EAGLES v ARCADIANS (22 April 2007) Match # 2007/02-FR Friendly match (40-over match) Vrijbroekpark, Mechelen Result: Arcadians wins by 60 runs Arcadians player of the match: André Wagener (scoring 148 runs in only his second game for the club)
Arcadians innings (40 overs maximum) CJ Walker run out 14 K Syed c wicket keeper b Mohan 7 EMWB Medagoda* b Yasser 9 A Thompson b Arslan 11 AW Wagener c Amir b Tohail 148 MR Gregson+ caught b Mohan 4 SJ Woodbridge caught b Rauf 22 A Tasawar c wicket keeper b Amir 18 E Krijnen not out 5 MA Habib b Shezaad 3 N Lin did not bat Extras (w 28, nb 3, lb 4) 35 Total (9 wickets, 40 overs) 282 FoW: 1-18, 2-24, 3-35, 4-92, 5-105, 6-162, 7-208, 8-253, 9-282 Bowling O M R W Amir 6 0 36 1 (1w) Mohan 8 1 40 2 (1w, 1 nb) Tohail 5 0 31 1 (6w, 2 nb) Yasser 4 0 35 1 (4w) Zubeir 5 1 14 0 Arslan 4 0 32 1 (1w) Rauf 4 0 41 1 (1 nb) Bezir 2 0 27 0 (8w) Sunny 1 0 20 0 (1w) Shezad 1 0 20 0
Eagles innings (target: 283 from 40 overs) Sunny b AW Wagener 1 Mohan run out 39 Amir b AW Wagener 0 Zaib b EMWB Medagoda 36 Rauf* c K Syed b A Tasawar 51 Arslan retired 22 Charly c EMWB Medagoda b A Tasawar 0 Nafees c SJ Woodbridge b K Syed 0 Munir not out 14 Shezad run out 6 Bushir c AW Wagener b K Syed 6 Zubeir c AW Wagener b Pia 0 Yasser c CJ Walker b A Thompson 3 Extras (w 46, nb 3, b 3, lb 3) 55 Total (all out, 36.3 overs) 222 FoW: 1-9, 2-9, 3-125, 4-174, 5-179, 6-179, 7-183, 8-214, 9-218, 10-222 Bowling O M R W A Tasawar 8 1 35 2 (7w) AW Wagener 8 0 39 2 (11w) SJ Woodbridge 5 0 40 0 (6w) EMWB Medagoda 4 0 32 1 (1w) K Syed 6 0 32 2 (2w, 2nb) A Thompson 3 0 18 1 (3w) Pia 2.4 0 1 1 (2w) (G) (G) indicates guest players for Arcadians
Match notes (1) Another century After just two centuries in the first two years of Arcadians cricket, the opening games of the 2007 doubled that total! South-African/Dutch André Wagener came just 9 runs short of the one-week old record of 157 set by Khurram Syed. Centuries for Arcadians 157 Khurram Syed, Arcadians v Antwerp (Mariakerke) 2007 148 André Wagener, Arcadians v Eagles (Vrijbroekpark) 2007 122* Colin Walker, Arcadians v Belgium Under-19s (Mariakerke) 2006† 117* Colin Walker, Arcadians v Optimists B (Walferdange) 2005† At the small ground of Vrijbroekpark, boundaries came fluently - but still second to Khurram's massive attack the week before: Most Runs in Boundaries 134 - Khurram Syed (157), Arcadians v Antwerp (Mariakerke) 2007 11 fours, 15 sixes (record number of sixes in an innings) 114 - André Wagener (148), Arcadians v Eagles (Vrijbroekpark) 2007 9 fours, 13 sixes 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) Abbas became the second bowler to reach 50 wickets Abbas Tasawar took 2 wickets, joining Khurram in the "50 wickets" club. The top ten wicket takers in Arcadians history is as follows: Player O M R W Avge BBI 4w 5w Econ S/R Khurram Syed 173 9 877 53 17.54 3/8 - - 5.07 20.76 Abbas Tasawar 227.3 21 913 50 18.26 4/35 1 - 4.01 27.30 Nigel Stainwall 170.1 8 862 38 22.68 4/28 2 - 5.07 26.87 Wasantha Medagoda 165.2 9 904 34 26.59 4/69 1 - 5.47 29.18 Alvandré Thompson 104.4 4 583 24 24.29 5/25 - 1 5.57 26.17 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 110.1 5 485 14 34.64 3/25 - - 4.40 47.21 (3) Another big total Last week, Arcadians scored 297 in a virtually impossible run chase. This week, the team improved on its previous highest score batting first (and winning!). 282 for 9 – Arcadians v Eagles (Vrijbroekpark) 2007 280 for 3 – Arcadians v Optimists B (Walferdange) 2005† 280 for 6 – Arcadians v Belgium Under-19s (Mariakerke) 2006†
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