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MATCH REPORT FOR 10 JUNE 2007

Return of Hitsu Bachni (3-15) to the team and an undefeated 49 not out from Harry Singh were enough for Neasden to record their first league win of the season against Sri Lankan Cavaliers. Shah Ali Zedran struck 77 in Embassy's easy win over Stanmore Jaffrey's who have now dropped to the foot of division 1. An 8th wicket partnership of 86 from Kingsbury Construction's Naresh Mepani (42no) and Gauravi Shiani (35no) allowed them to finish on 195 -7 against 9 men Lankians. Lankians crumbled to 92 all out as Naresh Mepani added 4-13 as an additional contribution to the match. Rajput Samaj were restricted to 134 by Anson as Mohammed Abid Javed (4-22) and Prashant Ajitsaria (3-36) took the bowling honors for Anson. Rajput Samaj skipper topped the Anson bowling performances with his 5-18 to lead his side to a 14 run win.

In division 2, West Harrow and Kondor game was declared a tie by umpires after both sides finished on 140 following some confusion in the last over. West Harrow veteran Kanu Rao top scored with 41 for West Harrow whilst Kondor's old war horse Harshad Patel took the bowling honors with 4-24. Bharat Patel made 58 for Bharat Olympians in their 40 run victory over Dharmaj; Tejas Metha top scored for Dharmaj with 60. Suresh Varsani (58) of Muktajivan led the way as their inflicted another defeat on Lohana. Welldon were comfortable winners over Magenta Security.

Indiana silenced the Young Lions with an empathic 8 wkt victory. Asish Mehta made 55 as Young Lions were dismissed for 151 in 39 overs as Indiana'a Himanshu Depala took 5-16. Divyesh Depala led the charge with a quickfire 64 as Indiana reached their target in 20 overs. United Sports remain in hot pursuit of Indiana as they defeated Sayona by 74 runs. United Sports scored 265-8 in 40 overs with Rohan Salvi making 139 and than Miten Shah chipped in with 5-24 as Sayona were restricted to 191-9 in 40 overs. Regency could only manage 92 against EKTA due to the bowling efforts of Jayesh Patel (5-13); Vipul than blasted 77 in EKTA 99-3 in 15.5 overs. Youth Wing's Hiten Patel (57no) and Rajesh Tailor (56no) shared an unbroken partnership against Young Puthoharis as they secured an 8 wkt win; earlier in the day veteran Hemant Patel took 4-24 as Young Puthoharis were all out for 151.

Mayur Vaja retired on 108 as Shivam scored 296-6 in 40 overs against Neasden II; Nitesh Mohan chipped in with 56. Kalapi Magan took 4-19 as Neasden were all out for 114. South Harrow's Sunil Vadodaria took 5-58 as Ashley were bowled out for 165. In reply South harrow collapsed to 91 all out. United Sports II posted 214-6 in 40 overs against Rajput Samaj II with main contributions coming from Arun Patel (62) and Fahmy Zubair (51). Davendrasinh Rathod made 96 as Rajput Samaj responded to make 218-7 with 13 balls to spare.