Pacific v Hadley Wood Green

Quick runs set up a classy victory
Pacific v Hadley Wood Green at Botany Bay Cricket Club
Sun 26 Jun 2016 at 1pm
Won 95 runs
Middlesex & Essex Invitation League

I write to you with news of a classy, proactive performance to gain our first league victory of the year at Hadley Wood Green. A second ton of the season for Toby Chasseaud (overtaking Darren Tempany's 110 career sixes in the process), with sterling support from Sumeet Sharma (65) and a debut Pacific 50 for George Moses batting in borrowed trousers, allowed us to accrue a quickfire 235.

With plenty of time to bowl the typically adhesive HWG out thanks to the early declaration, spinners Hussain and Mullens opened the bowling with the old ball and prised out three early wickets between them. Seamers Smith, Chowdhury, with good back-up from Woodland, Chasseaud, allied to some great ground fielding from Stockton and Duncan allowed Pacific to close the deal with six overs to spare.

The news of the day was Ahmed Hussain collecting his 100th Pacific wicket with a classic legbreak which pitched, spun and hit the top of off. He celebrated by buying a jug of beer and several packets of Quavers. Classy stuff and we look forward to the next 100 – particularly if it means more Quavers.

The scoreboard says it all after our early declaration

Pacific v Hadley Wood Green
Toss won by Hadley Wood Green

Pacific innings		R	M	B	4	6
Sumeet Sharma†	b Chaplin	65	90	59	9	0
James Collis	b Turner	5	15	16	0	0
Toby Chasseaud*	not out	105	120	101	10	1
George Moses	not out	54	45	32	3	4
Aly Duncan	did not bat	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Stockton	did not bat	0	0	0	0	0
Navid Chowdhury	did not bat	0	0	0	0	0
Kieran Mullens	did not bat	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Woodland	did not bat	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Smith	did not bat	0	0	0	0	0
Ahmed Hussain	did not bat	0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 0, nb 3)	6
TOTAL	(33.0 Overs)	235

Fall of wickets: 1-12 [Collis] , 2-141 [Sharma]

Bowling	O	M	R	W
Chaplin	9	0	60	1
Turner	10	0	60	1
Steele	7	0	64	0
Drayton	4	0	25	0
Dann	3	0	23	0

Hadley Wood Green innings		R	M	B	4	6
N. Wijeyesekera*	c Moses b Hussain	5	0	0	0	0
R. Dann	c Woodland b Mullens	2	0	0	0	0
I. Culverwell	run out Stockton	55	0	0	0	0
A. Walker	b Hussain	7	0	0	0	0
M. Steele	run out Stockton	17	0	0	0	0
J. Steele	c Chasseaud b Smith	2	0	0	0	0
M. Drayton	b Chowdhury	7	0	0	0	0
M. Davey	not out	13	0	0	0	0
J. Chaplin	lbw b Chasseaud	9	0	0	0	0
D. Turner	c Sharma b Smith	0	0	0	0	0
J. Wallace	b Chowdhury	8	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 10, nb 0)	15
TOTAL	(43.5 Overs)	140

Fall of wickets: 1-5 [N. Wijeyesekera] , 2-19 [R. Dann] , 3-34 [A. Walker] , 4-90 [I. Culverwell] , 5-95 [J. Steele] , 6-99 [M. Steele] , 7-108 [M. Drayton] , 8-28 [J. Chaplin] , 9-129 [D. Turner] , 10-140 [J. Wallace]