to bat and managed a below par 183-10 with Omar Shah top scoring with 43. They knocked off the runs in the 42 over with 6 wickets down.

V Kings Heath

There was confusion with the start times! The league handbook stated 1pm and our club handbook had a start time of 1.30pm – so typically there were only 3 of us at the ground at 12.45pm so they claimed the toss and asked us to bat first.

It was one of our strongest batting displays and we accumulated 214-10 from 48 overs. Main contributor Omar Shah (55). The bowling was as accurate as it had been all season and Riad Hosain – playing against his old team was at the receiving end of some banter from Kings Heath but he answered them in true fashion by getting 9-0-28-4 to go with his 23no. We eventually bowled them out for 146 from 41 overs.

V Bedworth

Another cracker! They won the toss and set us a target of 202 to win. Yasir Shah bowled with pace to claim 15-2-64-4

At one stage we were cruising to victory with 160-4 from 37 overs but with Qasim Shah (62) getting out it caused the castle to tumble. We were in it right up to the end where we needed 3 to win off the last ball with Yasir facing. He did all he could but top edged one to 3rd man and was held out. Only if it was a yard either side of the fielder it would have been 4 – the game is not played with ‘if and but’s’ otherwise we would have been top of the table.

V Atherstone

It was the last game of the season and about 9 of us turned up physically but not mentally. I said enough to the lads on the day so I will keep this short. They batted 1st and totalled 288-6 – we dropped approximately 9 catches.

The batting was not much better and we managed 195-10 with young Kamran Qamar 55no and Humais Butt (47).

V Old Edwardians

2007-08-29T02:29:00.000-07:00

Rain!!! No Play

Ashfield V Sheldon

2007-08-29T02:16:00.000-07:00

Having won the toss and put them in the bowlers for once had an off day but they weren’t helped as we dropped at least 7 catches. On a dry wicket Omar bowled really well and bagged five wickets. If it wasn’t for Omar at one stage they looked on course to get over 300 but in the end we were left to chase down 244.

It should have been a gettable score but again the batting failed and it was left to Nigel and Sooty to grind out a draw for us. The pair of them must have batted for more than 25 overs. When they don’t bowl well they dig in with the bat perhaps one or two others need to learn and do the same.

Scorecard - Sheldon

A Pathner Bowled O Shah 43
J Rasin Bowled O Shah 106
R Singh Ct O Shah 14
M Benton Bowled Shah 9
M Falague run out 26
S Bees Bowled Q Shah 1
A Evans Ct O Shah 4
A Maguire Nout Out 0
M Reed Bowled Q Shah 0
A Mahmood Nout Out 1

Sub Total 204
Extras 40
TOTAL 244

Scorecard - Ashfield

K Qamar Ct Rasin 11
Q Shah Bowled Rasin 4
H Butt Ct Jenkins 30
S Shams Bowled Rasin 1
O Shah Bowled Rasin 4
N Udoh Not Out 31
T Mahmood Ct Adeel 1
B Chana Ct Rasin 4
M Sutton Not Out 25
C Bourne BNB
Y Shah BNB

Sub Total 111
Extras 17
TOTAL 128 - 7

Ashfield V Kenilworth

2007-08-29T01:44:00.000-07:00

Just to surprise you we won the toss and decided to bat. That was the only thing that went right for us and from there on it was all down hill.

As usual we lost wickets at stead intervals and there is not much to write home about as we were bowled out for 118 against a team that were 2nd from bottom. I can’t put my finger on it but is it lack of experience from the batters, is it over confidence or just lack of application?

Anyway they didn’t have much problems getting to the target with the loss of just 3 wickets and 6 dropped catches!

