14-Aug-2004, 1st XI League vs Bristol Pakistanis played at Bris Paks (45 over match)
Toss won by Bristol Pakistanis, Umpires: A.Milburn & A.Smith

Blagdon Win by 3 wickets (Blagdon 25 pts, Bristol Pakistanis 8 pts)


Bristol Pakistanis Innings (Overs 45)
Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Bls  R/100b 4s 6s
Tanveer+                                      b G.Paramore          11  24   45.83  2  -
Ilyas                                         b A.Nairn              6  19   31.58  1  -
Sajid                c R.Hughes               b P.Hudd              60 108   55.56  6  -
Wasim                c R.Davies               b P.Hudd              46  54   85.19  8  -
Zaheer               run out (R.Davies/P.Hudd)                      39  32  121.88  3  1
Ayub                 st R.Hughes              b P.Hudd              14  18   77.78  1  -
Irfan                st R.Hughes              b P.Hudd              18  11  163.64  3  -
Qumir                st R.Hughes              b P.Hudd               1   3   33.33  -  -
Aftab                not out                                         1   1  100.00  -  -
  extras                                      (b1 lb4 w12 nb0)      17
TOTAL                                         8 wickets for        213 270   78.89 24  1

Wkt   FOW   Over   Partnership                      Runs  Bls
  1    24    6.5   Tanveer & Ilyas                    24   41
  2    24    7.2   Tanveer & Sajid                     0    3
  3    98   24.4   Wasim & Sajid                      74  104
  4   164   38.5   Zaheer & Sajid                     66   85
  5   181   40.6   Zaheer & Ayub                      17   13
  6   211   44.1   Irfan & Ayub                       30   19
  7   212   44.3   Irfan & Qumir                       1    2
  8   213   44.6   Aftab & Qumir                       1    3

Bowler             O     M    R    W   Av.ge   Econ  Strike  wd  nb  4s  6s
A.Nairn            11    2    59   1   59.00   5.36   66.00   1   -   9   -
G.Paramore         8     3    29   1   29.00   3.63   48.00   -   -   6   -
S.Byas             12    1    66   0     -     5.50     -     2   -   5   -
P.Hudd             14    2    54   5   10.80   3.86   16.80   1   -   4   1

Blagdon Innings (Overs 43.5)
Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Bls  R/100b 4s 6s
J.Board              c Zaheer                 b Shakil               6   4  150.00  -  1
R.Edwards                                     b Shakil               0   8    0.00  -  -
S.Westbrook          not out                                        69 103   66.99  6  1
I.Nairn              c Irfan                  b Ayub                12  45   26.67  2  -
A.Nairn              c Tanveer                b Irfan               50  33  151.52  6  3
S.Byas*                                       b Wasim               16  22   72.73  1  1
Jon.Withers                                   b Ayub                35  44   79.55  1  1
R.Hughes+            c Zaheer                 b Wasim                0   4    0.00  -  -
P.Hudd               not out                                         0   0     -    -  -
R.Davies             dnb                                             -
G.Paramore           dnb                                             -
  extras                                      (b12 lb6 w8 nb0)      26
TOTAL                                         7 wickets for        214 263   81.37 16  7

Wkt   FOW   Over   Partnership                      Runs  Bls
  1     6    0.4   J.Board & R.Edwards                 6    4
  2     7    2.2   S.Westbrook & R.Edwards             1   10
  3    34   13.6   S.Westbrook & I.Nairn              27   70
  4    96   22.4   S.Westbrook & A.Nairn              62   52
  5   119   29.1   S.Westbrook & S.Byas               23   39
  6   209   42.4   S.Westbrook & Jon.Withers          90   81
  7   210   43.3   S.Westbrook & R.Hughes              1    5
  8                S.Westbrook & P.Hudd                4*   2

Bowler             O     M    R    W   Av.ge   Econ  Strike  wd  nb  4s  6s
Shakil             9.2   1    35   2   17.50   3.75   28.00   2   -   4   1
Ayub               12    4    54   2   27.00   4.50   36.00   3   -   4   3
Irfan              7.4   1    34   1   34.00   4.43   46.00   2   -   3   1
Wasim              11.5  1    53   2   26.50   4.48   35.50   -   -   3   2
Sajid              3     0    20   0     -     6.67     -     -   -   2   -


Statistical notes:

Sajid reached his fifty from 99 balls (5x4)
P.Hudd took his eighth 1st XI league five wicket haul
S.Westbrook reached his fifty from 83 balls (5x4)
S.Westbrook scored his 57th 1st XI league fifty
A.Nairn reached his fifty from 24 balls (6x4, 3x6)
A.Nairn scored his 3rd 1st XI league fifty

Milestones reached:

S.Westbrook - 8000 1st XI league runs
A.Nairn - 500 runs in all matches for the club
S.Byas - 300 appearances for the club


Byo, who was playing in his 300th match for the club, lost the toss and Bristol Pakistanis decided to bat first on a very dodgy looking pitch which hadn't been prepared due to the bad weather during the week.

We made a couple of early breakthroughs to reduce them to 24-2 after 7.2 overs but a stand of 74 for the third wicket between Sajid and Wasim put the Pakistanis in a commanding position. This was enhanced with a 66 run partnership for the fourth wicket between Sajid and their overseas professional Zaheer before Sajid was dismissed by Huddy for a well made 60 which left the total on 164-4 with six overs remaining. A great run out by Wobble sent Zaheer back to the pavilion but the sixth wicket pair of Irfan and Ayub put on 30 runs in just 19 balls to take the total to 211-5 with one over to go. The last over was bowled by Huddy and was a very eventful one as Stiff made stumpings off the first, third and sixth balls to help Huddy bag his second five-fer of the season and end the Pakistani innings on 213-8. Huddy finished with the excellent figures of 5-54 and Pazza (1-29) and Nairny (1-59) were the other wicket takers.

Our run chase got off to a typically exciting start as Boardy hit the third ball of the innings out of the ground but was unfortunately caught at cover off the next ball. Tampa was then dismissed for a duck in the third over which left us in a spot of bother at 7-2 before Wessy and Ian Nairn brought us back into the game by compiling a steady 27 run partnership for the third wicket until Nairny was caught for 12. This brought his twin Andy to the crease and he smashed the ball everywhere to reach his first fifty of the season off just 24 balls which included six fours and three towering sixes. He didn't add to his score after reaching the fifty mark however and was caught behind in the 23rd over to leave the score on 96-4. Byo joined Wessy in a useful 23 run partnership for the fifth wicket but when he was bowled for 16 the score had reached 119-5 after 29.1 overs and we needed to score at over six runs an over to reach the victory target. Witho then played his finest innings for Blagdon to date and along with Wessy, who accelerated at just the right time, put on 90 runs in only 81 balls for the sixth wicket to take us to within five runs of victory with over two overs to spare. Witho was unfortunately bowled for 35 in the 43rd over to keep everyone on the edge of their seats and the tension was increased even further when Stiff was out for a duck just five balls later which left us needing four to win off nine balls. Fortunately for us the penultimate ball of the 44th over beat the batsman, keeper and fielders to race to the boundary for four byes which took us to victory with just seven balls remaining. Wessy, who passed the 8,000 run milestone in 1st XI league matches during this match, batted masterfully throughout his innings to finish on 69 not out and Huddy (0*) was the other not out batsman at the end.

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