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Century for Captain Rehman Ahmed

Century for Captain Rehman Ahmed

Craig Messenger21 May 2018 - 17:37
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Only one senior side defeated

Harlow found there batting and bowling form this week with a comprehensive win. Having lost the toss Harlow were put into bat and how they made Fives pay. Harlow got off to a steady start losing a wicket with 30 runs on the board and continued to lose them but at a steady rate with the score progressing and were at 113-4. At this point Captain Rehman Ahmed was joined at the crease by Nicky Baxter and between them they then put on a stand of 120 before Rehman Ahmed fell whilst on 100 off just 120 balls. A fantastic knock by the Captain whose form of late has been lower than he would like. The score now was 233-5. Nicky Baxter carried on with the bat before finally being run out for 65. Harlow finally finished on 274-6 declared off 49 Overs. Bowling Harlow went at Fives and soon had them 3 wickets down for just 14 runs. It was now all about applying the pressure and bowling them out for the win. Before long they were 6 wickets down for 61 runs and eventually all bowled out for 148. Pick of the bowlers was Callum Sykes taking 4 wickets for just 9 runs. A welcome win this was.
Harlow 2nd XI where away to Buckhurst Hill. Harlow scored 225 -6 batting first and just failed to bowl out Buckhurst Hill who finished on 201-9 From their allotted overs.
Harlow 3rd XI playing at home to Harold Wood had a convincing win. Winning the toss elected to field and soon had Harold Wood out for 128 in 33.1 overs with Amir Farooq taking 52-6. Soon chased down the score in 27 Overs finishing on 129-5. Top batsman was James Coldwell on 68 not out.
Only disappointing result was 4th XI who where well beaten away to Old Parkonians 3rd XI. Bowled out for 128 Old Parks scored the runs for lose of 2 wickets to finish on 129-2.
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