Grade Round Twenty-Four
Davistow Darters Greater Robbham de Grooters Heathridge Oval
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Davistow Robbham:
Dawlat Lucas
+McDonagh Dobson
Jellett Dauth
Langley Robbins
Naik Sukhvinder
Ehsan Tebbut
Watt Finnegan
Cassidy +Jervis
Kennett Pardhasaradhi
Pradeep McKern
Waheed Mitchell
Dave Watt and David Kennett were outstanding with the ball, but received too little backing from their other bowlers, with the exception of the tight-fisted Pradeep. Thus, Rob Dauth, Sukhvinder and Tebbut managed half-centuries, and de Grooters totalled 277 after being put in. Davistow lost early wickets, and were 96 for 5 after a fearsome spell from Pardharasaradhi, but Dawlat Ameer hung in there to thump 141, including a massive eighth-wicket stand of 75 with Kennett. Needing 26 off 18, David Kennett smashed two big cover drives to reach 51 in 25 balls - before Kenny Doson hung on to another at deep cover. 16 needed off 12 with one wicket in hand. The next over went for nine, but Mat Mitchell bowled two dots to start the next over, and then found the outside edge with the third as de Grooters won by six runs.
Greater Robbham de Grooters 277 (47.5 ovs)
Davistow Darters 271 (49.3 ovs)
Nixonstown Foxes Pickford Panthers CW Oval
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Nixonstown: Pickford:
Markus Young
Feeney Richings
Fensome Benjamin
+Gray +Hepworth
Currie Jacob
Adhikari Chopra
Grierson Trafford
Prestwidge ****erill
Sanjeet McCrystal
Clancroft Bhadauria
Edmunds Roberts
A blistering century from Jamee Gray and a patient 59 from Alex Fensome gave Nixonstown a solid platform at the CW Oval, and Rich Edmunds then had Peter Young caught at slip by Matt Currie for 11 in the second over of the Pickford innings. Edmunds' opening spell was eventually worth 10-2-33-5, as he bowled unchanged throughout and set the Panthers back to 91 for 5. Jacob and Trafford fought back, but Markus had Jacob bowled off the inside edge, and the lately introduced Sanjeet celebrated four wickets as the Panthers crashed to 204.
Nixonstown Foxes 339/5 (50 ovs)
Pickford Panthers 204 (41.5 ovs)
Gofftown Tigers Edfield Seahawks Gofftown Oval
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Gofftown: Edfield:
Courtis +Mørk
Thampi Barnaby
Malthus-Howell G Nayak
Dwyer GN Nayak
Mohammad Rai
Nash James
Jamaluddin Satish Kumar
Thomas Herbert
+Patel Borcich
Demeza Shoveller
Masterman Whitehead
Gaurav Nayak celebrated success with the ball for Edfield, as his ten overs yielded four wickets for 49 on the bowler-friendly pitch at Gofftown. The new ball swung miles in the hands of both Nayak and Borcich, and set Gofftown back to 13 for 3, then 30 for 4. A century from Mohammad Mahmood and 41 from Greg Thomas took Gofftown past 200, while Trav Demeza hit Borcich for four with his second ball. He outside edged the third to Herbert at third slip. Edfield were set back by Demeza, who had two men bowled in his opening spell, but Gaurav Nayak and DK Rai put them back into contention with a partnership worth 113. Both were robbed of their milestones, however; Rai was bowled for 49, while Satish Kumar stole Nayak's glory with a single at the end of the 41st over, taking the strike with the scores tied and Nayak on 98 not out. He thus hit the winning runs, while Nayak had to eb content with 98 not out - 98 more runs than Gary Nayak.
Gofftown Tigers 237/9 (50 ovs)
Edfield Seahawks 241/5 (41.2 ovs)
Stedingham Jets Garven Island Sharks Jets Arena
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Stedingham: Garven Island:
+Mamesh Fitzsimmons
Stedman Hanbury
Gaukroger Shaukhat
Prabhakar Rao +Monaghan
Wallis Richards
Chaudhari Tariq
Gillespie Gregory
JB Buxton Piper
Javed Edmondson
Bala Bristow
Loganathan Stuart
The dominant scores in the first innings came from Shaukhat Shahzad (127) and Simon Fitzsimmons (59), while the Jets' bowlers toiled but never got serious control over the Sharks' batsmen. James Buxton repaired a poor opening spell with two wickets, including Dave Richards for a five-ball duck, but still the Sharks managed well past 250. However, Stedingham ran rampant; James Stedman thumped 148 in 102 balls, Megan Gaukroger supported him well with 57, and Prabhakar Rao and Wallis eased past the target.
Garven Island Sharks 281/7 (50 ovs)
Stedingham Jets 285/3 (38.5 ovs)
Twybridge Titans Campsfield Braves Riverside, Twybridge
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Twybridge: Campsfield:
Joslin +Dubb-Lynch
Gunn Langdon
Bokey Hasabnis
Amresh Kumar McEwan
Weber Gooljar
Buttsworth Jahangir
Naidu Harvey
+Hale Jacklin
White Dunks
Cotterill R Das
Dolphin Jadeja
The Braves were held afloat by a stunning innings from Langdon, who took three hours for a total of 135. No one else passed 35, while Buttsworth, Dolphin and White took two wickets each for Twybridge. The Titans chased down that target with ease, Tarick Weber guiding them home along with Amresh Kumar after the two shared an unbroken 107-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Bokey also got a half-century for Twybridge.
Campsfield Braves 248/9 (50 ovs)
Twybridge Titans 249/3 (40 ovs)
Code:
P W L D T BP Pts
Davistow 23 13 8 2 0 43 181
Greater Robbham 23 13 6 4 0 37 173
Twybridge 23 12 7 4 0 45 173
Stedingham 23 13 9 1 0 34 169
Nixonstown 23 11 11 1 0 48 163
Gofftown 23 10 11 2 0 36 142
Campsfield 23 9 12 2 0 31 125
Edfield 23 8 12 3 0 35 120
Pickford 23 9 13 1 0 24 111
Garven Island 23 6 15 2 0 22 92
There's the one-day round for last Sunday (19 March) still to go, but I need to get homework out of the way first.