The Saturday XI welcomed Copford to Mill Road today.
After losing the toss, the Cavaliers were invited to bat first and added 68 runs for the first wicket before F Murtaza (47) was caught on the boundary. Murtaza's wicket lead to a mini-collapse as D Dellar (17) was dismissed, followed by K Chowdhury (2) and R Akhlaq (1) who both struggled on a tricky wicket. A fourth wicket partnership of 27 helped start the Cavs recovery, seeing the Cavaliers pass 100 before S Hussain was out for 18 on debut. A sixth wicket partnership of 46 (a 2017 season best for the sixth wicket) between R Rasheed and N Hussain saw the Cavs score reach 157/5 before Rasheed was caught for 35. With N Davidson (10) and P Johnson (1) out cheaply, the Cavs were 190/8 after 41 overs, but an unbeaten partnership between N Hussain (46*) and D Young (15*) saw the Cavs up to their final total of 215/8 from 45 overs.
The Cavaliers defence of their target saw some good early bowling from R Rasheed and N Davidson (5-0-25-0), but the Copford openers added 43 for the first wicket despite some close calls. With Rasheed claiming the first wicket via a wonder delivery that swung in massively, both he and S Riaz (6-3-18-3) combined to dismiss five Copford batsmen within 5 overs as the opposition collapsed to 64/5. With chances failing to go to hand, dropped catches and the fielding becoming more ragged, Copford added 57 for the sixth wicket before spinners N Hussain an K Chowdhury (6-1-40-1) both claimed wickets to leave Copford 132/7 with 13 overs left. As the game got closer to a conclusion, dropped catches and sloppy fielding saw the Cavs lose their grip on the game, despite R Rasheed (14-2-57-3) striking once more in the closing overs. With one over left, Copford required 9 to win, and got there with a ball to spare, despite the best efforts of N Hussain (13.5-2-59-1) - Copford winning by 2 wickets with a total of 216/8 from 44.5 overs.
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