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The game lived up to its expectation with a massive 500+ crowd at the ground and 100+ watching the live streaming, it certainly produced the fireworks. We wish to thank all those that contributed to the main cause of the match which was to raise funds for Yorkshire Cancer. The sales of food and drinks totalled £215.00 which was all donated to Yorkshire Cancer and £180.00 cash collection by Andy and his colleague from Yorkshire Cancer. We thank Whiterose Direct for sponsoring the cricket ball and live streaming and Kashmiri Aroma for the donation of the food. A big thank you to Paul Cummins, YCB, Director of Recreational Cricket for supporting the event.
The Quaid e Azam Premier Cricket League XI won an entertaining T20 Charity Challenge match at Park Avenue by five wickets with nine balls to spare against the Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League XI.
A crowd of around 500 saw Vikas Dixit deliver the killer blows when he hit successive deliveries from Usman Arshad which took his side past their opponents’ score of 165-5.
Dixit of Bhalot Strikers finished as his side’s top scorer with 36 not out and was partnered by Whiterose CC and Jer Lane’s Cosmond Walters (21no) in the closing stages.
It was the positive intent of all the Quaid e Azam batsmen which proved crucial. The tone was set by their openers Danish Hussain (34) and Shoukat Ali (27) who put on 63 in the first six overs.
Kashmir’s and Townville’s Abdul Wahid (27) made useful runs before a flurry of wickets saw the BPL side offered a chink of light as the score slipped to 126-5.
Dixit, who started quietly, and Walters took control of the situation as Brad Schmulian used nine different bowlers.
The Bradford Premier League innings was dominated by New Farnley’s Steve Bullen. Coming to the wicket after the early loss of Callum Geldart, Bullen made 88 from 57 balls. He struck four sixes plus nine fours and was the one batter to dominate the Quaid e Azam bowling.
Skipper Brad Schmulian (22) was the next top scorer which was due to insufficient acceleration in the later stages of the innings as the Quaid e Azam bowlers performed well.
After the match league chair Bill Holmes said: “It was an excellent game of cricket played in exactly the right spirit. Congratulations to the Quaid e Azam League for their win and thank you to everybody who supported the event.
“I am totally supportive of this becoming and annual event. It has been good to work with the Quaid e Azam Premier League on this initial fixture and judging by the numbers of people who turned up at Park Avenue this is exactly the type of event to bring the cricketing community together.”
| BATTER | RUNS | BALLS | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Schmulian | b Sanaullah Khan | 22 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 110.00 | |
| Callum John Geldart | c Cosmond Walters Walters | b Cosmond Walters Walters | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 114.29 |
| Steven Bullen | b Mustafa Rafique | 88 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 154.39 | |
| James Lee | c Yasir Ali | b Sam Wisniewski | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 114.29 |
| Thomas Clee | c Yasir Ali | b Sam Wisniewski | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Usman Arshad | not out | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Conor Harvey | not out | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 | |
| Joe Pocklington | did not bat | ||||||
| Adam Ahmed | did not bat | ||||||
| Alex Lilley | did not bat | ||||||
| Kez Ahmed | did not bat | ||||||
| Charlie Parker | did not bat |
| EXTRAS: 11 (11w ) Total: 165 ( 20 Overs, 5 Wickets ) |
Fall of Wickets
18-1 Callum John Geldart (Brad Schmulian-9*); 53-2 Brad Schmulian (Steven Bullen-21*); 114-3 James Lee (Steven Bullen-64*); 129-4 Thomas Clee (Steven Bullen-72*); 148-5 Steven Bullen (Usman Arshad-3*);
* not out batter
| BOWLER | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | WICKETS | WIDES | NO BALLS | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmond Walters | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.67 |
| Yasir Ali | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Muhammed Amir | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.25 |
| Sanaullah Khan | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9.67 |
| Sam Wisniewski | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Mustafa Rafique | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.67 |
FIELDING EXTRA RUNS: 0 NON-BOWLER WICKETS: 0 TOTALS: Overs: 20, Maidens: 0, Runs: 165, Wickets: 5, Wides: 11, No Balls: 0
| BATTER | RUNS | BALLS | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danish Hussain | b James Lee | 34 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 141.67 | |
| Shoukat Ali | b Brad Schmulian | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 192.86 | |
| Vikas Dixit | not out | 36 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | |
| Abdul Wahid | b Kez Ahmed | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 180.00 | |
| Waleed Akhtar | b Charlie Parker | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Yasir Ali | lbw | b Joe Pocklington | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Cosmond Walters Walters | not out | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 190.91 | |
| Sam Wisniewski | did not bat | ||||||
| Muhammed Amir | did not bat | ||||||
| Shahban Raheem | did not bat | ||||||
| Sanaullah Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| Mustafa Rafique | did not bat |
| EXTRAS: 13 (5lb, 8w ) Total: 169 ( 18.3 Overs, 5 Wickets ) |
Fall of Wickets
63-1 S Ali (D Hussain-34*); 69-2 D Hussain (V Dixit-6*); 105-3 Abdul Wahid (V Dixit-15*); 116-4 W Akhtar (V Dixit-16*); 126-5 Yasir Ali (V Dixit-18*);
* not out batter
| BOWLER | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | WICKETS | WIDES | NO BALLS | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Parker | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Conor Harvey | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Alex Lilley | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Brad Schmulian | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Joe Pocklington | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.00 |
| James Lee | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Adam Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Kez Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 |
| Usman Arshad | 1.3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14.00 |
FIELDING EXTRA RUNS: 5 NON-BOWLER WICKETS: 0 TOTALS: Overs: 18.3, Maidens: 0, Runs: 169, Wickets: 5, Wides: 8, No Balls: 0
Match Officials
Umpires: Steve Dobson, Howard Taylor
Scorers: Judith Wragg, Asif Jawed
