Saturday, 2nd August 2025
Conference XIs
Under 25 XI
v.
Chris Gayle Academy XI
Date:
2013-05-30
Start time:
1:00pm
Location:
Cricket for Change Centre
Ground:
Plough Lane
Wallington
Surrey
Wallington
Surrey
Postcode:
Tel:
020 8669 2177
Pre-amble:
CCC Match Manager - Gulfraz Riaz
CCC Coach - Mark Stear
CCC Scorer - Geoff Knight
CCC Coach - Mark Stear
CCC Scorer - Geoff Knight
Team:
Mark Smith (Wimbledon CC) - capt
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC) - w/k
Pavan Cheseyty (Slough CC)
Farrukh Chodhry (Harrow CC)
Sam Helm (Stanmore CC)
Waqas Hussain (Slough CC)
Hamzah Khan (Burnham CC)
Ravi Panchal (Stanmore CC)
Rishi Sharath (Slough CC)
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC)
Jahngir Zaman (Henley CC)
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC) - w/k
Pavan Cheseyty (Slough CC)
Farrukh Chodhry (Harrow CC)
Sam Helm (Stanmore CC)
Waqas Hussain (Slough CC)
Hamzah Khan (Burnham CC)
Ravi Panchal (Stanmore CC)
Rishi Sharath (Slough CC)
Richard Wharton (Hornsey CC)
Jahngir Zaman (Henley CC)
Match report:
Rain reduced the match to 35/35 overs.
CCC: 193 for 5 wkts
Chris Gayle Academy: 149 for 8 wkts
CCC won by 44 runs
Thursday 30th May 2013, saw the launch of the Chris Gayle Academy in London and Kingston, Jamaica in a partnership between Cricket for
Change (C4C), the West Indies and Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL cricket star, Chris Gayle, The Chris Gayle Foundation and funders
Comic Relief.
This multicultural sporting social development programme will look to unlock the potential of young people to become role models in their
communities. The London based academy, which has already started training, will work hand in hand with the Jamaica based academy, which
is due to start in 2014.
To mark the launch and celebrations the Club Cricket Conference U25's were asked to field a side against the Chris Gayle Academy XI. On a
damp grey day both teams gathered at the start to meet the West Indian superstar and once the formalities were out of the way both teams were
keen to commence the anticipated contest.
Mark Smith the CCC captain won the toss and elected to bat first.
However the CCC did not get off to a flying start and soon found themselves at 21-2 with the impressive T Silva bowling with good pace
doing the early damage. However Ravi Panchual making his CCC debut (69 not out) along with the steady Richard Wharton (35) went about
rebuilding the CCC innings and took the score to 90 before Richard Wharton was run out by a sharp bit of fielding, this emphasized the
energy and high skill levels shown by the fielding side throughout the game. With the occasional stops for rain the umpires decided to reduce the 40 overs per side contest to 35 overs thus making sure that a game was completed. Although the CCC lost regular wickets, Farrukh Chodhry made a well constructed and supportive 34 not out making sure the CCC side got to a respectable 193-5 from their allotted overs.
The Chris Gayle Academey XI side innings got off to a similar start to the CCC side and soon found themselves at 18-2 against the impressive pace attack of Edward Wharton (2-21)and Sam Helm (2-24). With a partnership required to keep up with the run rate J Francis (51) and B Kulasera (31) went about in setting the foundations of chasing down a steep score against the varied but experienced CCC bowling attack.
However once this partnership was broken the side showed great spirit in trying to pass the CCC total but ultimately fell short and ended up on 149 -8 at the end of their 35 overs.
Overall the game was played in great spirits with both sides showing some excellent cricketing talent. The match certainly was fitting to mark the launch of a fantastic project and we were honoured to be part
of such a special day.
Gulfraz Riaz
For the full scorecard, copy the link below into your search address bar.
CCC: 193 for 5 wkts
Chris Gayle Academy: 149 for 8 wkts
CCC won by 44 runs
Thursday 30th May 2013, saw the launch of the Chris Gayle Academy in London and Kingston, Jamaica in a partnership between Cricket for
Change (C4C), the West Indies and Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL cricket star, Chris Gayle, The Chris Gayle Foundation and funders
Comic Relief.
This multicultural sporting social development programme will look to unlock the potential of young people to become role models in their
communities. The London based academy, which has already started training, will work hand in hand with the Jamaica based academy, which
is due to start in 2014.
To mark the launch and celebrations the Club Cricket Conference U25's were asked to field a side against the Chris Gayle Academy XI. On a
damp grey day both teams gathered at the start to meet the West Indian superstar and once the formalities were out of the way both teams were
keen to commence the anticipated contest.
Mark Smith the CCC captain won the toss and elected to bat first.
However the CCC did not get off to a flying start and soon found themselves at 21-2 with the impressive T Silva bowling with good pace
doing the early damage. However Ravi Panchual making his CCC debut (69 not out) along with the steady Richard Wharton (35) went about
rebuilding the CCC innings and took the score to 90 before Richard Wharton was run out by a sharp bit of fielding, this emphasized the
energy and high skill levels shown by the fielding side throughout the game. With the occasional stops for rain the umpires decided to reduce the 40 overs per side contest to 35 overs thus making sure that a game was completed. Although the CCC lost regular wickets, Farrukh Chodhry made a well constructed and supportive 34 not out making sure the CCC side got to a respectable 193-5 from their allotted overs.
The Chris Gayle Academey XI side innings got off to a similar start to the CCC side and soon found themselves at 18-2 against the impressive pace attack of Edward Wharton (2-21)and Sam Helm (2-24). With a partnership required to keep up with the run rate J Francis (51) and B Kulasera (31) went about in setting the foundations of chasing down a steep score against the varied but experienced CCC bowling attack.
However once this partnership was broken the side showed great spirit in trying to pass the CCC total but ultimately fell short and ended up on 149 -8 at the end of their 35 overs.
Overall the game was played in great spirits with both sides showing some excellent cricketing talent. The match certainly was fitting to mark the launch of a fantastic project and we were honoured to be part
of such a special day.
Gulfraz Riaz
For the full scorecard, copy the link below into your search address bar.
Scorecard:
http://ccc-repxi.play-cricket.com/website/results/636241