U13 v Sheldon Marlborough, 08/07/09

League match, Sheldon won toss and elected to bowl

Kings Heath 120 for 3 in 20 overs

Josh Baker 1 b Nandra, ct Hanlon

Callum Bird 1 b adams

Umar Rehman 52 b bircher, ct abdulla

Ben Rattley 46* not out

Louie Turpie 7* not out

Sheldon Marlborough 31 all out in 15 overs

McAdam 3 b Turpie

Mahmood 2 b Ali ct Rattley

Hanlon retired

H Abdulla 0 b Ali

Blundell 0 b Ali

White 0 b Ali

Adams 0 b Turpie

A Abdulla 6 run out

Hill 2* not out

Jukes 0 b Uddin

Nandra 6 run out

Bircher 0 ct & B Acktar

KINGS HEATH WON BY 89 RUNS

Josh Baker and Callum Bird opened for Kings Heath in this must win game; but surprisingly both batsmen were out for just a single each. Umar and Ben strode to the crease and slowly but surely built their innings, with quick singles and odd two's before hitting the odd boundary and Umar’s first six of the season. Umar reached his 50 before being caught at mid on for 52. Louie Turpie joined Ben who completed the innings with his season top score of 46.

With the knowledge that Kings Heath had to bowl out Sheldon to be sure of winning the South Birmingham League; Rashid bowled fast from the top end and began with a miserly five runs off his first three overs. Louie began from the other end with a maiden, followed by two wickets for two runs. Rash then delivered his best over of the season taking three wkts for no runs. Callum and Naweed picked up the attack taking a wicket each. Umar and Mohammed Akthar came on and Mo took the final Sheldon wicket to see Kings Heath come through the challenge and step up to the plate and win the South Birmingham League. The win was witnessed by the coaching management and parents who have supported the lads through the season.

U13 v Weoley Hill (away), 01/07/09

League match at Kings Norton Boys School

Kings Heath 123 for 7 in 20 overs

Kings Norton 56 for 8 in 20 overs

KINGS HEATH WON BY 67 RUNS

Following the quickly re-arranged venue the sixth league game of the season began with captain Louie Turpie winning the toss and electing to bat. Josh Baker and Joe Jennings led the way against a young Kings Norton side; core scoring by Josh, Ben Rattley, Luke Baker and an accomplished 33 by Umar Rehman put a good score of 123 on the board. It was an unpredicable artificial wicket with a very slow outfield that made runs hard to get. Many balls did not rise and left batsmen in two minds about what shot to play. Umar’s innings was brought to an end by a catch taken by Jamey Field in the midriff off a sharp boundary bound shot by Umar.

Kings Heath went out to bowl on a tricky wicket; the bowlers run ups were on grass and with no spikes it was difficult to keep balance. Rashid and Naweed opened the attack and Naweed excelled with accurate line and length at medium pace – achieving figures of 4-3-1-3. Callum Bird and Pardeep Ruprai bowled beautifully to achieve one wicket for nine runs and one for 16 respectively. Louie came on for two overs and took two consecutive wickets from his first two balls. Rashid had a difficult session on the pitch that resulted in him being withdrawn following two consecutive unintended beamers after conceding only four runs off 3.5 overs.

U13 v Harborne, 18/06/09

Harborne 98 for 5 in 20 overs (Charrandij 30*, Michael 35*)

Kings Heath 99 for 1 in 15 overs (Umar Rehman 53*, Callum Bird 23*)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 9 WICKETS

Under quite a lot of cloud Harbornne captain Tom Cloughton won the toss and chose to bat. Opening bowlers Rashurd Ali and Louie Turpie bowled an aggressive and accurate four overs each. Three quick wickets fell for 14 with great fielding all round with stops by Luke Baker and Umar Rehman in particular saving precious runs. A secure partnership of 65 saw Harborne reach 98 for 5 from 20 overs.

The Kings Heath innings began with the surprise loss of Josh Baker’s wicket after high scores in the last three matches. Callum Bird came in to build a brilliant partnership with Umar to to overcome the total. The pair balanced quick singles and well placed boundaries with a classy 23 from Callum with Umar posting an exciting and assured 53. Both received vigorous support from parents, coaches, young players and the team.

U13 v Attock, 15/06/09

Attock 55 all out in 17 overs (Hassan 19, Callum Bird 3 for 1)

Kings Heath 59 for 0 in 7 overs (Josh Baker 30)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 10 WCKETS

Following the unhappy washout and abandonment of this game on Thursday 10th June it was rapidly rearranged to meet again on the 'play by' deadline for Monday 15th at Attock.Although a major downpour in South Birmingham nearly put a kibosh on the fixture for a second time, the Attock Manager managed to get the game on. The sun intermittently broke through the clouds and Attock won the toss and chose to bat.

Rashurd and Louie opened with a fast paced attack keeping Attock score down to 25 from eight overs; Rashurd taking two wickets. Pardeep, Callum, Umar and Naweed were joined for the first time this season by Mo Akthar. Between them they bowled out attock for 55 with three overs to spare; Callum taking 3 wickets for a miserly one run.

With a small total to achieve openers Umar Rehman and Josh Baker went about their business efficienctly with both selecting their shots well and reaching their target in seven overs without loss.

U13 v Moseley Ashfield, 04/06/09

On an increasingly gloomy evening the local derby was played out in good spirit. Moseley Ashfield captain Tom Colsby won the toss and chose to bowl.

