Midweek Squad Game (home), 28/07/10

Team GA - 136 for 8 in 18 overs
Shak Syed 17
Adnan Ali 23
Adam Badger 11
Callum Bird 26
Jack Wadelin 8
Saba Naseri 1
Louie Turpie 0
Jei Diwakar 19*
Eitan Fifer 11
Gregg Arrand 0*

(Miles 3-0-28-1, Amit 3-0-22-0, Lockyer 3-0-25-3, Abbas 3-0-24-0, Malik 3-0-18-0, Pardeep 3-0-16-0)

Team JL - 122 for 9 in 18 overs
Rizwan Mohammed 7
Kasim Abbas 8
Masood Khan 15
Matt Wright 0
Abbas Usman 5
Amit Patel 1
Jack Lockyer 0
Pardeep Ruprai 1
Javod Malik 20
Miles Davies 39*

(Shak 2-0-16-1, Badger 2-0-16-0, Turpie 2-0-23-1, Saba 2-0-21-0, Wadelin 2-0-8-1, Diwakar 3-0-16-3, Eitan 2-0-7-2, Bird 3-0-13-1)

TEAM GA WON BY 14 RUNS

The first innings began with the opening partnership of Adnan (23) and Shak (17) using their licence to thrill and playing numerous attacking strokes; Shak in particular played murderous drives straight down the ground and through midwicket. Shak was eventually dismissed ‘obstructing the field’ when he offered an easy return catch to the bowler Amit, but screamed out in a high pitched voice to distract him. The catch was subsequently dropped by the bowler, but umpire Alan Hyatt immediately raised his finger to indicate the batsman was dismissed for obstructing the field. U17 Adam Badger (11) proved solid in a partnership with U13 Callum Bird before Callum dropped the ball into a gap at midwicket and called for a single. Badger was initially reluctant to take the run and was slow off the mark, resulting in a clear run out. The middle order offered little staying power before under 13s Callum and Jei Diwakar put on a partnership against a bowling attack full of players with senior experience, rotating the strike with supreme understanding. Following Callums’ eventual dismissal for the top score of 26, Eitan Fifer came to the crease and scored 11 runs before getting out with one delivery of the innings remaining. Young Jei promptly hooked the final ball behind square on the leg side for four runs, finishing his innings unbeaten on 19, and the team score on 136 for 8 from the allocation of 18 overs. Jack Lockyer was the pick of the bowlers, collecting three wickets in his spell. Miles Davies also showed great promise, thundering down the slope to intimidate the junior batters he was bowling to. The second innings began with Shak being struck for two consecutive boundaries by left hander Kasim Abbas; both shots were technically perfect drives through the covers for four. This enraged the bowler and the following delivery Shak bowled one of his fastest balls of the season, scorching through the defence of the batter and obliterating the off stump. Rizwan still proved a threat and youngsters Louie Turpie and Jack Wadelin were introduced into the attack, having earlier registered a duck when batting. Rizwan was visibly distracted by this move, refusing to play his natural game and attack the young bowlers. This worked to the advantage of the fielding team, Rizwan eventually getting frustrated and coming down the wicket and the ball hitting full on the pads. The subsequent lbw verdict enraged the batsman, but from the umpires view it was stone dead. Masood Khan played solidly for 15 before his dismissal, and Abbas Usman scored only five runs before he was out. Matthew Wright, the Saturday 2nd team opening batsman, was out without scoring, as he hit an uppish drive from the bowling of U13 Jei Diwakar high up in the air where it was caught by Adam Badger, backpedalling at mid off. Whilst Saba Naseri was thundering down the hill Eitan Fifer was introduced into the bowling attack up the slope to bowl big turning off spinners. The final ball of his first over was bowled to the left handed Amit Patel; it was a very full delivery outside the off stump and after pitching turned away slightly more. It was an ideal delivery to punch into the covers but instead Amit tried to sweep – the ball taking the top edge and looping up in the air to the vacant short leg position. Thankfully the locum wicketkeeper Adnan Ali shimmied round the stumps and took a low catch in his gloves. This was Eitans’ first wicket in a match for Kings Heath and he showed his delight by lifting Adnan over his shoulder and promptly dropping him on the floor, doing what could have been serious damage to his head and neck. In Eitans’ following over he was bowling to the opposition skipper Jack Lockyer, who was yet to face a ball. A quick fielding restructure had placed men put to cover the short legside boundary, leaving only one man in the covers. Eitans first delivery to Lockyer was short outside off stump, the batsmans eyes lit up as Lockyer carved the ball into the gap between point and cover with all his might, certain of a boundary. However the fielding captain Gregg Arrand was the fielder at cover and took a step to his left before launching himself off his left foot and propelling himself towards the ball, safely catching the ball in both hands with both feet off the floor, horizontally parallel to the ground, leaving Lockyer astonished and out for a golden duck, and Eitan with a hat trick opportunity. The hat trick never came but when Pardeep Ruprai was dismissed for only a single it left Under 17s Javod Malik and Miles Davies at the crease with a big target to chase. Malik was on strike down the hill and the start of the over there was a 5/4 leg side field. After each of the next four dot balls an off side fielder was subtly brought across to the leg side until all nine fielders were standing on the leg side. The batsman Malik has always lacked tactical awareness and still had not noticed and kept trying to hit the ball through cow corner. When Malik was eventually dismissed Miles was allowed to keep batting in order for the full 18 overs to be delivered, with Malik used as a runner. Had Miles been dismissed then batting captain Jack Lockyer had most of his top order padded up, ready to enter the fray again. Miles was not dismissed, and completed the innings on 39 not out, albeit with the intensity of the match already flooded away. This secured a win for the team fielding second by a convincing 14 runs.

