The Saturday XI played Eight Ash Green today at Mill Road, looking to return to winning ways.
Despite losing the toss, skipper S Pillalamarri was pleased to be bowling first on a good looking track. A wayward second over saw EAG take 13 runs from it, but a sequence of maidens built enough pressure to let A Sarwar (8-3-30-1) break the opening stand with a fine in-swinger before Z Ahmed (7-3-17-1, recovering from being 0-12 after his first over) had the other opener caught behind by D Young. Economical bowling kept the pressure on, and N Davidson (8-2-23-1) took advantage to take the third wicket of the innings - One reminiscent of Mark Wood's wicket for England yesterday (swung away, past the edge to take the top of off stump). The Green then recovered through a fourth wicket stand of 47, with F Murtaza (3-0-17-0) unlucky to not claim a wicket. It was eventually left to the spinners to take wickets while maintaining pressure, with S Pillalamarri (7-1-29-1) taking the crucial wicket of EAG's captain L Keeble (39) while N Hussain (12-3-35-4) claiming four lower order wickets (one bowled, three stumped). The innings ended with EAG scoring 155/8 from their 45 overs, with O Stovell unbeaten on 59*.
The Cavaliers reply got off to a poor start as Pillalamarri (0) was caught in the first over, but F Murtaza and N Jalib then added 125 for the second wicket in just over 20 overs - The highest partnership of 2015 for the Cavaliers. The wicket of Jalib (59) then led to the kind of collapse the Cavs have experienced before, with Murtaza (54), Z Ahmed (1), M Nadeem (0) and K Hemstedt (1) saw the Cavaliers slip from 125/1 to 128/6. A seventh wicket partnership of 23 between P Johnson (9) and N Hussain (6*) then helped the score pass 150 before A Sarwar (5*) hit the winning boundary to ensure a three wicket victory as the Cavaliers finished on 156/7 in 35.3 overs, with J Wair (7.3-1-15-4) the most successful bowler for EAG.
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