ARCADIANS v ANTWERP (15 April 2007) Match # 2007/01-FR Friendly match (40-over match, 14-a-side) Domein Claeys-Bouüaert, Mariakerke Result: Antwerp wins by 48 runs Arcadians player of the match: Khurram Syed (scoring 157 runs, a new club record)
Antwerp innings (40 overs maximum) I Butt c CJ Walker b EMWB Medagoda 39 S Newport c AW Wagener b K Syed 30 M Amjad c A Thompson b EMWB Medagoda 43 Mujhid lbw b AW Wagener 15 M Zulfiqar c CJ Walker b EMWB Medagoda 69 Shahaaz c EMWB Medagoda b JGL Bigler 7 RA Tahir run out 2 J McKenna b EMWB Medagoda 6 D Moyson c MH Shaker b SJ Woodbridge 1 Amir b SJ Woodbridge 0 Azhar b JGL Bigler 61 Arfan c M Draper b K Syed 4 Shahid not out 18 Khan not out 3 Extras (w 31, nb 6, b 5, lb 3) 45 Total (12 wickets, 40 overs) 345 FoW: 1-65, 2-92, 3-121, 4-159, 5-181, 6-193, 7-225, 8-244, 9-248, 10-248, 11-?, 12-? Bowling O M R W SJ Woodbridge 8 0 59 2 (6w) A Thompson 3 0 24 0 (7w) EMWB Medagoda 8 0 69 4 (3w, 1 nb) K Syed 7 0 60 2 (4w, 2 nb) AW Wagener 5 0 29 1 (3w, 2 nb) JGL Bigler 7 0 72 2 J Hendricks 2 0 29 0
Arcadians innings (target: 346 from 40 overs) CJ Walker c wicket keeper b M Zulfiqar 14 M Draper caught b Azhar 10 MA Habib b M Zulfiqar 6 K Syed caught b D Moyson 157 EMWB Medagoda* c J McKenna b Amjad 46 J Hendricks caught b Zahid 1 AW Wagener caught b D Moyson 1 SJ Woodbridge caught b S Newport 0 JR De Baets b Amjad 6 JGL Bigler b Amjad 2 A Thompson not out 13 E Krijnen did not bat MH Shaker+ did not bat Extras (w 23, nb 4, b 4, lb 5) 36 Total (10 wickets, 40 overs) 297 FoW: 1-23, 2-29, 3-81, 4-161, 5-202, 6-211, 7-211, 8-279, 9-298, 10-297 Bowling O M R W M Zulfiqar 8 1 37 2 (3w) Khan 7 0 57 0 (3w) Shahid 8 1 40 1 (3w) S Newport 7 0 51 1 (4w, 2nb) Azhar 4 0 33 1 (4w, 2nb) Amjad 3 0 24 3 D Moyson 2 0 33 2 (1w) Amir 1 0 13 0
Match notes (1) A new club record Khurram Seyd started the season in good shape, scoring the highest individual innings in the club's history with 157 runs. His 134 runs in boundaries alone is also a club record, as well as his 15 sixes in the innings. Centuries for Arcadians 157 Khurram Syed, Arcadians v Antwerp (Mariakerke) 2007 122* Colin Walker, Arcadians v Belgium Under-19s (Mariakerke) 2006† 117* Colin Walker, Arcadians v Optimists B (Walferdange) 2005† Most runs scored in boundaries 134 - Khurram Syed (157), Arcadians v Antwerp (Mariakerke) 2007 11 fours, 15 sixes (record number of sixes in an innings) 72 – Colin Walker (122*), Arcadians v Optimists B (Walferdange) 2005† 16 fours, 1 six (record number of fours in an innings) 62 – Colin Walker (117*), Arcadians v Belgium Under-19s (Mariakerke) 2006† 14 fours, 1 six 52 – Colin Walker (69*), Arcadians v PCCB (Vrijbroekpark) 2006† 13 fours, no sixes 50 – Wasantha Medagoda (80), Arcadians v Antwerp (Rumst) 2005 8 fours, 3 sixes (2) First to 50 wickets Khurram also took 2 wickets, making him the first Arcadian to take 50 wickets in his career ... but his friend Abbas is close on his heels! Top wicket-takers for Arcadians Player O M R W Avge BBI 4w 5w Econ S/R Khurram Syed 167 9 845 51 17.60 3/8 - - 5.06 20.88 Abbas Tasawar 219.3 20 878 48 18.29 4/35 1 - 4.00 27.44 Nigel Stainwall 170.1 8 862 38 22.68 4/28 2 - 5.07 26.87 Wasantha Medagoda 161.2 9 872 33 26.42 4/69 1 - 5.40 29.33 Alvandré Thompson 101.4 4 565 23 24.57 5/25 - 1 5.56 26.52 Khan Habib 58.3 1 203 19 10.68 4/14 1 - 3.47 18.47 Jan Bigler 63.4 3 354 19 18.63 4/20 1 - 5.56 20.11 Mazhar Hussain 30 2 86 17 6.14 7/8 - 1 2.87 12.86 Shakeel Muhammad 67 9 250 14 17.86 3/3 - - 3.73 28.71 Steve Woodbridge 105.1 5 445 14 31.79 3/25 - - 4.23 45.07 (3) A first four-wicket haul for the Captain Captain Wasantha Medagoda became the 8th Arcadian to take 4 wickets in an innings (albeit in a 14-a-side game). Best Bowling Analysis 7-8 Mazhar Hussain, v Antwerp (Mariakerke) 2005 5-25 Alvandré Thompson, v PCCB (Vrijbroekpark) 2006† 4-14 Khan Habib, v Brussels B (Ohain) 2005† 4-20 Jan Bigler, v Olympia (Mariakerke) 2006 4-28 Nigel Stainwall, v PCCB (Mariakerke) 2006† 4-28 Viral Pancholi, v Exiles (Oostende) 2005 4-35 Abbas Tasawar, v Eagles (Vrijbroekpark) 2006† 4-52 Nigel Stainwall, v Eagles (Mariakerke) 2006† 4-69 Wasantha Medagoda, v Antwerp (Mariakerke) 2007 (4) A high-scoring game Not only was the total of 642 runs a record for an Arcadians game, both innings produced record scores: - The total of 297 for 10 improved the Arcadians previous highest score [265 for 6 - Arcadians v PCCB (Vrijbroekpark) 2005] - With 345 for 12, Antwerp did considerably better than the previous best (or worst) score by an opponent [318 for 7 - Optimists v Arcadians (Walferdange) 2006†]
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