U10s vs Tanworth & Camp Hill (away), 27/07/10

Kings Heath 252 for 5
(George McKeever 11, James Salliss 9 not out)

Tanworth and Camp Hill 229 for 5
(Umar Saeed 2-1-1-1, James Salliss 2-1-3-1)

Run outs: Zain Butt 2, Mo Qamar 1

Kings Heath won by 23 runs

U17s vs Attock (away), 26/07/10

Kings Heath 118 for 2 in 20 overs
Sam Crocker 81 not out (55 balls, 11x4)
Josh Baker ct keeper 2 (20 balls)
Tom Salliss stumped 8 (15 balls, 1x4)
Ben Jones 19 not out, (24 balls, 1x4)

Did not bat: Armstrong, Badger, Brown, Afzal, Wadelin, Davis, Malik

Attock 121 for 5

(Dan Armstrong 3-0-20-0, Sean Brown 4-0-17-2, Sam Crocker 2.2-0-14-1, Sultan Afzal 2-0-14-0, Jack Wadelin 2-0-17-0, Miles Davis 2-0-11-0, Javod Malik 1-0-22-0,)

Catches, Davis, Baker
Run outs, Malik, Salliss.

ATTOCK WON BY 5 WICKETS

Under 17s v Attock (a), 26/07/10

Under 17s v Attock (a), 26/07/10 Kings Heath 118 for 2 in 20 overs Sam Crocker 81 not out (61 balls, 11x4) SR: 133.79 Josh Baker caught 2 (20 balls) SR: 10.00 Tom Salliss stumped 8 (15 balls, 1x4) SR: 53.33 Ben Jones 19 not out (24 balls, 1x4) SR: 79.12 Did not bat: Adam Badger, Miles Davis, Dan Armstrong, Javod Malik, Sultan Afzal, Sean Brown, Jack Wadelin (Extras: 1nb, 5wd, 2b) FOW: 25 59 Attock 121 for 5 in 16.2 overs (D Armstrong 3-0-20-0, S Brown 4-0-17-2, S Crocker 2.2-0-14-1, S Afzal 2-0-14-0, J Wadelin 2-0-17-0, M Davis 2-0-11-0, J Malik 1-0-22-0) (Extras: 4nb, 8wd, 5b, 1lb) FOW: 13 16 32 37 43 ATTOCK WON BY 5 WICKETS

U17s vs Alcester & Ragley (away), 19/07/10

Kings Heath 110 for 7 in 20 overs
(Sam Crocker 50 not out, Adam Badger 25)

Alcester and Ragley 112 for 2 in 17 overs

A&R WON BY 8 WICKETS

U12s vs Aston Manor (away), 25/07/10

SEMI FINAL

Kings Heath 115 for 5 in 20 overs
(Mustapha Babar 30 retired, Luke Frain 22, Oliver Banks 14*, Asif Haider 13, Depesh Bhardwa 13)

Aston Manor 116 for 6 wickets in 18.1 overs
(Asif Haider 4-0-11-2, Depesh Bhardwa 1-0-10-1, Luke Frain 2-0-16-2, Oliver Banks 2.1-0-12-1)

ASTON MANOR WON BY 4 WICKETS
       

Sunday 1s vs Pickwick (away), 25/07/10

Pickwick 163 all out in 38.1 overs (Millard 9-4-30-2, Shak 7-3-14-2, Kasim 8-0-41-1, Adnan 4-0-16-1, Rizwan 4-0-24-2, Hawkins 4-0-19-0, Bernard 2.1-0-8-2)

Kings Heath 82 for 8 in 40.0 overs Matt Wright ct midwicket 0 (1 ball) Rizwan ct keeper 1 (14 balls) Jattin Patel ct cover 12 (2x4) Joe Hawkins 30 not out (1x4) Ben Jones lbw 0 (4 balls) Adnan Ali ct&b 0 (2 balls) Shak ct midwicket 0 (6 balls) Bernard O'Connor ct keeper 9 (2x4) Gregg Arrand ct keeper 21 (1x4) Kasim Abbas 7 not out (1x4) Did not bat: Stuart Millard FOW: 0 12 17 17 17 18 31 76

