Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. Millfields, Sunday, 07 Sep 2025
Ground: Hilly Fields
Captain: Khusro Khan
Match type: 35 overs
Toss: Exiles elected to bat
Weather: Mainly Sunny
Opposition: Millfields scored: 204 for 9 (35 overs)
Exiles Score: 249 for 8 (35 overs)
Result: Won by 45 runs
Man of the match: Hasan Khan 60 & 1 for 19
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hasan Khan | b. | 60 | 56 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Darwin Gunewardena | ct. | 17 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Shahid Iqbal (W) | ct. | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Khusro Khan (C) | ct. | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Andrew Wingfield | ct. | 31 | 37 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Muhammad Nadeem | ct. | 48 | 28 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Muhammad Waleed | ct. | 31 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Mohammad Fahad | ct. | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Shah Faisal Khan | not out | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Saeed Khan | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Naren Patel | dnb | ||||
| Extra(s) 1nb 7w 3b | 11 | |||||
| 249 | 211 | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naren Patel | 5.0 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 10.7 |
| 2 | Muhammad Nadeem | 7.0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shah Faisal Khan | 3.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Khusro Khan | 8.0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Muhammad Waleed | 6.0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Hasan Khan | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Andrew Wingfield | 3.0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 16.5 |
| Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahid Iqbal (W) | 2 |
Naren reached the terrific carrier milestone of 400 wickets for the Exiles as Exiles won again - for the sixth time in a row and the 13th of the season - with a fine 45 run win over Millfields at Hilly Fields in Brockley.
Exiles batted first and it was Hasan - recently returned from Pakistan - who was extremely fluent from the off - stroking a beautiful 60 at quicker than a run a ball. The pitch was offering variable bounce and considerable spin at times but Exiles powered on.
Usual skipper Shahid returned from injury batting with one arm and managed to score 25 and despite clear discomfort didn't exactly bat conservatively. With contributions at the top also from Darwin and skipper for the day KK, Exiles had set a pacy, if slightly precarious platform at 113 for 4.
There then followed a very good partnership of 83 between Andy (31) and Nadeem who continued his great form with the bat with a typically hard hit 48 off just 28 balls. When they were both caught in back to back overs, Waleed smashed an even quicker 31 with support from Fahad as the Exiles closed on an excellent 249 for 8.
The talk at tea was whether today was the day Naren would get to 400 career wickets for the Exiles. And he responded in the most emphatic way - bowling the Millfields opener first ball of the innings - and followed up with two further strikes in the first over to move to 402! So many congratulations to Naren - and he's now on the way to 500!
The Millfields batters then re-grouped with a partnership of 66 for the 4th wicket before KK broke through. Thereafter, wickets were taken reasonably regularly with further strikes for KK - who bowled a superb spell and clearly enjoyed bowling too much - actually bowling himself for an 8th over (with a 7 over limit - apologies to Millfields for the oversight), Waleed and Hasan; Collis hit 65 for Millfields before top edging one off Andy who bowled a typical mixture of deliveries these days with some pies and some decent deliveries and at least managed to also bowl the Millfields number 10 off the last ball of the match for a second wicket of the day and 395th career one for the Exiles with one that turned considerably from outside leg to bowl him round his pads.
Millfields closed on 204 for 9 and Exiles were winners in an enjoyable encounter by 45 runs. On to John Innes next week to play Merton looking for a 7th win in a row.
Report By: Andrew Wingfield