Scorecard

Glenmore Cricket Club Glenmore Royals v Glenmore Taverners on Wed 07 May 2014 at 6pm
Glenmore Cricket Club Won Glenmore Royals by 4 wickets

Match report Taverners 126-9, Royals 127-6 won by 4 wickets

C-T Martin-Junk-Innings reporting from a slightly parky Westwinds Park

In an inter-club 20 over pre-season friendly at Westwinds, Glenmore newcomers Danish Niazy, Adib Zefar and Rafay Usmani finished off a steady chase by GCC’s re-minted Royals, guiding them to a last ball win over Lord Smudgington’s fancied Taverners side. Adib and Rafay may have lost their way to the well-concealed Westwinds ground, arriving after 10 and 12 overs respectively, but in the end found their way through Tavs eight-man defense.

When Smudgers eschewed the traditional Weekday Evening League arrangement to supply complementary and complimentary substitute fielders, Tavs were condemned to defend 126-9 with depleted ranks.

Some wayward leg-side bowling by Goldsworthy and Desbrow was then despatched to vacant portions of a slow outfield by Levermore (27) and the Williams sisters (George 30 ret. n.o., Chris 31 ret. no). When an exhausted Arthur Affonso (a sterling 4-0-23-3 earlier) was run out for a considered 6, 24 were needed of 18, and the stage set for Royals’ rookie Pakistani trio.

Tavs started strongly (Goldsworthy 27, Challoner 33 ret. n.o.) and were looking for 150+, but Danish’s sharp in-swingers (4-0-23-1) and King Arthur’s accurate off-breaks put the brakes on it. Antipodeans Ross Sutherland and Man-of-the-Match Chris (Serena) Williams, a pair of wickets adding to his not-out batting, helped cement Royals’ comeback in the field, and when Captain Smithy was bowled heaving across to Arthur, 126 looked a bit slim for just 8 somewhat portly Tavs to defend.

While a last-ball defeat of Tavs may not have been quite the wake-up call that Royals’ ancient Captain Pasternak had in mind for Smith’s weekday league favourites**, His Lordship will know that all wheels must be turning for next Monday’s league opening tie against his favourite opponents Vista Stallions, led by his favourite Captain Kamran.

** with all but one of the his 8 gracing the post-game table at Sharks, Smithy’s Taverners have no peer in that department.

Glenmore Taverners Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 13w 3b 1lb 
for 9 wickets
19
126 (20.0 overs)		     
Jason Goldsworthy b  Arthur Affonso 22 3
Iain Chapman ct  Chris Williams 8
Martyn Challoner Retired Not Out  33 2
Greg Desbrow ct  Ross Sutherland 2
Wayne Lingard ct  Arthur Affonso 17
Jonathan Smith b  Arthur Affonso 8
Ken Beaumont b  Danish Niazy 8 1
Jimmy Irani Not Out  8
Greg Desbrow b  Chris Williams 1
   
   

Glenmore Cricket Club Glenmore Royals Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Chris Williams4.0026213.006.50
Art Affonso4.002337.675.75
Marcus Levermore1.001300.0013.00
Ross Sutherland4.0023123.005.75
Danish Niazy4.0022122.005.50
Adib Zefar3.001500.005.00

Glenmore Cricket Club Glenmore Royals Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 10w 1lb 
for 6 wickets
12
127		        
Ajaypal cheema Bowled  1
Ross Sutherland Caught  2
George Williams Retired Not Out  30 2
Marcus Levermore lbw  Jimmy Irani 27 4
Chris Williams Retired Not Out  31 1 6
Art Affonso Run out  6
Muhammad Usmani Not Out  9 1
Danish Niazy Bowled  6
Adib Zefar Not Out  3
Tony Pasternak  
Trevor DeFreitas  

Glenmore Taverners Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Martyn Challoner4.0120120.005.00
Greg Desbrow4.0023123.005.75
Jason Goldsworthy4.002900.007.25
Jimmy Irani4.0021210.505.25
Jonathan Smith4.003300.008.25

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