COLTS UPDATE
By Raj Kanagaraj
Ray Maloney was the match winner with a brilliant knock of 54 as Bessborough U13A beat Lohana away in a thrilling 10-run victory on Tuesday (22 May).
In a 20-over Middlesex Colts AssociationNorth Area Division 2 match, Lohana won the toss and put the Borough in.
Maloney, fresh from his senior debut on Saturday for the 4thXI where he kept wicket impeccably, scored a fluent half-century that helped Bessborough reach a competitive total of 92 all out after 19.1 overs.
Lohana seemed to be cruising to victory, needing only about 20 runs with six wickets still in hand, but the Borough attack kept their nerve to bowl the opposition out for 83.
The wickets were shared around equally among the bowlers; Stefan Fernando (3-12, all three wickets in his first over); Hatim Mohamad (2-6); Aidan Newland (2-10); Puneet Khakhar (2-16); and Nikhil Dawada (1-10).