Scorecard

Ley Hill CC 2nd XI v Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 4th XI on Sat 12 Jul 2025 at 13:00
Northwood Town Cricket Club Won by 12 Runs

Match report Town arrived at Ley Hill on a belter of a day. Winning the toss was key, and when skipper Dhaval did, he gleefully sent Ley Hill into the field under the scorching sun.

Early on the pitch was offering plenty of assistance, but Ruchi and Nishant batted well at the top, bringing the 50 up after just 9 overs.

In typical Town style, both managed to get out, bringing our youth in, who rose to the challenge in fine style, with Panash finding the boundary with ease.

Another mini collapse followed though to bring skipper and son together for the first time in Town colours. In Town honoured tradition, Dhaval's first shot went for four, and that concluded his use of the bat when trapped in front next ball.

Tanush though was determined to prove his worth, and the debutant crafted an outstanding knock, staying at the crease for 20 overs! Together, he and Khetia put on 71 for the 6th wicket, before some fine late runs took Town to 208-8 from their 40.

In response, Town picked up an early wicket, but it was hard work thereafter. Partnerships and steady scoring were the name of the game as Ley Hill raced to 137-3, with only Kishan's outstanding spell offering any real resistance.

With the game firmly in the home side's hands, only calamity could rescue Town. Or... skipper Dhaval.

Shah prized out the key wicket of Davies, and then another next ball! The fun and games weren't finished though as a couple more wickets followed leaving Ley Hill reeling on 138-7.

A bit of unforeseen tension had descended, and Ley Hill battled hard. It took a fantastic running catch on the boundary from young Aarya to unlock the door, and though the home side battled hard, Vishal picked up the last wicket to give Town victory by 12 runs.

On a batting strip, there was only ever one man of the match - Kishan Bharodiya with figures of 7-1-21-2.

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 4th XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 50w 6b  
for 8 wickets
58
208		        
Nishant Maniya lbw D Gwynn-Costello 16 36 2 44.44 1 1
Ruchi Patel b D Gwynn-Costello 27 34 6 79.41
Aarya Puwar b J Lagdon 7 16 1 43.75
Panash Vyas ct M Yadav b D Gwynn-Costello 9 13 2 69.23
Tanush Shah ct Z Ghosh b G Sussum 21 51 3 41.18
Dhaval Shah lbw J Lagdon 4 2 1 200 1
Sumeet Khetia ct A Rowe b G Sussum 39 44 5 1 88.64
Vishal Sadhwani Not Out  19 28 1 67.86
Kishan Bharodiya ct A Rowe b V Bhavsar 6 7 1 85.71
Matthew Smith Not Out  2 11 18.18
Jonathan Bentvelzen  

Ley Hill CC 2nd XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jon Humphreys8.023700.004.62
Manish Yadav8.003700.004.62
Dave Gwynn-Costello4.002739.006.75
James Lagdon8.0141220.505.13
Viral Bhavsar4.0026126.006.50
Geoffrey Sussum8.0034217.004.25

Ley Hill CC 2nd XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 22w 2b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
27
196 (36.3 overs)		     
Jon Humphreys b S Khetia 0 9 0
Geoffrey Sussum b K Bharodiya 37 34 6 1 108.82
Ishaan Kundu b K Bharodiya 18 24 2 75.00
Wayne Davies ct D Shah b D Shah 38 39 4 1 97.44
James Lagdon lbw R Patel 28 33 5 84.85
Manish Yadav st N Maniya b D Shah 0 1 0
Alastair Rowe ct Unsure b V Sadhwani 26 33 3 1 78.79
Viral Bhavsar ct N Maniya b D Shah 0 4 0
Zach Ghosh b R Patel 1 12 8.33
Dave Gwynn-Costello Not Out  15 25 2 1 60.0
Simba Mika b V Sadhwani 6 8 1 75.00

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 4th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sumeet Khetia8.0043143.005.37
Panash Vyas4.002900.007.25
Kishan Bharodiya7.0121210.503.00
Matthew Smith1.001400.0014.00
Dhaval Shah5.0132310.676.40
Ruchi Patel8.0233216.504.13
Vishal Sadhwani3.3021210.506.00