Scorecard - Ashfield

S Shams Bowled Armstrong 18
Q Shah LBW Rees 10
A Crossley Bowled Armstrong 0
H Butt Ct Armstong 7
T Mahmood Bowled Peebles 2
O Shah Ct Kennel 16
K Qamar Ct Kennel 14
C Sheeham Bowled Peebles 1
B Chana Bowled Armstrong 27
M Sutton Bowled Peebles 5
C Bourne NOT OUT 1

Sub Total 101
Extras 17
TOTAL 118

Scorecard: Kenilworth

Faulkener Bowled O Shah 10
Laverick LBW Sheeham 53
Sallis Bowled Butt 9
Pebbles NOT OUT 15
Kane NOT OUT 11

Sub Total 98
Extras 21
TOTAL 119

M Sutton 4-0-16-0
C Bourne 5-2-8-0
H Butt 7-0-34-1
O Shah 9-1-20-1
B Chana 6-1-17-0
C Sheeham 3-1-13-1

Second Loss of The Season

2007-07-30T10:59:00.000-07:00

The balance of the 2nd XI was disturbed on the Saturday morning with the news that the 1st XI had another player drop out. Earlier in the week we knew Nigel was to play for the 1st but on the morning we lost our other main bowler in Sooty. Not a good start but perhaps one of the younger bowlers could use this as an opportunity to step up.

I am getting sick of tell you but you should know by now that on helpful bowling conditions we lost the toss again and they asked us to bat. I thought things had turned around because at one stage we were 90-1 and looking set for 200 plus. Qasim Shah made an effective 34 but there after wickets fell steadily yet again. We finished on 155-9 from 50 overs. Normally that may have been enough with the likes of Sooty and Nigel in the side but we knew we had a real challenge to bowl them out.

Humais opened the bowling and took three quick wickets to leave them on 74-4 at this stage the game was in balance and it could have gone either way. However, their captain came in at No4 and made a solid 69no to take his side home with just 6 wickets down. They were not the best side we have played and it was a real opportunity missed for us to be closer to the league leaders.

Scorecard: Moseley Ashfield
S Shams Ct & B Stacey 54
Q Shah Ct Stacey 34
T Mahmood Ct Stacey 7
O Shah Ct Pitt 0
C Sheeham Ct Stacey 1
H Butt Ct Stacey 8
K Qamar run out 16
B Chana Bowled Stacey 16
A Ashraf LBW Stacey 0
R Hosein not out 1
C Bourne DID NOT BAT

Sub total 137
Extras 18
TOTAL 155 – 9
Scorecard: Bronze

J Patel Bowled Butt 3
F O’Rourke Ct Butt 19
A Madhouse C & B Butt 4
S Baker NOT OUT 69
A Ul-Haq Bowled Shah 11
H Patel LBW Bourne 21
A Pitt LBW Bourne 2
J Heaton NOT OUT 1

Sub total 130
Extras 26
TOTAL 156-6
Bourne 10.4-1-37-2
H Butt 13-1-49-3
Hosein 3-0-12-0
Q Shah 3-0-9-1
O Shah 8-0-26-0
Chana 4-0-13-0

V Highway

2007-07-30T03:53:00.001-07:00

Rain - Thats a surprise!

Another Last Wicket Finish

2007-07-30T03:49:00.000-07:00

If I was running out of words to describe the tense finishes that the 2ndxi have been involved with this season it’s only taken me over 2 weeks to write this one. Is it because we lost? Am I a bad looser? No far from it – I just don’t like to loose!

It should not come as a surprise to you when I tell you that under helpful bowling conditions we lost the toss and they asked us to bat first. Arguably they had the best opening attack that we have faced in the league to date. Yet again it was the same story where we lost wickets steadily and they bowled us out for 122 from 46 overs with only three of us making double figures.

With the wicket still damp and the strong bowling attack that we had we all believed that we could bowl them out. So confidence was high in the changing room. True to form ‘psycho Sooty’ (Martin Sutton) who has been bowling out of his skin all season put us right back in the game by removing their top four batsmen. Soon we reduced them to 76-6 and the target of 122 seemed a long way away. Ray and Nigel chipped in with 2 wickets apiece and that left them on 102-9 but in the meantime their number 7 had been batting well while wickets fell around him. The lads fought hard but in the end just on this occasion it proved a little too much us. Credit to their guy who finished on 52 no.

