1st inns Birmingham Khokni 171 all out in 33.2 overs
KHCC Bowling Rizwan 6-1-18-2, Altaf 5-0-17-0, Wahid 5-0-38-1, Saba 3-0-19-0, Malik 6.2-0-36-4, Lloyd 6-0-37-2
2nd inns Kings Heath 172 for 7 in 36.3 overs Jattin Patel stumped 34 Rizwan bowled 34 Aman Khan bowled 0 Mike Barlow c&b 2 Andy Lloyd bowled 66 Saba Naseri stumped 0 Malik bowled 2 Gregg Arrand 14 not out Bernard O'Connor 0 not out Did not bat: Wahid Chishti, Altaf Ur-Rehman
KINGS HEATH WON BY 3 WICKETS
Jattin Patel and Rizwan helped put on over 80 for the first wicket, in contrasting styles. Jattin was happy to wait for the bad balls, demonstrated ability to work ones and twos square of the wicket on both sides of the pitch, and showing solid judgement when leaving the ball outside off. Rizwan, batting with the watchful eye of the first team skipper on the sidelines, exhibited his aggressive tendancies whilst dominating bowlers, before being bowled for 34. The loss of Aman Khan the following ball resulted in panic for the batting side, Mike Barlow falling cheaply, Jattin uncharacteristically stumped off the spinner, and Saba Naseri dismissed in the same manner shortly afterwards, and Javod Malik bowled for only two. Meanwhile first team skipper Andy Lloyd had been rocketing along almost unnoticed by Khokni, due to the fall of wickets at the other end, exhibiting a display of class batting – often sending the ball speeding to the boundary like a tracer bullet through the offside field. Despite Lloyd being bowled for 66, the score was in touching distance, with Gregg and Bernard seeing the side past the finish without any further alarms. Earlier, despite some controversial umpiring decisions by the home side and the match starting in farcical circumstances – without bails on the stumps, Birmingham Khokni were dismissed in only 33.2 overs. Disciplined opening spells from Rizwan and Altaf Ur-Rehman (on Kings Heath debut) saw the batsmen struggle to dominate, with Rizwan collecting two wickets. However Wahid Chishti and Saba Naseri could not continue in this vein, Khokni managing to collect boundaries and score freely all around the wicket. The introduction of spin after the drinks break saw the run rate rise even further, but crucially wickets began to fall at regular intervals. Malik flighted the ball and achieved prodigious turn, with Lloyd bowling slightly quicker and the ball hurrying onto the batsmen, the pair taking six wickets in only 12.2 overs between them.
