Ist XI: Rolling On

Denham, on a roll after achieving an amazing victory last week against Little Kingshill, now entertained Braywood.

James Nicholas won an important toss on a intriguing wicket and opted to put Braywood into bat. They got of to a steady start with a 41 run partnership before Faisal Mahmood removed Carter 37 LBW.

Then Denham began to put the pressure on with Gurp Gharkal taking 3 wickets which he would admit weren’t his best deliveries all day.

He was well supported by Usman Khan who produced an excellent spell bowling and picking up for 2-23. With Jamil Shaikh wrapping up the tail with 3-21, Braywood were eventually bowled out for 121.

Denham began the run chase with Colin Tobin and Usman Khan, but Colin Tobin was soon back in the changing rooms for 1 and Skipper James Nicholas came in hoping to steady the nerves but he perished for 3 leaving us 17-2.

Paul Hazell entered the crease with Usman and they put on 34 with some some of excellent display of shots from both batsmen before Usman was out for an excellent 27.

In came Russell Bowry who decided to take the attack to Braywood bowlers in scoring an excellent 38 which included 5 boundaries. This put us in a winning position.

Shortly afterwards both Bowry (38) and Hazell (27) departed leaving Lee Webber 6 not out and Dave Maynard 4 not out to knock off the last 15 runs to give us our second league win of the season.

Braywood 3 pts Denham 20 pts

BRAYWOOD INNINGS
C.RUSSELL CT. TOBIN B. GHARKHAL 7
B.CARTER LBW B. MAHMOOD 37
J.NUNN CT. TOBIN B. KHAN 27
J.WING LBW B. KHAN 7
C.PHILLIPS CT AND BOWLED GHARKHAL 1
S.ANDERSON B. GHARKHAL 6
W.TEASDALE B. SHAIKH 5
A.LANGLEY B. NICHOLAS 17
S.BENNETT B. SHAIKH 1
K.OSWALD LBW B. SHAIKH 0
L.BARNES NOT OUT 0
TOTAL 121 ALL OUT OFF 43.1 OVERS

BOWLING Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ-Rate Avge
J.SHAIKH 9 4 21 3 2.33 7.0, F.MAHMOOD 8 0 28 1 3.50 28.0, G.GHARKHAL 13 2 35 3 2.69 11.66, U.KHAN 9 1 23 2 2.55 11.50, J.NICHOLAS 4.1 1 5 1 1.21 5.0

DENHAM INNINGS
C.TOBIN LBW B. BENNETT 1
U.KHAN B. LANGLEY 27
J.NICHOLAS CT. TEASDALE B. BENNETT 3
P.HAZELL B. WING 27
R.BOWRY LBW B. WING 38
L.WEBBER NOT OUT 6
D.MAYNARD NOT OUT 4
TOTAL 122-5 OFF 45.3 OVERS

BOWLING Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ-Rate Avge
S.BENNETT 15 5 21 2 1.40 10.50, J.NUNN 14 5 30 0 2.14, A.LANGLEY 5 0 20 1 4.00 20, J.WING 9 5 11 2 1.22 5.50, B.CARTER 2 0 23 0 11.5, L.BARNES 0.3 0 1 0

2nd XI: Never Say Die

After last weeks 25 point walkover against Little Kingshill, Saturday was the first action under fire.

Winning the toss, and asking Braywood to bat we got off to agreat start, Dave Tang taking a fine catch to remover one opener.

We then struggled to break the next two partnerships and Braywood built up a good total on a slow pitch.

This year the fines committee will be in operation, and the first fines are owed by C. Ambler, who shelled the top scorer off a skier, and the skipper, yours truly, who shelled their skipper off a dolly. Two contributions of 50p for the end of season curry please. (Dave Tang joins the list with £1.00 for a duck.)

Our effort started with Bobby Rai back the hutch quickly, then Curtley (Ambrose) and Dalts saw us through the half century before wickets began to fall.

Ambrose, having charged a full toss, missing, and being culpably stumped, explained his dismissal for our top score, as being necessary due to the slow run rate, 74 off 16 overs, a rate which would have enabled us to chase in excess of 220 easily. £1.00 fine for the worst excuse of the season so far.

Wickets continued to fall, until the final rearguard of Akhill, 'I'll put a 6 foot stride in and block everything', and Phil the Slayer propping forward when necessary, to secure a tense draw.

BRAYWOOD INNINGS
D.Cox 27
N.Rolls 0
P.Whitney 51
T. Chadwick 50
P. Burrows 5
D. Carter 15
M. Williams 10
S. Davis 0
T. Neal 7
N. Howitt 11
Extras 21
Total 197 all out
BOWLING
J. Grover 13-3-53-2, A. Treacy 10-1-34-0, A. Saberwhal 13-1-59-1, J. Simpson 7-0-26-2, P. Ashworth (a.k.a. Phil the Slayer ) 8-1-15-2

DENHAM INNINGS
M. Dalton 27
B. Rai 1
A. Treacy 35
J.K. 3
S. Payne 4
C. Ambler 13
D. Tang 0
J. Grover 7
A. Saberwhal not out 14
J. Simpson 2
P. Ashworth not out 0
Extras 20
Total 126 for 9

Denham 7 pts, Braywood 15 pts