Bec Old Boys v St Lukes  – Saturday 28th June 2008

 

Report by Tim Blatt

 

 

 

The Match:

 

When Doug Macfarlane clung on to a catch off a Jason Custance full toss from the first ball of the match it felt like it could be St Lukes’s day, and so it proved with St Lukes running out worthy winners by 7 wickets with 7 overs to spare.

 

A sunny day and good, bouncy track at the Northey Avenue ground greeted St Lukes as they tried to put an end to a run of 4 successive defeats.  Paul Godding made his debut for the club.  Ed lost the toss and we were invited to field.

 

Jason was his customary miserly self (10 overs for 32) while Dusty mixed long hops with jaffers picking up 3 wickets in his 7 overs.  At 110 – 4 off 20 overs the game was in the balance but the introduction of Karl (10-3-22-2) and Tim B (10-1-28-2) put the brakes on and St Lukes gradually took control.  An irritating last wicket stand of 33 held us up and the alarming prospect of a spell from Hillman was only narrowly avoided when Michael K picked up the final wicket with the score on 176.  Given the good state of the track this represented a strong all round fielding and bowling performance, epitomised by newly-married Tim C’s use of all parts of his body in his wicket keeping duties (no doubt much to his bride’s dismay).

 

Bec Old Boys CC - 1st XI

      R B 4s 6s
Unsure ct Dougal Mcfarlane b Jason Custance   0  0  0  0 
Tanvir Rahman   b Dusty Ahmed   3  0  0  0 
Amir Tariq   b Dusty Ahmed   27  0  0  0 
Dipak Rajurkar   b Karl Quinn   57  0  0  0 
Chris White ct Ed Hardwicke b Dusty Ahmed   2  0  0  0 
Unsure LBW b Karl Quinn   22  0  0  0 
Khaled Muhammad Not Out   18  0  0  0 
Mehul Patel ro Ed Hardwicke   4  0  0  0 
Tanmay Karkare LBW b Tim Blatt   0  0  0  0 
Mohmmad Asadullah   b Tim Blatt   2  0  0  0 
Seepaul Madramootoo * ct Charlie Hillman b Michael Krishna   19  0  0  0 
Extras  ( 10b  4lb  6w  2nb  )   22  
Total  ( all out , 42.1 overs)  176  

 

Fall Of Wickets

0-1 ; 26-2 ; 33-3 ; 66-4 ;
118-5 ; 125-6 ; 135-7 ; 139-8 ;
143-9 ; 176-10 ;

Bowling

  O M R W Nb Wd
Jason Custance 10 3 32 1 0  0 
Dusty Ahmed 8 0 59 3 0  0 
Tim Blatt 10 1 28 2 0  0 
Karl Quinn 10 3 22 2 0  0 
Dougal Mcfarlane 3 0 22 0 0  0 
Michael Krishna 1.1 0 1 1 0  0 

 

 

Against strong opening bowling our reply started solidly until Michael decided to give some catching practice to the short third man with the score on 13.  Karl then dominated a second wicket partnership of 85 with debutant Paul Godding, hitting the ball to all corners.  Karl departed for 71 to a steepling outfield catch from Asadullah in the 22nd over with the score on 98.  Paul and Ed then batted sensibly, hitting the loose balls and running well, until Paul was run out for 59 with just 17 required.  Ed and Charlie then saw us home without further incident.

 

st XI

      R B 4s 6s
Michael Krishna ct Khaled Muhammad b Dipak Rajurkar   4  0  0  0 
Karl Quinn ct Mohmmad Asadullah b Seepaul Madramootoo   71  0  0  0 
Paul Godding ro Mohmmad Asadullah   59  0  0  0 
Ed Hardwicke * Not Out   22  0  0  0 
Charlie Hillman Not Out   8  0  0  0 
Tim Craig + Did Not Bat          
Matthew Cobb Did Not Bat          
Dusty Ahmed Did Not Bat          
Dougal Mcfarlane Did Not Bat          
Tim Blatt Did Not Bat          
Jason Custance Did Not Bat          
Extras  ( 3b  4lb  4w  2nb  )   13  
Total  (3 wickets, 37.4 overs)  177  

 

Fall Of Wickets

13-1 Michael Krishna; 98-2 Karl Quinn; 160-3 Paul Godding ; -4 ;
-5 ; -6 ; -7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;

Bowling

  O M R W Nb Wd
Dipak Rajurkar 8.4 1 38 1 0  0 
Amir Tariq 7 1 28 0 0  0 
Khaled Muhammad 10 1 36 0 0  0 
Tanmay Karkare 2 0 19 0 0  0 
Seepaul Madramootoo 7 0 33 1 0  0 
Mohmmad Asadullah 3 0 16 0 0  0 

 

Overall, a very strong all round performance with bat, ball and in the field, which we will be looking to build on in the next game at Clapham Old Xavierans.

 

 

 

 

Man of the Match

 

Karl Quinn – despite a very strong debut from Paul Gooding, Karl was the clear ‘man of the match’ with 10 tight overs, 2 wickets and 71 runs.