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Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI v Harpenden IV on Sat 04 May 2013 at 1 pm
Match was Drawn

Match report The first league game of the season saw the 2nd XI host Harpenden IV on a bright, sunny day. Harpenden won the toss and elected to bat.

In a lively start with the ball, Shahmeer Syed offered the early breakthrough dismissing the opener Keens for 6. From then on wickets fell at infrequent intervals and Town gifted runs to the opposition with some suspect fielding at times. The introduction of Krunal Patel and the returning Rishi Adatia brought some welcome rewards, but it was the fine bowling of Viraj Manek that really stole the show. His express pace, seeming deliveries and an athletic caught & bowled, returned some impressive figures of 5 -36 off 12.3 overs.

With Manek clearing up the tail with little fuss, Harpenden declared on 228 – 9 off 50.3 overs.

In response, Town set about the chase with some considered batting. Sandip Thakrar (24), Ravi Ramawat (27) and a fine knock from Andy Burt (47) meant that Town were always in with a shout of the game. Some tight Harpenden bowling restricted the run rate, but it was the introduction of Rishi Adatia that set about reigniting the Town innings. A superb, uninhibited knock of 44 for Adatia set the new found pace. Alas with overs running out, Town just fell short ending the innings with 209 – 8 but with maximum batting points. With 9 bowling points added to the equation Skipper Neil Cheesewright had some pleasing points to reflect upon.

“It’s always a test to pace out an innings when chasing a 200+ total. I thought that out batters acquitted themselves well, batting out our overs. We will have to restrict the chances we give to the opposition with the bat and certainly work on our fielding, but with 19 points in the bag it represents a solid start.”

Harpenden IV Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 18w 3b 8lb 
for 9 wickets
31
228 (50.3 overs)		     
D Gilson ct  Ramawat b. Adatia 24
A Keens b  Syed 6
S Jones (c) ct  & Bowled Manek 37
S Caunce ct  Malik b. Manek 68
D Fraser b  Manek 4
L. Gabaldoni b  Patel 35
B. Hussain b  Patel 15
J. Lambert b  Manek 4
C. Luffman (w) Not Out  4
B. Wiles b  Manek 0
N. Mackey  

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sajid Shafique Malik6.011800.003.00
Shahmir Syed9.0067167.007.44
Viraj Manek12.313657.202.88
Rishi Adatia11.0044144.004.00
Krunal Patel12.0150225.004.17

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 5w 5b 1lb 
for 8 wickets
13
209		        
Sandip Thakrar ct  b. Mackey 24 4
Abdul Firfire lbw  b. Fraser 6 1
Ravi Ramawat ct  b. Mackey 27 5 1
Andy Burt ct  b. Wiles 47 7
Pradip Pandey b  Wiles 10 4
Rishi Adatia st  b. Fraser 44 6 1
Krunal Patel ct  b. Jones 17 2
Neil Cheesewright b  Fraser 0
Shahmir Syed Not Out  17 2
Viraj Manek Not Out  4 1
Sajid Shafique Malik  

Harpenden IV Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jones14.0444144.003.14
Fraser11.0155318.335.00
Mackey7.0132216.004.57
Gilson7.021300.001.86
Wiles5.001728.503.40
Hussain6.003500.005.83