Maroons – Oliver Austin (c), John Newton (vc), Paul Malpas, Razzaq Mahmood, Manoj Zalpuri, Mike Hall, Ross Candido, Eric Marcellin, Shoaib Meer, Prateek Gadhecha, Santosh Yadav, Irfan Idrees

Greens – Waqar Khattak (c), Phil Mildenhall (vc), Jacque Erasmus, Ben Lyons, Kevin Wright, Sajid Anwar, Bernie Hughes, Deepak Nautyal, Sameer Jolly, Vinay Kumar, Nick Bangs, Vaibhav Krishnan

It was an extremely hot and sunny day at the SRFC. The Maroons won the toss and batted first. There was a solid opening partnership between Oliver Austin (38) and Paul Malpas (75) that repelled the strong opening bowling spells from Deepak Nautyal (8-2-32-1) and Nick Bangs (10-3-36-0). The Greens missed a chance during this period, and regularly beat the bat. The first change bowlers Waqar Khattak (10-2-42-2) and Sajid Anwar (8-0-41-1) offered no respite to the batsmen, but they began to accelerate their scoring between overs 20 and 30. Jon Newton (14) and Ross Candido (20) provided the most aggressive scoring during the last 20 overs of the innings, and there were also brief flourishes from Razzaq Mahmood (6), Manoj Zalpuri (8), Mike Hall (14), Eric Marcellin (4) and Shoaib Meer (24). Khattak and Bangs were the most dangerous bowlers for the Greens. Vinay Kumar (9-0-54-0) also provided a steady spell of spin bowling during the middle overs, and Phil Mildenhall (3-0-20-1) picked up the key wicket of Malpas. The Greens fielding and teamwork dropped off during the 30 – 40 over period, which allowing Maroons to build momentum. Continue reading “Maroons Overcome Greens in Interclub Match” →