| Date | 04/10/2015 |
| Season | 2015 |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Match format | 40 overs |
| Opposition | Gagan |
| Venue | Wombwell Park Gravesend |
| Toss | Lost |
| Decision | Crusaders bowl first |
| Result | Lost |
Gagan innings
| No | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Nishan | c Gajinder Singh b Harry Singh | 17 |
| 2 | Saby | c Mahmud Riyad b Gajinder Singh | 0 |
| 3 | Naseeb | c Himanshu Pathania b Lokinder Singh | 28 |
| 4 | Daljit | c Harry Singh b Gajinder Singh | 9 |
| 5 | Mandeep | c Jagdesh Singh b Chand Channa | 37 |
| 6 | Shabu | c Himanshu Pathania b Mahmud Riyad | 2 |
| 7 | Singh. L | b Sonu Singh | 3 |
| 8 | Padiyar | not out | 62 |
| 9 | Camody | b Upkar Singh | 0 |
| 10 | Ashoq | b Upkar Singh | 6 |
| 11 | Walma | c Harry Singh b Mahmud Riyad | 0 |
| Extras | b 20, lb 1, w 16, nb 2 | 39 | |
| Total | 10 wickets, 33.0 overs | 203 |
Did not bat:
| No | Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
| 1 | Gajinder Singh | 6.0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Harry Singh | 5.0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mahmud Riyad | 7.0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Chand Channa | 4.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lokinder Singh | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Sonu Singh | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Upkar Singh | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Jagdesh Singh | 1.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Crusaders innings
| No | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Himanshu Pathania | run out | 22 |
| 2 | Goldy Singh | b Nishan | 46 |
| 3 | Jagdesh Singh | c b Padiyar | 25 |
| 4 | Chand Channa | b Shabu | 6 |
| 5 | Gajinder Singh | b Shabu | 0 |
| 6 | Sonu Singh | b Shabu | 0 |
| 7 | Mahmud Riyad | lbw b Shabu | 1 |
| 8 | Upkar Singh | b Singh. L | 5 |
| 9 | Harry Singh | b Daljit | 14 |
| 10 | Jony Singh | b Mandeep | 13 |
| 11 | John Greggains | not out | 7 |
| Extras | b 9, lb 3, w 23, nb 10 | 45 | |
| Total | 10 wickets, 35.3 overs | 184 |
Did not bat:
| No | Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
| 1 | Daljit | 6.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Ashoq | 5.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | Padiyar | 5.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Camody | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 5 | Mandeep | 4.3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Nishan | 5.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Shabu | 5.0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Najeeb | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Singh. L | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Match Report
I had prepared myself for World War III. Apparently this fixture last season had got quite feisty so I mentally prepared myself for a bit of grief.
Early October and you would expect cold and rain but it was a lovely sunny day in Gravesend – and it was (as it turned out) a lovely sunny match.
The opposition take their cricket seriously – you can tell that they are a useful league team – but they were friendly with it and were able to have a laugh. Generally, they could all bat well but had one stand-out score, young Padiyar making 62 not out. Of our eight bowlers, Riyad and Gurjinder were the pick of the bunch. Gagan finished their innings with 203 runs.
In response our top three batsman (Himanshu, Goldy and Jagdesh) made good scores, with Goldy top-scoring with 46. Then came Crusaders’ Mid-Order Collapse (CMOC) – 5 wickets for just 12 runs.
Harry at no.9 started the fight back with 14. At the end we had Johny Singh and Johny (Greggains) Singh with only 40 runs needed to snatch an improbable victory – could they do it – no. Still they had fun trying with the real Johny Singh being particularly entertaining by liberally employing his KP reverse sweep. Unsurprisingly, JS ended the match by playing one rash shot too many.
We wish to thank Director Lucky and all at Gagan for their warm hospitality and copious pizza and fizzy drinks for tea.