WEEKEND REVIEW - JUNE 18
By Simon Heaney
Saturday 18 June 2016
MIDDLESEX COUNTY CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION THREE - FIRST TEAMS
South Hampstead CC 1st XI 100-5 (22.3 overs)
Bessborough CC 1st XI 99 all out (38.5 overs)
South Hampstead won by 5 wickets
MIDDLESEX COUNTY CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION THREE - SECOND TEAMS
Bessborough CC 2nd XI (0 overs)
MTSSC CC 2nd XI (0 overs)
Match abandoned
MIDDLESEX 1987 CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
Bessborough CC 3rd XI 194-8 dec (45.5 overs)
Old Actonians CC 3rd XI 124-5 (46 overs)
Winning draw for Bessborough
MIDDLESEX 1987 CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION FIVE
Alexandra Park CC 4th XI 154-4 (38 overs)
Bessborough CC 4th XI 150 all out (42.4 overs)
Alexandra Park won by 6 wickets
Only way is up for Bessborough
Bessborough slumped to the bottom of the Middlesex County Cricket League on Saturday following a horrible batting collapse at South Hampstead.
Stand-in wicket-keeper Adil Parker (pictured), stepping up from the second team to cover the absence of Will Grogan, acquitted himself well at the top of the order with 32, but precious few of the other batsmen got to grips with the sticky wicket. From a relatively good position of 63-3 Bessborough somehow contrived to lose the remaining seven wickets for just 36 runs to be dismissed for 99 in 39 overs.
To their credit Bessborough’s bowlers managed to claim five South Hampstead wickets – three more for the player of the season so far Kibreeth Rameez - but there was never a suggestion that a victory was a possibility.
The second XI game at home versus MTSSC was a victim of the weather with the main pitch at Headstone Manor waterlogged.
The 3s game versus Old Actonians on the much better draining top pitch beat the conditions although home skipper Ian Ridley might have wished otherwise as his side were in a spot of bother at 60-5. However, a superb 81-run partnership between colt Beavan Fernando (53) and Sahil Hathi (34), followed by a stand of 38 between the young keeper and Nandesh Patel (20) helped the side to a relatively strong position of 194-8 declared.
Unfortunately, Bessborough’s attack was blunted by a defensive-minded opposition as the game petered out with Old Actonians on 124-5 from the 46 overs on offer, giving Bessborough the lion’s share of the points for a winning draw.
The fourth team also struggled to find any potency in their bowling attack as Alexandra Park comfortably chased down their 150-run target for the loss of only four wickets. Earlier, Bessborough’s batsmen had built a few solid partnerships without anyone getting a really big score, colt Jamie Young being the high-scorer with 31. The defeat leaves Bessborough adrift at the bottom of the league with runaway league leaders Hampstead next up.
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- Beavan Fernando 98 points
- Kibreeth Rameez 50 points
- Bharat Vyas 49 points