MATCH DRAWN

Saturday 2s vs Handsworth (away), 24/07/10

Handsworth won the toss and elected to field

Kings Heath 91 all out in 34.5 overs Sam Crocker lbw 0 (2 balls) Matt Wright bowled 31 (4x4) Aaron Oliver bowled 9 (2x4) Bernard O'Connor ct sq leg 22 (2x4) Tom Salliss bowled 0 (2 balls) Gregg Arrand bowled 12 (1x4) Sean Brown bowled 0 (1 ball) Dan Armstrong ct keeper 0 (7 balls) Josh Williams 8 not out (1x4) Amit Patel bowled 2 Stuart Millard lbw 0 (5 balls) FOW: 0 33 60 60 74 74 77 78 85 91

Handsworth 97 for 3 in 23.5 overs (Millard 4-1-15-0, Williams 4.5-0-32-1, Armstrong 3-0-16-0, Brown 7-2-16-1, Crocker 5-2-10-1) FOW: 16 69 69

HANDSWORTH WON BY 7 WICKETS

Saturday 3rds vs Solihull Blossomfield (home), 24/07/10

At Holders Lane, 1.00pm start

Kings Heath 218 all out in 43.1 overs Jag Patel lbw 25 (4x4) Masood Khan bowled 50 (6x4, 2x6) Olly O'Brien bowled 5 (1x4) Altaf Ur-Rehman ct keeper 15 (3x4) Adam Badger bowled 5 (1x4) Miles Davis lbw 0 (2 balls) Aman Khan bowled 28 (4x4, 1x6) George Greaves ct keeper 0 (1 ball) Nabeel Ahmed bowled 43 (8x4) Wahid Chishti bowled 0 (1 ball) Graham Arrand 13 not out (2x4) FOW: 63 75 95 112 112 114 114 177 177 218

Solihull Blossomfield 161 for 8 in 46.0 overs (Nabeel 6-1-25-0, Aman 15-5-29-3, George 12-3-29-0 Wahid 3-0-25-1, Altaf 6-1-28-3, Miles 3-1-9-0, Olly 1-0-10-0)

KINGS HEATH WINNING DRAW

U10s vs Moseley & Olton WW, 20/07/10

Kings Heath 222 for 9
(George McKeever 20, Umar Saeed 11)

Moseley and Olton & West Warwicks 286 for 4
(Tom Banks 2-0-8-1, Waleed Farooq 2-0-17-1, Jack Clugston two run outs)

MOSELEY & OLTON WW WON BY 64 RUNS

Under 17s v Alcester & Ragley (a), 19/07/10

Under 17s v Alcester & Ragley (a), 19/07/10 At Ragley Hall Kings Heath 110 for 8 in 20 overs Sam Crocker 50 not out (6x4) Josh Baker bowled 7 (1x4) Aaron Oliver lbw 1 Joe Hawkins bowled 0 Dan Armstrong caught 9 (2x4) Adam Badger run out 25 (2x4) Miles Davis bowled 0 Javod Malik run out 0 Louie Turpie run out 0 Sean Brown 0 not out Did not bat: Jack Wadelin (Extras: 13wd, 1b, 3lb) FOW: 16 23 23 37 108 108 108 109 Alcester & Ragley 112 for 2 in 17.2 overs (D Armstrong 2-0-13-2, S Brown 4-0-13-0, M Davis 2-0-17-0, S Crocker 2-0-14-0, J Wadelin 2-0-10-0, L Turpie 3-0-16-0, J Malik 2.2-0-19-0) (Extras: 2nb, 10wd, 5b, 4lb) FOW: 0 17 ALCESTER & RAGLEY WON BY 8 WICKETS

Sunday 1sts vs Alvechurch (away), 18/07/10

Alvechurch 218 for 5 in 40 overs (Shak 8-1-26-1, Adnan 4-0-15-0, Wahid 8-2-36-1, Josh 8-0-29-0, Olly 8-1-48-3, Rizwan 4-0-33-0)

Kings Heath 143 all out in 32 overs Matt Wright bowled 0 (4 balls) Rizwan ct deep midwicket 41 (5x4, 2x6) Parminder Bhomra ct keeper 23 (4x4) Bernard O'Connor lbw 3 Mike Barlow bowled 2 Adnan Ali ct cover 6 (1x4) Shak Syed ct sq leg 17 (1x4, 2x6) Gregg Arrand ct cover 10 (1x4) Wahid Chishti 13 not out (1x4) Josh Williams bowled 10 (2x4) Olly O'Brien bowled 1 FOW: 0 69 71 75 80 96 109 122 138 143

ALVECHURCH WON BY 75 RUNS

Saturday 2s vs Kenilworth (home), 17/07/10

Kings Heath 258 for 6 in 50 overs Jattin Patel 84 (138 balls, 10x4) Rizwan 67 (64 balls, 6x4, 3x6) Ritesh Patel 33 (37 balls, 6x4) Aaron Oliver 21 (26 balls, 2x4, 1x6) Tom Salliss 2 (4 balls) Sam Crocker 11 (13 balls) Matt Wright 22* (12 balls, 2x4) Kasim Abbas 9* (7 balls) Did not bat: Paul Spinks, Gregg Arrand, Josh Williams FOW: 121 175 214 214 226 234

