One-day Grade - Final Round
Group A
Code:
Campsfield Braves Garven Island Sharks
RC Langdon NBTK Hanbury
Jahangir Masood Tariq Ali
MW Wilson Shaukhat Shahzad
J Toogood +MH Monaghan
DR Hasabnis APA Gregory
EL Heath DG Piper
KR Kode *XPA Rose
RJ McEwan DC Edmondson
+LJ Harvey T Evans
*AAA Collins SSJ Bristow
JJ Jadeja SA Stuart
The Sharks needed a win to have any chance of qualifying, while the Braves were already knocked out. And yet, it was the seamers from the Braves who had the most success at Campsfield, with McEwan digging out five for 48 as the Sharks were bowled out for 161. Rik Heath and Mike Wilson also chipped in with two wickets each. The Braves lost wickets regularly, but not nearly regularly enough for the Sharks' liking, and a sixth-wicket partnership worth 36 saw the Braves win and both teams knocked out.
Sharks 161 (40.4 ovs) lost to
Braves 164-5 (39.2 ovs) by five wickets
Code:
Davistow Darters Twybridge Titans
Dawlat Ameer *RJ Twyman
RA Langley LR Joslin
CA Naik HWR Gunn
Ehsan Ahsan CH Bokey
HW Wright IS Amresh Kumar
NS Hoy AJ Buttsworth
+M Gaukroger VG Naidu
*DJ Watt +LC Hale
NL Patrick EC White
DM Kennett RB Cotterill
Despite an array of seam bowling options, the Darters could not contain the Titans at their home ground in the bright sunshine, as Rich Twyman hit 80 and Bokey 55 to send the Titans to 230 for 6. Nathan Hoy got three wickets, while Dave Watt seems to need counselling - once again, he bowled six expensive overs, conceding 38 runs. Cotterill and White exploited the conditions much better, and the Darters were never able to build a partnership - despite a 40-ball half-century from Harry Wright, which was then ended as he was plumb to a ball from Bokey. Bokey got four for 30 in the innings to complete a stunning all-round effort, and the Darters crashed to 140 and a 90-run loss.
Titans 230-6 (50 ovs) beat
Darters 140 (26.5 ovs) by 90 runs
Titans (3-0) 6pts NRR: +1.91
Braves (1-2) 2pts NRR: -0.64
Sharks (1-2) 2pts NRR: -0.71
Darters (1-2) 2pts NRR: -0.75
Group B
Code:
Pickford Panthers Stedingham Jets
*T Gould HR Wallis
JAH Richings CN Deodhar
MA Hepworth *CR Butler
DB Jacob RF Prabhakar Rao
DRP Chopra LRC Chaudhari
+Adil Dewan CL Kalmar
NC Bhattacharjee +DA Innes
LD Rabone DRW Gillespie
LE ****erill Javed Shafiq
JJ McCrystal M Bala
LD Bhadauria AA Cameron
The Jets were bowled out in just 43.4 overs at Pickford, yet thanks to a 15-ball 27 from Prabhakar Rao, a lightning quick half-ton from wicket-keeper Innes, an uncharacteristically rapid 19 from Chris Kalmar, and 10* off 6 from Andy Cameron, their innings totalled 273 against a Panthers team without professionals in this virtual quarter-final. ****erill was thumped out of the attack, with his six overs going for 53, and although six bowlers got wickets, the economy rates were staggering. The Panthers started positively in chase of the big target, but lost three wickets for four runs - including Gould for 38, and Chris Butler then had the dangerman Hepworth caught behind for 25. Adil Dewan played a highly respectable 43, but sliced to Prabhakar Rao off a widish delivery from Deodhar, and Kalmar (2-33) and Butler (2-49) cleaned up the tail as the Panthers were bowled out for 191 in just over 32 overs. Andy Cameron was the only bowler to be wicketless.
Jets 273 (43.4 ovs) beat
Panthers 191 (32.1 ovs) by 82 runs
Jets (2-0) 4pts NRR:+1.36
Panthers (1-1) 2pts NRR:-0.80
Seahawks (0-2) 0pts
Group C
Code:
Gofftown Tigers Nixontown Foxes
JA Courtis JJ Josy
KI Thampi JJ Prestwidge
BJ Goff E Moon
D Deeps DC Adhikari
RGEWS Cribb RD Grierson
JB Malthus-Howell DES Sanjeet
Mohammad Mahmood +TW Dalton
Jamaluddin Hossain D Hoitink
D Muhaffy *S Bhatia
NJ Masterman C Taylor
GM Thomas Laeeq Hamidullah
Deeps smacked 107, Brendon Goff 83, and Cribb 54 not out, as the Tigers eased to 290 for 3 against a toothless Fox attack at Gofftown. On a flat pitch, once Hoitink's new-ball swing eased, the batsmen were in total control, and smacked runs at will - though only twenty-two boundaries were hit in the innings, as it was also a show of good running. Greg Thomas then got early wickets, but Sanjeet put on 114 with Adhikari, and went on to thump runs - although Cribb dug out his partner Dalton to leave 102 with four wickets remaining. Corey Taylor hung in there with Sanjeet, though, adding 38 for the ninth wicket, and with three overs to go the Foxes needed 29. However, a good over from Cribb stifled Sanjeet, and Thampi had him bowled with the first ball of the last over to leave the Foxes all out for 276.
Tigers 290-3 (50 ovs) beat
Foxes 276 (49.1 ovs) by 14 runs
Tigers (2-0) 4pts NRR: +0.17
de Grooters (1-1) 2pts NRR: +1.57
Foxes (0-2) 0pts
Semi-finals:
Titans v de Grooters @ Twybridge
Jets v Tigers @ Stedingham
There will now be a halt in grade cricket for two days, to allow the charity matches to catch up - the Batting XI v Bowling XI games and the CW Bar XI v Uncapped XI will now run concurrently with the semi-finals and one-day final, while the three-day final should see every player ready. Hopefully.
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