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Abbots Langley III v St Albans Cricket Club 4XI on Sat 10 Jul 2021 at 12.00
St Albans Cricket Club Won by 5 wickets
Match report
After an unwelcome hattrick of defeats in recent weeks the 4XI travelled to Greenwood Park to face Abbots Langley in need of a win to break a wretched run of results.
Another day of steel grey cloud and threatening rain gave proceedings a subdued feel as the English summer resolutely failed to make an appearance again and the sunscreen was deemed unnecessary for yet another Saturday.
It was another bad toss to lose and once again skipper Andy Saunders duly lost it but somewhat surprisingly the opposition skipper opted to bat on a damp but drying wicket and Saints took to the field with a strong bowling unit.
James Church and Joe Button opened proceedings with the ball and immediately hit their marks with great control, and it wasn’t long before both bowlers had their first victims with the openers clean bowled and the number three bat gone shortly afterwards to Ben Adshead’s rapidly improving off spin to leave Abbots 3-10.
A battling partnership of 32 saw the batting side recover somewhat but the Saints bowling was too strong and despite some flurries of life they were dismissed for 96 , with all 6 of the bowlers taking wickets. Button’s 2-10 off 6 overs and Adshead’s 2-16 from 8 were the standout spells but Nadeem Arif with 2-24 and Faz Nisar’s dismissal of the last two batsmen in the same over to give him figures of 2-3 were also notable.
An achievable target then, and Saints strode to the crease with determination to get the job done with Alisdair Sargen and Faz Nisar opening the batting.
It wasn’t an easy pitch to bat on as the opposition had discovered and the St Albans pair found it tricky but put on a useful partnership of 32 before first Sargen (14) and then Nisar (15) departed in quick succession bringing Najib Khan and Naveed Ahmed to the crease. Khan dug in for a solid 15 off 38 balls and with the score ticking along things looked very comfortable.
But what would a Saturday afternoon be without a heartstopping St Albans batting collapse and this was duly delivered as the score lurched suddenly from 50-2 to 57-5 in the blink of an eye as Ahmed and Tom Wilton departed without scoring and the game swung towards the opposition whose tails were suddenly and understandably up.
Enter James Lawrence and James Church at 6 and 7 respectively to steady the ship. Lawrence played immaculately for his hard fought 22* off 42 balls with Church in a solid support role scoring 16*, valuable runs in the context of this game.
It was Lawrence with a leg side pull for 4 who deservedly hit the winning runs and secured a much-needed victory for Saints
Abbots Langley III Batting
Player name
Runs
M
B
4s
6s
SR
extras
TOTAL :
6w 3b 2lb
for 10 wickets
11
96 (35.0 overs)
R. Stevenson
b Church
1
K. Hayer
b Button
3
C. Johnson
lbw Adshead
16
S. Clarke
b Button
0
A. Khan
ct Arif
26
V.Solomon
ct Adshead
9
J.Baldwin
Not Out
22
A. Carter
ct Arif
5
J. Coward
lbw Saunders
0
S. Bower
ct Nisar
0
D.Carter
b Nisar
0
St Albans Cricket Club 4XI Bowling
Player Name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
James Church
8.0
1
23
1
23.00
2.88
Joe Button
6.0
3
10
2
5.00
1.67
Ben Adshead
8.0
3
16
2
8.00
2.00
Nadeem Arif
8.0
1
24
2
12.00
3.00
Andy Saunders
3.0
0
13
1
13.00
4.33
Faizan Nisar
2.0
0
3
2
1.50
1.50
St Albans Cricket Club 4XI Batting
Player Name
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
Catches
Stumpings
Run outs
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 9w 3b
for 5 wickets
14
97
Alisdair Sargen
ct Soloman
14
Faizan Nisar
b Baldwin
15
Najib Khan
ct Soloman
15
Naveed Ahmed
b Soloman
0
Tom Wilton
b Soloman
0
James Lawrence
Not Out
22
James Church
Not Out
16
Ben Adshead
Joe Button
Nadeem Arif
Andy Saunders
Abbots Langley III Bowling
Player name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
Baldwin
8.0
0
23
1
23.00
2.88
Coward
3.0
0
13
0
0.00
4.33
Soloman
8.0
1
15
4
3.75
1.88
A. Carter
8.0
1
22
0
0.00
2.75
D Carter
4.0
0
14
0
0.00
3.50
R Stevenson
0.2
0
5
0
0.00
15.00
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