Kenilworth 231 for 5 in 50 overs (Kasim 15-3-60-1, Josh 14-3-44-2, Crocker 5-0-35-0, Rizwan 6-0-28-1, Ritesh 2-0-3-0, Matt Wright 4-0-12-0, Salliss 1-0-6-0, Jattin 3-0-27-1) FOW: 34 58 146 150 221

KINGS HEATH WINNING DRAW

Saturday 3rds vs Aston Manor (away), 17/07/10

Kings Heath 195 for 8 in 45 overs Parminder Bhomra stumped 101 (13x4, 1x6) Joe Hawkins ct keeper 34 (4x4) Bernard O'Connor ct keeper 0 (2 balls) Masood Khan run out 24 (2x4,1x6) Sean Brown ct mid off 9 (1x4) Josh Baker ct long on 5 (1x4) Aman Khan ct point 2 Adam Badger bowled 7 Saleem Haider 2 not out Did not bat: Graham Arrand, Nabeel Ahmed FOW: 101 101 167 175 183 184 190 195

Aston Manor 114 for 8 in 45 overs (Nabeel 14-4-23-4, Aman 10-3-19-2, Sean Brown 7-4-11-1, Saleem 3-0-18-0, Bernard O'Connor 6-0-21-1, Hawkins 5-2-6-0) FOW: 5 17 18 18 21 26 79 100

KINGS HEATH WINNING DRAW

U12s vs Moseley (home), 14/07/10

At Holders Lane Playing Fields, 6.00pm start

Kings Heath 121 for 2 in 20 overs
(Adil Saeed 30 retired, Mustapha Babar 27, Asif Haider 32*, Luke Frain 12*)

Moseley 124 for 2 in 18.2 overs
(Depesh Bhardwa 3-0-16-1, Adil Saeed 4-0-7-1)

MOSELEY WON BY 8 WICKETS

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Midweek XI vs Tanworth (home), 14/07/10

Tanworth & Camp Hill 159 for 3 in 15 overs
(Malik 3-0-29-1, Kasim 3-0-35-1, Lockyer 3-0-33-0, Miles 3-0-17-0, Lloyd 3-0-42-1)

Kings Heath 146 all out in 14.7 overs
Matt Wright stumped 20 (4x4)
Andy Lloyd ct keeper 11 (1x4, 1x6)
Masood Khan ct sq leg 8 (2x4)
Tom Salliss ct mid off 12 (1x4, 1x6)
Altaf Ur-Rehman stumped 19 (1x4, 2x6)
Gregg Arrand ct point 4 (1x4)
Malik stumped 9
Jack Lockyer run out 4
Miles Davis run out 17 (3x4)
Kasim Abbas ct keeper 1
Josh Williams 2 not out
Extras: 45

TANWORTH WON BY 13 RUNS

U17s vs Harborne (away), 05/07/10

Kings Heath 132 for 2 in 20 overs
(Josh Baker 43, Aaron Oliver 42, Sam Crocker 27)

Harborne 134 for 2 in 12 overs

HARBORNE WON BY 8 WICKETS

U15 Championship Final Table

Final position: 5th (9 teams)

Played 8, Won 3, Lost 5 (Total 50 points)

U10s vs Moseley Ashfield (home), 13/07/10

League game

Kings Heath 271 for 3 in 16 overs
(George McKeever 16, Daniel Bird 10)

Moseley Ashfield 244 for 5 in 16 overs
(Mo Qamar 3-1-6-2, Mark Laing 3-0-10-1, James Salliss 2-0-14-1)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 27 RUNS

U17s vs Bournville (away), 12/07/10

Kings Heath 115 for 7
(Aaron Oliver 33)

Bournville 119 for 4

BOURNVILLE WON BY 6 WICKETS

Under 17s v Bournville (a), 12/07/10

Under 17s v Bournville (a), 12/07/10 Kings Heath 115 for 7 in 20 overs Adam badger bowled 13 (1x4) Ben Jones caught 17 (3x4) Aaron Oliver caught 33 (6x4) Javod Malik caught 1 Sean Brown bowled 1 Miles Davis bowled 15 (3x4) Louie Turpie run out 2 Umar Rehman 10 not out Did not bat: Naweed Uddin, Sultan Afzal, Jack Wadelin (Extras: 5nb, 2wd, 2b, 1lb) FOW: 31 33 51 61 85 102 115 Bournville 119 for 4 in 15.5 overs (S Brown 4-2-14-1, L Turpie 4-0-25-1, S Afzal 4-0-27-1, J Wadelin 2-0-15-1, U Rehman 1.5-0-23-0) (Extras: 7nb, 3wd 2b, 7lb) BOURNVILLE WON BY 6 WICKETS

U12s vs Sheldon Marlborough (away), 11/07/10

League match, 10.00am start

Sheldon Marlborough 38 all out in 13 overs
(Oliver Banks 2-0-3-2, Depesh Bharda 3-3-0-2, Alexander Souza-Faria 2-0-6-3, James Anderson 1-0-1-2)

