Scorecard

West Essex v Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club 4th XI on Sat 18 May 2024 at 12.30pm
Match was Tied Tied

Match report OPPC 4s tied with West Essex 4s

On a sunny day, Parks visited West Essex for their second game of the season. Upon winning the toss, the Parks captain chose to field first. Parks opened the bowling with debutant Mazhar Minhas (8-1-0-31) and Upender Sanga (8-1-13-2), both of whom bowled effectively to restrict the scoring rate. First-change bowler Kavinkumar Veloopillai (8-3-7-1) continued his excellent form, conceding only 7 runs in his allotted 8 overs. Yash Patel (4-0-25-2) picked up two lower-order wickets, and the opposition ended their innings at 168 for 6 wickets. For West Essex, opener Miftha Islam top-scored with 59.

In response, Parks opened with Suryasangara Narayan (16 off 38) and debutant colt Awn Minhas (8 off 38), both of whom took their time to settle in. However, Parks lost quick wickets and found themselves at 51-5 after the first 20 overs. Upender Sanga, batting at number 4, stepped up and played the innings of the match, scoring a scintillating 70. Hassam Jamil (21*) and Aryan Desai (15) provided some lower-order momentum as Parks edged closer to the target. With 163-6 at the end of the 39th over and just 6 runs needed from the final over, Hassam and Mazhar Minhas aimed to secure the win. However, in a nail-biting finish, the pair managed to tie the match, and Parks ended with 168-8 sharing the points with the opposition.

A very close game with some good individual performances. Overall, Parks need to improve on their batting as a team to compete in the upcoming challenges.

West Essex Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 1w 10b 2lb 
for 6 wickets
14
168 (40.0 overs)		     
Miftha Islam lbw  U Sanga 59 65 90.77
Aron Nassim Retired Not Out  19 52 36.54
Ollie Carter ct  K Veloopillai b K Veloopillai 27 50 54.00
James Dawe ct  S Narayanan b Y Patel 3 28 10.71
Javed Kureshi lbw  U Sanga 4 4 1 100
Antony Smith run out  (U Sanga) 7 4 1 175.00
Shahid Khan Not Out  16 23 69.57
Ben Riding b  Y Patel 19 15 126.67
Bharat Shah  
Lucian Nassim  
Thomas Blanchford  

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club 4th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mazhar Minhas8.013100.003.87
Upender Sanga8.011326.501.62
Kavinkumar Veloopillai8.03717.000.87
Hassam Jamil3.002500.008.33
Mohammed Kazi3.002000.006.67
Aryan Desai4.002700.006.75
Yashes Patel4.0025212.506.25
Sathiamoorthy Narayanan2.00800.004.00

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club 4th XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
5nb 12w 3lb 
for 8 wickets
20
168		        
Suryasankara LN b  J Kureshi 16 38 42.11 1
Awn MInhas ct  J Dawe b B Riding 8 38 21.05
Yashes Patel b  S Khan 13 10 130.0
Upender Sanga ct  B Riding b B Shah 70 86 81.40
Mohammed Kazi ct  A Smith b B Riding 0 1 0
Gurmit Bhatia lbw  B Riding 0 6 0
Aryan Desai b  J Kureshi 15 27 55.56
Hassam Jamil Not Out  21 28 75.00
Kavinkumar Veloopillai ct  M Islam b B Shah 2 5 40.0 1
Mazhar Minhas Not Out  3 2 150.0
Rohan Jeer  

West Essex Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Javed Kureshi8.0120210.002.50
Lucian Nassim8.004300.005.37
Shahid Khan8.0222122.002.75
Ben Riding8.022137.002.63
Bharat Shah4.0033216.508.25
Thomas Blanchford1.00800.008.00
Ollie Carter3.001800.006.00