Date 21/06/2009
Season 2009
Competition Friendly
Match format 40 overs
Opposition Farningham
Venue Horton Way Farningham
Toss Won
Decision Crusaders bat first
Result Won

Crusaders innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Gary Magnus b Franklin 20
2 Jagdesh Singh b Franklin 2
3 Wajih Rehman b England. C 22
4 Damon White b Freedman 1
5 Chand Channa c b Hucker 25
6 John Greggains c b England. C 10
7 Imtiaz Ali c b Ward 14
8 Jabir Sarwar c b England. R 0
9 Darren Moyse not out 13
10 Upkar Singh b Hucker 2
11 Spud Whale b Davies 4
  Extras b 14, lb 0, w 5, nb 0 19
  Total 10 wickets, 38.3 overs 132

Did not bat:



No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Davies 6.3 0 24 1 3 0
2 Franklin 6.0 1 21 2 0 0
3 England. C 4.0 1 12 2 0 0
4 Freedman 4.0 0 17 1 0 0
5 Ward 4.0 1 5 1 0 0
6 England. R 6.0 0 22 1 2 0
7 Hucker 4.0 2 3 2 0 0
8 Wiles 3.0 0 7 0 0 0
9 Sutton 1.0 0 7 0 0 0




Farningham innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Wood b Jabir Sarwar 1
2 England. M c Damon White b Darren Moyse 11
3 Sutton lbw b Jabir Sarwar 5
4 Wiles lbw b Jabir Sarwar 0
5 Freedman c Jabir Sarwar b Imtiaz Ali 5
6 England. C b Jabir Sarwar 0
7 Ward b Spud Whale 5
8 Davies b Wajih Rehman 35
9 Hucker c Wajih Rehman b Spud Whale 10
10 Franklin b Spud Whale 2
11 England. R not out 0
  Extras b 4, lb 4, w 0, nb 0 8
  Total 10 wickets, 28.1 overs 82

Did not bat:



No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Darren Moyse 6.0 2 18 1 0 0
2 Jabir Sarwar 6.0 4 3 4 0 0
3 Spud Whale 8.0 1 28 3 0 0
4 Imtiaz Ali 4.0 1 16 1 0 0
5 Upkar Singh 4.0 0 9 0 0 0
6 Wajih Rehman 0.1 0 0 1 0 0

Match Report

Sunday 21 June –v- Farningham at Horton Way

Vintage medium paced swing bowling from Jabs propelled Crusaders to victory, on our first visit to Farningham. On what appeared to be a decent batting track both sides struggled to put runs on the board, on a day when the bowlers dominated
On a warm sunny day, Wajih had little hesitation in taking the opportunity to bat first, but Crusaders then struggled to set our hosts anything like a competitive target. Jagdesh departed quickly for 2 and after a decent partnership between Gary (20) and The Skip (22), wickets fell at regular intervals, with Farningham happy to rotate their bowlers.

Despite several players getting themselves in, no one was able to go on to make a big score and we found ourselves (not for the first time this season) failing to utilise the full 40 overs, bowled out for 132.

Farningham must have felt confident of a straightforward victory, but were knocked out of their stride by the opening salvo, provided by Moyse and Sarwar. Whilst Danglers was generating some decent pace, regularly beating the bat and inducing false shots, it was Jabs that was doing the real damage. Somewhere between Madan Lal and Javal Srinath he was getting extravagant seam movement and some late swing that produced 4 wickets in 6 overs at a cost of only 3 runs and reduced Farningham to 22-5. There was no way back for Farningham and despite some lusty blows from Davies, the end came at 82, with Crusaders triumphing by 50 runs.