Great start to the Birmingham League campaign 2009

The Ashfield 1st XI maintained a hundred percent record in the new season. They followed their 6 wicket victory away at Eastnor last week with a stunning 148 run victory at The Graveyard over Newport.

Ashfield, batting first, scored 260-5 in 54 overs. Zar Suliman starred with 145 not out, with able support from Ollie Thomas (45) and Ian Carey (30).

In reply, Newport suffered regular wicket losses as the Ashfield attack again proved useful. Skipper Zubair Khan took 5-41 out of Newport's 135 all out - making Zar's runs totally unnecessary !

Scorecard :
Moseley Ashfield CC
Tompkins b Prince 6
Thomas lbw Malik 45
Khan run out 4
Suliman not out 145
Carey b Malik 30
Warner c Anderson b Parton 19
Qamar not out 9

Extras 23
Total 260-5
54 overs

Parton 12-1-59-1
Prince 14-1-100-1
Mailk 17-2-66-2
Watkins 8-1-39-0
Coggins 3-0-17-0

Newport CC
Atherton b Abbas 17
R Furniss lbw b Carey 8
Anderson b Carey 0
Malik b A Hussain 21
Keenan lbw b Khan 16
A Parton lbw b Khan 6
Prince b Khan 6
Coggins c Bromhall b Khan 0
P Coggins lbw b Khan 23
E Parton b Abbas 21
Watkins not out 0

Extras 17
Total 135 all out
(34.4 overs)

Carey 9-3-30-2
Abbas 9-2-27-2
Khan 9.4-2-41-5
A Hussain 7-1-31-1

Ashfield (24 points) beat Newport (3 points) by 148 runs.