Scorecard

Ley Hill v Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI on Sat 22 Jun 2024 at 01:00 p.m.
Northwood Town Cricket Club Lost by 4 wickets

Match report Town II XI travelled to Chiltern Hills to face the table topper Ley Hill, who were the Mid Bucks & Chiltern Championship winners now joining the Herts League Div 7.

The weather stayed pristine and spotless throughout the week but decided to get dark, dirty, and muddy on Saturday morning (well, no surprises there, ha). Town lost the toss and were inserted to bat in tricky conditions.

Town openers Aggarwal & Gairola started the innings with aggression, but Gairola, after being dropped twice, couldn't contain his enthusiasm and got out pushing his luck too much. Rahul, who looked like a 'man on a mission' was harshly punishing anything off the line, got run out unfortunately, leaving a big dent on Town's plans. The Town scorecard read 23/2 in 8 overs. Ley Hill showcased their class with the variety of bowling that they had, making scoring ever so difficult in conditions that were helpful to the bowlers. Town batsmen tried hard to build partnerships and mix aggression when opportunities were provided, but Town kept on losing wickets at regular intervals due to high-quality bowling and exemplary fielding standards showcased by Ley Hill. Town finished their innings 144/10 in 35 overs, not even playing their full allocated 40 overs.

Town were again unfortunate as the other Agarwal, Meet, pulled his back before the game and was ruled out of the game, leaving Town to do the job with 10 men. By this time, the sun was out nicely and after a nice team 'Paratha' tea, Town took to the field with 10 brave men to defend their total.

Ley Hill openers Khan and Peterson showcased their class, playing with precision. Loose deliveries were dispatched to the boundary while good balls were respected. Town tried everything to break the partnership, but the openers glided through all the challenges, taking Ley Hill to 112 without loss in 22 overs. Just when the chase seemed wrapped up, John took a brilliant catch at cow corner boundary to dismiss Peterson, giving Town their first breakthrough. Typical of chases with only a few runs remaining, Hill lost a few more wickets but comfortably reached their target of 145.

It was a tough game for obvious reasons. Playing a team that is a 'Championship Winner' is a lifetime event for 'Div 7' players, so we take pride in the fight that was put together as a team. Clearly, Hill outplayed Town in all departments, but we played as a unit and gave everything that we had. Lots of positives to take and a few lessons to be learned for individuals. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of playing a Championship winning team and now we move on!

#Upwards&Onwards

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
10w 2b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
14
144		        
Rahul Aggarwal Run out  19 15 4 126.67
Deepak Gairola ct b C Morris 3 11 27.27 1
Ravi Ramawat ct b J Yerrell 21 49 3 42.86
Cijine John ct b C Morris 10 14 1 71.43 1
Amit Chhalani ct b J Thompson 27 35 6 77.14
Tushar Shah b J Thompson 12 10 2 120.0
Mairaj Mobeen ct J Thompson 13 38 1 34.21
Pratik Patel ct b R Khan 4 16 1 25.00
Krunal Puwar b T Sussum 17 19 2 1 89.47 1
Meet Agrawal b T Sussum 4 8 1 50.0
Keval Shah Not Out  0 3 0 1

Ley Hill Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Craig Ottaway8.022300.002.88
Chris Morris8.0336218.004.50
Joe Yerrell5.0122122.004.40
Jack Thompson6.0025212.504.17
Raheel Khan5.0112112.002.40
Lewis Thompson3.0022122.007.33
Ted Sussum1.21020.000.00

Ley Hill Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 10w  
for 6 wickets
11
145 (36.4 overs)		     
Craig Peterson ct C John b M Mobeen 62
Raheel Khan ct & b K Shah 52
Lewis Thompson b M Mobeen 5
Rob Leybourne lbw M Mobeen 0
Ted Sussum ct K Puwar b D Gairola 6
Yusuf Khan b  K Shah 0
Ben Woodbridge Not Out  8
Jack Thompson Not Out  1
Chris Morris  
Craig Ottaway  
Joe Yerrell  

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Pratik Patel8.013200.004.00
Cijine John3.401700.004.64
Keval Shah8.0123211.502.88
Krunal Puwar6.013000.005.00
Mairaj Mobeen8.032538.333.12
Amit Chhalani1.001200.0012.00
Deepak Gairola2.00616.003.00