21st July - Scorecard

Scorecard

New Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

New Victoria won by 40 runs.

New Victoria's Innings:

Mills c. Prakash b. Raj 2
O`Sullivan c. Raj b. Mahesh 21
Cragg b. Laurentiu 12
Sawbridge lbw b. Laurentiu 14
Rahman b. Prakash 18
Sweeney not out 30
Johnson b. Shekhar 9
Pacey b. James 10
Doran b. Raj 18
Extras 35
Total 8 wickets for 169

Transylvania Inning's

Andrew c. Rahman b. Mills 0
Mike b. Cragg 0
Shahmir c. Deep b. Cragg 80
Prakash b. Mills 3
Raj b. Cragg 22
James b. Doran M. 10
Mahesh lbw b. Doran M. 2
Laurentiu b. Doran M. 0
Shakher not out 3
Ion b. Doran M. 0
Rob run out 2
Extras 7
Total all out for 129

21st July - The Teams

21st July - Transylvania CC vs. New Victoria CC (England)

- Team Photographs -

New Victoria Cricket Club


- Transylvania Cricket Club -

(top, left to right) Shahmir Khaliq, James Kodor, Shakher Asthana (wk), Andrew Begg (capt), Robbie Callow, Kapil Rajput, Jon Georgescu (kneeling, left to right) Mike Roberts, Mahesh Hingorani, Prakash Pushprakavanvimala, Laurentiu Niculie

21st July - New Vic's Innings

21st July - Transylvania CC vs. New Victoria CC

- NVCC's innings -

James Kodor organises the field




New Vic's openers take the field





A steady start, picking up a lot of well-run singles



Robbie helps keep the score down as another boundary is prevented







James leads the attack against the openers





Prakash takes a good catch at close quarters



Some economic early overs from Raj keep the run rate to a minimum




A good spell from Laurentiu sees him finishing with 2 for 26

Some fast fielding in the outfield continues to restrict the New Vic batsmen

Slowly the wickets begin to fall



The middle order start to open up and the 100 is reached

Prakash comes into the bowling attack

He sees a few loose deliveries punished...

...but the umpire lifts a finger and as TCC celebrate an important wicket




New Vic off the hook again

The midday heat starts to have an effect on the fielding team

New Vic's batsmen cheered on by their colleagues in the stands

Some very precise bowling by Shakher sees the tail stutter







After an expensive final over the last ball of the innings strikes the stumps

21st July - TCC's innings

21st July - Transylvania CC vs. New Victoria CC

- TCC's innings -

Sensing a possible victory, openers Andrew and Mike jog out to the wicket



New Vic's fast bowlers lead the attack



Skipper Andrew is quickly dismissed for a duck


Mike tries to get off the mark ...

... but soon joins his captain back in the stand



Shahmir starts to settle in and gets the team off the mark

Raj and Shahmir start to put together a useful partnership

Shahmir sweeps one in the stands

Raj follows suit with another boundary



The pair take a quick single

Another ball ends up in the crowd



New Vic try to break the partnership by bringing their pace attack back in

James comes into bat hoping to build on the lead

New Vic celebrate another wicket

James dismissed by a ball that cut back in


During the drinks break Laurentiu and Mahesh comtemplate the task ahead

New Vic quickly work their way through the TCC tail, the final victim being Robbie Callow