Scorecard

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 3rd XI v Redbourn III on Sat 28 Jun 2014 at 1pm
Northwood Town Cricket Club Won by 16 runs

Match report Town met Redbourn III on a sodden day in Northwood. Having lost the toss, Town were sent into bat.

After a solid start from the top order, Town were going well, bringing up the 50 in the 14th over just 1 down. After the wickets of Pandey and Ramawat though, the innings quickly unravelled. A middle order collapse saw 5 to 9 contribute just 3 runs combined as Redbourn took control in the rain.

After Daly was bowled with the scores on 94, Town needed a miracle to stay in the game.

The light at the end of the tunnel came in a downpour ironically, as the players were forced off the field.

When play resumed, the mystical NTCC teas had done their trick as the runs began to flow, some sensible batting from Parmar and fluid stroke play from Katira kept the score ticking along. First 2 batting points, then 4, 6, 8 and finally 10 as the last wicket pair took Town to 173, Katira finally going to a brilliant catch. Town had turned the game on it's head!!

When the teams resumed, Town looked electric in the field. Having taken the old ball, runs were kept down initially. Khetia refused to let the visitors settle though, soon switching to the guile of Parmar and the pace of Daly.

They were justly rewarded when Parmar broke through with 2 wickets. With the visitors starting to settle though, changes brought wickets with Khetia and Vadgama both making inroads.

As the runs steadily came, so did the wickets until the obdurate Amos and free swinging Losoran started a comeback for Redbourn.

The pace of Daly finally paid dividends though as he blasted through Amos leaving Parmar to clean up at the other end. Twice more he smashed over the stumps to break Redbourn hearts and leading Town to a 16 run victory.

After the match, Khetia was delighted - "Joint men of the match today, Taz and Mitesh, both absolutely incredible. Emotional, even if they both dodged jugs!!"

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
7nb 23w 16b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
48
173		        
Rajul Patel Lbw  5
Ravi Ramawat Caught  38 6
Pradip Pandey Lbw  10 1 1
Tarang K. Katira Caught  45 6
Abdul Firfire Caught  1
Nic Patel Bowled  1 1
Sumeet Khetia Bowled  0 1
Prakash Tailor Bowled  1
Minesh V Bowled  0
Jack Daly Bowled  6
Mitesh Parmar Not Out  16

Redbourn III Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Blair9.0230130.003.33
Lennox14.4243314.332.93
Spicer7.512847.003.57
Benfield11.0124212.002.18
Colehuss4.002700.006.75

Redbourn III Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
5w 10b 5lb 
for 10 wickets
20
157 (42.0 overs)		     
Copp lbw Khetia 43
Emmin b Parmar 10
Benfield ct N. Patel b Parmar 8
Blair J b Vadgama 1
Blair R ct & b Khetia 10
McKay ct R. Patel b Khetia 8
Amos b Daly 16
Colehuss ct Pandey b Vadgama 5
Losoran b Parmar 26
Spicer b Parmar 3
Lennoz=x Not Out  7

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sumeet Khetia9.0134311.333.78
Minesh V11.0136218.003.27
Mitesh Parmar13.013749.252.85
Jack Daly9.0040140.004.44