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Game 18/19: Gents v West London Invitation XI v Close PF |
Old Tenisonians' CC, Sunday 24 August.
Gents Sunny, 21C
Gents
won by 16 runs
Gents; H Patel 7, Sciberras 8, Wahed 22, Gilkes 5, Inkollu 12, †Denton 6, *S Patel 7, Buck 17, Desai 11, Snelling 3 not out, Babar 1,
Extras 24,
124-10 (20 overs)
FoW; 25, 29, 43, 57, 75, 81, 95, 117, 119, 124
Bowling; Nimit 3-28, Tohin 0-33, Sumit 1-12, Dulaph 3-13, D Patel 1-13, Narasimha 1-13
Catches; Not recorded 5, Narasimha 1, Nimit 1
Close PF; Donald 32, Vigu 0, Nilesh 28, Shanvare 9, Sumit 20, Amit 0, *D Patel 0, Nimit 6, Narasimha 0, Tohin 0,
Extras 16,
108-9 (20 overs)
FoW; 1, 44, 70, 81, 82, 82, 104, 105, 105
Bowling; S Patel 2-25, Inkollu 0-16, Snelling 1-22, H Patel 2-15, Sciberras 2-25
Catches; S Patel 1, Sciberras 1, Wahed 1
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| Close PF 92-3 (15 overs) (Nimit 43 not out, Sumit 26) lost to West London Invitation XI 93-2 (9 overs) (Bhatt 50 ret. not out, Toft 13 not out, Dev 11 not out) by 8 wickets
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Tied
West London Invitation XI;Bhatt 44, Dev 17, Boden 10, Shanvare 1, *Wright 36, †Bignell 3, Naish 0, D Patel 13 not out, K Patel 0, Laing absent injured,
Extras 19,
140-8 (20 overs)
FoW; 48, 69, 81, 85, 103, 107, 139, 140
Bowling; Snelling 0-14, Babar 0-27, Sciberras 2-34, H Patel 1-25, Inkollu 1-21, S Patel 2-11
Catches; Desai 1, Gilkes 1
Gents; Sciberras 0, Wahed 6, Snelling 10, Inkollu 8, Buck 12, *S Patel 12, Desai 11, Babar 13, Gilkes 37, H Patel 16, †Denton 0 not out, Toft did not bat,
Extras 13,
140-10 (20 overs)
FoW; 0, 8, 22, 26, 50, 52, 78, 80, 138, 140
Bowling; Bhatt 2-18, Dev 2-14, Bender 1-21, Wright 1-21, Boden 1-19, Shanvare 1-25, K Patel 0-12
Catches; Bender 1, Bignell 1, Boden 1, D Patel 1, Wright 1
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Fit to be tied |
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With the scores level at 140, Neepam Bhatt bowled Richard Gilkes with the last ball of the final game, the trophy being shared between The Gents and the West London Invitation XI, writes Steve Bignell.
With no official fixture this weekend five West XI players (Wright, Bignell, Bhatt, Bender and Laing) were joined by guests and surplus Gents for the three-cornered contest that also included Dhruv Patel's talented young Close PF XI. Dhruv's team were beaten by the other two sides (Bhatt scoring 41 of the first 43 runs, before retiring at 50) as the Beggars comfortably chased down 92 to set up the final with The Gents.
Bhatt (44) and Wright (36) were the main contributors to an impressive total of 140-8, which appeared well out the reach of The Gents as they slumped to 50-5 at the halfway point, David Bender taking an incredible one-handed catch, and still needed 33 from the last three overs with only 3 wickets left, but some clean hitting from Hemin Patel and Richard Gilkes set up a winning position until Bhatt's excellent final delivery. It was a highly enjoyable day's cricket and special thanks to Andrew Burman for arranging everything in his usual efficient manner.
Can I just go on record as saying a massive thanks and well done to all who took part on Sunday, writes Richard Gilkes. We may have been missing some founder members of the club but everyone involved had a good day. One exception may be the young lad who misjudged the catch in the deep and took one on the nose. I hope he recovers quickly from that. Big thanks to all who brought or prepared food and cakes.
Firstly, thanks to Andrew and Hemin for their work and effort behind the scenes to make the day such a success, writes Mark Sciberras. Then Dhruv, Chris Wright and the Westies for making sure there were three competitive and sporting teams on the day. The cricket played was some of the best many of us will ever see. Neep's batting was awesome, Rich's and Hemin's batting to help tie the last game was incredible, whilst Dave Bender's catch was one of the best I have ever seen. A day to remember and a privilege to have been a part of.
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