Scorecard: Moseley Ashfield
S Shams Ct Colkin 34
A Crossley LBW Walters 5
I Rehman Bowled Tedds 13
T Mahmood Bowled Tedds 4
N Udoh LBW Walters 0
R Noshein Ct & B Colkin 10
C Sheehan Ct & B Colkin 0
H Butt run out 3
K Qmar not out 19
M Sutton Ct Robbins 2
C Bourne Ct Simpson 4

Sub total 99
Extras 23
TOTAL 122

Scorecard: Nuneaton

S Barker LBW Sutton 6
D Topp C&B Sutton 9
T Baites Bowled Sutton 12
T Whitehouse Bowled Sutton 1
D Colkin Bowled Rehman 4
R Harris Bowled Rehman 13
A Matthews Not Out 52
C Walters LBW Udoh 1
B Robbins Bowled Udoh 0
L Tedds LBW Sutton 1
J Simpson Not Out 0

Sub total 106
Extras 17
TOTAL 123
N Udoh 12-2-35-2
M Sutton 14.1-3-35-5
I Rehman 9-3-20-2
H Butt 3-0-11-0
Hosein 2-0-15-0

Thrilling last over win

2007-07-12T02:21:00.000-07:00

I am running out of words to describe these thrilling 2ndXi games. This weekend’s match against Atherstone was on par with THAT finish against Bablake. In a way from my point of view it was better because we had five under seventeen’s playing and they ALL made valuable contributions.

Now to the game. We lost the toss and surprisingly they decided to bat. It is becoming a nice habit of taking wickets at regular intervals and that trend continued. Sooty again removed their openers with 30 on the board. Ray (Iltaf Rehman) came on and his control and pace were much improved and he too knocked over two of their batters. That left them in a hole at 56-4 in 22overs. Another bowling change and more wickets fell as Qasim bowled with the same control and finished with 2-29 from five overs. Humais, who was playing his first for the 2nd Xi also held his nerve to have figures of 4-0-9-1. By this stage they were seven down and we were running out of the 3 hours allocated to finish our overs. One of their guys made it clear that they would claim the extra overs if we went over our allocated finish time. We had 45 minutes to bowl 18 over or take 3 wickets. It was time to bring Nigle back on to try to finish them off and true to form he removed their number 7 thanks to an outstanding catch by young wicketkeeper Kam who took it diving in front of 1st slip. We evetutally bowled them out for 162-10 from 42 overs – just five minutes before the allocated time! It of course meant we had all of 57 overs to chase down their target.

The batting again did not go according to plan and with 2 unfortunate LBW decisions we were left on 63-5 and things weren’t looking too cleaver. The next bit is harder to write-up because I’m not one for wanting the spotlight, so I’ll keep it brief. I had opened the batting and just hung around for as long as I could. Those watching, which by the way included the club Chairman, a number of Honorary Vice Presidents and the ex-Warwickshire and England wicket-keeper Geoff Humpage who came to the ground to see some of his Ashfield pals may say my knock was a bit pedestrian, others may say it was boring but some said it was well timed. Having slowly got nearer to their score it left us needing run a ball for the last 60 runs. At this stage Calum came in at number 8 and made a valuable 34 which kept us in touch with the run rate. Calum’s contribution should not be underestimated in this run chase he struck a 6 and 4 4’s. It again came down to the last 2 overs and left us needing 12 to win. We ticked over the runs and the scoreboard showed us wanting 6 to win of the last over. However, having asked the scorers to double check the target it turned out that THEIR scorer had made an error and in fact we only needed 4 to win. I was held at deep mid-on for 61 and with 3 balls left we needed 3 to win, up stepped Humais and he cleared the in field and slapped it over cover point for 4! Another win! That leaves us just 9 points behind the leaders.

I know I keep going on about it BUT have a look at the extras AGAIN they will cost us a game. Lets sort it lads!

