Scorecard

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI v Hertford IV on Sat 06 Jun 2015 at 1pm
Northwood Town Cricket Club Lost by 2 wickets

Match report On a glorious day for cricket, Khetia won the toss and opted to bat on a green but dry wicket.

After an excellent opening partnership Ramawat departed with the score on 73. Thakrar continued on his merry way at the other end scoring a tremendous 50, but wickets soon began to fall in the traditional manner and the inevitable middle order collapse saw Town on 130 for 6.

Some solid hitting from Ghaffar though and a composed knock from the skipper saw Town build the score up 187 before the seventh and final catch of an excellent fielding display saw the innings come to a close.

In response, Hertford got off to a solid start making the most of a hard new ball. Patel in particular showed good attacking intent as the visitors scored quickly early on.

A change of bowling saw a change in fortunes. With Malik drying up the runs from the top, Khetia followed suit from the pavilion end and after some tight overs forced mistakes from both openers.

Hertford's batsmen though played with good composure until the off breaks of Ramawat proved too tempting for Eaton and Stokes.

Still the runs came though and as Hertford moved onto 173 for 4, there seemed to be only one outcome. Khetia persisted in ringing the changes though and the returning Malik deservedly made a breakthrough.

Cue squeaky bum time! The visitors soon began to show nerves and when Syed cleaned up Kildare, a tension set over the match. With debutant Silva sending 2 back in the same over, Hertford went from needing 15 off 7, to 9 from the final over!

Unfortunately for Town 2 thick edges went to the boundary and Hertford clawed their way over the finishing line with 1 ball to spare.

Khetia cut a frustrated figure after the game - "We came up a little bit short in the end. Credit to all the lads though, to nearly pull it out of the bag was truly amazing. Ultimately though, it's another result we are on the wrong side of."

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
5nb 8w 1b  
for 10 wickets
14
187		        
Sandip Thakrar ct Codd 73 11
Ravi Ramawat ct Davies 23 4
Fozan Haji ct Orchard 10 1
Harshil Palan ct Orchard 5
Mohamed Vanker ct Codd 12 1
Salman Rizvi lbw Orchard 0
Sumeet Khetia b Kildare 24 3
Chandana Silva Run out  0
Ali Ghaffar ct Timms 15 1
Shahmir Syed Not Out  7 1
Sajid Shafique Malik ct Benham 7

Hertford IV Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Benham7.5028128.003.57
Kildare8.0228128.003.50
Stokes3.001800.006.00
Davies5.0029129.005.80
Orchard10.032036.672.00
Codd10.0140220.004.00
Timms4.0023123.005.75

Hertford IV Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 5w  
for 8 wickets
6
190 (49.5 overs)		     
Spring lbw Khetia 37
Patel b Khetia 47
Eaton lbw Ramawat 20
Stokes b Ramawat 24
Timms lbw Malik 20
Codd Not Out  25
Kildare b Syed 5
Orchard b Silva 1
Lawrence b Silva 0
Benham Not Out  9
   

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sajid Shafique Malik10.0229129.002.90
Chandana Silva10.0236218.003.60
Sumeet Khetia10.0225212.502.50
Shahmir Syed7.5037137.004.72
Ali Ghaffar3.001600.005.33
Ravi Ramawat6.0031215.505.17
Sandip Thakrar3.001600.005.33