12th May 2007 vs Highway

Ashfield (20pts) beat Highway (3pts) by 6 wickets

Toss won by Ashfield who elected to field

1st innings - Highway 161 - 9

Batting
J.Marsh - Ct Khan, Bowled A.Hussain - 20
M. McDermott - Ct Mahmood, Bowled Carey - 10
S. Vaughan - Bowled Mahmood - 0
L. Bennett - Ct Chisholm, Bowled A.Hussain - 10
J. Butler - LBW, Bowled A.Hussain - 4
A. Butler - Ct Chisholm, Bowled A.Hussain - 5
D. Marsh - Ct Tompkins, Bowled Carey - 37
R. Woollacott - Ct Carey, Bowled Khan - 10
D. Wattison - Bowled Carey - 13
D. Bates - not out - 14*
S. Marsh - not out - 15*

Extras - 23

Total - 161 - 9

Bowling (overs, maidens, runs wickets)
I. Carey - 17, 3, 38, 3
A. Mahmood - 6, 2, 17, 1
A. Hussain - 14, 3, 44, 4
Z. Khan - 7, 0, 20, 1
J. Hussain - 6, 0, 32, 0

2nd Innings - Ashfield 162 - 4

Batting
O.Thomas - Ct Vaughan, Bowled J.Marsh - 39
P. Tompkins - Ct J.Marsh, Bowled Bates - 3
Z. Khan - Ct Vaughan, Bowled S.Marsh - 31
M. Azam - LBW, Bowled S.Marsh - 26
I. Carey - not out - 22*
M. Chisholm - not out - 33*
A. Warner - did not bat
A. Mahmood - did not bat
A. Cross - did not bat
A. Hussain - did not bat
J. Hussain - did not bat

Extras - 8

Total - 162 - 4

Bowling (overs, maidens, runs, wickets)
S. Vaughan - 11, 2, 36, 0
D. Bates - 8, 0, 50, 1
J. Marsh - 8, 1, 28, 1
S. Marsh - 9, 2, 26, 2
J. Butler - 2, 0, 14, 0

Result - Ashfield (20pts) beat Highway (3pts) by 6 wickets

Man of the match - Amir Hussain 44-4

Report

The good start to Ashfield’s season continued with a convincing win over Highway. Ashfield won the toss and put Highway into bat. What with Tucker and Jeffries seeming to have forgotten the cricket season was upon us, Arsalan join Carey to open the bowling. Highway's opening pair, J. Marsh and McDermott, put on a convincing yet slow start, until a lofty shot from McDermott saw Arsalan take an outstanding catch to break the partnership. The following ball was the first of Arsalan's 5th over, where newcomer Vaughan was sent straight back to the pavilion having been bowled for a duck. The introduction of Amo to the attack saw him take 4 wickets, dismissing the opener J. Marsh and the Highway middle order, L. Bennett, J. Butler and A. Butler. He was aided by some solid catches from Zubir and Chiz behind the stumps. Highway were looking pretty poor being 5 down for only 60, when their 'senior' player Mr D. Marsh put together a solid stand of 37, including a couple of 6's, in order to salvage something from the home teams innings. R. Woollacott made a steady 10 to help him along until Carey took a difficult catch off Zubir to dismiss him. Carey then came back on to bowl off a shorter run, with support from Javed, which ended D. Marsh's innings with a simple take from Tompkins in the field. The Highway tail of D. Wattison, D. Bates and S. Marsh, fought well with scores of 13, 14 and 15, to see out the innings. Wattison's poles were taken by Carey to leave the home side 161 for 9 after the 50 overs.
After the interval, Ollie and Tompkins made their way to the crease. Ollie showed a more sedate approach this week but still maintained his 100% plus strike rate with his attempt to tee off from the first ball. Tompkins didn't last long and was caught at mid-on by J. Marsh, off Bates, for 3. Zubir now joined Ollie and the pair looked solid, causing a change to Highway's bowling. The introduction of J. Marsh worked well with a poorly struck shot from Ollie, caught at deep mid-wicket by Vaughan. Ollie made 39 from only 30 balls. Zubir and his 'lift', Mo, put a little composure to Ashfield's rapid start, with some sensible, and some not so sensible batting, building up a deserved partnership of 50. Mo was then given LBW off Highway's second, well timed change in bowling, S. Marsh. The new man to the crease Carey, only managed a 3 run partnership with Zubir, until S. Marsh struck again, having Zubir caught by Vaughan, for a well played 31. Wicket keeper, Chiz, now joined Carey and hoped to put last week’s poor display to rest. The pair put on a sound performance, fending off Vaughan, J. and S. Marsh and J. Butler to close out the innings. Well executed shots from both ensured their 50 partnership, and the second 20 points of Ashfield's season. Top of the table after 2 weeks, lets stay there fellas!

Steph