West Essex v Belhus Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI on Sat 03 Sep 2016 at 1pm

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West Essex v Belhus Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI on Sat 03 Sep 2016 at 1pm
Match was Abandoned - Rain

Match report Going into this game, Belhus needed to win well and hope that Harlow (in 2nd place) would slip up to have a chance of being promoted. Unfortunately, the weather scuppered all hopes of this after Belhus had in the first part of the game manoeuvred themselvea into a position where 25 points looked a distinct and probable outcome.

Batting first on a pitch offering erratic, steep bounce, Belhus struggled to 56 for 4 and then 109 for 5 but good knocks of 49 by Charlie Lewis, a rapid 45 by Chris Baker and 65 not out by skipper John Lewis moved Belhus rapidly to 221 for 8 in 38 overs. 16 from Wayne Read saw him reach 1,000 club runs for the season.

In reply, West Essex lost 3 early wickets to the swing and seam of the ever-dependable Imran and were interestingly placed at 86 for 3 when the heavens opened.

A very disappointing end to what had been a good season for the 2s, including 5 wins and the aforementioned draw in the last 7 games. Some people have said to me that we were unlucky not to go up but, on reflection, I feel that if we were good enough we would have - but we didn't consistently perform during the season and that cost us in the final reckoning.

I would like to thank especially Julie Whitlock, Mike Squires and Cliff Cansdale for scoring and umpiring in most of the games. It makes a huge difference to the success of the side and the attitude of the opposition when they know that Belhus have qualified, competent officials and a tea lady in Jane Baker who produces teas fit for the Queen of England. Thank you.

John Lewis

Belhus Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI Batting

Player Name		Runs	4s	6s	Ct
extras TOTAL :	6nb 2w 1b for 8 wickets	9 221
W.D. Read	ct Zain Saleem b Usman Aslam	16	3		1
Mathew Lewis Jnr	ct Omar Afzal b Usman Aslam	20	2	2	1
George Maidment	ct Omar Afzal b Zain Saleem	4	1
Charlie Lewis	b Azhar Ali	49	12
Mark Sansom	ct Omar Afzal b Zain Saleem	0
John Lewis Jnr	Not Out	65	11	1
Chris Baker	ct Zain Saleem b Azhar Ali	45	4	4
Imran Mohammed	ct Omar Afzal b Azhar Ali	1
Matthew Williams	b Usman Aslam	12	3
Richard Waters	Not Out	0
Braydon Scarlett

West Essex Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Usman Aslam	12.0	2	42	3	14.00	3.50
Rehan Shamim	4.0	0	37	0	0.00	9.25
Zain Saleem	6.0	2	31	2	15.50	5.17
Sohaib Jan	5.0	0	30	0	0.00	6.00
Azhar Ali	8.3	0	50	3	16.67	5.88
Nikhil Bhandari	3.0	0	30	0	0.00	10.00

West Essex Batting

Player name		R	4s	6s
extras TOTAL :	1nb 2w 8b 2lb for 3 wickets	13 83 (16.3 overs)
S Sajid	ct Mat Lewis Jnr b Imran Mohammed	27	4	1
Omar Afzal†	lbw b Imran Mohammed	1
Abubakr Khalid	ct Wayner Read b Imran Mohammed	3
Zain Saleem	Not Out	15	3
Sohaib Jan	Not Out	24	6
Azhar Ali
Nikhil Bhandari
Ejaz Azam
Miftha Islam
Usman Aslam
Rehan Shamim*