Kings Heath 39 for 1 in 4 overs
(Depesh Bharda 20 not out)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 9 WICKETS

U15s vs Knowle Village (home), 11/07/10

League match

Kings Heath 165 for 6 in 25 overs
(Sean Brown 76 not out, Tom Salliss 39)

Knowle Village 134 for 5 in 25 overs
(Jack Wadelin 5-0-25-2)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 31 RUNS

Sunday 1s vs Five Ways Old Eds (home), 11/07/10

Five Ways 194 for 6 in 40 overs (Shak 8-3-12-2, Adnan 4-1-23-0, Rizwan 4-1-29-0, Malik 4-0-26-0, Josh Williams 8-2-26-0, Wahid 8-1-45-2, Olly O'Brien 4-0-30-1)

Kings Heath 186 all out in 39.3 overs Matt Wright ct point 18 (4x4s) Rizwan ct mid off 0 (1st ball) Bernard O'Connor ct keeper 1 Jattin Patel ct keeper 20 (4x4s) Gregg Arrand ct slip 3 Adnan Ali 49 not out (5x4s) Shak Syed bowled 60 (6x4s, 3x6s) Wahid Chishti run out 8 Josh Williams bowled 4 (1x4) Malik run out 0 Olly O'Brien bowled 3 FOW: 6 18 20 45 49 128 159 165 170 186

FIVE WAYS WON BY 8 RUNS

U13s vs Leamington (away), 08/07/10

Final

Leamington 135 for 7 in 20 overs
(Pardeep 4-0-16-4)

Kings Heath 89 for 9 in 14.3 overs
(Hassan Farooq 32 retired, Mo Akhtar 15, Adil Saeed 14)

LEAMINGTON WON BY 46 RUNS

U13s vs Harborne (home), 07/07/10

League match

Harborne 179 for 1 in 20 overs
(Mo Uwais 2-0-13-0, Mo Akhtar 4-0-25-0, Chad Atkinson 1-0-19-0, Jei Diwakar 3-0-41-0, Pardeep Ruprai 2-0-21-1, Hassan Farooq 4-0-28-9, Callum Bird 4-0-24-0)

Kings Heath 167 for 5 in 20 overs
Callum Bird 29
Louis Langham-Walsh 6
Hassan Farooq 20
Chad Atkinson 32
Mo Akhtar 50 not out
Mo Uwais 10
Daniel Stanton 2 not out

HARBORNE WON BY 12 RUNS

Saturday 2s vs Ansley Sports (home), 10/07/10

League match

Ansley Sports 253 for 9 in 50 overs (Rizwan 12-0-57-3, Kasim Abbas 11-1-72-1, Adnan Ali 10-0-55-3, Josh Williams 13-4-42-1, Matt Wright 4-1-16-1) FOW: 45 57 88 91 138 191 192 200 241

Kings Heath 216 for 8 in 50 overs Jeff Webb ct midwicket 21 Rizwan bowled 61 Aaron Oliver bowled 11 Jon Clugston ct keeper 19 Tom Salliss bowled 30 Paul Spinks bowled 32 Adnan Ali ct mid on 16 Matt Wright bowled 5 Kasim Abbas 5 not out Gregg Arrand 0 not out Did not bat: Josh Williams FOW: 55 83 110 123 179 200 210 212

MATCH DRAWN

Saturday 3rds vs Attock (home), 10/07/10

League match, Holders Lane

Attock 156 all out in 39.2 overs (Aman Khan 15-4-53-4, Nabeel Ahmed 15-4-44-1, Sean Brown 5-0-26-2, Saleem Haider 4.2-0-18-3) FOW: 42 45 50 65 75 120 141 148 156 156

Kings Heath 104 all out in 32 overs Jag Patel bowled 1 Josh Baker bowled 4 (1x4) Bernard O'Connor bowled 9 (2x4s) Aman Khan bowled 0 Jack Lockyer bowled 9 (2x4s) Sean Brown 36 not out (7x4s) Masood Khan c&b 4 (1x4) Adam Badger ct gully 4 (1x4) Saleem Haider ct mid on 1 Graham Arrand bowled 14 (2x4s) Nabeel Ahmed bowled 9 (2x4s) FOW: 8 16 16 17 29 39 55 61 88 104

ATTOCK WON BY 52 RUNS

U10s vs Knowle & Dorridge (away), 09/07/10

Kings Heath 200 for 9
(Mark Laing 8, Daniel Bird 7)

Knowle & Dorridge 237 for 3
(Umar Saeed 3-1-3-1, Mark Laing 3-2-4-1, Daniel Bird 2-0-6-1)

KNOWLE & DORRIDGE WON BY 37 RUNS

Midweek XI vs Selly Oak (home), 08/07/10

Friendly game

Selly Oak College 113 for 8 in 20 overs
(Lockyer 4-1-11-2, Syed 3-0-13-2, O'Brien 4-0-28-2)

