| Date | 03/07/2013 |
| Season | 2013 |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Match format | 20 overs |
| Opposition | Meantime Brewery |
| Venue | Greenwich Park |
| Toss | Won |
| Decision | Crusaders bat first |
| Result | Won |
Crusaders innings
| No | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Chand Channa | b Harper | 6 |
| 2 | Gagan Singh | not out | 36 |
| 3 | Khadim Rasool | lbw b Nicholls | 7 |
| 4 | Imtiaz Ali | c Hook b Armstrong | 0 |
| 5 | Jagdesh Singh | retired | 28 |
| 6 | Jabir Sarwar | retired | 25 |
| 7 | Lucky Singh | b Wadeed | 1 |
| 8 | Damon White | run out | 1 |
| 9 | Waleed Hassan | b Wilson | 0 |
| 10 | Mike Taylor | not out | 0 |
| Extras | b 12, lb 4, w 14, nb 1 | 31 | |
| Total | 6 wickets, 20.0 overs | 135 |
Did not bat:
| No | Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
| 1 | Harper | 4.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Miller | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Armstrong | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Nicholls | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Wadeed | 3.0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Hook | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Wilson | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Meantime Brewery innings
| No | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Wilson | run out | 0 |
| 2 | Dove | b Chand Channa | 5 |
| 3 | Miller | c Gagan Singh b Mike Taylor | 0 |
| 4 | Oring | b Spud Whale | 10 |
| 5 | Armstrong | c Jabir Sarwar b Chand Channa | 1 |
| 6 | Lewis | c Gagan Singh b Chand Channa | 1 |
| 7 | Nicholls | c Damon White b Chand Channa | 4 |
| 8 | Hook | c Mike Taylor b Lucky Singh | 9 |
| 9 | Harper | not out | 0 |
| 10 | Saleem | c Mike Taylor b Spud Whale | 0 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 2, w 10, nb 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 9 wickets, 14.3 overs | 44 |
Did not bat:
| No | Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
| 1 | Waleed Hassan | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Jabir Sarwar | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Chand Channa | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mike Taylor | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lucky Singh | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Spud Whale | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Match Report
After the debacle of our batting collapse last year, Crusaders bowlers returned the compliment with an impressive all round performance at Greenwich Park. Spud won the toss and was happy to bat (mainly because he only had 3 players). A full eleven was soon assembled, with Gagan Singh pairing Chand as openers. On a pitch of variable bounce, it was soon apparent who had ability and in the case of Chand - who had not. Whilst Gagan played the bowling on it's merits, Chand decided that repeating the same wild swish outside off-stump would, sooner or later accrue him some runs. Several dot balls later and Chand was finally put out of his misery. Gagan soon reached 'retirement', but Crusaders were able to maintain the momentum, with excellent innings from Jagdesh and Jabs. From a slow start runs started to come at a good rate, with the Meantime fielders chasing folornly. At twenty overs we had posted a respectable 135.
Meantime Brewery were never allowed a foothold in the game, with Faz and Waleed bowling tight opening spells. With the pressure to put runs on the board ever increasing, wickets started to tumble. Chand was the pick of the bowlers, helping himself to four wickets as our hosts were hustled out for 44.