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Kings Langley CC 1st XI v Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI on Sat 12 Jul 2025 at 12:00
Northwood Town Cricket Club Lost by 82 runs

Match report 🏏 "Sills Thrills and Northwood Spills: A Masterclass in How Not to Chase 290"
📍 Venue: Kings Langley | ☀️ Weather: Sunny with a 100% chance of dropped catches
📉 Result: Kings Langley win by 82 runs
🍻 Post-match feeling: Mixed. Mostly pain.

Kings Langley Bat First and Never Look Back (Literally)
Kings Langley took one look at Northwood's warm-up and decided 290 should do. And do it did.

R Mohamed (94) and O Sills (82) both batted like they'd lost faith in the bowling and were just there to have a net.

T Warrell (40) chipped in nicely before getting himself out to a caught-and-bowled that confused even the scorer.

The rest? Mostly cameos with the enthusiasm of someone attending a Zoom meeting that should’ve been an email.

Northwood’s bowlers... tried. Special shout-out to Iqbal Anjum (2/33) who bowled like he cared.
Also, Nischay Madhavan and Keval Shah each picked up 2 wickets — eventually — after the run-rate had turned into a live-action comedy.

Jack Daly: 10 overs, 49 runs, no wickets — and definitely a sore back.

Northwood’s Chase – A Slow-Motion Collapse
Needing 291 to win, Northwood responded with a firm and collective "nah."

O Sills, not content with smashing 82 earlier, came back with the ball and absolutely obliterated the top and middle order, grabbing 6 wickets for 35 runs. That’s right, he took more wickets than some teams get in a month.

By the time he was done, half the batting lineup was either back in the pavilion or still wondering what just happened.

There was some resistance:

Iqbal Anjum played a one-man game of “Let’s Try”, scoring 63 with 13 boundaries.

Keval Shah (32) and Jack Daly (35)* gave late hope... for a more respectable loss.

Everyone else contributed like it was a team-building activity — present, but mostly ineffective.

Extras top-scored again with 27. MVP confirmed.

🎯 Turning Point:
When O Sills got a wicket with his first over and the entire Northwood bench just silently opened their kit bags to pack up.

🗣️ Imaginary Post-Match Reactions
Northwood Town Skipper: "Look, at least we made it past 200... like last week."
O Sills (Kings Langley): "Yeah I bat, bowl, and if needed, I’ll drive the minibus too."

Kings Langley CC 1st XI Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
12w 2b 3lb 
for 7 wickets
17
290 (50.0 overs)		     
T Warrell ct  & b I Anjum 40
R Aggarwal ct  N Madhavan b S Malik 11
P Ashford ct  S Patel b I Anjum 5
O Sills lbw  N Madhavan 82
R Mohamed b  N Madhavan 94
C Dulmina b  K Shah 18
G Dulla ct  I Anjum b K Shah 8
M Brown Not Out  7
A Chhalani Not Out  3
E Lee-Knights  
A Gajasinghe  

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jack Daly10.004900.004.90
Sajid Shafique Malik10.0066166.006.60
Iqbal Anjum10.0033216.503.30
Keval Shah8.0049224.506.12
Nischay Madhavan10.0067233.506.70
Akshay Loomba2.002100.0010.50

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
extras
TOTAL :
23w 1b 3lb 
for 10 wickets
27
208		        
Akshay Loomba ct  T Warrell b O Sills 6 1
Deepak Gairola ct  R Ahmed b O Sills 13 3
Sangeet Patel ct  R Aggarwal b G Dhalla 5 1 1
Nischay Madhavan lbw  O Sills 5 1 1
Keeran Sudagaran b  O Sills 4
Iqbal Anjum ct  O Sills b M Brown 63 13 2
Kunj Vadgama ct  R Mohamed b O Sills 2
Karan Rajani ct  R Aggarwal b O Sills 0
Jack Daly Not Out  35 4
Sajid Shafique Malik ct  C Dulmina b E Lee-Knights 16 2
Keval Shah ct  O Sills b G Dhalla 32 7

Kings Langley CC 1st XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
O Sills10.023565.833.50
G Dhalla8.3024212.002.82
E Lee-Knights8.0057157.007.13
A Gajasinghe5.001800.003.60
M Brown4.0022122.005.50
A Chhalani4.001300.003.25
R Mohamed5.001700.003.40

  • Umpire :
    Colin Lynch
  • Scorer :