High Scoring Defeat Fails to Blunt Season's Achievements

Home captain, Ejaz Khan, won the toss and elected to bat first at The Jack Carter Centre on Saturday. The hosts were given the ideal fillip as Ashwin Sharma (50) and Ahmed Zulfiqar (28) posted an opening stand of 75. Vijayaratnam Mahal’s three wicket salvo and a brace of victims apiece from Livash Ramduth and skipper Kane Messenger saw ‘Brook grab back the initiative but for the third time in as many games the opposition’s tail wagged. No.9 Abdur Rahman Ismail produced a destructive display with the willow, fashioning 3 fours and 6 maximums as he thrashed the ball to all corners of the gound finishing with 62 from 42 balls propelling the Ilford outfit to a daunting 269 all out.
After tea, openers Juber Rukon (31) and Afzal Hussain (29) set the tone for Goresbrook’s reply with a partnership of 64. Gloveman Jordan Harris (25), Shaun Ross (19), Mahal (14) and Lee Jones (14) also produced some big hitting of their own but a testing spell from Maruf Chowdhury (3 for 24) saw wickets fall at alarming regularity. In an entertaining finale, Ted Ivory, nursing a foot injury, produced some explosive strokes at number eleven, recording 33 in a last wicket stand of 58 in tandem with Ramduth (10 not) as the visitors failed by 46 runs to overhaul their opponents.

Frenford 1st 269 all out in 48.2 Overs (20 points) beat Goresbrook 1st 223 all out in 44.5 Overs (7 points) by 46 Runs.