U19 Ravi Bopara T20 Finals Day
The Peter Butler Oval, Garon Park, Southend
Monday 28 August 2023
Semi-Final 1: Wanstead & Snaresbrook CC v Hutton CC
10:00am start
Team News:
Wanstead & Snaresbrook: Haaris Usman (c), Bilal Dar (wk), Krishan Arrawawala, Tom Bentley, Monty Cooper, Hassan-Ali Iqbal, Zoraiz Saeed, Marley Smith, Ali Zeb, Harith Wajid, Phil Thoufick.
Hutton: Suruth Akula, Ayman Belim, Johnnie Darling, Barney Debenham, Anish Gupta, Henry Hunwick (c, wk), Jai Johal, Robbie Morris, Benjamin Parry, Jed Southgate, Chris Willoughby.
Match Details:
Toss: Wanstead & Snaresbrook won the toss and elected to bowl first
Result: Wanstead & Snaresbrook won by six wickets
Scorecard: View Here
Match Report:
Captain Haaris Usman took 2/10 from two overs and then hit an unbeaten 45 from just 25 balls as Wanstead & Snaresbrook comfortably defeated Hutton to secure a spot in the Ravi Bopara T20 Cup Final.
Put in, Hutton could only manage 98-8 from their 20 overs as despite Benjamin Parry hitting 50 in 46 balls, five out of six members of the Wanstead & Snaresbrook attack picked up wickets.
Usman was one of three to take two wickets, joined by Marley Smith, who claimed 2/13 and Ali Zeb, who returned figures of 2/28, as Hutton fell short of reaching three figures.
In response, Usman led the way with a quickfire innings, aided by Zeb’s 14-ball 20 from number three, before Bilal Dar, who made 22 from 13, finished the chase after exactly 13 overs with a six.
Semi-Final 2: Orsett & Thurrock CC v Woodford Wells CC
1:00pm start
Team News:
Orsett & Thurrock: Alex Brazier, George Flain, Kian Flood, Kian Garrett (c), Callum Greene, Shourish Subramaniam, Jake Brazier, Haydn Owen, Henry Overy, Finley Barton, Dhruv Solanki (wk).
Woodford Wells: Harry Douris, Yazaar Kursheed, Kazeem Ul Hassan, Areeb Rashid, Hugo Peddy, Gus Peddy, Will Packer, Ben Munson (c), Charlie Britt (wk), Harry Boparai, Kabir Sungeen.
Match Details:
Toss: Woodford Wells won the toss and elected to bowl first
Result: Woodford Wells won by eight wickets
Scorecard: View Here
Match Report:
Areeb Rashid and Harry Douris shared in an unbroken third-wicket stand of 65 to steer Woodford Wells to victory over Orsett & Thurrock in the second semi-final of the Ravi Bopara T20 Cup.
Rashid, who hit 42 in 37 balls, and Douris, who made a 21-ball 34, were Woodford Wells’ top scorers as they successfully chased down Orsett & Thurrock’s 117 all out.
Harry Boparai had played an instrumental role in restricting the total Woodford Wells would require, as he took 4/19 from three overs, alongside Kazeem Ul Hassan, who claimed 3/29 from four.
Callum Greene top scored for Orsett & Thurrock with 44 off 35 and was then responsible for one of the wickets to fall in the chase, but the efforts of Rashid and Douris meant Woodford Wells secured a win in just 14 overs.
Final: Wanstead & Snaresbrook v Woodford Wells
4:30pm start
Team News:
Wanstead & Snaresbrook: Haaris Usman (c), Zoraiz Saeed, Ali Zeb, Harith Wajid, Bilal Dar (wk), Krishan Arrawawala, Tom Bentley, Monty Cooper, Hassan-Ali Iqbal, Marley Smith, Phil Thoufick.
Woodford Wells: Kabir Sungeen, Harry Boparai, Areeb Rashid, Harry Douris, Ben Munson (c), Charlie Britt (wk), Yazaar Kursheed, Gus Peddy, Hugo Peddy, Will Packer, Kazeem Ul Hassan.
Match Details:
Umpires: Jagroop Singh & Lee Cullum
Scorers: Philip Wolski & John Pluck
Toss: Wanstead & Snaresbrook won the toss and elected to bowl first
Result: Wanstead & Snaresbrook won by eight wickets
Scorecard: View Here
Match Report:
Wanstead & Snaresbrook opening bowler Monty Cooper was named Player of the Match in returning figures of 2/5 as his side defeated Woodford Wells to win the Ravi Bopara T20 Cup.
Cooper’s spell, which also included a run-out off his bowling, left Woodford Wells at 27-3 and eventually restricted them to 112-9, which was a target that Wanstead & Snaresbrook easily overhauled inside 15 overs.
Captain Ben Munson led from the front with 34 and wicketkeeper Charlie Britt contributed 28, but Cooper, alongside Phil Thoufick’s 3/24 and 2/20 from Haaris Usman, kept the target comfortably achievable.
Zoraiz Saeed then made a 32-ball 54, containing six fours and three sixes, and shared in a partnership of 72 with Ali Zeb, who hit 33, before the unbeaten Harith Wajid hit four to seal a Wanstead & Snaresbrook victory.
