A brilliant 101 not out from 78 balls from Nadeem led the Exiles to a 46 run win against Karnataka at the Joseph Hood Rec on Sunday.

After the loss of 2 early wickets, a partnership of 56 between Hasan and Nadeem took the Exiles to 68 for 2, before 4 quick wickets saw Exiles teetering on 108 for 6.

From there Nadeem took over in typically belligerent fashion, supported by KK and Haris – on debut. Exiles closed on 203 for 8 off their 35 overs, Nadeem retiring on 101 not out.

Exiles continued their recent consistent bowling performances with another afternoon where wickets were shared – with 2 each for Zia, Safi, Shahid and Hasan. Karnataka were bowled out off the penultimate ball for 157. John took 4 catches behind the stumps in addition to a run out contribution.

A trip to Kenley sports club next Sunday.

Exiles were indebted to a fine 68 from the returning Rafi to enable a 33 run win in a competitive game against Ploughman’s at Joseph Hood Rec.

Exiles batted first and were led by Rafi’s typically hard hit innings, supported after early wickets were lost by Zia, Shahid and KK – who finished on 36 not out. 171 for 9 from 35 overs was something to bowl at.

Exiles bowling has been very consistent of late and this was true again as 8 bowlers were used and 7 picked up wickets – with Ishaq taking 2 for 17 from his 7 potentially the pick. Ploughman’s were restricted to 138 for 9.

Karnataka at Joseph Hood rec next week.

Exiles beat Riverbank Ramblers by 37 runs at Epsom College on Sunday.

Exiles were in trouble early on despite a battling 24 from Darwin and a belligerent 21 by Zia, but a fine partnership of 79 between Hasan (43) and KK (40) recovered the innings.

However another flourish of wickets saw the 10 man Exiles team slip to 150 for 8, before Siyar smashed 20 in no time to help take the Exiles to 183.

The Ramblers looked well placed in repsonse, keeping wickets intact, reaching 119 for 3 – before Siyar (3 for 28) and Nadeem combined to rip through the rest of the batting line up, leaving number 4 Charlie stranded on 69 as Exiles won by 37 runs.

Ploughmans at Joseph Hood Rec next.

Exiles finally beat Kings Road at the sixth time of asking with an excellent 55 run win at a sweltering Battersea Park.

Exiles lost the toss and were generously inserted on a hard looking track. However 2 early first ballers saw the Exiles slip to 42 for 3, before Hasan (35) began repairing the innings with the promoted up the order Saeed.

In fact promoting Saeed was a masterstroke as he soon got used to conditions and smashed his way to 79 at quicker than a run a ball, with 6 sixes. Saeed was ably supported by KK who hit 2 sixes of his own on his way to 43 not out in a partnership of 116 for the 5th wicket.

Exiles closed on a competitive looking 201 for 5 off 35 overs. And in response Exiles bowlers produced a pacy and consistent threat to the Kings Road, never allowing much respite for the batters despite the hot conditions.

Despite a battling 32 from opener Sherman, Kings Road were never in the chase and only got to 146 thanks to a somewhat controversial 48 not out from Gordon at number 7. Siyar was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 19.

A fine 55 run win for the Exiles, and its off to Epsom next week to play Riverbank Ramblers.