Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. WICC, Sunday, 24 Jun 2018
Ground: Abbey Recreation Ground
Captain: Chris Plume
Match type: 35 overs
Toss: WICC chose to bat
Weather: Sunny
Opposition: WICC scored: 175 for 6 (35 overs)
Exiles Score: 107 all out (27.2 overs)
Result: Lost by 68 runs
Man of the match: Alex Roberts 2 for 25
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Roberts | lbw | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Jibran Ahmed | b. | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Bernard Leuvennink | ct. | 29 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Faisal Musakhel | retired - not out | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jonny Aloysius | ct. | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Plume (C)(W) | b. | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Andrew Wingfield | ct. | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Yahya Khan | run out | 14 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Alex Roberts | lbw | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Naren Patel | not out | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Extra(s) 8w 3b 2lb | 13 | |||||
| 107 | 163 | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naren Patel | 7.0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | Jibran Ahmed | 7.0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | Faisal Musakhel | 7.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | Alex Roberts | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 12.5 |
| 5 | Andrew Wingfield | 6.0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 40 |
| 6 | Yahya Khan | 4.0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Plume (W) | 1 |
It was another scorching day for an Exiles fixture, against WICC, traditionally strong opponents with a number of players who play Surrey Championship 1st XI league cricket.
Skipper Plume lost the toss and WICC understandably elected to bat. Exiles's bowling effort got off to a fine start, with openers Naren Patel and Jibran Ahmed both picking up wickets in economical opening spells (Ahmed bowling 3 maidens in his 7 over spell).
Change bowlers Faisal Musakhel and Alex Roberts carried on the probing spells, with Musakhel getting appreciable movement despite a rapidly wearing ball in dry conditions. Alex Roberts removed the dangerous stand-in skipper Nikul with an in-ducker, and the Exiles, through a combination of good bowling and fielding, were restricting an able batting line-up well.
WICC however, bat deep, and the middle order rapidly accelerated in the final 10 overs despite the best efforts of Andy Wingfield and Yahya Khan. Still, restricting a talented WICC side to 175-6 from 35 overs felt like a really good effort in tough conditions.
Sadly the Exiles chase never really got off the ground, as a solid WICC bowling unit mixing guile and pace consistently made in-roads. Bernard Leuvennink unfurled some trade-mark drives in a brisk 29, and there were some customary lusty blows from Wingfield and Khan. Nonetheless, some wily bowling including from an 11-year-old leg-spinner proved too much for the Exiles, who slumped to 107 all out.
Alex Roberts, with a promising spell of 2-25 (generating decent in-swing and bounce in the process) was named man of the match.
Report By: Chris Plume