1st XI vs Pinkneys Green

17th July 2004

Won

Sonning Innings

for ( Overs)

Batsmen Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
Mark Richards Out 30
Duncan Parr Out 59
Steve Roberts Out 14
Latif Gohar Out 20
Gary Phillips Out 17
Andy Benning Out 2
Anwar Ul Haq Out 11
Richard Anderson Not Out 28
Abbas Ghulam Out 5
Mark Anderson Out 11
Phil Swan Not Out 1
Extras
Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Economy
Anwar Ul Haq 2.0 2 0 1
Abbas Ghulam 8.5 2 24 7 2.72
Phil Swan 6.0 1 17 2 2.83
Extras
Fielder Catches Run Outs Stumpings
Gary Phillips 2 0 0
Andy Benning 1 0 0
Anwar Ul Haq 1 0 0

Match Report

PACEMAN Ghulam Abbas ripped the heart out of Pinkneys Green as Sonning continued their charge towards the title.



Abbas finished with 7-24 to help dismiss Green for 49 in a landslide 159-run victory.



And Pinkneys skipper Steve Greene admitted afterwards: "We didn't do ourselves justice and were a bit embarrassed as we came off the pitch at the end."



Although angered by his team's batting nightmare, Greene had been quite happy with the bowling display which restricted Sonning to 208-9.



After hammering 100 off the first 15 overs Sonning looked set to post a daunting total before Pinkneys put the brakes on their scoring with some tight bowling and fielding.



But they hadn't figured on the awesome pace of Abbas who struck seven times in another power-packed performance. "That's probably the sharpest I've seen Ghulam bowl in two years," admitted Sonning skip-per Gary Phillips.



Earlier, Duncan Parr lead the Sonning batting with 59 while Pinkneys took regular wickets as Asif Aziz (3-63), Jagz Dhillon (3-42) and Steve Curlewis (3-64) all chipped in.



But when Curlewis played on to Abbas early in the Pinkneys reply the rot started to set in as the Sonning strike bowler clean bowled five more victims.



At the other end, Phil Swann took 2-17 and Phillips was delighted. He said: "I was particularly pleased with the application shown in the field because we didn't have a massive total to defend but we stayed fully focussed throughout."

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