Sunday XI through to Local Cup final
The Sunday XI won their final round robin match against Norton Sports at the weekend to qualify for the local final where they will be play Gore Court.
The 1s were at home to The Mote and elected to bat. Tom Carey (49) and James Weller (31) got the team off to a solid start. Chris Knope (30), Owen Harrison (35) and Nick Page (21) all added to the score as the team reached a respectable 216 for 7 off their 40 overs.
Owen Harrison (1 or 34) got the team off to a great start picking up an early wicket but the visitors top order looked strong and despite losing a couple of wickets including a great catch from Harry Mantle, they kept up with the required run rate. A good catch at deep mid-on from Owen off Tom removed the danger man and broke the back of The Mote’s innings and with Tom Carey (3 for 40) and Harry Mantle (3 for 31) picking up wickets at the end the visitors were kept to 199 for 9 of their 45 overs. Ricky Dale (1 or 26) and Haris Khan (1 for 40 ) picking up the other wickets
The 2s travelled New Ash Green knowing that their pitch was difficult to play on and on winning the toss decided to put the home team into to bat. The decision seemed to perfect as New Ash Green crumbled to 98 in 27 overs with Ethan Collier (3 for 30), Ben Wiebe-Williams (3 for 33), Henry Louden (2 for 4) and Danish Zia (1 for 18) all picking up wickets.
Unfortunately the tables were turned as the team collapsed to 53 all out with only Yuvraj Rajgor (13) and Tom Gunner (14) making double figures.
The 3s were at home to Chelsfield and put the visitors into bat. Phil Danbury (1 for 32) and Yawar Hanif (1 for 22) backed up that decision as Chelsfield found themselves 17 for 2. Unfortunately they re-grouped and despite some good bowling the reached 230 for 5 off their 40 overs. Jay Sharma, Simon Rose and Isaac Gregory-Bourne picking up the other wickets
Hoping to repeat the game against Chelsfield earlier in the year. Chris Wood (49) and Kev Miles (15) started well and hopes were raised and even at 82 for 2 it was still possible but unfortunately 3 quick wickets turned it to 88 for 5. Caleb Deveson played anchor role to support Chris but Chris fell shortly afterwards. Josh Rose (14) batted well as did Jay Sharma and Isaac as the team tried to reach the 1st batting points but fell short by just 3 run as the team were bowled all for 137 with only two balls of the innings remaining.
The Sunday XI were at home to Norton Sports in the local cup round robin and looking for a win to reach the final.
Ben Wiebe-Williams (2 for 12) took a wicket with the first ball of the match and again 12 runs later supported well by Haris Khan (0 for 27). Norton started to re-build but Amith Lokesh (2 for 22) made the breakthrough. Winston Roe (1 or 9) picked up his first wicket at removing the danger man and followed it up with a caught and bowled while being supported by Isaac Gregory-Bourne (0 for 20) at the other end. Yuvraj Rajgor also got his first senior wicket (1 for 4) with a spell binding 4 overs and Caleb Deveson (1 for 9) off 7 overs (…. well actually 1 over but felt like 7) allowed Aaryan Rajgor (1 for 4) to mop up as Norton were bowled out for 113 in the 29th over.
Norton picked up a couple of early wickets (Aaryan Rajgor 13) but Tom Carey (32 retired) and Sohan Jaganatha (7) who scored his first runs at senior level and batted with the straightest bat the Club had seen in years moved the score along. Amith Lokesh (44 no) helped by Caleb (2) who unfortunately gave his Dad, Mark playing for Norton, bragging rights as Caleb was caught behind of Mark’s bowling, sealed the win with 6 wickets and 17 overs to spare.
The game was played in great spirit and both teams thoroughly enjoyed the day and reminded everyone what true grass root cricket is all about.
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