BELGIUM UNDER-19S  v  ARCADIANS (9 June 2007) 

Match # 2007/10-L3
BCF League - Third Division (45-over match)
Sport Club of India, Wilrijk

Result: Match tied
BCF League points: Under-19s   17 points (tie, 8 points deducted for slow over rate)
                   Arcadians   25 points (tie)

Toss: Arcadians
Arcadians player of the match: Colin Walker (scoring 61 runs, the second
league game in a row Colin's batting keeps the innings together)


Belgium Under-19s innings (maximum 43 overs) Malik Imran c & b EMWB Medagoda 47 Hitesh Patel c CJ Walker b EMWB Medagoda 28 Omar Rafi c MR Gregson b EMWB Medagoda 4 Sheikh Sheraz* c AW Wagener b A Thompson 12 Sheikh Adeel c A Thompson b AW Wagener 23 Mohammad Faheem+ lbw b M Draper 20 Jagdeep Dhaliwali b M Draper 3 Sherul Patel b M Draper 42 Sherat Patel not out 9 Zertesh Ahmed st MR Gregson b JGL Bigler 2 Mohis Abbas run out 1 Extras (w 35, nb 6, b 1, lb 5) 47 Total (all out, 43 overs) 238 FoW: 1-86, 2-95, 3-113, 4-118, 5-160, 6-170, 7-201, 8-233, 9-237, 10-238 Bowling O M R W SJ Woodbridge 5 0 33 0 (6w) AW Wagener 9 0 48 1 (6w, 2nb) K Syed 4 0 34 0 (2w, 3nb) EMWB Medagoda 9 0 39 3 (4w) A Thompson 4 0 25 1 (1nb) M Draper 9 1 37 3 (3w, 1nb) NL Stainwall 2 0 13 0 (3w) JGL Bigler 1 0 3 1 (1w)
Arcadians innings (target: 239 from 43 overs) CJ Walker b O Rafi 61 M Draper caught b M Imran 5 EMWB Medagoda* caught b J Dhaliwali 24 AW Wagener caught b J Dhaliwali 4 K Syed caught b J Dhaliwali 5 SJ Woodbridge caught b S Sheraz 3 NL Stainwall caught b J Dhaliwali 7 G Vandoorne b I Malik 44 MR Gregson+ not out 10 A Thompson not out 7 JGL Bigler did not bat Extras (w 63, nb 1, b 4) 68 Total (8 wickets, 43 overs) 238 FoW: 1-24, 2-85, 3-107, 4-117, 5-129, 6-144, 7-217, 8-221 Bowling O M R W Sheikh Adeel 9 1 44 0 (8w) Sherul Patel 2 0 16 0 (15w) Malik Imran 9 0 48 2 (15w, 1nb) Jagdeep Dhaliwali 9 0 41 4 (6w) Zertesh Ahmad 2 0 13 0 (6w) Sheikh Sheraz 8 0 47 1 (9w) Mohis Abbas 1 0 10 0 (3w) Omar Rafi 3 0 15 1 (1w)
Match notes (1) Reduced match to 43 overs Due to a delayed junior game before the league game, the match started late and was reduced to 43 overs per side. (2) To win or loose a tie Chasing 238 looked a realistic target, but as wickets continued to tumble, the confidence to reach the target waned. With one over to go, still 9 runs were need for victory (230 for 8) and victory seemed to slip away. 42.1 Omar Rafi to Martin Gregson, 1 run 231-8, Arcadians trail by 7 runs/5 balls to go 42.2 Omar Rafi to Alvandre Thompson, no run 231-8, Arcadians trail by 7 runs/4 balls to go 42.3 Omar Rafi to Alvandre Thompson, no run 231-8, Arcadians trail by 7 runs/3 balls to go 42.4 Omar Rafi to Alvandre Thompson, 2 runs 233-8, Arcadians trail by 5 runs/2 balls to go 42.5 Omar Rafi to Alvandre Thompson, 4 runs 237-8, Arcadians trail by 1 runs/1 ball to go 42.6 Omar Rafi to Alvandre Thompson, one bye 238-8, match tied As the last ball was bowled, the batsman failed to make contact and the keeper thought the match was won. But Martin Gregson came storming from the non-striker's end and Alvandre Thompson scrambled for the line at the far end regardless. Surprised by events, Keeper Mohammed Fahim tried to reach Omar Rafi at the bowler's end. But a diving Alvandre Thompson made his ground a secured the tie. (3) Mr Extras A high scorer in many Arcadians innings, Mr Extras now was the top scorer at the other end with 68, outscoring Colin Walker's 61. (4) Consistent batting Colin Walker scored his 3rd fifty in a row, in three consecutive (league) games: Arcadians v Under-19s (13 May): 81 runs 12 Stars v Arcadians (20 May) : 73 runs Under-19s v Arcadians (9 June): 61 runs
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