Scorecard

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club 5th XI v South Woodford 4th on Sat 14 Aug 2021 at 12.30
Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club Won by 1 wicket

Match report Parks hosted South Woodford in a game for the ages. Both teams played hard competitive cricket, with Parks just nipping them to the post in the last over with three balls to spare. This is what grassroots cricket is all about.

A minutes silence was held before play to remember South Woodfords keeper Stephen Hall - who had batted beautifully and stubbornly in the first game between the sides this season to hold out for a draw. Stephen passed away earlier in the week at the tender age of just 26. SW wore black armbands and their skipper Ravi Rawal said a few words.

Parks, having won the toss invited SW to bat. Demonstrating the depth of talent at Parks; Inder and Thomas opened the bowling with tight lines and great lengths; quite literally taking over from Aryan and Syed. This was business continuity at its finest. Beating the bat and regularly taking wickets. Within this, not to be beaten Garfield showed his class on a difficult pitch in his 27 run knock, playing cautiously whilst also trying to up the run rate.

An attacking fielding display saw Vijay ‘the panther’ Vijayanathan dive to stop a delivery in slips, throwing the ball immediately back at the stumps for a direct hit and dismissing Matty on 5. Amanjit set a high standard in the outfield, sliding to save runs whilst the scorecard also reads: Bowled Desai, caught Desai. Young Aayush taking a technically perfect catch at square leg to dismiss Rob for 9 off his dad Amar's bowling - the stuff of dreams for a father & son.

On 90 for 7, Parks were looking to close the SW innings below a hundred but a rear guard fighting stand between Waleed and Rajesh saw SW end their innings on 148 in their 40 overs. The tail enders played beautifully to give their team a competitive total on yet another inconsistent difficult Hainault track. A number of dropped catches - albeit difficult chances - had cost 30-40 runs.

Parks, opening with Amanjit and Thomas, looked set to build a good foundation but to demonstrate how hard a batting track it was, Amanjit was out caught by the wicketkeeper gloving an innocuous delivery that rose sharply and glanced his glove. Young Aayush was caught by a stunning catch at deep leg slip by Rajveer than even left the catcher speechless. Amar, coming to the crease showed his patience for a fighting knock of 22 to settle the innings yet again. The soft dismissal of Mr Fing brought Inder to the crease. Cue, 4’s and 6’s in his rapid game changing 37. He played the perfect innings on a difficult track and along with Amar they brought Parks to well below the required run rate. Looking to chase down the total with Inder, Bal kept the run rate ticking along giving SW a chance a minute and mocking them as they fluffed them. A flurry of quick wickets following Inder’s departure to a stunning catch from the SW skipper Ravi, saw Parks needing 5 runs of the last two overs. Vijay again, showing composure and experience guided the team towards the total despite a heart in the mouth moment when Subhash was nearly run out in the last over trying to take a suicidal single when the scores were tied - but thankfully SW's keeper didnt have the ball in hand when he sent the stumps flying. Cutting confidently of the 3rd ball of the final over, Subhash hit the winning run to secure victory . As close as both teams would like to come with a win possible for either team and a tie possible with eight balls of the game left.

Next week Parks take on the excellent Wanstead 6thXI side looking to avenge a defeat earlier in the season and give ourselves a mathematical possibility of promotion.

South Woodford 4th Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 17w 3b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
24
148 (38.4 overs)		     
Matthew Woodward b  b Inderjit Singh 4
Garfield Mitchell b  b Amar Desai 27
Ravi Rawal* b  b Thomas Varnes 3
Zahir Nasri b  b Vijay Vijayanathan 14
Santosh Ankeru ct  ct Amar Desai b Vijay Vijayanathan 9
Rajveer Roopra b  b Vijay Vijayanathan 11
Matthew Allan run out  (Vijay Vijayanathan) 5
Robert Edwards† ct  ct Aayush Desai b Amar Desai 9
Rajesh Ankuru Not Out  22
Talha Ghani ct  ct Amar Desai b Samay Bhattachartee 0
Waleed Shazad ct  ct Sachin Fing b Samay Bhattachartee 19

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club 5th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Thomas Varnes8.0032132.004.00
Inderjit Singh8.0021121.002.63
Amar Desai8.0126213.003.25
Vijay Vijayanathan8.012438.003.00
Samay Bhattacharjee3.401427.003.82
Subhash Patel3.002600.008.67

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club 5th XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
7nb 14w 7b 2lb 
for 9 wickets
30
149		        
Amanjit Singh ct  ct Unsure b Santosh Ankeru 5 1
Thomas Varnes b  b Garfield Mitchell 18 2
Aayush Desai ct  ct Unsure b Waleed Shazad 0 1
Amar Desai b  b Zahir Nasri 22 2
Sachin Fing b  b Garfield Mitchell 4 1 1
Inderjit Singh ct  ct Unsure b Rajveer Roopra 37 4 2
Balvinder Diocee st  st Unsure b Zahir Nasri 16 2
Vijay Vijayanathan Not Out  16 1 1
Samuel Varnes   b Zahir Nasri
Samay Bhattacharjee   st Unsure b Zahir Nasri
Subhash Patel Not Out  1

South Woodford 4th Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Rajveer Roopra5.0031131.006.20
Santosh Ankeru8.0214114.001.75
Garfield Mitchell8.0228214.003.50
Waleed Shazad8.0132132.004.00
Rajesh Ankuru4.002100.005.25
Zahir Nasri6.301443.502.15