Scorecard: Atherstone
M Alocock ct Butt Sutton 14
A Miller Bowled Sutton 12
P Oldham LBW Rehman 8
A Williams Bowled Q Shah 13
D Brooks Ct Qamar Udoh 35
M Webb Bowled Q Shah 3
M Sworovski Ct Q Shah Rehman 2
T Niblock Ct Mahmood Butt 1
R Box Not Out 11
G Thomas LBW Udoh 4
M Riley Ct Shams Bourne 4

Sub total 107
Extras 55
TOTAL 162
N Udoh 12-2-46-2
M Sutton 8-2-16-2
I Rehman 8-0-26-2
Q Shah 5-0-29-2
H Butt 4-0-9-1
O Shah 4-2-2-0
C Bourne 1.2-0-6-1

Scorecard: Moseley Ashfield
S Shams Ct Sworowisk 61
Q Shah LBW Nibolock 2
I Rehman LBW Nibolock 2
T Mahmood Ct Thomas 28
O Shah Ct Alcock 0
N Udoh Ct Oldham 6
K Qamar Bowled Thmoas 12
C Sheehan Run Out 34
H Butt Not Out 11
C Bourne Not Out 0
M Sutton DID NOT BAT

Sub total 156
Extras 7
TOTAL 163

V Bedworth

2007-07-02T12:39:00.000-07:00

Yep rain again! And someone said they are one of the weaker sides! Typical!

Bartlett Stands Tall Again

2007-06-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

On a damp and dull day we lost the toss and Kings Heath asked us to bat first. Early conditions helped their bowlers and we lost wickets consistently. However, Tom was the only one to show any kind of resistance with a solid 60. We ended on 172-9 from 50 overs. Our bowlers were again asked to get the batters out of jail. It should not come as a surprise to anyone to hear that Nigle and Sooty between them conceded just 40 runs from 25 overs and took 3 wickets. The rest of the bowlers chipped in and took wickets regularly and eventually bowled them out for 129-10 from 46 overs. It was another good win but the batting needs to improve as we come up against better opposition. The bowlers need to take note of the number of extras that we are giving away. They will end up costs us if we can’t sort this problem out.

Scorecard: Moseley Ashfield
A.Pervaiz Ct Usman 13
T Bartlett Bowled Turrell 60
S Shams LBW Beckford 13
T Smith Ct Turrell 5
I Rehman LBW Beckford 24
T Mahmood Ct Beckford 9
O Shah Ct Beckford 8
N Udoh Not Out 17
Q Shah Ct Lockyer 0
M Sutton Not Out 5
C Bourne DNB
Sub total 154
Extras 18
TOTAL 172

Scorecard: Kings Heath
J Patel LBW Sutton 3
D Eims LBW Q Shah 31
D Paget LBW Rehman 10
N Ahmed Bowled Q Shah 6
J Greaves LBW O Shah 0
J Torrel Ct O Shah 14
M Beckford LBW Udoh 0
Usman Ct Sutton 7
J Lockyer Not Out 10
K Abbas LBW Mahmood 10
R Hopkins LBW Rehman 0

Sub total 88
Extras 41
TOTAL 129
N Udoh 11-1-19-1
M Sutton 15-5-21-2
C Bourne 4-1-16-0
I Rehman 9-0-32-2
A Pervaiz 1-0-12-0
Q Shah 4-0-10-2
O Shah 5-2-7-2
T Mahmood 2-0-6-1

V Bournville

2007-06-28T14:35:00.000-07:00

No Play - Rain

Graveyard Comes Alive With Tense Win

2007-06-12T14:00:00.000-07:00

Match winner Sooty fielding at backward-45 on the one ! (Also Pictured Tommy behind the sticks, Andy Crossley at Point and CB at slip)

