U14 Sir Alastair Cook T20 Finals Day
Drapers Farm Sports Club, Maldon
Monday 28 August 2023
Semi-Final 1: Brentwood CC v Witham CC
10:00am start
Team News:
Brentwood: Zachary Ellis, Casper Jeffries, Jacob Wagner, Hari Patel (c), Jack Carpenter, Abdullah Hafeez, Oliver Brooks, Owen King (wk), James Crothers, Harry Barden, Jack Brown.
Witham: Harrison McDonald (c), Oscar Burley, Mason McDonald (wk), Wolfie Caplan, Freddie Caplan, Ruben Rowe, Max Bywater, Louis Self, Harrison Kiddier, Edward Franks, Thomas Trott.
Match Details:
Toss: Witham won the toss and elected to bowl first
Result: Brentwood won by 14 runs
Scorecard: View Here
Match Report:
Jack Carpenter and Zachary Ellis both hit important 30s as Brentwood edged out Witham in a low-scoring first semi-final of the Sir Alastair Cook T20 Cup.
Having been inserted, Brentwood set 121-7 as Carpenter top-scored with 33 and opener Ellis made 31, before restricting Witham to 107-6 in reply.
Jacob Wagner also contributed with 22, and despite two wickets apiece for Oscar Burley and Freddie Caplan, the total would prove to be enough to see Brentwood through.
Witham began strongly as Burley and captain Harrison McDonald both hit 20, putting on 44 for the first wicket, but the bowling returns of Hari Patel and Abdullah Hafeez, who took combined figures of 4/37, strangled them.
Harrison Kiddier struck an unbeaten 11 off just four balls at the end of the innings, but Witham ended just short of their target as Carpenter backed up his earlier batting exploits by bowling the final over to see out the game.
Semi-Final 2: Ilford CC v Wanstead & Snaresbrook CC
1:15pm start
Team News:
Ilford: Uzair Khan, Gautham Nair (c), Armaan Shah, Aditya Mudgal, Faizan Kazmi, Ahsan Khan, Dhruv Saini, Oman Kiany, Dinesh Jeyarooban, Sahib Virdi, Armaan Gorthy.
Wanstead & Snaresbrook: Ayan Safdar, Pranav Nair, Cyrus Malik (c), Owen Humphrey, Victor Tremewen (wk), Tarun Sharma, Haaris Saleem, Ibrahim Hussain, Mikhail Gupta, Hamza Khan.
Match Details:
Toss: Ilford won the toss and elected to bowl first
Result: Ilford won by 23 runs
Scorecard: View Here
Match Report:
Faizan Kazmi top-scored with 43 and then returned figures of 1/18 from four overs as Ilford saw off Wanstead & Snaresbrook to reach the final of the Sir Alastair Cook T20 Cup.
Kazmi’s knock came in 37 balls and included five fours as Ilford, having won the toss, posted 152-5, with opener Uzair Khan’s 34 from 30 deliveries also proving instrumental.
Tarun Sharma bowled a miserly four overs, returning figures of 2/14, and Cyrus Malik also picked up 2/24, but Wanstead & Snaresbrook were unable to overhaul their target in reply.
Owen Humphrey top-scored with 26, while Ayan Safdar and Victor Tremewen also passed 20, but the Ilford attack bowled tightly to ensure the required rate crept away, eventually sealing victory with the final ball of the innings.
Final: Brentwood v Ilford
4:30pm start
Team News:
Brentwood: Zachary Ellis, Casper Jeffries, Jacob Wagner, Jack Carpenter, Hari Patel (c), Abdullah Hafeez, Oliver Brooks, Owen King (wk), James Crothers, Harry Barden, Jack Brown
Ilford: Uzair Khan, Gautham Nair (c), Armaan Shah, Aditya Mudgal (wk), Dhruv Saini, Faizan Kazmi, Oman Kiany, Dinesh Jeyarooban, Sahib Virdi, Ahsan Khan, Armaan Gorthy.
Match Details:
Toss: Brentwood won the toss and elected to bat first
Result: Ilford won by nine wickets
Scorecard: View Here
Match Report:
Ilford sealed the 2023 Sir Alastair Cook T20 Cup title as Uzair Khan hit a sparkling unbeaten 89 from 52 balls to comfortably overhaul Brentwood’s 126/4 with more than seven full overs to spare.
Khan’s innings, which was a 54-minute display of hitting, included 12 fours and three sixes and he shared in an unbroken stand of 120 for the second wicket with Armaan Shah to hand Ilford a comfortable win.
Earlier, Zachary Ellis had also made an unbeaten 50 for Brentwood, underpinning their total, and Jack Carpenter contributed a 21-ball 32, though consistently economical Ilford bowling restricted their scoring opportunities.
Jacob Wagner did pick up a wicket in his first over when Ilford came to chase, but Shah and Khan’s stand carried their side to victory, as the latter sealed silverware with back to back fours.
As well as lifting the trophy, Ilford will also receive further recognition next summer as they go forward to represent Essex in the ECB U15 National Club T20 in 2024.
