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Wheathampstead CC 3rd XI v Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 3rd XI on Sat 06 Sep 2025 at 13:00
Northwood Town Cricket Club Lost by 1 wickets

Match report In the final game of the season, Northwood Town were sitting at the top of the table. To make sure of finishing first without relying on other results, the team needed 8 points.

Town lost the toss and were sent in to bat on a pitch that wasn’t the best, slightly damp and tricky, but the focus was on accumulating batting points. The side managed to post around 170 runs, which secured 6 batting points. That left only 2 more points needed from the bowling innings to guarantee top spot.

With the ball, Town struck early, taking 2 wickets and feeling that the job was done. But perhaps the team relaxed a little too soon. The opposition fought back hard and in the end Town suffered a narrow defeat by just 1 wicket.

However, the crucial detail wasn’t the loss but the points total. Northwood Town ended up earning 15 points from the match, comfortably enough to stay at the top of the league.

The season ended on a high: Northwood Town finished as league leaders and earned promotion for the next season.

Captain Kishan ensured that the players who had featured most regularly for the 3rd XI were part of this decisive match, so that when the league was finally won, the core team could celebrate together. It was a truly historic moment - the first time in around 10 years that any Northwood Town side had topped the league, making this triumph all the more special.

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 12w 20b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
36
170		        
Pradip Pandey b G Playle 23 43 53.49
Ravi Ramawat b C Caldwell 1 6 16.67
Sanjay Shukla b D Dabare 25 33 75.76 1
Pratik Patel ct N Martin b G Playle 23 19 121.05
Jaymin Patel b C Caldwell 22 24 91.67
Ajay Lal lbw C Caldwell 11 20 55.00
Kishan Gordhandas b C Caldwell 1 6 16.67
Het Tripathi b C Caldwell 0 2 0
Deepak Amriwala ct K Haider b C Caldwell 1 7 14.29
Tejasvi Srivastava Not Out  6 9 66.67
Stanley Babukutty b J Gillham 16 18 88.89

Wheathampstead CC 3rd XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Cameron Caldwell8.022363.832.88
Nick Martin8.023100.003.87
David Dabare7.0039139.005.57
Geoff Playle8.0026213.003.25
Louis Vaile2.00400.002.00
Callum Sharp2.001200.006.00
James Gillham1.5013113.007.09

Wheathampstead CC 3rd XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 6w 9b 6lb 
for 9 wickets
23
172 (38.0 overs)		     
Tom Gillham b S Babukutty 3
Louis Vaile b D Amriwala 29
Quentin Vaile b S Babukutty 1
Kabir Haider run out  (Unsure) 18
David Dabare ct S Shukla b T Srivastava 64
Freddie Playle b T Srivastava 8
James Gillham b P Pandey 10
Nick Martin Not Out  11
Callum Sharp b T Srivastava 0
Geoff Playle lbw T Srivastava 5
Cameron Caldwell Not Out  0

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Kishan Gordhandas7.003700.005.29
Stanley Babukutty6.0022211.003.67
Deepak Amriwala8.0023123.002.88
Pratik Patel6.002000.003.33
Tejasvi Srivastava7.002446.003.43
Pradip Pandey4.0031131.007.75