Kings Heath 97 all out in 18.2 overs
Luke Baker bowled 1
Josh Baker ct mid off 16 (3x4s)
Jattin Patel ct midwicket 25 (3x4s)
Mike Barlow ct keeper 1
Parminder Bhomra ct point 1
Amit Patel ct sq leg 1
Shak Syed ct slip 0 (1 ball)
Matt Wright ct keeper 0
Jack Lockyer run out 30 (3x4s, 1x6)
Gregg Arrand run out 7
Olly O'Brien 5 not out
FOW: 4 34 47 51 52 52 52 55 68 97

SELLY OAK COLLEGE WON BY 16 RUNS

Midweek XI vs Shirley (away), 07/07/10

Shirley 221 for 7 in 15 overs
(Adnan Ali 3-0-38-2, Sam Walker 3-0-41-2)
Kings Heath 136 for 7 in 15 overs
(Masood Khan 33 including 3 consecutive sixes)

SHIRLEY WON BY 85 RUNS

U12s vs Ward End Unity (away), 02/07/10

League match, 6.00pm start

Kings Heath 117 for 5 in 20 overs
(Luke Prince 31 retired, Adil Saeed 24, Depesh Bharda 17, Luke Frain 10)

Ward End Unity 65 all out in 18 overs
(Tom Swift 2-1-2-2, Depesh Bharda 3-0-3-2, Mustapha Babar 2-0-6-2)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 52 RUNS

U15s vs Wythall (away), 05/07/10

Friendly game at Wythall Park, Sliver Street

Kings Heath 111 for 7 in 20 overs
(David Malcolm 25 retired, John Roper 16 retired, Hassan Farooq 11 not out)
Innings Highlights: Sixes from opening batsman Pardeep Guru and no.10 Jack Wadelin.

Wythall 107 for 8 in 20 overs
(John Roper 1 for 6, Nayan Patel 1 for 8, Jack Wadelin 1 for 12, Umar Rehman 1 for 19)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 4 RUNS

U10s vs Solihull Municipal (away), 05/07/10

League match result: Solihull Municipal conceded (they had to play 4 under 11s in their team)

Friendly match result:
Kings Heath 270 for 3 in 16 overs
(Mo Qamar 18, Waleed Farooq 9)

Solihull Municipal 271 for 4 in 16 overs
(James Salliss 3-0-7-2, Zain Butt 2-0-8-1, Mark Laing 4-0-22-1)

SOLIHULL MUNICIPAL WON BY 1 RUN FROM THE FINAL BALL

U15s vs Bablake Old Boys (h), 04/07/10

League match

Kings Heath 128 for 7 in 25 overs
(Louie Turpie 30, Ben Rattley 25, Josh Baker 25)

Bablake Old Boys 131 for 9 in 24.2 overs
(David Malcolm 3.2-1-13-3, Jack Wadelin 5-0-22-2, Sultan Afzal 5-0-28-2)

BABLAKE WON BY 1 WICKET WITH 4 BALLS REMAINING

U13s vs Bournville (away), 04/07/10

Bournville 42 for 8 in 20 overs
(Jei Diwakar 3-2-1-3, Mo Uwais 4-3-4-1)

Kings Heath 43 for 0 in 5 overs
(Louis Langham-Walsh 22*, Jack Sandilands 8*)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 10 WICKETS

U17s v Harborne (a), 05/07/10

U17s v Harborne (a), 05/07/10 Kings Heath 132 for 2 in 20 overs Sam Crocker 27 Josh Baker 43 Aaron Oliver 42 not out Ben Jones 14 not out Did not bat: Adam Badger, Dan Armstrong, Tom Salliss, Javod Malik, Miles Davis, Sean Brown Harborne 133 for 2 in 11.1 overs (D Armstrong 3-0-20-0, S Brown 2-0-28-1, M Davis 3-0-40-0, T Salliss 1-0-8-0, S Crocker 1-0-10-0, J Malik 1.1-0-18-0) HARBORNE WON BY 8 WICKETS

Sunday 1s vs Aldridge (away), 04/07/10

League match

Aldridge 198 for 7 in 40.0 overs (Stuart Millard 7-2-25-0, Parminder Bhomra 3-0-21-0, Adam Badger 2-0-27-0, Adnan Ali 7-1-28-1, Malik 5-0-28-1, Wahid Chishti 8-2-33-3, Rob Adams 8-1-36-2) FOW: 77 95 135 137 158 175 175

Kings Heath 198 for 9 in 40.0 overs Rob Adams bowled 60 Parminder Bhomra lbw 13 Bernard O'Connor ct midwicket 18 Mike Barlow bowled 14 Adnan Ali lbw 44 Wahid Chishti lbw 0 (2 balls) Gregg Arrand bowled 2 Malik bowled 8 Amit 6 not out Adam Badger ct mid off 0 (1 ball) Did not bat: Stuart Millard FOW: 82 98 115 154 166 171 183 198 198

