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
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.