Scorecard

Kings Langley Cricket Club 1st XI v Preston on Sat 24 Aug 2019 at 1.00
Kings Langley Cricket Club Won by 1 wicket

Match report Kings Langley 1st claimed 30 crucial points on The Common as they edged to a nervy 1 wicket win against top-of-the-league, Preston.
Starting the day in the relegation zone and 3 points behind 8th place, once they were asked to bowl first, Kings Langley knew that every wicket could be crucial to their cause. As Preston seemed to be off to a flier, Ben Joyce (3-34) gained the first of his wickets in the 6th over and soon followed up with his 2nd two overs later to leave Preston 41-2 after 8 overs. Mark Brazier (2-38) then caused trouble with with his skiddy fast bowling as he claimed the next two wickets with the help of good catches by Lib Maher and Ricky Mohammed to leave the visitors on 67-4. A crucial period of play followed where Ricky Mohammed and Duane Smith combined well as a partnership to dry up the runs and build some pressure by racing through the middle overs. Smith finished with 1-29 off his 10 overs and in the end, Mohammed finished with quite incredible figures across two spells. He claimed 3 wicket and conceded only 3 runs to finish with 10-7-3-3. Ben Joyce returned to claim his third and then a run out off the final ball left Preston all out on 162.
With 10 points in the bag and an achievable target to chase, the top order knew that a couple of decent partnerships should see Kings Langley to victory. Unfortunately Ricky Mohammed fell early for 6 but Piper (13) put on 33 with Harry Sambrook. The latter then combined to put on 61 with Liberty Maher before falling to a sharp caught and bowled for 58. A further 20 runs had been added when a mini collapse saw the score go from 121-3 to 123-6 in the space of 2 overs. This left the home side needing 40 runs in 11 overs with Maher and Mark Brazier at the crease. They halved that number before Maher was run out for a vital and patient 44. When Nauman Hijaz departed in the 45th over there were still 10 required for victory. Rich Davis joined Brazier at the crease and just two runs were needed to win when Brazier departed for 20 as he sliced a pull shot to the fielder. Duane Smith was the last man in and he survived a close LBW decision as he blocked out the over and passed the baton over to Davis. He then gratefully watched a wide sail down the leg side to guarantee at least a tie and managed to survive the over to pass it back to Smith with 1 run needed in the final over. There may have been tension in the pavilion but this is Duane Smith! Professionally and on a cricket field; he always delivers. As he casually bunted the 2nd ball of the over through a vacant mid-on, victory was secured and 30 points in the bag.
Heading into next week, Kings Langley are now out of the relegation zone and face bottom of the league Knebworth Park. If they can claim victory, then it is possible they can go into the final match of the season with survival guaranteed.

Preston Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
20w 1b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
23
162 (50.0 overs)		     
L. Balcombe lbw  b. B. Joyce 14
P. Gooden ct  L. Maher b. M. Brazier 26
G. Biggs ct  B. Hughes b. B. Joyce 3
J. Morecroft ct  B. Hughes b. R. Mohammed 18
T. Collins ct  R. Mohammed b. M. Brazier 6
B. Hill ct  T. Piper b. D. Smith 17
W. Hearne lbw  b. B. Joyce 5
P. Murrell lbw  b. R. Mohammed 23
M. Anderson ct  A. Colquhoun b. R. Mohammed 13
C. Walker Not Out  11
M. Waters run out  (R. Davis) 3

Kings Langley Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Harry Sambrook7.002900.004.14
Ben Joyce7.0034311.334.86
Liberty Maher6.012600.004.33
Mark Brazier10.0138219.003.80
Ricky Mohammed10.07331.000.30
Duane Smith10.0129129.002.90

Kings Langley Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 13w 1lb 
for 9 wickets
16
163		        
Tim Piper b  M. Waters 13 1 1
Ricky Mohammed lbw  b. M. Waters 6 1 1
Harry Sambrook ct  & Bowled M. Anderson 59 10 1
Liberty Maher Run out  44 4 1
Andrew Colquhoun ct  & Bowled T. Collins 3 1
Ben Joyce ct  B. Hill b. T. Collins 0
Brad Hughes ct  B. Hill T. Collins 0 2
Mark Brazier ct  P. Gooden b. C. Walker 20 2
Nauman Hijaz b  C. Walker 0
Rich Davis Not Out  1 1
Duane Smith Not Out  1

Preston Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
H. Waters10.0339219.503.90
T. Collins10.013649.003.60
M. Anderson10.0321121.002.10
P. Murrell10.013000.003.00
C. Walker8.211427.001.68
G. Biggs1.001200.0012.00
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