Scorecard

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI v Preston on Sat 25 Jul 2009 at 1.00pm
Match was Drawn

Match report NORTHWOOD TOWN played out a draw with Preston in a spritied game played at Chestnut Avenue. Batting first, Phil Costard (25) started well for Town and Johanes Van Ee, batting at five having opened in previous weeks, carved out an important 43. However, at 95-5 Town's resistance - which has broken down in recent weeks - would again be tested. Michael Lister stepped up to the challenge with a stylish 38 and he was supported by Dave Bushnell (16) as the pair put on 37. There was still work to be done and Kazim Naqvi finished the innings well with an unbeaten 22 - although injuring a hamstring in the process which would stop him from bowling - as Town were eventually dismissed for a defendable 181.

Town's bowlers had performed well in recent weeks and were confident of finally getting 30 points on the board. However, despite economical bowling from Dave Bushnell (2-46) and Johanes Van Ee (3-46) the much needed wickets were hard to come by. The introduction of young spinner Veer Vadagama (2-35) brought the real bright spot in the game as he snared two early wickets and had a loud lbw shout for a hat-trick turned down. Preston decided to see out the rest of the game and finished on 171-7.

Skipper Raj Ahluwalia was happier with the performance:
"Really we needed the 30 points, but there were better signs and some good performances. We showed more determination and we bowled well again but unfortunately we didnt have enough to get the important win."

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
11lb 
for 10 wickets
11
181		        
Brendan Heaney ct Cooper b Walker 5
Phil Costard ct Hearne b Nanjundan 25 2
Rohan Lee ct Shelley b Nanjundan 3 1
Raj Ahluwalia ct Fleckney b Nanjundan 9
Johannes Van-Ee ct & b Nanjundan 43
Michael Lister ct Williamson b Anderson 38
David Bushnell ct Fleckney b Walker 16
Kazim Naqvi Not Out  22
Veer Vadgama Run out  4
Ishtiaq Khan st Shelley b Anderson 0
Dominic Whyley b Walker 4

Preston Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
J Cooper8.003700.004.62
C Walker9.0257319.006.33
S Nanjundan11.553649.003.04
I Samaraweera8.022600.003.25
M Anderson7.0021210.503.00

Preston Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
9lb 
for 7 wickets
9
171 (43.0 overs)		     
W Hearne lbw b Bushnell 5
A Catlin lbw b Vadgama 68
A Shelley ct Costard b Van Ee 2
I Samaraweera ct Lee b Bushnell 7
D Fleckney ct Costard b Van Ee 32
C Cole b Vadgama 0
J Cooper Not Out  36
I Williamson lbw b Van Ee 0
C Walker Not Out  12
M Anderson  
S Nanjundan  

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
David Bushnell15.0246223.003.07
Johannes Van-Ee19.0746315.332.42
Dominic Whyley7.002900.004.14
Raj Ahluwalia5.01800.001.60
Veer Vadgama7.0135217.505.00