Ones See-off Unhappy Valley

Muhammad Attuallah continued his good form with the ball firing an early two wicket salvo for the hosts at May & Bakers Sports Ground on Saturday. Nozmul Hussain (25) steadied the ship before Kamrul Choudhury’s 44 boosted Valley past 150. Daryl Forward’s excellent spell of 3 for 23 arrested the middle revival from the visitors and a brace of scalps apiece for Livash Ramduth and skipper Kane Messenger, supported by another impressive fielding display, restricted Roding Valley to an under par 166
After tea, openers Ted Ivory and Ramduth were back in the hutch without troubling the scorer and with Lee Jones’ early demise for 4, prospects of a Goresbrook victory looked bleak with the Dagenham outfit teetering at 7 for 3. For the second successive week the two Jordans, Harris and Callverley dug in and rescued the batting side. The pair displayed dogged resistance to turn the innings around with a magnificent 4th wicket stand of 132. Harris found the rope on seven occasions before departing on 82 whilst Calverley, together with Afzal Hussain (12 not) led his side home hitting successive boundaries to clinch his half century and a third successive league victory for ‘Brook.

Roding Valley 1st 166 all out in 49.2 Overs (2 points) lost to Goresbrook 1st 169 for 4 in 46 Overs (20 points) by 6 wickets