Bognor beaten, Selsey ram home advantage
Bognor v Mayfield
Sussex League division two
Bognor can consider themselves a touch unfortunate in losing by 58 runs against a strong Mayfield side.
Having elected to bowl, Bognor made early inroads, but Rob Sharma anchored the innings with 69.
Wickets were shared by the Bognor bowlers, Nick Ballamy’s 2-15 the pick.
After losing captain Ryan Maskell to the second ball of the reply, Ballamy tore apart the Mayfield attack, before being unfortunate to be adjudged lbw for 30 off only 11 balls.
Joe Ashmore suffered a similarly unlucky dismissal for a well-made 34, and despite Bognor being up with the rate for the entire innings, the tail fell away to James Hockley (5-9).
Bognor remain locked at the top with Horsham and look to bounce back this week against St James.
Bognor 2nd v Himani
Scott Bingham and Jamie Woolnough took three wickets apiece as Himani were restricted to 148 all out.
Bognor knocked the runs off for the loss of one wicket as 50* from Josh Broad and 60* for Gary Maskell saw the side home.
Bognor 3rd v Middleton 3rd
Middleton made 223-4 before bowling Bognor out for 81 to win by 142 runs.
League round-up Middleton
were beaten by 46 runs at Sea Lane by Eastbourne.
Mahesh Rawat took 5-46 as Eastbourne made 215 but despite a good start from openers Sean Heather (39) and George Briance (41) the reply fell away and Middleton were all out for 169.
In division two, Chichester lost by three wickets at home to Billingshurst.
Priory Park were shot out for 141 - Simon Hasted’s 32 the high point - and the visitors got home despite 5-47 by Ajit Sambhi.
In division seven west, Selsey beat Ram twos by 57
Nick Horner scored 79 not out and Brad Rose 66 in the hosts’ 226-4, and Ram were dismissed for 169 with Tom Cripps and Will Smith taking three wickets apiece.
WESTBOURNE HOUSE
Professional sports players spend hours training and work hard every day on improving their skills and fitness to make sure they are at the top of their game. But some still find time to share their expertise with young and developing players.
Mahesh Rawat is the current overseas proplaying for Middleton CC’S first XI.
A former India A and Rajahstan Royals batsman and wicket keeper, Rawat is training the juniors at Middleton on a Friday evening and is also visiting local schools to inspire and coach the children.
At Westbourne House School in Chichester he has been coaching Year 5, Year 6 and Year 7 boys and girls during games lessons.
Josh, a Year 6 pupil and Middleton player, said: “He is very positive and his knowledge is amazing. It was great to have a legend at our school.”
Year 7 pupil and Middleton player Emily added: “It was great the way he talked to us as equals and explained simple ways we can improve
our game. It was also amazing to hear how his batting average was 152 and he scored over 1,000 runs in a cricket season – that is something to aim for!”
Westbourne House headmaster Martin Barker said: “It has been a pleasure to welcome Mahesh to our school.
“The children have loved him taking part in their games lessons and he has been a true cricket inspiration across the school.”
Rawat said: “It is my privilege to work in an outstanding atmosphere with such a talented bunch of players. I am really thankful to Westbourne House School and Middleton CC for giving me this opportunity and I hope others will follow. We must
inspire the next generation of cricket players so more and more young people join the cricket family.”
Crawley 2nd v Aldwick Sussex Div 6 West
Another win for Aldwick took them out of the bottom two.
And another high scoring opening partnership from skipper Alex Cooper (53*) and keeper Andy Smith (27) shows Aldwick are now in a better shape to face the second half of the season.
The openers put on 91 chasing 137 and the game was wrapped up with a quick 21 not out from league debutant Josh Mann in the 19th over.
Earlier, on a challenging wicket, Aldwick asked Crawley
to bat. Openers Khurram Jalil (27) and Manan Vaidya (16) put on 24 for the first wicket and Khurram went on to put on 49 for the second with Ibrahim Malik (15).
However, Aldwick bowlers were in good form as Josh Kemp (1-14 ) and Ollie Smith (1-29 ) removed openers and then Liam Hick (4-28) proceeded to rip through the middle order with ease.
After their steady start, only Faisal Rehman (19 ) and Sherzad Gul (16 ) made double figures. Josh Mann’s 2-17 cleared up the tail along with two run outs as Crawley were all out for 136 in the 38th over.
Ashling v Lavant
Agreeing a shortened game of 26 overs a side in the inclement weather, Ashling batted first and totalled 1678, Vaz Kumbhar (43no), Jamie Gray (30 no) the top scorers and David Burford taking 3-3.
With Lavant CC on 129-7 in reply, Harry Howe (34no), the game was abandoned when Ashling CC captain Vin Kumbhar collided with a colleague when going for a catch resulting in an ambulance being called and thim being aken to hospital.
The club’s sincere thanks go to the doctor who was watching the game for her help before the ambulance arrived