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Aug 4, 2019

Friendly vs Homerton

Won by 7 wickets

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Gathered round the holy helmet: (L-R) Vishnu Dubey, Waqas Hashmi, Gaurav Prabhu, Junaid Mohammed, Ahmad Bismillah, Steve Hamilton, Fahed Aamer, Saleem Ahmed, Azaz Kahlil, Jack Turner, Ratnaker Devanaboina

Played at Springfield Park
Report by Steve Hamilton

On a muggy overcast day with a touch of light drizzle in the air, it was important to win the toss and put Homerton into bat ... which is exactly what happened!

We fielded an almost completely new side, replacing ten of the players from the team that beat them in early June. I was the only survivor from that successful mission!

Hashmi and Junaid opened up the attack with a contrast in their bowling styles which complemented each other perfectly.

Junaid raged in aggressively from the start and clean bowled opener Sandeep with his fourth ball of his first over. He delivered a masterful variety of toe-crusher yorkers, slower balls, chin-music short-pitched balls and in-swingers. In short, he totally dominated and destroyed the Homerton batting line up and finished with impressive figures of 6.5-0-31-4.

At the other end, Hashmi maintained constant control with laser-beam accuracy. He was soon rewarded with the wicket of the Homerton captain Sagar with an unplayable away-swinger that nicked the outside edge and flew straight to second slip where Prabhu took the catch intuitively! Hashmi finished his masterclass in bowling with figures of 5-2-12-1.

Then on came Aamer with mixture of allsorts. He started off with three wides. Then he adjusted his approach, generated massive swing from his bulky physique and was rewarded with three quick wickets!

Prabhu took a wicket and Khalil run out Daniella off my bowling with a pinpoint throw that hit the stumps from short leg. Homerton ended up all out with a measly total of 98.

With no teas on a humid day, why hang about? So without a break we got straight on with the task in hand.

We chased down the total without problem. New opener Aamer scored a rapid 35 and we won comfortably by seven wickets.

Being sporting types, myself and Vishnu joined the Homerton team for drinks at the rowing club after afterwards ...

A friendly drink after the game: Steve Hamilton and Visnhu Dubey celebrate in style

Homerton 98 all out (18.5 overs)
Hutch     b Junaid              9
Sandeep   b Junaid              0
Sagar     ct Prabhu b Hashmi   17
John      b Prabhu             10
Sam       b Junaid              8
Dan       b Aamer               4
Dave      b Aamer               1
Chris     not out              14
Arthur    ct Turner b Aamer     8
Danniella run out (Khalil)      1
Bearclaw b Junaid              4
Extras (w 24, lb 1, b 4, nb 5) 34
Total                          98

Waqas Hashmi   5-2-9-1
Mo Junaid      6.5-0-31-4
Gaurav Prabhu 2-0-10-1
Fahed Aamer    3-0-8-3
Steve Hamilton 2-0-6-0

Old Fallopians 100-3 (17.2 overs)
Vishnu Dubey lbw Chris         9
Fahed Aamer   ct ? b Danniella 35
Gaurav Prabhu run out          17
Azaz Kahlil   not out          12
Mo Junaid     not out          12
Extras (w 4, lb 2, b 9)        15
Total                         100

Arthur    7-1-31-0
Chris     4-0-15-1
Sam       3-0-12-0
Danniella 3.2-0-22-1