Scorecard

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI v Old Finchleians on Sat 23 May 2009 at 1.00pm
Northwood Town Cricket Club Lost by 5 wickets

Match report BESET by injuries, a weakened Northwood Town side were beaten by five wickets by Old Finchleians though they certainly had opportunities to have produced a better result.

Raj Ahluwalia lost the toss once again and Town were asked to bat. With half the second eleven called up to duty, Town knew there would be heavy reliance on their top order and whilst Brendan Heaney (19) got off to a rapid start it was Ahluwalia and Rohan Lee who knuckled down to build a partnership. Whilst they adopted a patient approach the visitors also bowled on a good length and runs were not easy to grind out. However a partnership of 71 before Ahluwalia (34) was dismissed had put Town in a decent position at 91-2 with 20 overs to go. The pressure to increase the run rate was to tell as Lee looked on in horror from the other end with the middle order collapsing to 134-7. Ben Rawson-Jones finally took a grip to support Lee and crashed a quickfire 32 off 25 balls but from 168-8 Town could only limp to 170 all out. Lee had once again led the responsibility with an imposing innings of 62.

On a decent pitch Town knew they would have to bowl well and Dave Bushnell (4-49) put in an immediate impressive performance as the hosts collapsed to 68-5. The critical moment of the match saw Depala seemingly thick edge a ball but both umpire and batsman remained unmoved and he was to go on and score a match-winning 88 not out. Town could take no more wickets as the lack of bowling options told and Finchleians eased home for the loss of five wickets.

Skipper Ahluwalia commented:
"It was a decent effort given the problems with selection we have had. Even with a weakened side we were further hampered by injured players having to turn out. We should have scored more runs and of course the one big decision went against us but all in all we gave it a good go."

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
4lb 
for 10 wickets
4
170		        
Brendan Heaney b C Depala Snr 19
Raj Ahluwalia lbw b C Depala Snr 34
Rohan Lee b Somani 62
Phil Costard lbw b R Depala 7
Phil Carter lbw b R Depala 0
David Bushnell ct Wynn-Jones b Somani 4
Johannes Van-Ee Run out  1
Adam Hills ct Fletcher b Somani 6
Ben Rawson-Jones ct D Depala b Somani 32
Sascha Negrini Run out  1
Dominic Whyley Not Out  0

Old Finchleians Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
C Depala Snr18.0633216.501.83
M Depala4.011600.004.00
D Depala5.002800.005.60
R Depala17.0455227.503.24
P Somani9.013649.004.00

Old Finchleians Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
13lb 
for 5 wickets
13
172 (35.0 overs)		     
R Persad lbw b Bushnell 2
M Fletcher lbw b Van Ee 10
R Wynn-Jones ct Costard b Bushnell 0
C Depala Jnr Not Out  88
C Depala Snr ct Hills b Bushnell 8
D Depala b Bushnell 0
M Depala Not Out  51
R Depala  
M Rawal  
B Depala  
P Somani  

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
David Bushnell13.0149412.253.77
Johannes Van-Ee11.0065165.005.91
Raj Ahluwalia6.001700.002.83
Ben Rawson-Jones4.001900.004.75
Dominic Whyley1.001500.0015.00