Cavs Have Sax Appeal

The Saturday XI travelled to Saxmundham Sports Club today, and fielded first after winning the toss.

Saxmundham started well, adding 68 for the first wicket as S Riaz (6-0-34-0) and J Rawlings (4-0-36-0) were unable to make a breakthrough, though A Khaliq struck in the 10th over. The score progressed to 114/1 after 16 overs before N Hussain had the Saxmundham opener stumped by D Young. The next wicket feel soon afterwards as D Dellar held onto a sharp catch at midwicket off Khaliq. The Cavaliers then continued to take wickets at regular intervals, with Saxmundham unable to build a partnership of more than 21 as Khaliq (15-4-68-4) and Hussain (13-0-46-4) reduced our opponents to 184/8 after 36 overs. The late introduction of J Walton (1-0-2-2) then saw the innings come to a close, thanks to an inwinging yorker and a steepling catch by Dellar - Saxmundham ending on 198 all out after 39 overs, giving six (important) overs to the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers reply started well, despite both openers showing a penchant for picking out fielders... The opening pair adding 71 together (the second best opening partnership of 2019 so far), with D Dellar bringing up an 82-ball fifty, before M Vinter (19) was caught at mid-off. The score then passed 100 as the Cavs inched towards the target, but Dellar (74) was the next to go to make the score 108/2 from 31 overs. The Cavaliers progressed to 124/2, but the quick wickets of P Kannan (7) and J Walton (4) saw the score slip to 130/4 before K Chowdhury and J Rawlings rebuilt through a good fifth wicket partnership of 29. With Chowdhury (32) caught at long-off, P Johnson (2) was the next to go as the Cavs fell to 172/6 after 46 overs (the additional six overs now coming into play). The returning J Rawlings then saw his enterprising innings (35 from 32 balls) ended in the 48th over as the Cavs reached 181/7, but N Hussain (9*) and S Riaz (15* from 10 balls) saw the Cavaliers claim a three wicket win, reaching 203/7 from 49.4 overs (just 8 balls left)!

Scorecard