Kings Heath opener Josh Baker strode out to the wicket and immediately picked up from his last two high scoring innings.He received intermittent support as he headed for an assured 53 before being caught. Callum Bird, Rashurd Ali and Hassan Farooq all contributed double figures as Kings Heath progressed to a commendable 133 from 20 overs.

Then came the Kings Heath Bowlers! Rashurd and Louie Turpie delivered a fast and accurate eight over attack. Rash achieved three maidens and gave only one run in his fourth over. At the other end Louie Turpie took the Moseley Ashfield opening batsmen LBW and bowled respectively. Naweed Uddin, Callum Bird and Pardeep Ruprai followed up with brilliant medium and slow bowling to pin the batsmen down and take wickets regularly. They were backed up by energetic and committed fielding all round with the whole team focused on keeping it tight.

Moseley Ashfield were all out for 56 after 17.4 overs and Kings Heath won by 77 runs.

Batting :
Josh Baker53;
Callum Bird 18;
Rashurd Ali 18,
Hassan Farooq 11

Bowling :
Rashurd 1 run off 4 overs;
Naweed 3 wickets for 19 runs of 4 overs
Callum 3 for 12 runs of 3 overs
louie 2 for 8 runs of 4 overs
Pardeep 1 for 4 runs of 2 overs

U13 v Atherstone (away) Cup, 31/05/09

U13 v Atherstone (away) Cup, 31/05/09

Atherstone 154 for 2
Atherstone chose to bat and immediately went on the offensive with 3 out of their 4 openers retiring for 30. Rashurd Ali picked up the only wicket. A total of 154 was posted on this very warm day on the artificial wicket.

Kings Heath 142 for 5
Umar and Josh opened for Kings Heath knowing they had to reach their top score of the season. Both batsmen hit out and retired for 30 each. Ben Rattley came in at number 3 and stayed at the crease until the last over and also reached 30. Rashurd batted well to reach 25. The target was just too high and with the Atherstone fielders playing well on the boundaries the figure of 142 was achieved.

Atherstone go through to the next round.

U13 v Bournville, 28/05/09

Bournville 89 for 2 in 20 overs
Kings Heath 90 for 1 in 18 overs (Josh Baker 49*)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 7 WICKETS

U13 v Moseley, 14/05/09

Kings Heath 104 for 6 (inc 20 extras)
Moseley 102 for 9 (34 extras)
KINGS HEATH WON BY 2 RUNS

The bowlers on both sides struggled with their lines and lengths, as the number of extras shows; 54 in the match (over a quarter of the total runs in the game). A tense, but ultimately victorious match for Kings Heath.

U14 v Solihull Blossomfield, 11/05/09

Kings Heath 135 for 1 in 20 overs
Tom Salliss 71 not out
Josh Baker caught 6
Sean Brown 37 not out

Solihull Blossomfield 102 for 4 in 20 overs
(Louie Turpie 4-0-21-0, Jack Wadelin 4-0-22-1, Sean Brown 2-1-8-0, John Roper 2-1-4-1, Sultan Afzal 4-0-18-2, David Malcolm 2-0-11-0, Naweed Uddin 1-0-1-0, Elliot Clarke 1-1-0-0)

KINGS HEATH WON BY 33 RUNS

U13 v Sutton (cup), 04/05/09

U13 Cup – Kings Heath v Sutton, 04/05/09

Sutton batted first to make a respectable total of 105 for 7.

Sutton opener John Sargeant batted skilfully and got to 41 including five boundaries. He faced fast bowling from Rashurd Ali (1 wkt) and medium pace from Naveed Uddin (1 wkt) with Hassan Farooq, Luke Turner, Tom Boyce and Ben Rattley in support. Umar Rehman came on and delivered a straight ball that was caught by Tom Boyce at cover. Umar (2 wkts) and Louie Turpie (3 wkts) then went about some tight and lively overs to see Sutton complete their 20 overs for 105.

Kings Heath began their response with Callum Bird and Umar Rehman facing pace bowling. Following Callum's dismissal to a straight ball that didn't rise, Josh Baker came in to hit an assured 26. He and Umar put on 39 before Umar was caught at point and Josh at mid off. Louie and Ben Rattley built a partnership with Louie reaching 13 before being caught at cover. Ben was joined by Naveed Uddin and together they put on what seemed like a match winning 26 with Naveed piling on the pressure with three boundaries.

The tension rose in the last over when Kings Heath required seven from six balls to win. Six runs were achieved from the first four balls when Naveed was caught and bowled from the fifth. Bravely Rashurd Ali came to the crease having to get bat to ball. He was adjudged to be LBW, and both teams completed their 20 overs for 105, but because of a one wicket advantage Kings Heath were victorious.

It went to the very last ball with the scores level, but Kings Heath won by merit of losing fewer wickets.

Sutton 105 – 7
JSargeant 41 b URehman ct TBoyce
JMarsh 5 b R Ali
SGoode 0 b N Udin ct JBaker
PBassiri 22 b LTurpie
TWheeler 1 b URehman
RMorgan 3 b LTurpie
GWager 1* no
Will 0 b LTurpie

Kings Heath 105 – 6
U Rehman 13 b Jain ct
C Bird 0 b Payne
J Baker 26 b Goode ct mid off
L Turpie 13 b JSargeant ct cover
B Rattley 10* no
N Udin 18 ct & b JMarsh
R Ali lbw JMarsh

Kings Heath go through to next round at home against Ansley on Sunday 17th May 2009.