| Sunday 9th July 2017 vs Codicote C.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akram returns Wash to winning ways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codicote C.C. |  |
164-3 (35 overs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington C.C. | |
168-7 (30 overs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scoop le Fix reporting ... A brilliant innings of 86 by opener Aftab Akram saw Wash return to winning ways on Sunday in the Hertfordshire village of Codicote. Taking advantage of the lightning fast outfield, Akram smashed 17 fours as Wash galloped home with five overs to spare. Skipper Clinton Dugmore said afterwards: ‘it was a good team performance, especially in the field, but there’s no doubting who was man of the match. Aftab was awesome!’. Codicote had first use of a dappled wicket that ultimately played better than it looked. Although Max Murrain secured an early breakthrough, having Josh Lucy caught at the wicket by Mike Turner for just 1, wickets proved hard to come by. In what was a 35 over game, Murrain himself finished with 1-22 off 7 overs, whilst opening partner Richard Creed ended with 0-27, and Stuart Marsh 0-20. Abishek Thakur, who fielded brilliantly at short cover all afternoon, bowled four wicketless overs for 36. The main cause of Washington’s frustration opener Toby Liveridge who compiled an assured 92 not out. He received good support from John Day (40) who put all the power of his substantial frame into two early lofted drives over mid off, but then hurt his back. The consequence was that he needed a runner, and so to his powerful stroke play was added the lightning speed between the wickets of Josh Lucy, which caused Wash all sorts of difficulties. Day was eventually stumped by Turner off Richard Brown (1-20), and there was also a wicket for Nick Kripps (1-45) courtesy of a catch in the deep by Marsh. Washington thus took an excellent tea in Codicote’s lovely club house knowing that they had to score 165 to win. The second half of the game followed a very different pattern to the first. Where Codicote’s innings had developed slowly and few wickets had fallen, the Wash batsmen took a more aggressive approach, aiming to strike the boundaries but sometimes perishing in the attempt. Skipper Dugmore (6) dollied a catch to mid off; Matt Cheviott (1) wandered across his stumps and was pinned lbw, and when Mark Molloy (6) also fell to a catch, Wash were definitely wobbling at 37-3. However, Akram was by now fully into his stride, running clever singles and smashing anything loose imperiously to the boundary. He formed two important partnerships which ultimately provided the platform for Washington’s victory: 36 for the 5th wicket with Turner (13) and then 56 for the 6th wicket with Kripps (15). When he eventually fell, lbw for 86, the game was essentially won. Brown clubbed a quick 13, before a stroked single from Marsh set up Murrain to administer the coup de grace with two fine onside drives. So a good win for Wash on the road, and a good first game against a very friendly new Oppo, to whom we were introduced through the good offices of old friends the Haringey Librarians. MoM: the Solihul Stroke-maker
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