Hamro Foundation Essex Cricket League Premier Division, Saturday June 12
Saturday saw me over at John Burrows Park in Hadleigh for
the very first time for an Hamro Foundation Essex Cricket League Premier
Division contest between Hadleigh & Thundersley and Wanstead &
Snaresbrook on another glorious afternoon near the Essex coast.
Visiting skipper Joe Ellis-Grewal won the toss and elected
to bat on what looked a green pitch although the skipper did say to me that it
was hard underneath so he was hoping his batsmen would finally fire this
season, but initially it looked as if it would be another disappointing day
with the bat for them.
Hadleigh opening bowlers Richard Revell and Louis Poynter
nipped Tom Simmons and Robin Das out cheaply, and then Revell removed Kishen
Velani, who has played second XI cricket for the county, and then Poynter got
rid of Bilal Patel, the visitors found themselves 47/4, although Hassan
Choudhury was still there, and it looked all hope rested on him.
He and Naivedyam Dwivedi were both removed though and at
78/6 Wanstead were staring down the barrel at a second straight loss in the
division after last weekends home loss to Chingford, and at lunch Wanstead scraped
to 95/6 with skipper Ellis-Grewal and all rounder Eshun Kalley at the wicket, it
had certainly been the hosts session and they looked like they would bowl out
Wanstead cheaply and give themselves a great chance of victory.
From that moment onwards though the game changed in the
direction of Wanstead, and Ellis-Grewal and Kallay put on a match winning partnership
of 91 for the seventh wicket, Kalley eventually departing for a superb 54, that
brought wicketkeeper Jonathan Das to the wicket though and his 42 off 31 balls
along with the skippers 71 helped the visitors up to 243 all out and all
momentum had now shifted entirely towards Wanstead.
The pick of the hosts bowlers was Revell, who took 3-44 in
his 16 overs, Poynter managed 3-45 from his 10.2 overs whilst Samuel Handley’s
spin returned figures of 2-70 in 16 overs, but the hosts batsmen now had the
tough task of trying to see off the new ball bowling partnership of Zain
Shahzad and Kalley, who had his tail up after a superb innings with the bat.
Kalley duly removed Adam Forbes for a duck and then wicket
keeper Darius Vapiwala for just 13 as the hosts fell to 29/2, but some
resistance from the hosts saw them get to 114/4 after a useful 35 from Handley
and a useful innings from Adam Soilleux, who was still at the crease and
probably the hosts last real hope if they were to salvage a draw from this
game.
Jahansher Akbar’s leg spin done for Luke Smith and skipper
Adam Dobson, both lbw two balls in a row, where both batsman claimed they had
hit the ball before going onto their pads, and then when Sollieux fell for 45
to Wanstead skipper Ellis-Grewal, also lbw, the game was as good as over, and
sure enough after Akbar had taken the wicket of Ashley Bennett, Ellis-Grewal
wrapped up the innings with the final two wickets to cap a fine all round
performance, and the visitors had ended up cruising to the win by 100 runs.
Special praise must be given to Hadleigh opening bowler Revell
who bowled beautifully, whilst Ellis-Grewal and Kalley had superb all-round
performances with both bat and ball and were the main reason Wanstead won this
game today, Akbar’s 3-17 off seven overs was also a special bowling performance
too, and after a difficult morning/early afternoon for Wanstead, they turned
this match on its head and ended up strolling to a superb win.
For full scorecards and bowling figures for this game please
click here https://essexcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/4644100
Here are some pictures I took during the day: -
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