OWCC Match reports 20th July 2024
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Old Wilsonians 162 Nonington 163 for 6
Old Wilsonians lost two early wickets and although they recovered to a certain degree, thanks to Dan Nochols (38), Jon Rodda (30) and Chris Scott (41 n.o) to reach 159 for 6 and put themselves in a position for a final assault on the Nonnington bowlers, they then capitulated to be all out for 162 in 46.3 overs, Tiaan Marias finishing with 3 for 16 for the hosts.
Nonnington had little difficulty in attaining the runs required for victory which they achieved in just 31.2 overs, Jack Wheeler (69) leading the way with useful support from Dan Dawkins (25) and Jamie Burrett (25), with only Shehan Sivaranjan, with a tidy spell of 4 for 25 from 8 overs, posing any threat from the OW bowlersCatford and Cyphers 2nd Xl 246 for 8, Old Wilsonians 2nd Xl 241 for 8
In the tightest of finishes Catford and Cyphers won this intriguing game by just five runs to enhance their promotion ambitions
Batting first their innings revolved around Dulan Wijayarathna (61) who, with Pranay Singh (30) put on 87 for the third wicket before Asher Roberts (48) played the perfect hard hitting innings to enable his side to finish on 246 for 8, David Pilgrim taking 4 for 38 for Old Wilsonians
In reply the OWs were indebted to Steve Blunt (61) and Eoin Matthews (50) who put on 118 for the second wicket before an unfortunate, and unnecessary, run out halted their progress, but Kenny Maxwell (37), then carried on the good work to leave them needing six from the last ball to achieve an exciting victory
But it was not to be and the visitors scraped home by just five runsOld Wilsonians 3rd Xl 104, Old Colfeians 3rd Xl 88
Old Wilsonians were indebted to Barrie Frampton (54) and Jason James (21) for the majority of their runs as Old Colfeians, Ashish Khatkar, 4 for 14, and Vivek Muralidhari, 3 for 15, in particular, bowled them out for 104
However, this proved to be enough as the visitors were then dismissed for 88, Anil Pappu, 3 for 14, and three run outs being the main causes of their downfall
