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Warwickshire U14 v Essex U14

ECB U14 County Cup, Final

Brockington Ground, Loughborough

Wednesday 30 August 2023, 10:45am start

Team News:

Warwickshire: Hamza Khan, Arjun Singh Nahal (c), Arun Singh Kalsi, Omaris Khan, Shayaan Abid, Gianluca Larucci, Fintan McGrory (wk), Charlie Taylor, Edward Miller, Edward Taylor, Mustafa Mehdi, Jack Pidgeon.

Essex: Aayush Baluja, Shahariyar Chaudhry, Jonny Rumsby (c), Hasnain Akram (wk), Jack Parrish, Josh Owen, Fred Oliver, Prajen Kavinkumar, Xander Silverwood, Aditya Singh, Aayush Salil, Navine Sureshan.

Match Details:

Scorers: Emma Brereton & Norman Bygrave
Toss: Essex won the toss and elected to bat first
Result: Warwickshire won by six wickets

Scorecard: View Here

Match Report:

A third-wicket partnership of 136 between Hamza Khan and Omaris Khan helped Warwickshire to victory over Essex in the final of the ECB U14 County Cup.

The former Khan made 72 in 91 balls with ten fours, and was only bettered within his side by the latter, who hit an unbeaten 86 off 105 as the young Bears chased down Essex’s 202 all out in 42.2 overs.

Opener Shahariyar Chaudhry top-scored for the young Eagles after they won the toss, hitting 39, but despite Xander Silverwood and Aayush Baluja also passing 30, the Warks attack succeeded in taking ten wickets.

Jack Pidgeon led the way, returning figures of 3/37, while Charlie Taylor and Edward Miller evenly split four more scalps between them.

It was only a ninth-wicket stand of 54 between Silverwood, whose 37 came in just 27 deliveries, and Aditya Singh, who made 20, that helped Essex pass 200.

In reply, Singh took two wickets to be the pick of the young Eagles’ attack, with Navine Sureshan and Prajen Kavinkumar picking up one apiece.

However, it was the efforts of the two Khans, which included Omaris hitting the winning four, that guided Warks to victory.
 

Essex Under 18 Women have secured their place at Finals Day of the National T20 County tournament in Loughborough on Sunday 10 September.

The young Eagles, who reached this stage by virtue of having topped the nine-team Group 3, will face North East Warriors, who won Group 1, in their last-four tie.

The other semi-final will see Group 4 toppers Hampshire take on Worcestershire, who finished first in Group 2, with the action at the Brockington Oval, on the campus of Loughborough University, starting at 10:30am.

Essex won seven of their eight group-stage matches in finishing eight points clear of nearest challengers Berkshire, against whom a DLS-affected five-wicket loss was the only blemish on their record.

Three successful chases at the beginning of August, against Kent, Suffolk, and Middlesex, preceded that defeat, but it failed to take the wind out of the young Eagles’ wings as four consecutive victories followed.

The biggest wins of the bunch were the final two, with an 88-run success over Buckinghamshire following a 112-run hammering of Surrey in which the young Brown Caps were bowled out for just 37.

Sophia Mitchell claimed three wickets in that comprehensive win and was both Essex and the entire group’s leading light with the ball, taking 11 wickets at an average of 7.36 and with an average economy rate of 3.86.

Mitchell finished ahead of Jessica Pugh for the young Eagles, who claimed eight scalps, and Bella Johnson and Prisha Bedi, who picked up seven apiece.

Meanwhile, Bella Howarth was the most productive with the bat for Essex, with her 246 runs at an average of 49.20 and a strike rate of 110.81 putting her second in the overall charts, behind only Suffolk’s Sophie Singer.

Johnson demonstrated her all-rounder abilities by hitting 116 runs to finish second to Howarth, while Hollie Dring-Richardson’s total of 110 put her in third.
 

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.
 

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.