Scorecard

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club Sunday A XI v Bardoli on Sun 31 Aug 2025 at 12pm
Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club Won by 5 wickets

Match report Needing 20 points from their final two games to secure a place in the semi-finals, Oakfield Parkonians lost the toss and were asked to field first.

Young opening bowlers Rian Parmar and Vyasan Srividynandan began well, bowling with good pace and rhythm. However, the Bardoli openers batted superbly, both reaching their half-centuries with relative ease. At 97-0, it looked as though Bardoli were cruising until the introduction of left-arm spinner Tanay Shetty changed the game dramatically. Tanay bowled with great skill and control, causing the opposition all sorts of problems. What had been smooth progress for Bardoli quickly turned into a collapse as they fell from 97-0 to 134-5. It was a superb spell from Tanay, who finished with figures of 5-27 – his first five-wicket haul at senior level, and hopefully the first of many to come.

A strong partnership between Bardoli’s number three, Ibrahim Mulla, and their captain, Zakariya Bham, steadied the innings and allowed them to post a competitive 235-7. This was despite some tight death bowling from Praven Sureshan (1-48) and Rian Parmar (0-33), who restricted the scoring in the final overs.

At the interval, the Sunday A side were confident that they could chase down the total on what was a good batting track.

The reply began shakily with Faisal Bhatti falling for a second-ball duck. However, a brilliant 116-run partnership between captain Krishan Dilipkumar (65) and Sifth Ali (51) put Parkonians in a strong position. Krishan played some fine pull shots and flicks against the quick bowlers, while Sifth dominated the spinners with powerful strokes down the ground. Both set batsmen fell shortly after the drinks break, but Navine Sureshan (50*) anchored the chase with a well-compiled second Sunday league fifty of the season, finding gaps with ease and punishing the loose deliveries. Supported by useful contributions from Umesh Jinka (24), Suryasankara Narayanan (18), and Rian Parmar (15*), the run chase was completed comfortably.

The 18 points gained mean Oakfield Parkonians now need only two points from their final league game against Buckhurst Hill on 14th September to book their place in the semi-finals.

Bardoli Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2w 1b 4lb 
for 7 wickets
7
235 (40.0 overs)		     
Rayyan Patel ct  S Narayanan b T Shetty 48 54 8 88.89
Naeem Budi st  S Narayanan b T Shetty 51 49 8 1 104.08
Ibrahim Mulla Not Out  52 60 5 86.67
Ahmed Patel b  T Shetty 3 7 42.86
Faisal Bham ct  F Bhatti b T Shetty 9 10 1 90.0
Imran Patel b  T Shetty 1 10 10.0
Zakariya Bham ct  N Sureshan b Unsure 44 27 5 2 162.96
MOHAMADSHAKIR ABDULAZIZ ct  N Sureshan b P Sureshan 8 11 1 72.73
Faruk Jabbar Not Out  12 12 100
Siraj Gajia  
Moosa Hafesji  

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club Sunday A XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Vysan Srividyanandan8.0149149.006.12
Rian Parmar7.003300.004.71
Aryan Desai JNR4.003000.007.50
Navine Sureshen8.004300.005.37
Tanay Shetty8.002755.403.38
Praven Sureshen5.0048148.009.60

Oakfield Parkonians Cricket Club Sunday A XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 5w 5b 1lb 
for 5 wickets
13
236		        
Krishan Dilipkumar ct  Unsure b I Patel 65 59 12 110.17
Faisal Bhatti b  F Jabbar 0 2 0 1
Sifth Ali lbw  Z Bham 51 53 8 1 96.23
Umesh Jinka b  Z Bham 24 30 2 80.0
Navine Sureshen Not Out  50 50 6 100 2
Suryasankara LN ct  Unsure b F Jabbar 18 21 3 85.71 1 1
Rian Parmar Not Out  15 11 2 136.36
Vysan Srividyanandan  
Praven Sureshen  
Aryan Desai JNR  
Tanay Shetty  

Bardoli Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Faruk Jabbar7.0060230.008.57
Ibrahim Mulla5.012400.004.80
Imran Patel8.0157157.007.13
Siraj Gajia8.014100.005.13
Zakariya Bham8.0038219.004.75
Rayyan Patel1.00500.005.00
Ahmed Patel0.20500.0015.00