Scorecard

Stanmore 'B' v Eastcote CC U11B on Mon 13 May 2024 at 18:00
Eastcote CC Lost by 41 runs

Match report The first full match of the season proved to be a challenging affair for Eastcote, conceding a loss by 41 runs. Exams week diminished the U11B team, the remaining of whom were supported by four members of the U10 cadre, whose attendance and efforts were very much appreciated. Winning the toss, Stanmore captain Arjun Shah elected to bat first, handing control of the field to Eastcote premier Svanik Chadha. Bowling was opened by Shae Behzadi, Nikhil Kochhar, and Anagha Matada, who managed to keep the runs down and dismiss captain Arjun Shah with brilliant direct hit by Hugo Whittaker. Two balls later, J Lewin was bowled for a duck by Shae, and not longer after that a snick off Nikhil's delivery landed safely in the gloves of keeper Riyan Malcolm, sending opener Aran Shah back to the clubhouse. Guest player Luis Gandhi made quick work of I Kandaiah, with a perfect off stump ball. Next to go was D Vekaria after a skyward bound shot from Yusuf Merali's over took a nosedive towards Svanik, who managed to secure the catch between his legs after it slipped through his fingers! Yusuf closed out his over with a plum LBW on K Malde, although Stanmore had crept up to 66 runs by this point. Later in the match, Stanmore power hitter S Hassan was at long last dismissed by Nikhil with a laser guided run out from near the rear boundary. Shae claimed her second victim of the day with a middle stump grenade to relieve A Big of batting duties. After some confusion on an LBW appeal, Parry Kumaran snuck in a cheeky stumping against K Agaja, but that would be final Stanmore wicket to fall, and not before reaching 107 runs. Som coy batting during the final over pushed the target to 115 runs, with a healthy field performance by Eastcote.
Unfortunately, Stanmore's fielding side was equally matched, but complimented by a stellar bowling performance. Svanik opened the innings with Parry, both of whom were dismissed in the first over and with zero runs on the board; Svanik bowled by K Malde, and Parry run out by D Vekaria on the very next ball. Riyan was next to go as A Elliot took a catch off of a lofty shot from S Hassan's delivery. By the end of the third over, K Malde had claimed two more clean wickets, sending Yusuf and Shae off the pitch for a second maiden over, and Eastcote sitting at a worrying 7 runs after 5 wickets. Nikhil and Anagha made slow but steady progress, stealing singles and a couple of boundaries, including a wonderful 6 that narrowly missed a parked car! Nikhil was eventually run out by A Vig, after which Anagha started a new partnership with Luis. Run rate stalled for a couple of overs before Anagha was dismissed by spin-bowler A Vig. Guest player Avyukt Sridhar came next and helped push the Eastcote score into the 70s, but was skilfully stumped by keeper and captain Arjun Shah. Khyan Patel was next in, but quickly succumbed to A Vig before the end of the over. Hugo Whittaker brought some much needed energy onto the pitch, but an erroneous flick of Luis' wrist sent the ball up and back down into bowler J Lewin's waiting grasp. 74 all out at the start of the 18th over.
A disappointing loss, but a valuable lesson in teamwork and fielding.

Stanmore 'B' Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
10nb 13w 5b  
for 9 wickets
28
115 (20.0 overs)		     
Arjun Shah run out  (H Whittaker) 7 11 1 63.64
Aran Shah ct  R Malcolm b N Kochhar 7 12 58.33
Jack Lewin b  S Behzadi 0 1 0
Ishaan Kandaiah b  L Gandhi 2 9 22.22
Diyan Vekaria ct  S Chadha b Y Merali 17 26 2 65.38
Safwan Hassan run out  (N Kochhar) 36 33 5 109.09
Kaian Malde lbw  Y Merali 2 3 66.67
Aarev Vig b  S Behzadi 7 9 1 77.78
Parshva Benani Not Out  4 8 50.0
Keyan Agaja run out  (P Kumaran) 2 6 33.33
Arjun Elliott Not Out  3 3 100

Eastcote CC U11B Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Shae Behzadi3.101125.503.47
Nikhil Kochhar3.0010110.003.33
Anagha Matada3.002300.007.67
Luis Gandhi2.0010110.005.00
Khyan Patel1.00300.003.00
Hugo Whittaker1.00500.005.00
Svanik Chadha3.001800.006.00
Avyukt Sridhar1.00700.007.00
Yusuf Merali2.001527.507.50
Parry Varman Kumaran1.00800.008.00

Eastcote CC U11B Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
8nb 15w 2b  
for 10 wickets
25
74		        
Svanik Chadha b  K Malde 0 3 0 1
Parry Varman Kumaran run out  (D Vekaria) 0 1 0 1
Riyan Malcolm ct  A Elliott b S Hassan 0 2 0 1
Yusuf Merali b  K Malde 1 7 14.29
Nikhil Kochhar run out  (A Vig) 15 16 1 1 93.75 1
Shae Behzadi b  K Malde 0 3 0
Anagha Matada b  A Vig 7 24 1 29.17
Luis Gandhi ct  J Lewin b J Lewin 18 29 3 62.07
Avyukt Sridhar st  A Shah b A Vig 8 12 1 66.67
Khyan Patel b  A Vig 0 4 0
Hugo Whittaker Not Out  0 1 0 1

Stanmore 'B' Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Kaian Malde2.02030.000.00
Safwan Hassan2.0010110.005.00
Ishaan Kandaiah2.002200.0011.00
Arjun Elliott1.00800.008.00
Diyan Vekaria2.00700.003.50
Jack Lewin1.10717.006.00
Aran Shah2.011000.005.00
Keyan Agaja2.01100.000.50
Aarev Vig2.00431.332.00
Parshva Benani1.00300.003.00

  • Umpire :
    Krunal Modi
  • Scorer :
    Sachin Chadha