Saturday, 2nd August 2025
Conference XIs
Representative XI
v.
Middlesex CCC 2nd XI
Date:
2013-05-13
Start time:
12:00am
Location:
Radlett CC
Ground:
Cobden Hill
Watling Street
Radlett
Herts
Watling Street
Radlett
Herts
Postcode:
Tel:
01923 856348
Pre-amble:
40/40 overs match
CCC Match Manager: Simon Prodger
CCC Coach: Min Patel
CCC Umpire: Keir Hopley
CCC Scorer: Alan Jones
CCC Match Manager: Simon Prodger
CCC Coach: Min Patel
CCC Umpire: Keir Hopley
CCC Scorer: Alan Jones
Team:
Mark Smith (Wimbledon CC) - captain
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC) - wicketkeeper
Usman Arif (Finchampstead CC)
Eddie Ballard (Bishop's Stortford CC)
Sam Burge (East Molesey CC)
Sam Helm (Stanmore CC)
Waqas Hussain (Slough CC)
Adeel Malik (Elliott Davis London CL)
Michael Payne (Tring Park CC)
Fahim Qureshi (Henley CC)
Rishi Sharath (Slough CC)
Edward Wharton (Hornsey CC)
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC) - wicketkeeper
Usman Arif (Finchampstead CC)
Eddie Ballard (Bishop's Stortford CC)
Sam Burge (East Molesey CC)
Sam Helm (Stanmore CC)
Waqas Hussain (Slough CC)
Adeel Malik (Elliott Davis London CL)
Michael Payne (Tring Park CC)
Fahim Qureshi (Henley CC)
Rishi Sharath (Slough CC)
Edward Wharton (Hornsey CC)
Match report:
Middlesex won the toss, & batted
Middlesex: 211 for 7 wkts
CCC: 214 for 6 wkts
CCC won by 4 wkts.
Following the narrow one wicket loss to Essex last week, CCC took on a strong Middlesex 2 side at Radlett on Monday. Batting first, Middlesex were out of the blocks fast as Adam Rossington and Paul Stirling pulled and cut anything short with brutal efficiency. However, Usman Arif (Finchampstead) took 2 wickets in an over to dismiss both openers in his fiery first spell, bowling fast enough to hurry the batsmen into false shots with the score on 38.
Adam London and Josh Davey compiled a half century stand and maintained a decent run rate on a fast scoring ground but captain Mark Smith (Wimbledon) snared the prolific London through a fine catch by Sam Burge (East Molesey) for 21, just as the partnership was threatening to get out of hand. A further half century stand between Davey and Eskinazi again put Middlesex in a strong position to push on to a big score but the introduction of spin checked their advance.
Adeel Malik (Elliott Davis League), following on from his fine performance against Essex, again bowled a challenging spell of leg spin with barely a poor ball offered; his principle support came from another wrist spinner, Rishi Sharath (Slough), whose left arm chinamen gripped and turned sharply. Together they reduced Middlesex from 145-3 to 162-7, both claiming two wickets and allowing their skipper to gain control of the run rate and set fields to aggressively support his bowlers. Davey fell for a solid 57 but with Higgins and England Lion James Harris both being dismissed for 0 it was left to Tom Smith and Tom Helm to resurrect the Middlesex innings and take them to a final score of 211-7 off their 40 overs.
CCC responded with an opening partnership of 46 by Fahim Qureshi (Henley) and Eddie Ballard (Bishop's Stortford), both looking relatively comfortable against the sharp pace of Harris and Tom Helm, although Sterling's initial spell of spin was played watchfully. Ballard batted particularly well against pace and was responsible for accelerating the innings as CCC worked hard to ensure wickets were in hand for the latter overs. He was the 4th wicket to fall at 113, for a very fine 68 but his innings set the base for the major stand of the innings between Mike Payne (Tring Park) and Adeel Malik. Batting cautiously initially as they rebuilt and stabilised their team's position, both players grew in confidence against a strong bowling attack as they increased the scoring rate towards the final power play. The two took CCC to within 3 runs of victory before Malik fell for 45 off 29 deliveries, including 2 huge sixes. He had done the damage though and it was left to Payne, undefeated on 42 to hit the winning runs in the final over of the match and secure CCC a well merited victory.
The Conference wishes to extend its sincerest thanks to Middlesex County Cricket Club for being outstanding hosts on the day, and congratulates the CCC players for a fine all round performance against a strong Middlesex side.
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Middlesex: 211 for 7 wkts
CCC: 214 for 6 wkts
CCC won by 4 wkts.
Following the narrow one wicket loss to Essex last week, CCC took on a strong Middlesex 2 side at Radlett on Monday. Batting first, Middlesex were out of the blocks fast as Adam Rossington and Paul Stirling pulled and cut anything short with brutal efficiency. However, Usman Arif (Finchampstead) took 2 wickets in an over to dismiss both openers in his fiery first spell, bowling fast enough to hurry the batsmen into false shots with the score on 38.
Adam London and Josh Davey compiled a half century stand and maintained a decent run rate on a fast scoring ground but captain Mark Smith (Wimbledon) snared the prolific London through a fine catch by Sam Burge (East Molesey) for 21, just as the partnership was threatening to get out of hand. A further half century stand between Davey and Eskinazi again put Middlesex in a strong position to push on to a big score but the introduction of spin checked their advance.
Adeel Malik (Elliott Davis League), following on from his fine performance against Essex, again bowled a challenging spell of leg spin with barely a poor ball offered; his principle support came from another wrist spinner, Rishi Sharath (Slough), whose left arm chinamen gripped and turned sharply. Together they reduced Middlesex from 145-3 to 162-7, both claiming two wickets and allowing their skipper to gain control of the run rate and set fields to aggressively support his bowlers. Davey fell for a solid 57 but with Higgins and England Lion James Harris both being dismissed for 0 it was left to Tom Smith and Tom Helm to resurrect the Middlesex innings and take them to a final score of 211-7 off their 40 overs.
CCC responded with an opening partnership of 46 by Fahim Qureshi (Henley) and Eddie Ballard (Bishop's Stortford), both looking relatively comfortable against the sharp pace of Harris and Tom Helm, although Sterling's initial spell of spin was played watchfully. Ballard batted particularly well against pace and was responsible for accelerating the innings as CCC worked hard to ensure wickets were in hand for the latter overs. He was the 4th wicket to fall at 113, for a very fine 68 but his innings set the base for the major stand of the innings between Mike Payne (Tring Park) and Adeel Malik. Batting cautiously initially as they rebuilt and stabilised their team's position, both players grew in confidence against a strong bowling attack as they increased the scoring rate towards the final power play. The two took CCC to within 3 runs of victory before Malik fell for 45 off 29 deliveries, including 2 huge sixes. He had done the damage though and it was left to Payne, undefeated on 42 to hit the winning runs in the final over of the match and secure CCC a well merited victory.
The Conference wishes to extend its sincerest thanks to Middlesex County Cricket Club for being outstanding hosts on the day, and congratulates the CCC players for a fine all round performance against a strong Middlesex side.
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Scorecard:
http://ccc-repxi.play-cricket.com/website/results/630126