Scorecard

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI v Bayford & Hertford on Sat 25 May 2013 at 1 pm
Northwood Town Cricket Club Lost By 4 Wickets

Match report Northwood Town 1s put in a decent performance but a couple of dropped catches allowed a strong Bayford and Hertford team to sneak home with just an over to spare,

Losing the toss and being asked to bat, Town started strongly with an opening partnership of 50 from Akshay Loomba (19) and Raj Ahluwalia (22). However, 4 wickets then fell in quick succession as Bayford seized the initiative, leaving Town on 63-4 after 20 overs. By now, Bayford's left arm seamer, Andrews, had found his rhythm and he proceeded to take the key wickets of Sangeet Patel and Kyle Lawrence, just as they had got themselves in and were starting to look dangerous.

With Town reeling on 120 for 6, Veer Vadgama (16) joined captain Michael Lister (59) and those two focused on working the ball into the gaps, rotating the strike to great effect, as Town forced themselves back into the game and entered bonus point territory. Lister added a number of crisply hit boundaries as he steered his team towards a competitive total of 202 all out.

In reply, Bayford's openers applied themselves sensibly and Town's bowlers struggled to make a breakthrough until Veer Vadgama was introduced. Vadgama almost immediately removed both openers with fine deliveries which took the outside edge of the bat and he went on to take 4-52 off 14 superb overs which gave Town a sniff of victory. However, despite some razor sharp keeping from Sangeet Patel, Town could not maintain their good fielding performance throughout the innings and some big hitting from Morris enabled Bayford and Hertford to snatch the win.

Despite defeat, Town again picked up good bonus points from the game and can take some confidence and batting form into next week's tricky fixture away to Sawbridgeworth.

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
4nb 6w 11b 11lb 
for 10 wickets
32
202		        
Akshay Loomba ct B Andrews 19 3 1 1
Raj Ahluwalia b B Hogg 22 3 1
Phil Carter lbw B Andrews 0 1
Sangeet Patel ct B Andrews 12 1 1 1
Kunal Sanghi ct B Hogg 7
Kyle Lawrence ct B Andrews 22
Michael Lister ct B Andrews 59 70 7 2 84.29 1
Veer Vadgama b B Andrews 16
Mikhil Patel ct B Andrews 4
Geet Patel ct B Collins 4
Dominic Whyley Not Out  0

Bayford & Hertford Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Hogg18.0254227.003.00
Andrews25.1585712.143.38
Turalapah4.002800.007.00
Collins4.02818.002.00

Bayford & Hertford Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2b 1lb 
for 6 wickets
3
203 (46.4 overs)		     
Ketteridge ct S Patel b Vadgama 41
Wilson ct Carter b Vadgama 30
M. Morris ct Loomba b Vadgama 0
D. Morris ct Lister b G Patel 70
Chapman st S Patel b Vadgama 19
Chapman run out (Loomba and S Patel) 7
Hogg Not Out  28
Turalapah Not Out  5
Collins  
Moore  
Andrews  

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Dominic Whyley8.012200.002.75
Kyle Lawrence14.036800.004.86
Veer Vadgama14.4252413.003.55
Mikhil Patel3.001800.006.00
Geet Patel7.0040140.005.71

  • Umpire :
    Colin Lynch
  • Scorer :
    Martin Bird