Dunnington Cricket Club

Batting first Alfreton struggled to 167-10 off their 45 overs. Naurmaan Ali (3-21) & Rob Chipps (3-33) were the best bowlers. The regular flow of wickets stopped any momentum building in the Alfreton innings. Skipper Hamid Khan then took control of the match. He hit a fluent 82* and with support from Paul Miles (35) & Collis King (33) the team raced to their target in just 24 overs. They now face York in the next round.

The weather spoilt what should have been a great cup tie. Batting first in good conditions Woodhouse reached 224 thanks to a Nick Hadfield century. Once it was Dunnington's turn to bat the showers started & the run chase was adjusted with each over lost. There was no continuity with the batting either and the final total of 122 was well short of even the adjusted total. To add to the woes Hamid Khan visited hospital for stitches in his hand and Oral Blackford turned his ankle in the field.

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Dunnington opened the 2008 campaign with a disappointing defeat to one of last year's promoted teams. Batting first they reached 168-10 largely through the contributions of Jack Bolam 40* & new skipper Hamid Khan 39. Goole lost 8 wickets in reaching their target. Oral Blackford took 4-57 and Kash Mahmood 3-34. Overseas signing Kelvin Patterson failed to make the match & remains in Barbados.

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The first’s found that scoring nearly 300 wasn’t enough as Thirsk batted comfortably to reach 221-4 in reply. Skipper Hamid Khan lead the way with a great knock of 141*. He was helped by Harwood Williams (55*) & Jack Bolam (56). 293-3 was always oing to be a tough target for Thirsk, however, none of the bowlers were able to make much of an impression on the batting for whom, veteran Des Wyrill carried his bat for 94*. Dave Kitching has the best return with 9-3-42-2.

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The 1sts easily dominated this match but were unable to finish it off and take all 10 Zingari wickets. Hamid Khan 65, Collis King 58, Jack Bolam 33, Kelvin Patterson 38, Naurmaan Ali 28 & Rob Chipps 21* all got into the runs in a total of 277-8. Zingari reached 227-7 with Oral Blackford taking 4-46.

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Kelvin Patterson's 9-59 were not enough to win this match. After bowling Woodhouse out for 132, Dunnington must have expected to win but Joel Hughes took 7-60 as Woodhouse fought back to win by 6 runs. Only Kashif Mahmood was able to reach a respectable score with 46.

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Once the weather set in this match was abandoned. Dunnington had fought back from a position of 19-4 to 64-4 thanks to Harwood Williams & Kelvin Patterson.

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This match was abandoned without starting

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This was another match affected by weather for the 1st team. Malton had made 219-5 with Oral Blackford taking 3-63, when the rain started. No further play was possible following an incredible downpour.

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The 1sts returned to some sort of form with a winning draw at Acomb. Stand in skipper Paul Miles scored 77* and Collis King 50* in a total of 187-5. Acomb reached 141-8 by the end of their 50 overs, Oral Blackford taking 3-51 and Numan Ali 4-25.

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This was another match not started because of the weather

Dunnington won this exciting, high scoring tie in the last over after Skipper Hamid Khan & veteran Collis King had set the foundations. Bowling first Numaan Ali took 3-25 to help restrict Clifton to 134 off only 16 overs. After losing Kelvin Patterson early, Khan (75) & King (41) took control. There were late wickets but Dunnington made it home with 3 balls to spare.

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This week belonged to the Burn Hall 1st Team, whose 2 victories continued their fightback after a poor start to the season. On Saturday the defeated league leaders Acomb. Harwood Williams (74), Hammed Khan (109) & Collis King (72*), helped the team compile 293 runs in their allotted 50 overs. Then Oral Blackford (4-33) and Kelvin Patterson (3-28) helped clean up Acomb for just 143 in 38 overs.

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A shocking bowling & fielding display saw the team throw away a match that should have been closed out easily. At least 7 catches were dropped and most of the bowling made Steve Harmison's current form look world class. Earlier Williams 50, Khan 65, Miles 36* & Mahmood 31 had helped post a reasonable score of 237-8. However complacency set in and despite needing 10+ an over for the last 10 overs SHB were never out of it. They achieved a well deserved victory from a scrambled leg bye off the last ball.

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Despite only scoring 123, the team won convincingly after their pace bowlers took advantage of the conditions at Heworth. Batting first the innings was held together by Hammed Khan, who made an excellent 70, Paul Miles & Kashif Mahmood were the only other players to get into double figures. However the team's fortunes changed once they took the field. Oral Blackford (4-36) & Kelvin Patterson (5-27) destoyed the oposition to leave them 52 short of their target on 72-10.

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The 1st team got the better of a draw to move within 1 point of their opponents in the league table. Easingwold hung on by the skin of their teeth after Kash Mahmood (4-61) & Kelvin Patterson (3-57) had reduced them to 202-9. Earlier Dunnnington had reached 253-7 through contributions from Collis King (84), Hammed Khan (47) & Kelvin Patterson, whose 42 came off just 15 balls.

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This match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

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In another nailbiter, this time Dunnington lost out in the final over. Set 245 to win, after bowling Clifton out in the 50th over, the side needed 6 to win off 3 balls when Collis King was run out. Earlier Kelvin Patterson took 5-78 & Oral Blackford 3-44 before Harwood Williams hit 45, Dave Greenlay 43, Collis King 63, Patterson 26 & Jack Bolam 29.

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This match started as a struggle but ended as an easy victory after Zingari collapsed to just 61-10. Batting first Dunnington started poorly reaching 25-3 and then 95-6. A partnership of 76 from Gareth Miles (33) & Jack Bolam (50*) rescued the innings, which finished at 187-8. Hammed Khan (45) & Paul Miles (27) also made valuable contributions. The Zingari reply lasted just 24.2 overs, Kash Mahmood was in superb form taking 8-32.

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Clifton Alliance secured the championship this week with a win over Easingwold. However this match was far from a dead rubber due to Dunnington batsman Collis King's record breaking feat. Collis narrowly failed to score a century last week (96*), which would have extended his run to one in each of the last 12 seasons. This week he was not to be denied. He again entered the final over in the 90's. He reached his ton in style hitting the 2nd ball for four & the 3rd ball for six. It was his 36th century in the Y&DSCL, the Dunnington total of 320-3 was the 6th highest total ever recorded in the Premier league. Earlier the innings got off to a flying start through Kelvin Patterson's 63 & Hamed Khan's 73, Skipper Harwood Williams also contributed 52* (27 balls) in an unbroken stand of 131 with King.
In reply Pickering reached 212-8, Kashif Mahmood was the leading bowler with figures of 3-56.

Only one over was possible before the heavens opened. The match will now be re-arranged.

Having moved the fixture several times becuase of the weather and with the final scheduled for Friday, Dunnington were unable to field a team due to other committments and had to concede the tie.

In the first of a double header, Dunnington had a comfortable win against Dringhouses in the Senior Charity cup. Batting first Collis King and Harwood Williams made the game safe, reaching 166 in 16 (8 ball) overs. This allowed the team to use a predominantly 2nd team bowling attack and safely defend the total. The return match is at the same time & place next Tuesday but this time in the Sawkill Cup