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Gentlemen of West London</font></span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><br /> <h5> <p align="center"> Sunday 9 May 2010, London Marathon PF, Greenford<br />Gents won toss. Cloudy, 12°c </p> </h5> <br /> <h2>Gents Won by 8 wickets</h2> <br /> <!-- Batting Side 1 --> <div align="center"> <center> <table style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber8" bordercolor="#111111" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="BattingTeam" colspan="4">Ruislip Victoria</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BattingTeamHeader2" colspan="2" align="left">Batsman</td> <td class="BattingTeamHeader2" colspan="2" align="right">Runs</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">Vijay</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">c S Desai</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">b Jones</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanWhite">Kunal</td> <td class="BatsmanOutWhite">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerWhite">b S Patel</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsWhite">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">*Nawaz</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">b S Patel </td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanWhite">Ranjit</td> <td class="BatsmanOutWhite">lbw</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerWhite">b S Patel</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsWhite">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">Rishi</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">run out</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanWhite">Vishal</td> <td class="BatsmanOutWhite">c S Patel</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerWhite">b H Patel</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsWhite">14</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">Chirag</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">b Jones</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanWhite">R Patel</td> <td class="BatsmanOutWhite">c Gilkes</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerWhite">b Newcombe</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsWhite">62</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">Harish</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">c &amp; b Newcombe</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanWhite">Shiv</td> <td class="BatsmanOutWhite">c Gilkes</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerWhite">b Newcombe</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsWhite">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">Giresh</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">not out</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="Extras">Extras</td> <td class="Extras" colspan="2">(5nb 13w 3b 1lb)</td> <td class="Extras" align="right">22</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BattingTotal">Total</td> <td class="BattingTotal" colspan="2">(all out, 31.4 overs)</td> <td class="BattingTotal" align="right">125</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BattingFOW">FoW</td> <td class="BattingFOW" colspan="3">3, 12, 12, 12, 14, 15, 79, 107, 112, 125</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!-- Bowling Side 1 --> <div align="center"> <center> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-bottom: 1px solid;" id="AutoNumber9" bordercolor="#111111" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="BowlingHeader1">Bowler</td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Overs</font></b></td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Maidens</font></b></td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Runs</font></b></td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Wickets</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowBlue">S Patel</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">6</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">1</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">22</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowWhite">Jones</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">2</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">13</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowBlue">Dubey</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">7</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">1</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">17</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowWhite">H Patel</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">7</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">28</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowBlue">Kumar</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">6</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">2</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">9</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowWhite">Newcombe</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">3.4</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">31</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">3</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!-- Batting Side 2 --> <div align="center"> <center> <table style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber8" bordercolor="#111111" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="BattingTeam" colspan="4">Gentlemen of West London</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BattingTeamHeader2" colspan="2" align="left">Batsman</td> <td class="BattingTeamHeader2" colspan="2" align="right">Runs</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">S Desai</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">lbw</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">b Kunal</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanWhite">*Gilkes</td> <td class="BatsmanOutWhite">c Ritesh</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerWhite">b Nawaz</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsWhite">36</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue">H Desai</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBlue">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerBlue">not