St Lukes A Vs Banstead

Old Tiffinians Sports Ground

08/05/2010

Report by Wasif

 

45 Over League Match-Report by Wasif Zamir

 

On a day which promised rain St Lukes arrived at our new home ground in dribs and drabs (a bit like the weather!)

Nevertheless new skipper Wasif had to appoint Atif to take the toss as he had to dash and pick up a player from Hampton Court station!

Atif done well by winning the toss and requesting Banstead to bat.

There was some uncertainty in deciding which square to play on as Wasif setup on the middle square the opposing captain wanted to stick to the square which the toss was taken….....

Both teams agreed and play started with Shoks and Kiran (new player) opening our attack.

Shoks (2 Wkts) was rewarded quite luckily by taking out the stumps with a “pee roller!” 

Kiran (1 Wkt) was soon on the books as he managed to take out another Banstead opener.

Wickets regularly fell as St Lukes gave the ball to Sultan (5 Wkts) and Nisar (1 Wkt) and Banstead ended up on a rather short total of 67, with 11 extras.

 

With lunch still in the process of being prepared St Lukes decided to go straight out and bat.  Atif (39*) gave us his usual excellent contribution with Nisar (6) perishing to a non bouncing LBW

Ruschil (10) contributed well but was out to another non bouncer this time clean bowled.

This bought Fahim (1*) to the crease, who along with Atif saw us over the line with 35.1 over’s to spare.

 

Just a quick mention and thanks to:

 

Steffan- Great Fielding and support of the bowlers by predicting wickets!

Rob- Great stealth speed fielding.

Osman- 1st game for us, well fielded a good team player

Ruschil- a rock behind the stumps and a good contribution with the batting (10)

Nisar- Great with bat and ball 4 over’s only 10 runs for 1 wicket

Atif- Great Batting (39*)

Kiran- Pace man had the Banstead Batsmen Bemused!

Shoks- Great usual bowling contribution and great banter!

Fahim- Cool head, great fielding and good support for Atif

Wasif- didn’t contribute much on the field but was great in getting people to the ground!!!! 

 

Sultan- Man of the match Bowling figures of 9.5 overs-1 maiden-5 wkts for 13 runs and on a hat trick for the next game! 

 

 

Great to win the 1st match guys

Well done to everyone.