Scorecard

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI v West Herts III on Sat 05 Jul 2025 at 01:00 PM
Northwood Town Cricket Club Lost by 28 runs

Match report On an overcast day at Northwood, skipper Shah won the toss and elected to field first — a decision that paid early dividends. Opening bowlers Rudra and Keval set the tone with tight, probing spells. The breakthrough came courtesy of Rudra, who drew a thick edge brilliantly taken by keeper Shah behind the stumps.

The pressure was maintained by first-change duo Jay and Tejasvi, both of whom picked up key wickets to prevent any significant rebuild from the visitors. Krunal added to the momentum with two crucial scalps, keeping West Herts on the back foot. Rudra and Jay returned to clean up the tail, capping off a disciplined and collective bowling effort to dismiss the league leaders for just 134 in 39.2 overs.

Chasing a modest target, Northwood Town got off to a steady start through openers Jay and Bijendra. However, Jay fell to a sharp catch in the slips, and despite a composed 31 from Bijendra, the innings began to unravel. A familiar middle-order collapse saw Town slip into deep trouble, still requiring 60 runs with only two wickets in hand and 15 overs to go.

Rudra, showing grit and determination, anchored the tail-end effort and kept hopes alive. But with 30 needed off the final three overs, he fell attempting to accelerate, caught on the boundary — ending Northwood’s chase at 106 all out.

Skipper Shah reflected on the game:

“Credit to our bowlers — they were outstanding today and gave us every chance by restricting the opposition. Unfortunately, our middle order couldn’t capitalize, and that’s something we need to work on. It’s really disappointing to lose by 29 runs after such a strong effort with the ball. We need to learn how to pull the game back and finish strong. These are the moments where character is tested, and we have to bounce back stronger.”

Despite the loss, Northwood Town can take heart from their bowling performance against the league’s best. With more consistency from the middle order, they remain a dangerous side capable of causing upsets in the weeks ahead.


West Herts III Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 10w 1b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
14
134 (39.2 overs)		     
Yaamir Khurana ct  T Shah b R Shah 2 18 11.11
Daniel King ct  T Shah b T Srivastava 16 39 1 41.03
Zankar Shah b  J Patel 12 27 2 44.44
Ebrahim Raja lbw  T Srivastava 15 21 3 71.43
Vinesh Gorasia ct  B Vaghela b R Shah 30 59 3 50.85
Ben Greenstreet b  T Srivastava 8 14 1 57.14
Faisal Rehman b  J Patel 27 39 3 69.23
Kamal Shah Akbari Zadran ct  J Patel b K Puwar 2 3 66.67
Mudassir Raja b  K Puwar 2 2 100
Vijay Natarajan b  J Patel 4 9 44.44
Rajen Gurung Not Out  6 7 1 85.71

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Rudra Shah8.011929.502.37
Keval Shah8.022600.003.25
Jay Patel7.212237.333.00
Tejasvi Srivastava8.012638.673.25
Krunal Puwar8.0039219.504.88

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 10w 1lb 
for 10 wickets
12
106		        
Jay Patel ct  V Gorasia b E Raja 13 40 2 32.50
Bijendra Vaghela ct  B Greenstreet b R Gurung 31 44 5 1 70.45 1
Kunal Patel ct  M Raja b R Gurung 12 25 1 48.00
Ravi Ramawat ct  V Natarajan b V Gorasia 1 9 11.11
Mitesh Pondha ct  F Rehman b V Gorasia 6 14 1 42.86
Jaysal Patel b  R Gurung 0 2 0 1
Tushar Shah b  R Gurung 4 11 1 36.36 2
Krunal Puwar b  R Gurung 5 8 62.50
Rudra Shah ct  D King b F Rehman 18 40 2 45.00
Tejasvi Srivastava b  Y Khurana 2 29 6.90
Keval Shah Not Out  2 4 50.0

West Herts III Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Vijay Natarajan4.011400.003.50
Kamal Shah Akbari Zadran4.02800.002.00
Ebrahim Raja3.0014114.004.67
Vinesh Gorasia8.0222211.002.75
Rajen Gurung8.031853.602.25
Faisal Rehman6.3021121.003.23
Mudassir Raja2.00400.002.00
Yaamir Khurana2.00414.002.00