Greetings! Cricket Lovers Cup holders Sri Lankan Cavaliers brushed aside the challenge of 2006 cup winners Kondor by handing them a 5 wicket defeat. Kondor were bowled out for 93 with Numan Jayasena (3-1) being the star performer in the SLC bowling attack. Roy De Silva responded with 35 in the Sri Lankan reply of 95-5 in 22 overs.

Kingsbury Construction at 60 for 6 were saved by 97 run partnership between Suresh Gopal (60no) & Arvind Patel (45) as they ended up with 164 for 8 in 45 overs. Kingsbury Construction then bowled out Neasden for 70 with Rahul Patel & Vinood Bhanderi taking 3 wickets each.

DIU complied 273 against Sayona with significant contributions from Naresh Lacximan 62, Vijay Bagoane 47 and Hitesh Babu 40. In Sayona's response of 164, Ishtiaq Ahmed made 54 whilst DIU's Amit Chagan took 5-43. Shivam accounted for the scalp of Muktajivan in their 18 run victory with Dhamendra Vaja making 48. Baladia Youth Club's Pravin Hirani took 5-33 in restricting Bharat Olympians to 151; however when the former batted a Lawerence Dingre hat-trick in his figures of 4-10 ensured Baladia were bowled out for 78.

Ramya Upadhya made 5-52 and 75 against Lankians for Welldon; however they still suffered a 142 run defeat. Embassy's Ali Haider 58 and Amir Ahmed 58 laid the foundations in their 129 victory over Young Puthoharis.

In division 3 league fixtures, Ali Khan of South Harrow took 6-16 in a low scoring game against Lohana to give them their first league win. Rajput Samaj II were too strong for Welldon II as they fell to a 142 run defeat with Pratik Patel making 53 for the former.

22 JUNE 2008 - MPCL CUP 2ND ROUND

1. South Harrow v Rajput Samaj II
2. Youth Wing v Kingsbury Construction
3. Anson v Shivam
4. Embassy v Bharat Olympians
5. Indiana v Regency
6. DIU v Lankians
7. Sri Lankan Cavaliers v United Sports
8. Lohana v Rajput Samaj

22 JUNE 2008 - MPCL PLATE COMPETITION 1ST ROUND

9. Bye
10. Neasden (Bye)
11. West Harrow v Muktajivan
12. Young Puthoharis v Baladia Youth Club
13. Dharmaj v EKTA
14. Sayona v Welldon
15. Kondor (Bye)
16 Bye

READERS SOVEREIGN CUP: WEDNESDAY 28 MAY 2008

The match was delayed and commenced at 2p.m. and reduced to forty overs each.

Middlesex Premier won the toss and elected to field. Ali Haider and Pratik Patel opened the bowling and the opposition had a flying start scoring four runs and over and put on 39 runs for the first wicket. Thereafter runs slowed down and they were 75 for 3 in 20 overs and it appeared that they will be restricted to around 140 runs; however Londis Lewis knock of quick fire 35 accelerated the Essex run rate as they finished on 164 for 7 in 40 overs. Daud Haider was the pick of the bowler taking three wickets for 33.

Pratik Patel and Daud Haider opened the innings; Pratik started well playing some splendid cover drives. Daud Haider soon departed with score at 29. Abid Javed played with controlled authority as runs began to flow. 30 runs were added for the second wicket when Pratik Patel departed for 30. Abid Javed Mohammed continued to hit some splendid fours and towering sixes before departing for a valuable 83. Middlesex Premier Cricket League scored 169 for 5 wickets in 35.5 overs to secure a victory.

Middlesex Premier Team: Ali Haider (Captain; Embassy), Pratik Patel(Rajput), Daud Haider (Embassy), Nilesh Patel (Rajput), Amir Ahmed (Embassy), Hiren Desai, (Rajput), Chetan Depala, (Indiana), Mitul Vora (Anson), Darshan Depala (Indiana), Abid Javed Mohammed (Anson) and Hemanshu Depala (Indiana).

The next round will be played on 2nd July 2008. Any player wishing to represent the side should contact team manager Mohansinh Darbar (mohansinh_darbar@hotmail.com) or the divisional secretaries ( krisperera@hotmail.com, dhirusavani@hotmail.com, divyesh.depala@inviron.co.uk).