Saturday, 2nd August 2025
Conference XIs
Under 25 XI
v.
Jersey National XI
Date:
2013-06-14
Start time:
11:00am
Location:
Three Bridges CC
Ground:
Three Bridges Road
Three Bridges
West Sussex
Three Bridges
West Sussex
Postcode:
Tel:
01293 534539
Pre-amble:
CCC Match Manager - David Dunn
CCC Coach - Mark Stear
CCC Umpire - Ian Farrell
CCC Scorer - Polly Rhodes
CCC Coach - Mark Stear
CCC Umpire - Ian Farrell
CCC Scorer - Polly Rhodes
Team:
Waqas Hussain (Slough CC) - captain
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC) - w/k
Sajid ALi (Farnham Royal CC)
Tom Colverd (Datchworth CC)
Richard Cook (Aston Rowant CC)
Joe Ellis-Grewal (Wanstead CC)
Sam Helm (Stanmore CC)
Edward Lowe (Esher CC)
Tom Phillippe (Hardleigh & Thundersley CC)
Rishi Sharath (Slough CC)
Edward Wharton (Hornsey CC)
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC) - w/k
Sajid ALi (Farnham Royal CC)
Tom Colverd (Datchworth CC)
Richard Cook (Aston Rowant CC)
Joe Ellis-Grewal (Wanstead CC)
Sam Helm (Stanmore CC)
Edward Lowe (Esher CC)
Tom Phillippe (Hardleigh & Thundersley CC)
Rishi Sharath (Slough CC)
Edward Wharton (Hornsey CC)
Match report:
CCC: 250 for 6 wkts (45 overs)
Jersey: 252 for 7 wkts (44.5 overs)
Jersey won by 3 wkts
CCC captain Waqas Hussain won the toss and had no hesitation in electing to bat even with overcast conditions at the start. The Conference openers, Richard Wharton and Sajid Ali started steadily against the lively Jersey bowling attack. They had reached 26 in the sixth over before Ali mistimed a drive and was caught for 13. Wharton was looking in great form and shared partnerships of 30 with Tom Colvard, 38 with Waqas Hussain, 31 with Tom Phillippe, all of these batsmen got in and then contrived to get out, the latter two to run outs.
It was during the batting power play that skipper Hussain decided to change the batting order and promote Ed Wharton up the order to join his brother Richard to increase the run rate. This was an inspired decision because Ed decided to take on the Jersey attack and was fairly brutal on anything pitched in his half. He struck a rapid 51 (27 balls, 1x6, 5x4’s) in a stand of 83.
Richard meanwhile was going about his way to a wonderful century brought up with a six. He eventually finished on 118 (132 balls, 2x6’s, 10x4’s), out trying to get quick runs for the team. The Conference finished on 250 for 6 in their 45 over allotment, the not out batsmen being Ed Lowe and Richard Cook. The most impressive bowler for Jersey was Tony Kay who caused trouble for all the batsmen.
The sun came out after the break and made batting a bit easier, as the Jersey openers set about the CCC target. They had added 91 off some wayward bowling when the first wicket fell in the 16th over. The contest then was pretty evenly balanced as neither side could keep the pressure on. The Jersey batsmen kept chipping away at the total and as the rate was creeping up their wicketkeeper Ed Farley started to get more strike and began to play some big shots to drag them back into the game. It all came down to the last over to be bowled by Ed Lowe, with Jersey needing 11 to win. Farley struck a well timed 6 off the fourth legitimate ball to leave 3 to win and then followed that up by smashing a 4 to win the game by 3 wickets with a ball to spare. Farley finished on 89 not out (87 balls, 2x6’s and 9x4’s). The Conference didn’t help their cause by bowling 25 wides. Pick of the bowlers was Rishi Sharath.
This was an excellent game of cricket played in great spirit and the Jersey coach was full of praise for the Conference team giving their full National side a great workout before they compete in some European ICC tournaments.
David Dunn
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Jersey: 252 for 7 wkts (44.5 overs)
Jersey won by 3 wkts
CCC captain Waqas Hussain won the toss and had no hesitation in electing to bat even with overcast conditions at the start. The Conference openers, Richard Wharton and Sajid Ali started steadily against the lively Jersey bowling attack. They had reached 26 in the sixth over before Ali mistimed a drive and was caught for 13. Wharton was looking in great form and shared partnerships of 30 with Tom Colvard, 38 with Waqas Hussain, 31 with Tom Phillippe, all of these batsmen got in and then contrived to get out, the latter two to run outs.
It was during the batting power play that skipper Hussain decided to change the batting order and promote Ed Wharton up the order to join his brother Richard to increase the run rate. This was an inspired decision because Ed decided to take on the Jersey attack and was fairly brutal on anything pitched in his half. He struck a rapid 51 (27 balls, 1x6, 5x4’s) in a stand of 83.
Richard meanwhile was going about his way to a wonderful century brought up with a six. He eventually finished on 118 (132 balls, 2x6’s, 10x4’s), out trying to get quick runs for the team. The Conference finished on 250 for 6 in their 45 over allotment, the not out batsmen being Ed Lowe and Richard Cook. The most impressive bowler for Jersey was Tony Kay who caused trouble for all the batsmen.
The sun came out after the break and made batting a bit easier, as the Jersey openers set about the CCC target. They had added 91 off some wayward bowling when the first wicket fell in the 16th over. The contest then was pretty evenly balanced as neither side could keep the pressure on. The Jersey batsmen kept chipping away at the total and as the rate was creeping up their wicketkeeper Ed Farley started to get more strike and began to play some big shots to drag them back into the game. It all came down to the last over to be bowled by Ed Lowe, with Jersey needing 11 to win. Farley struck a well timed 6 off the fourth legitimate ball to leave 3 to win and then followed that up by smashing a 4 to win the game by 3 wickets with a ball to spare. Farley finished on 89 not out (87 balls, 2x6’s and 9x4’s). The Conference didn’t help their cause by bowling 25 wides. Pick of the bowlers was Rishi Sharath.
This was an excellent game of cricket played in great spirit and the Jersey coach was full of praise for the Conference team giving their full National side a great workout before they compete in some European ICC tournaments.
David Dunn
For the full scorecard, copy the link below into your search address bar.
Scorecard:
http://ccc-repxi.play-cricket.com/website/results/630129