Date	05/09/2004
Season	2004
Competition	Friendly
Match format	Timed game
Opposition	Leigh
Venue	Leigh Village Green
Toss	Won
Decision	Crusaders bat first
Result	Won

Crusaders innings

No	Batsman		Runs
1	Richard Carr	b Martin	69
2	Alan Edwards	b Ramsammy	10
3	Wajih Rehman	b Cormack	19
4	Chand Channa	not out	79
5	John Greggains	c Hamilton b Hamilton	13
6	Manufisher Bassi	lbw b Bishop	2
7	Neil Morrison	b Hamilton	4
	Extras	b 21, lb 9, w 2, nb 2	34
	Total	6 wickets, 35.4 overs	230

Did not bat:

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No	Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No balls
1	Bishop	7.0	1	41	1	0	0
2	Ramsammy	8.0	2	16	1	0	0
3	Wells	6.0	0	35	0	0	0
4	Martin	4.0	0	41	1	2	2
5	Cormack	4.0	1	23	1	0	0
6	Hamilton	5.4	0	31	2	0	0
7	Reeves	1.0	0	13	0	0	0

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Leigh innings

No	Batsman		Runs
1	Hamilton	c Richard Carr b Spud Whale	45
2	Hollands	b Gordon Schultz	50
3	Bishop	c Gordon Schultz b Gordon Schultz	1
4	Maslin	lbw b Spud Whale	0
5	Reeves	b Gordon Schultz	0
6	Wells	b Gordon Schultz	0
7	Nicholson	b Spud Whale	0
8	Cormack	b Simon Burr	43
9	Martin	b Spud Whale	0
10	Ramsammy	not out	0
	Extras	b 1, lb 0, w 1, nb 1	3
	Total	9 wickets, 43.0 overs	142

Did not bat:

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No	Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No balls
1	Simon Burr	11.0	1	37	1	0	0
2	Mike Taylor	6.0	0	34	0	0	0
3	Spud Whale	11.0	5	20	4	0	0
4	Gordon Schultz	6.0	1	15	4	0	0
5	Manufisher Bassi	5.0	1	30	0	1	0
6	Wajih Rehman	4.0	1	5	0	1	0

Match Report

Richard recorded a third successive fifty on the beautiful Leigh Village Green, but was overshadowed by a thumping 79 from Chand. For those that he hasn't phoned already it was a very good innings. The pitch was hard and true and the outfield fast, which made run scoring easy. On studying their scorebook totals of 240+ had been overhauled, so Spud opted for caution in his declaration total of 230-6 in just 35.4 overs. It was good to see TC getting himself in the runs as well, supporting Chand in a partnership that netted 92 runs for the 4th wicket. Spud's caution appeared well founded, as Leigh's openers had little difficulty slapping openers Burr and Taylor around the green (then again who has had difficulty). It was left to the spin pairing of Whale and Schultz to do the damage, each taking four wickets. Gordon in particular was using flight to good effect. Leigh to their credit never gave up the chase and would possibly have held out for a draw, but for the earlier maiming of one of their junior players by the Bully Oz, which left them batting one short.