Sunday 28th June 2009 vs Railway Taverners C.C.
 
Railway Taverners too good on the day
 
Washington C.C. 130 all out (30 overs)
Railway Taverners C.C. 133 for 4 (26.1 overs)
 

The day started hopefully under the captaincy of Aff Naseem with the season debuts on Wash stalwarts Pete 'Guru' Demetri (debut 1990) and Taran 'Tags' Persaud (debut 1985). However both looked a bit rusty being dismissed for 4 and 7 respectively.

It was a challenging pitch with the ball keeping low and rising off a good length although Tahir Islam looked in good form before being dismissed for 24. Wickets continued to fall with Aff (3) and then Joel Braniff (8) who was very unlucky to be bowled by one that kept low. Rory Guy (36) turned things around for a while with some aggressive stroke play with Ian Relf (12) and Phil Hamlet (4) and Simon 'Happy Gilmore' Rider who hit some cracking shots through cover. Ahir Pushnapath's dismissal for a duck saw the Wash doing well to make 130 in 29 overs considering their start.

However, 130 did not look like enough in this 38 (???) over game even with the early run-out of opener Clarke. However, the Taverner's aggressive batting saw them quickly overtake the Wash in 26.1 overs despite a steady run of wickets to Pushnapath, Islam and Guy. Skipper Naseem noted that 'it was always going to be hard defending that total but the boys did their best'.

Man of the Match - Rory Guy for his wicket and swashbuckling innings

Packing the Kit - Ahir for his duck

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Batting
Player Runs How out
Pete Demetri 4 Caught
Tahir Islam 24 Caught
Taran Persaud 7 Bowled
Aff Naseem 3 Caught
Joel Braniff 8 Bowled
Rory Guy 36 Bowled
Ian Relf 12 Run Out
Phil Hamlet 4 Stumped
Simon Rider 15 Caught
Luke Mitchell 0* 
Ahir Pushpanath 0 Caught
Partnerships
Wkt Runs Batsmen
1 9 Pete Demetri  &  Tahir Islam
2 24 Tahir Islam  &  Taran Persaud
3 9 Tahir Islam  &  Aff Naseem
4 4 Aff Naseem  &  Joel Braniff
5 23 Joel Braniff  &  Rory Guy
6 32 Rory Guy  &  Ian Relf
7 8 Rory Guy  &  Phil Hamlet
8 6 Rory Guy  &  Simon Rider
9 9 Simon Rider  &  Luke Mitchell
10 3 Luke Mitchell  &  Ahir Pushpanath



Fielding
Player Cts Wkt Cts Stmps
Ahir Pushpanath 1 - -
Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts
Taran Persaud 1.0 0 4 0
Tahir Islam 3.0 0 16 1
Luke Mitchell 8.0 3 19 0
Rory Guy 8.0 1 41 1
Ahir Pushpanath 6.0 0 30 1
Joel Braniff 1.0 0 14 0
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