Scorecard

Aldenham Cricket Club v Wheathampstead II on Sat 21 Aug 2021 at 12:00
Aldenham Cricket Club Won by 49 runs

Match report Match Report vs. Wheathampstead 2s

Chris was disappointed to lose the toss and see his Aldenham side inserted. He had high hopes of bowling first and wrapping up a quick victory so he could watch Watford in the late kick off. I imagine he is now less fussed about having missed that particular fixture.

The rain was falling and made conditions challenging for the Wheathampstead fielders and bowlers alike. Chris plundered 21 runs from the first over but was removed shortly afterwards for a quickfire 31. Sachin and Andy T consolidated before Pichy added some impetus with a couple of lusty blows into the surrounding fields. At around 100-3 at drinks, the platform had been established and Amit took full advantage of this in the second half of the innings. He was caught going for another monstrous 6 for a match-deciding 81. Late cameos from Ubaid, Barry and Itty propelled the home side to an imposing 294 from their 45 overs.

At tea, there was a suggestion of employing the new ACC covers kindly provided by the OMOA. A search for the promised tarpaulin unearthed what could more accurately be described as industrial cling film, perhaps a foot wide. We’re not sure how we were supposed to use this to keep the pitch dry Pete?

There was perhaps some complacency in the Aldenham fielding effort with a few lacklustre efforts at ground fielding and some ‘tricky’ dropped catches (unlucky Pichy). Nevertheless, CTCT and Sheikh made inroads in their opening spell and the game looked to be drifting away from the visitors. A dominant 6th wicket partnership made the game interesting – the wicket was flat and, with the short boundary, it can be hard to defend. However, once captain sidehats / minty / beefy took responsibility and brought himself into the attack, he snared a key wicket to break the partnership and, from then on, the win looked secure.

Promotion is still a possibility but we need the heroic non-touring 8 to pull off a win and for another slip from either of the two sides ahead of us. BELIEVE.

Aldenham Cricket Club Aldenham Cricket Club Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
4nb 15w 14b 3lb 
for 6 wickets
36
294		        
Chris Munroe b Martin 31 26 5 1 119.23
Sachin Sanghvi ct Khan 15 32 1 1 46.88
Andy Tyrer ct Khan 43 77 3 2 55.84
Steve Pich ct Dabare 27 33 4 1 81.82
Amit Chakrawarti ct Jayamaha 81 54 9 6 150.0 1
Ubaid Khaliq Not Out  29 33 3 87.88 1
Basil Letts ct Jayamaha 22 10 1 3 220.0
Itty Haque Not Out  10 8 2 125.00 1
Sheikh Ahmed   1
Callum Taylor  
A.N. Other  

Wheathampstead II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sarrall5.004900.009.80
Martin9.0337137.004.11
Khan9.0142221.004.67
Dabare9.0148148.005.33
Bates8.004800.006.00
Bates2.001900.009.50
Jayamaha3.0034217.0011.33

Wheathampstead II Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
245 (44.1 overs)		     
Dabare ct Haque b Taylor 38
Bhati b Ahmed 9
Bates ct Khaliq b Ahmed 5
Hoolahan ct & b Ahmed 0
Keane lbw Taylor 3
Abeysekera b Khaliq 56
Jayamaha ct Chakrawarti b Munroe 45
Khan Not Out  31
Bates b Khaliq 11
Sarrau b Munroe 2
Martin b Khaliq 16

Aldenham Cricket Club Aldenham Cricket Club Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sheikh Ahmed9.0243314.334.78
Callum Taylor8.0138219.004.75
Amit Chakrawarti7.023400.004.86
Basil Letts9.005100.005.67
Chris Munroe7.0047223.506.71
Ubaid Khaliq4.101434.673.36