MATCH TIED

Saturday 2nds vs Walsall WMF (home), 03/07/10

League match

Kings Heath 119 all out in 40 overs Jeff Webb run out 12 Rizwan ct keeper 22 Ritesh Patel lbw 10 Jattin Patel run out 2 Paul Spinks ct midwicket 5 Jack Turrell run out 9 Gregg Arrand run out 11 Amar Bhudia ct mid on 10 Adnan Ali ct keeper 11 Aman Khan bowled 7 Josh Williams 4 not out

Walsall WMF 122 for 6 in 27.1 overs (Amar 12-2-38-1, Adnan 9-1-45-2, Josh 4.1-2-25-2, Aman 2-0-6-0)

Saturday 3rds vs Moseley (away), 03/07/10

League match, Moseley won the toss and opted to bowl

Kings Heath 128 all out in 39 overs Jag Patel ct slip 0 Saleem Haider ct keeper 0 Bernard O'Connor ct point 4 Parminder Bhomra ct slip 33 Tom Salliss 48 not out Adam Badger bowled 18 Amit Patel lbw 0 Dan Armstrong ct point 6 Kasim Abbas ct slip 1 Sean Brown lbw 0 Graham Arrand bowled 0 FOW: 10-1 10-2 17-3 77-4 109-5 109-6 116-7 127-8 128-9 128-10

Moseley 129 for 2 in 20.3 overs (Sean Brown 6-1-25-1, Saleem Haider 2-0-11-0, Parminder Bhomra 3-0-35-0, Kasim Abbas 4-1-15-0, Dan Armstrong 5-0-23-1, Tom Salliss 0.3-0-4-0)

MOSELEY WON BY 8 WICKETS

U12s vs Aston Manor (home), 30/06/10

At Holders Lane Playing Fields

Aston Manor 193 for 6 in 20 overs
(Depesh Bhardwa 4-0-25-2, Azeem Hanjra 2-0-10-1, Luke Frain 3-0-23-1)

Kings Heath 113 for 9 in 20 overs
(Tom Swift 34 retired, Luke Prince 17, Luke Frain 13)

ASTON MANOR WON BY 80 RUNS

U14s vs Moseley (home), 01/07/10

League match, Moseley won toss and opted to bowl

Kings Heath 155 for 6 in 20 overs
Louie Turpie ct keeper 11
Josh Baker lbw 2
Umar Rehman 51* (retired)
Naweed Uddin run out 50
Luke Baker run out 6
Ben Rattley ct keeper 0
Hassan Farooq 7 not out
Chad Atkinson caught 0
Omar Dawood 0 not out
Did not bat: Jei Diwakar, Tom Boyce

Moseley 123 for 6 in 20 overs
(Naweed Uddin 4-0-24-1, Umar Rehman 4-0-13-1, Omar Dawood 2-0-18-1, Hassan Farooq 3-0-28-0, Luke Baker 4-0-19-1, Ben Rattley 2-0-14-1, Tom Boyce 1-0-6-0)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 32 RUNS

