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Watford Town V v St Albans Cricket Club 4XI on Sat 19 Aug 2017 at 13:00
St Albans Cricket Club Won by 105 runs
Match report
A crucial match for the 4XI, in which victory would secure safety from relegation.
Saints won the toss and opted to bat on a track that looked like it would only get more unpredictable. John Webber and Wilf Rush opened and stuck to instructions, which was to bat patiently and see off the opening bowlers.
After those two departed for 4 and 14 respectively in came the in-form pair of Najib Khan and Michael Martin, who proceeded to grab the match by the scruff of the neck and though both helmetless on the spitting and rearing wicket started to play some aggressive cricket.
A super slow outfield meant fours were in short supply so any boundaries were acquired aerially, both players hitting some huge sixes in their impressive partnership of 72. Najib’s innings was eventually curtailed on 71 with Michael caught on 40.
A typically belligerent 24 off 10 balls including two sixes and four from Jim Everdell was entertaining with Nadeem Arif seeing out the innings with a not out 15.
206 from 40 overs at tea – it looked like an ominous total for the opposition to chase.
Christian Hay and Jim Everdell opened the bowling, both hostile on a pitch that suited their pace and bounce. Everdell bowled a tight 4 over spell recording 1-7 and Hay’s figures of 8-0-31-1 don’t reflect the several dropped catches off his bowling, which on another day would have seen him bag more scalps.
Nadeem Arif and Andy Saunders came on first change and frustrated the batsmen, Nadeem taking one wicket in his frugal 6 overs and Andy grabbing 3-25 in 8 overs as the opposition struggled to accumulate.
Nick Ralfe mopped up the tail with his intelligent off spin recording splendid figures of 4-10 leaving Watford 101 all out.
Only two extras – both byes- were conceded by the St Albans bowlers in the whole innings , a noteworthy stat.
Credit also to wicketkeeper Kevin Ralfe for two excellent stumpings and to ‘bucket hands’ Michael Martin whose prowess at slip is a major asset.
Back-to-back wins means safety for the 4XI then with two games left play – a great effort.
St Albans Cricket Club 4XI Batting
Player Name
Runs
M
B
4s
6s
SR
Ct
St
Ro
extras
TOTAL :
8w 7b 2lb
for 9 wickets
17
206
John Webber
Bowled
4
Wilf Rush
Caught
14
Najib Khan
Caught
71
Michael Martin
Caught
40
Nick Ralfe
Caught
7
Moksudul Islam
Bowled
11
Kevin Ralfe
Caught
3
James Everdell
Caught
24
Nadeem Arif
Not Out
15
Andy Saunders
Caught
0
Christian Hay
Not Out
0
Watford Town V Bowling
Player name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
L. Carey
8.0
1
26
1
26.00
3.25
A.Khot
7.0
1
30
3
10.00
4.29
S. Brahmbhatt
8.0
0
42
2
21.00
5.25
W. Zia
5.0
0
24
1
24.00
4.80
S. Hobbs
7.0
0
51
0
0.00
7.29
H. Malik
5.0
0
23
2
11.50
4.60
Watford Town V Batting
Player name
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
extras
TOTAL :
2b
for 10 wickets
2
101 (30.2 overs)
D. Aspinall
b Everdell
5
G. Light
b Hay
11
S. Hobbs
ct Saunders
45
M. Malik
b Arif
1
A. Watson
st Saunders
4
S. Brahmbhatt
ct Saunders
10
T. Dixon
ct N. Ralfe
7
W. Zia
ct N.Ralfe
0
A. Khot
st N. Ralfe
3
L. Carey
Not Out 
4
H. Malik
ct N. Ralfe
0
St Albans Cricket Club 4XI Bowling
Player Name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
Christian Hay
6.0
0
31
1
31.00
5.17
James Everdell
4.0
1
7
1
7.00
1.75
Nadeem Arif
6.0
0
22
1
22.00
3.67
Andy Saunders
8.0
2
25
3
8.33
3.12
Nick Ralfe
5.0
0
10
4
2.50
2.00
Michael Martin
1.0
0
4
0
0.00
4.00
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