Cricket East
Huntingdonshire Indoor Cricket League
Week 5 - 13 January 2019 Results.
The Huntingdonshire Indoor Cricket League returned in November at Vivacity Bushfield Sports Centre. The league which is organised by Vivacity and Cricket East has 8 local cricket teams trying to win the 2018/2019 Huntingdonshire Winter Indoor League title.
Pictured above: current League leaders – Ufford Park CC
Match 1 – Orton Park beat Hampton by 104 runs
Orton Park 123-5 from 10 overs. Ghafoor Rehman 31 not out, Cameron Harris 28, Tom Smith 24, Vamshi Parvathaneni 19.
Hampton 19 all out from 3.4 overs. Mark Durham 4-3.
Winless Orton Park came away with their first win of the indoor campaign in dramatic style. Orton’s 123-5 was built around solid contributions with Ghafoor Rehman top scoring with an unbeaten 31. Hampton’s Jawad Ali was involved in 3 of the wickets taking an excellent catch and getting 2 direct hit run outs.
In reply, one of the most dramatic indoor collapses ever, with Hampton slumping to 9-5 from 2 overs, with seamer Mark Durham taking 4 wickets in one over, before Hampton scored 19, one of the lowest ever indoor totals.
Match 2 – Kings Keys A beat Werrington by 11 runs
Kings Keys A 112-4 from 10 overs. Dan Ashraf 23 not out, M.Tayyib 18 not out, R.Ali 16, M.Saif 14. Nawaz Haq 2-19.
Werrington 102 all out. Junaid Hussain 41 (1x6 and 1x4) M. Toseeq 32 (2x6) Dan Ashraf 2-17.
Another match where the ball dominated the bat. Kings Keys A’s 112-4 from 10 overs was even more remarkable as there were 2 maidens in the early overs of the innings. A quickfire unbeaten 23 from Dan Ashraf helped Keys post 112-4. In reply despite excellent knocks from Junaid Hussain (41) and Mohammed Toseeq (32), Dan Ashraf’s 2-17 was crucial and he also took the final catch to complete Kings Keys A’s 2nd win of the indoor season.
Match 3 – Ufford Park beat CAMRA by 3 wickets
CAMRA 118-5 from 10 overs. Sam Tyler 40 (3x4), Chris White 35 not out (2x4 and 1x6) Neil Wright 18.
Ufford Park 120-3 from 9.1 overs. Jan Neville 36 not out (3x4 and 2x6) Andy Larkin 26 not out (2x4 and 1x6) Joe Harrington 29 (Retired) Nick Bradbury 2-8.
Ufford Park won for the 5th match running and with other results going their way they opened up a 6 point lead with 2 matches left to play. CAMRA’s 118-5 was built around another excellent knock of 40 by Sam Tyler. Tyler has had an excellent season to date with the bat and he got support from Chris White (35 not out). Waheed Javeed was involved in 3 of the dismissals taking a brilliant catch and getting 2 direct hit run outs.
In reply Ufford were soon in trouble at 23-2, but Captain Jan Neville led the way with an unbeaten 36 and received support from Joe Harrington and Andy Larkin to see Ufford home. Nick Bradbury ended up with 2-8.
Match 4 – Kings Keys B beat Bretton by 2 wickets
Bretton 114 all out from 9.4 overs. Ryan Evans 37 (1x4 and 3x6) Dave Bennett 29.
Kings Keys B 117-4 from 9.1 overs. Ali Haider 42 not out (1x4 and 3x6), Saad Ashraf 28, Naveed Ahmed 17, Atif Zaroob 15 not out.
Kings Keys won their 2nd match of the season (and 2nd in consecutive weeks) while 2nd place Bretton lost for just the 2nd time this year.
Bretton’s 114 was built around another excellent knock from Ryan Evans, who has so far had an excellent season. The experienced Dave Bennett also contributed 29. In reply Kings Keys B collapsed from 77-0 to 90-4, before Ali Haider with an unbeaten 42 saw them home. Earlier prolific opener Saad Ashraf made 28. Andy Bennett took 2-18.
County Play Offs
As there was no indoor competition last season and the ECB wanted to know by mid January who was representing Huntindonshire, the organisers decided that whoever was top by mid January 2019 would be the Huntingdonshire representative at the County Play Offs in mid February.
Cambs Whiting and Rutland league team Ufford Park will now be representing Huntingdonshire and travelling to Oxfordshire to play Oxfordshire in the Indoor County Play Off on Sunday 17 February. If Ufford win that match then they will travel to Edgbaston Birmingham on Sunday 3 March to play the winners of Staffordshire v Worcestershire in Regional Finals Day.
If successful in that match, Ufford representing Huntingdonshire will end up at National Indoor Play Off Day at Lords Indoor School on 31 March.
A lot of hard work between now and then but we wish them all the best at Oxfordshire in 5 weeks time.
FIXTURES:
Week 6 – Sunday 3 February
2.30pm – Ufford Park CC v Hampton CC
3.30pm - Kings Keys CC A v Kings Keys CC B
4.30pm - Orton Park CC v Werrington CC
5.30pm - Bretton CC v CAMRA CC
LEAGUE TABLE AFTER WEEK 5:
| 1st | Ufford Park | Played 5 | Won 5 | Lost 0 | 15 points | 23 wickets taken |
| 2nd | Bretton | Played 5 | Won 3 | Lost 2 | 9 points | 26 wickets taken |
| 3rd | Hampton | Played 5 | Won 3 | Lost 2 | 9 points | 23 wickets taken |
| 4th | Werrington | Played 5 | Won 2 | Lost 3 | 6 points | 22 wickets taken |
| 5th | Kings Keys A | Played 5 | Won 2 | Lost 3 | 6 points | 21 wickets taken |
| 6th | Kings Keys B | Played 5 | Won 2 | Lost 3 | 6 points | 21 wickets taken |
| 7th | CAMRA | Played 5 | Won 2 | Lost 3 | 6 points | 18 wickets taken |
| 8th | Orton Park | Played 5 | Won 1 | Lost 4 | 3 points | 16 wickets taken |
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