Scorecard

Old Finchleians II v Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI on Sat 23 May 2009 at 1.00pm
Match was Drawn

Match report TOWN'S 2ND X1 put up a very brave performance, falling an agonising four runs short of victory in an entertaining draw at Old Finchleians.

With the side decimated due to first team call ups, stand in skipper Mike Peacock was forced to field a young side and they performed admirably to give the hosts a real scare. Losing the toss, Town were asked to field and Shaun O'Neill once again put in a good shift as he took 2-32 off 11 overs. Peacock elected to experiment with his young side and Akshay and Sahil Loomba both took two wickets each whilst the returning Shameer Syed also took a wicket. Veer Vadgama conceded just 14 runs off seven overs whilst the evergreen Dave Harding claimed 2-15. The hosts were dismissed for 176 although Town rued a simple chance going down that could have reduced the score considerably.

In reply, Jonno Armitage hit 25, Alan Armitage 18 and Peacock 13 but inexperience seemed to have finally caught up with Town as they collapsed to 98-7. However, Harding was to join debutant Richard Robbins at the crease and they were determined to give it a real go. Robbins was inspirational as he notched a very worthy 43 and Harding played his usual steady supporting role as the pair put on 48 with Town creeping ever closer before Robbins was dismissed with Town on 146-8. Harding continued to defy the visiting attack and with three balls to go, six runs required for victory but just one wicket remaining the game could have gone any of three ways. Harding squeezed out three more runs and the game finished in stalemate with Town closing on 173-9.

Peacock was impressed with the performance:
"In the circumstances we performed very well. We saw some real potential and talent coming through and hopefully that bodes well for the future."

Old Finchleians II Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
29lb 
for 10 wickets
29
176 (51.0 overs)		     
J Rowley ct  Peacock b Syed 12
J Agini ct  Peacock b O'Neill 11
H Depala b  O'Neill 4
D Jayasuriya lbw  b A Loomba 22
A Sherman ct  Siddharth b A Loomba 25
H Depala ct  & b S Loomba 21
M Depala Not Out  29
M Depala ct  O'Neill b S Loomba 8
O Depala b  Harding 0
H Jadav lbw  b Harding 7
A Jackson Run out  8

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Shaun O'Neill11.0232216.002.91
Shahmir Syed7.0133133.004.71
Akshay Loomba10.0325212.502.50
Sahil Loomba8.0031215.503.87
David Harding8.031527.501.88
Veer Vadgama7.041400.002.00

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
20lb 
for 9 wickets
20
173		        
Sumit Siddharth b  Jadav 0 1
Veer Vadgama ct  b H Depala 0
Johnny Armitage b  Jayasuriya 25
Mike Peacock b  Jadav 13 2
Alan Armitage ct  b Jayasuriya 18
Richard Robbins b  H Depala 43
Akshay Loomba lbw  b Jackson 10
Shaun O'Neill b  M Depala 8 1
David Harding Not Out  25
Sahil Loomba ct  b H Depala 10 1
Shahmir Syed Not Out  1

Old Finchleians II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
H Depala11.0138138.003.45
H Jadav9.0134217.003.78
D Jayasuriya8.0027213.503.38
M Depala8.0022122.002.75
A Jackson9.0227127.003.00
A Sherman2.00500.002.50
H Depala2.00414.002.00