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.
