| Date | 19/06/2015 |
| Season | 2015 |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Match format | 20 overs |
| Opposition | Newham Dogs |
| Venue | Flanders Field East Ham |
| Toss | Lost |
| Decision | Crusaders bat first |
| Result | Won |
Crusaders innings
| No | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Chand Channa | c b Colin | 5 |
| 2 | Lokinder Singh | b KP | 0 |
| 3 | Gajinder Singh | b Amir | 29 |
| 4 | Goldy Singh | c b Colin | 0 |
| 5 | Himanshu Pathania | run out | 21 |
| 6 | Teji Singh | c Mark b Amir | 8 |
| 7 | Lovepreet Singh | c Mark b Mark | 6 |
| 8 | Harry Singh | c b KP | 14 |
| 9 | Jason Glampson | c b KP | 14 |
| 10 | Shakil Bhuiyan | not out | 54 |
| 11 | Spud Whale | not out | 5 |
| Extras | b 9, lb 3, w 24, nb 0 | 36 | |
| Total | 9 wickets, 20.0 overs | 192 |
Did not bat:
| No | Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
| 1 | KP | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Colin | 2.0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Heath | 4.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Amir | 4.0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jerome | 4.0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Mark | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Newham Dogs innings
| No | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Amir | c Goldy Singh b Harry Singh | 1 |
| 2 | James | c Chand Channa b Jason Glampson | 21 |
| 3 | Amir | c Jason Glampson b Jason Glampson | 1 |
| 4 | Heath | c Shakil Bhuiyan b Gajinder Singh | 42 |
| 5 | Mark | b Lovepreet Singh | 17 |
| 6 | Colin | not out | 38 |
| 7 | Shane | b Teji Singh | 0 |
| 8 | Brady | c Gajinder Singh b Teji Singh | 0 |
| 9 | White | not out | 10 |
| Extras | b 3, lb 1, w 7, nb 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 7 wickets, 20.0 overs | 141 |
Did not bat:
| No | Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
| 1 | Harry Singh | 3.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Jason Glampson | 3.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Lovepreet Singh | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Chand Channa | 3.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Teji Singh | 3.0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Gajinder Singh | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Lokinder Singh | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Spud Whale | 1.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Goldy Singh | 1.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Match Report
Crusaders recorded a second T20 victory of the season, racking up an impressive 192 from 20 overs, against Newham Dogs at Flanders Field. Quick-fire contributions from Gurjinder (29) and Himanshu Pathania (21) on debut, set the platform for a late barrage of boundaries from Shakil. Sandwiched between were useful knocks from Jason and Harry, which kept the momentum going. At the end of 20 overs, Shakil had bludgeoned an effortless 54, setting a T20 record partnership of 43 for the 10th wicket, partnered by Spud, who had spent most of it leaning on his bat at the non-strikers end.
Harry and Jason soon had ‘the Dogs’ in trouble taking three quick wickets, before they rallied through good contributions from Heath and Colin. With the run-rate escalating, Crusaders regained the initiative, with Teji helping himself to two wickets from consecutive deliveries. His hat-trick ball was typically ‘Crusaders’ – no threat to the stumps at all!! When Gurjinder removed the dangerous Heath, Newham’s chase fell away with the innings closing on 141-7.
Once the inconvenience of the Cricket was out of the way, most of the squad went for the traditional Buffet Curry – this year in The Khyber Pass Restaurant.