Points gained: Win 4, Bat 4, Bowl 3

Moseley began their chase of 156 cautiously, Naweed bowled a good length outside off stump and proved difficult to drive, and most of the runs he conceded were through third man. Hassan fielded superbly at backward point diving low and stopping hard hit cut shots when the length was a touch too short. With encouragement from the coach, the team decided to go “IPL style” and open the bowling up the slope with Umar, an off spinner. This worked better than expected as the Moseley opening batsmen were obviously used to starting their innings against pace and struggled to score, another contributory factor was the placement of Luke Baker at short midwicket that prevented any quick singles dropped into the leg side. The change bowlers Omar Dawood, Luke Baker and Ben Rattley continued to offer good control with Moseley now chasing in excess of eight per over, the boundaries were restricted, all collecting a valuable wicket apiece. However the introduction of Hassan Farooq into the attack got nerves jangling; his length was all over the place in an erratic first over and after bowling several high no-balls he was withdrawn from the attack as his three overs went for nearly thirty runs. Tom Boyce was called upon to bowl the final over with 39 runs needed to win. There was very poor light due to the extraordinary length of time it took Moseley to bowl 20 overs (two hours) and Boyce was warned by the umpire not to bowl fast due to the bad visibility and potential danger to the batters. Tom attempted to bowl slow spin however was promptly called for two wides from the astonishingly inconsistent umpire. When his third delivery was hit to the cover boundary he was instructed to bowl normal speed again: as the batsmen were obviously seeing the ball well enough, and no further runs were conceded from the over securing victory by an eventually comfortable 32 run margin. This secured the Kings Heath side runners up position within the Under 14 Division despite being in first place on the deadline day. (Dorridge were allowed to play four fixtures after the Warwickshire ‘play by’ date and finished winners).
The Kings Heath preparation for the match was somewhat disrupted when the Moseley coach insisted that the cricket balls offered by the home size were too big; following closer inspection of the rules it transpired that Kings Heath were correct and a full size adult ball should be used at Under 14 level. It soon came to light that swing bowler Louie Turpie, Warwickshire U15 B and Kings Heath captain was carrying a back injury and therefore unable to bowl. This was a big blow for the home sides’ chances against a strong Moseley batting line-up. The presence of a neutral umpire was welcomed, however a series of seemingly random decisions and inconsistent interpretation of the ‘wides’ rule ensured that both teams felt aggrieved at the conclusion of the game. It should not be suggested that the umpire was incompetent, but if every individual decision was scrutinised under the URDS system then the vast majority would be overturned. Kings Heath were batting first and the coach ensured that the team were targeting a big score, especially with such a strong batting order all eleven of whom could contribute runs.
The two Warwickshire U15 B boys Louie Turpie and Josh Baker opened the batting together for Kings Heath – only the second time they had done so for the Under 14s. The first occasion was against Knowle and Dorridge and resulted in a spectacularly inept run out from the second ball of the innings, Louie Turpie hitting the ball directly at square leg and calling for a single, both batters standing helplessly in the centre of the pitch as the stumps were broken. Both boys had produced superb individual innings during the season (having identical high scores of 42) but had thus far failed to replicate individual successes into a meaningful partnership. The partnership was not given any time to develop as Josh Baker was soon triggered leg before wicket by the umpire to a half hearted appeal from the deep fine leg fieldsman. It should be noted that this delivery pitched short of a length on leg stump and in the absence of swing was continuing on that line down the leg side - had there not been an interception from the batsman then the ball would have been called wide. The ball hit the batsman on the pocket of his left leg, high up on the thigh pad; he was also well back on his stumps after correctly interpreting the (short) length of the ball. For a few seconds after the umpire raised his index finger to uphold the optimistic appeal and confirm the dismissal there was a stunned disbelieving silence from everyone on the pitch and all the spectators. Moseley suddenly found their voice, celebrating neither a good delivery nor a batsman error, but a clear cut, blatant mistake by an umpire. On such decisions entire seasons can be defined, and the underlying message about the Kings Heath season was ‘recording victory after overcoming adversity’. Louie Turpie soon followed Josh back to the pavilion for only 11 runs after trying flick a ball off his hip and being out caught behind. The ball itself came off the thigh pad before being caught by the wicketkeeper down the leg side; Louie stepped back from the stumps as batters are prone to do whilst awaiting a decision following a loud appeal, and the umpire took this as an admission of guilt and again pointed his index finger at the cloudy skies above. The injustice of it all was destroying the teams’ morale and at two wickets down in fewer than four overs the pressure was mounting, mental recalculations of a par score were taking place by both coaches. However Kings Heath shouldn’t have worried, in form batsman Naweed was coming to the crease with Umar Rehman and this pair traditionally bat well together, using the pace and deflecting the ball into gaps behind square on the offside. They took the score past one hundred before Naweed on 48 pushed a single into the covers leaving him tantalisingly poised unbeaten on 49 at the non strikers end. Umar was also in his forties and was now on strike - he stroked the next ball straight to mid off and called for the single. There was never any chance that either batsman could have made the 22 yards without being run out, barring a fielding error. Umar took several steps down the pitch before realising his mistake, but Naweed was by now fully committed to the single and by the time he had turned and tried to make his ground the stumps had been broken with the batsman a yard short. There was an agonising delay before the umpire raised his finger for a third time to confirm the dismissal. Before his run out Naweed had been averaging 170 with the bat, an indicator of not only his supreme run of form but his contribution to the team. As Naweed began his slow walk back he removed his helmet and glanced at the sky, whilst the watching supporters from both sides rose as one and clapped his achievement despite falling one run short of a notable milestone it was a fantastic innings which brought Kings Heath back into contention. Umar reached his fifty the following over and had to retire to the sound of another surge of applause from the Kings Heath team.
The onus was now on quick runs and several Kings Heath batsmen fell for the good of the team. Luke Baker was the second run out of the innings, slow on the turn whilst attempting a double to the third man boundary, but should be commended for his sacrifice. Ben Rattley, in the unfamiliar position of number six tried to scoop the ball over the slips and keeper for runs but unfortunately got height rather than distance on the shot and the wicket keeper took a good swirling catch. Chad Atkinson was making his Under 14 debut but could only succeed in offering a catch to mid off for a duck from the penultimate ball of the innings. Hassan was unbeaten for seven and Omar had the pleasure of walking to the non-strikers end with one delivery remaining of the innings. The team proved themselves extremely capable of setting and defending a total for the first time in the season during their final match. Moseley were under pressure throughout and were unable to break the match defining partnership between Naweed and Umar which eventually sealed the result which was the fifth win of the season.

U15s vs Solihull Municipal (home), 24/06/10

Friendly match

Kings Heath 118 for 3 in 20 overs
(Luke Baker 33 retired, Tom Salliss 32 retired)

Solihull Municipal 119 for 3 in 20 overs

SOLIHULL MUNICIPAL WON BY 7 WICKETS FROM THE FINAL BALL OF THE MATCH

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Midweek XI vs Solihull Blossomfield (home), 30/06/10

Solihull Blossomfield 146 for 7 in 15 overs
Kings Heath 149 for 2 in 14.4 overs
(Andrew Davis 88 not out)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 8 WICKETS