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NCL Division 1: 5th Aug

Wednesday, August 6 2003

Surrey vs Gloucestershire @ The Oval

Surrey reclaimed top spot in Division One of the National Cricket League after a comprehensive 66 run win over the pre match leaders Gloucestershire.

Surrey batted first after winning the toss and an aggressive 84 from only 61 deliveries by A Brown and 83 from 102 by M Ramprakash laid the foundations of the massive 297/6.

Surrey's middle order offered contributions including 36 from both G Thorpe and R Clarke. A quick fire 21 at the end by Azhar Mahmood pushed the score up to just short of the 300 mark.

All the Gloucestershire bowlers had a hard day at the office with M Alleyne particularly hard going for 64 in his 8 overs.

Gloucestershire chasing 298 to win at 6.6 an over were boosted by a typically aggressive knock of 85 from just 73 balls by New Zealander C Spearman.

Wickets then began to fall regularly and other than C Spearman nobody could score above 29, not helped by five run outs in the innings.

The Surrey bowlers had a much better day with young England all rounder R Clarke picking up 3/48 from his 9 overs.


Surrey: 297/6 - A Brown 84, M Ramprakash 83; Shoaib Malik 1/45, M Ball 1/46

Gloucestershire: 231 (40 Overs) - C Spearman 85; R Clarke 3/48

Surrey won by 66 runs

Cricket Web Man of the Match A Brown



Essex vs Glamorgan @ Chelmsford

N Hussain returned from one of his more forgettable weeks with England to lead his county side Essex to a massive 145 runs win over last years champions Glamorgan.

N Hussain opened the innings and blasted his way to a career best 161 not out in Essex's total of 298/5, N Hussian shared in a massive opening stand of 176 with Zimbabwean A Flower who himself hit 57.

D Cosker returned career-best figures of 5/54. The Glamorgan spinner broke the opening stand in his third over, and then briefly halted Essex's progress in a spell of 3-7 in 9 balls. But J Dakin came in to give N Hussain valuable assistance towards the end of the innings, as J Dakin clubbed 40 from 23 balls too steer Essex to their final total of 298/5.

Glamorgan innings would require something special from someone however it got of to the worse possible start as the 18 year old swing bowler T Palladino dismissed R Croft and M Powell in his opening over as Glamorgan slipped to 3-2.

M Maynard lead a brief fight back as he blasted his way to 50 from just 28 balls with 6 fours and 3 massive sixes, but shortly after reaching his fifty he was trapped leg before by G Napier. Three balls later D Hemp was bowled and then in G Napier's next over J Maher was caught by N Hussain as he attempted to hit over the top.

Despite a few lusty blows from M Kasprowicz, Glamorgan were eventually dismissed in the 27th over for 153, having lost their last 8 wickets in the space of just 15 overs.

Essex: 298/5 - N Hussain 161*, A Flower 57, J Dakin 40*; D Cosker 5/54

Glamorgan: 153 (26.1 Overs) - M Maynard 50, G Napier 4/26, T Palladino 3/32

Essex won by 145 runs

Cricket Web Man of the Match N Hussian

Posted by Richard