Everyone who played or watched the game against Bablake will tell you that it will go down as the game of the season. The graveyard came alive on Saturday 9th June 2007 with a tense finish that saw Moseley Ashfield win by 3 runs! On a warm day we won the toss we decided to bat first. At one point it appeared to have been the wrong decision because within the 1st 20 overs we were 77-7 with some of us getting overconfident and playing shots more suited to a 20-20 game. However, Ray (Iltaf Rehman) batting at number 8 to turn things around with a responsible 65no. It gave us a competitive score of 182-10 in 43 overs. The opposition started well and were 99-2 from 30overs. The breakthrough came when Ray had their opener ct and bowled in the 31st over and from this point on wickets fell at regular intervals. Abu chipped in with 3-28 and it left them needing 34 with 4 wickets in hand from 17 overs. At this point, Sooty who had been pumped up all day took over. He took their 7th wicket with a ct and bowled and Ashfield could smell an unlikely victory. This now left them needing 18 from 8 overs with 3 wickets in hand. Ray took wicket number 8 and Sooty removed their 9th man. It was now down to 3 runs from 6 overs. Up stepped psycho (Martin Sutton) Sooty (Almost Stuart Pearce style when he scored THAT penalty for England). Sooty bowling at their number 7, who thought he could finish it in one hit, drove it firmly back only to see this ‘spring chicken’ pull it out of thin air. He took the catch and dropped to his knees. In taking the final wicket the celebrations from the lads were perhaps more notorious with a game of football than cricket as Sooty was lost with 10 men pilling on top of him. Bet you’ve never had that before Sooty! Or may be he has?

Scorecard: Moseley Ashfield
A.Pervaiz Ct Eyles 9
T Bartlett Ct Rahman 9
S Shams Ct Eyles 1
T Smith Bowled Eyles 18
A Crossley Bowled Rahman 10
K Zaidi LBW Rahman 4
T Mahmood Bowled Keith 9
I Rehman NOT OUT 65
N Udoh LBW Rubery 19
M Sutton Ct Rubery 8
C Bourne Bowled Rubery 13
Sub total 165
Extras 17
TOTAL 182

Scorecard: Babelake
Stidworth Ct + Bowled Rehman 21
Morris Run Out (Zaidi) 20
Lidster LBW Parvaiz 17
Leatherland Ct Crossley Pervaiz 9
Nanda LBW Sutton 21
Clarke Ct Sutton Pervaiz 8
Bevis Ct + Bowled Sutton 20
Eyles Ct + Bowled Sutton 0
Rahman Ct Bartlett Sutton 4
Keith Bowled Rehman 0
Rubery Run Out 6
Sub total 121
Extras 58
TOTAL 179
N Udoh 11-3-26-0
M Sutton 11.3-3-15-4
K Zaidi 3-0-11-0
I Rehman 10-2-38-2
C Bourne 5-1-25-0
A Pervaiz 11-0-28-3

Bartlett Shows Older Ed's The Way

2007-06-04T01:26:00.000-07:00

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

A Mix Bag

2007-05-29T01:59:00.000-07:00

The weekend got off to the worst possible start with the news that the 2nd XI were given a 15points penalty by the league for what can only be described as an ‘administration’ error. The team were made aware of this just before Saturday’s game and perhaps with that in mind they went out and truly demolished Kenilworth. Having put the opposition in to bat we bowled them out for 108 in 38 overs. Old boy Chris Bourne finishing with figures of 9-5-9-5 He’s still got it in him! The batting was made to look just as easy and we knocked off the runs with the loss of just one wicket in 19 overs. Shuja managing 70no.

As for the game against Sheldon well the weather had the final say. It had rained almost continuously from Saturday evening to Monday and it was called off without a ball being bowled.

Moseley Ashfield V Bronze

2007-05-21T00:43:00.000-07:00

Ashfield won the toss and put the opposition into bat. A total of 2.5 hours were lost due to rain! In the end we managed to bowl out Bronze for 151 in 49 overs. Ray (Rehaman) bowled a lively spell of 2 for 31 and the deadly leg spin of Riod (4 for 12) killed them off! In the end we were left with a revised target of 152 from 26 overs. The two youngsters (Abu and Tom) got us off to a solid start of 81 for the 1st wicket. The middle order fell apart which left us needing 32 from the last 3 overs but in the end in proved too much as we finished on 140-8. A good effort lads!

Two weeks in!

2007-05-15T11:50:00.000-07:00

A great start to the season with a win in the first game and a winning draw this Saturday. Abu was the hero scoring 86 and taking 4-59. We had eleven overs at the last man but couldn't get the winner! Highway ended up on 182-9 chasing our 203-8. More of the same this weekend please!!