out</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsBlue">29</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanWhite">Dubey</td> <td class="BatsmanOutWhite">&nbsp;</td> <td class="BatsmanOutBowlerWhite">not out</td> <td class="BatsmanRunsWhite">27</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BatsmanBlue" colspan="4">S Patel, Kumar, Jones, Caveney, Newcombe, Toft &amp; H Patel did not bat</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="Extras">Extras</td> <td class="Extras" colspan="2">(1nb 8w 5b 3lb)</td> <td class="Extras" align="right">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BattingTotal">Total</td> <td class="BattingTotal" colspan="2">(2 Wickets 22.4 overs)</td> <td class="BattingTotal" align="right">126</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BattingFOW">FoW</td> <td class="BattingFOW" colspan="3">43, 70</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!-- Bowling Side 2 --> <div align="center"> <center> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-bottom: 1px solid;" id="AutoNumber9" bordercolor="#111111" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="BowlingHeader1">Bowler</td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Overs</font></b></td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Maidens</font></b></td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Runs</font></b></td> <td class="BowlingHeader2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Wickets</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowBlue">R Patel</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">5</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">21</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowWhite">Shiv</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">7</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">34</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowBlue">Nawaz</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">5</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">30</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowWhite">Kunal</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">4</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">17</td> <td class="BowlingRowWhiteRight">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="BowlingRowBlue">Vijay</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">1.4</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">0</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">16</td> <td class="BowlingRowBlueRight">0</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </div> <br /><br /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- MATCH REPORT --> <table> <tr> <td width="5%" /> <td> <a name = "#Report"></a> <h2><u>Match Report</u></h2> <br /> <h5> <p>The Gents won easily enough in the end but seldom has the adage catches win matches been more apposite. A sensational fielding display, allied to early seam movement and rash calling, reduced Victoria to 15-6 in the fourth over before the tail, led by the brilliant Ritesh Patel turned round the innings, posting with Vishal a record opponents' stand, 64 for the seventh wicket. The hosts, not helped by sepulchral gloom and the dark background of fir trees, then shelled a series of catches offered by The Gents batsmen, who took full advantage. A convincing win, therefore, inspired by fifteen minutes of utter madness on a hugely entertaining, if cold day.</p> <p>Victoria were splendid, keen hosts, doing their stretching exercises and jogging round the boundary of this excellent ground. In his prematch pep talk, skipper Aatif Nawaz had impressed upon his young side the values of shot selection and patience. Sanjay Patel promptly bowled Kunal with a shooter sixth ball of the match.</p> <p>Mark Jones struggled a tad, six coming off his first over, before Patel yorked Nawaz and pinned Ranjit. Jones's second over then provided breathless entertainment, with three wickets including a run out and a series of high no balls and wides. Vijay was spectacularly caught in the covers by a diving Sachin Desai, Rishi, attempting a tight second off a no ball that evaded Shu Desai, was run out by a direct hit by fine leg Sanjay Patel and Chirag was yorked, the batsmen spending the remainder of the over studiously watching triple bouncers dobble through to the 'keeper or diving under head high beamers. This bizarre start had an element of knockabout comedy.</p> <p>Vishal and the dashing Patel (five four, three sixes) then proceeded to oust Plums Snyman and Attenborough from the eminent list of record stands. It was accomplished cricket against tight bowling from Dubey and Kumar, though Hemin Patel was troubled by wides. They took the score to 79 before the latter induced a diving catch by Sanjay Patel at mid-on. Victoria's experienced tail then hung around as Patel gave full vent to his repertoire, taking 20 off Newcombe's first seven balls before holing out to Gilkes on the long-on boundary. A smart caught and bowled and a second Gilkes catch then wrapped up the innings to give Newcombe his three wickets, a brave response to the early tap he endured and vindication of the skipper's decision not to take him off after a first over that was dispiriting for him. Kumar again did his job well in six tight overs.</p> <p>The captain and Desai senior then fashioned a very solid stand of 43 in 11 overs for the first wicket, surviving accurate bowling (the first two overs were maidens), several dropped catches and run out chances to play some fine shots. Desai was adjudged lbw to left-arm over bowler Kunal for a tidy 17 (two fours) before the captain holed out off the last ball before drinks for a powerful 36 (four fours). He had also cost the club a few bob in breaking two bats, which should, according to one wag, be sold on eBay to help fund Hemin Patel's etiquette lessons. Shu Desai (one four) and Nilesh Dubey (four fours) then won the match with a fluent stand of 56 in under six overs, runs coming at a torrent in conditions of Stygian darkness that while barely playable for the batsmen, were almost impossible for the fielders. How wise of Nawaz then to reduce the game to 35 overs from the planned 40. 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