The Saturday XI travelled to Kesgrave last Saturday.
After losing the toss, the Cavaliers fielded first on the hottest day of 2019 so far. After opening bowlers N Davidson (4-0-20-0) and S Riaz toiled, the Kesgrave openers added 75 together before Riaz claimed the first wicket of the day. The score then passed 100 as K Chowdhury bowled well from one end while N Hussain began a 15-over spell, claiming his first wicket in his fourth over via a D Young catch. With Hussain continuing from one end, Chowdhury (10-0-57-0) completed his spell before H Ahamed (3-0-43-0) took over at his end. Kesgrave then added 122 runs for the third wicket, reaching 222/2 before B Aslam (3-0-20-1) bowled a superb yorker to end the partnership. Hussain then struck soon afterwards as Young claimed a second catch to remove Kesgrave opener S Dixey for a well made 102 - The score slipping to 227/4. The return of Riaz saw a wicket fall in the very next over as Kesgrave reached 233/5 after 41 overs before Hussain (15-2-55-3) claimed another wicket in his last over and Riaz (10-0-60-3) took his third in the last over of the innings. With the full 45 overs bowled, Kesgrave ended on 261/7.
The Cavaliers reply saw D Dellar (1) caught at point in the second over before K Chowdhury (3) and P Kannan (0) in quick succession - The score 13/3 after 5.2 overs. The innings was then rebuilt by F Murtaza and N Davidson, adding 61 for the fourth wicket as Murtaza compiled a 44-ball fifty. As the Cavs reached 74/3, Murtaza (63) and Davidson (3) were both dismissed to make it 74/5 and the prospect of an early finish seemed likely. The Cavaliers then fought back - A sixth wicket partnership of 41 between N Hussain and H Ahamed saw the score up to 115 before Hussain (25) was caught. A further 33 were added for the seventh wicket as S Riaz joined Ahamed (23), who was caught with the score on 148. The arrival of B Aslam (18) to the crease then saw the run rate go up as he smote two mighty sixes to help the Cavaliers up to 184/8 after 37.2 overs. It was then left to Riaz (44* - his highest score for the club) and D Young (10*) to see the Cavaliers achieve maximum batting bonus points - The innings ending on 210/8 as the Cavaliers lost by 51 runs.
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