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Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club League 1st XI v Taplow CC 1st XI on Sat 14 Jun 2025 at 12:30
Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club Lost by 5 wickets

Match report 🗞️ “Taplow Blitz Crowthorne in 25-Over Chase Mayhem!”

Thames Valley Cricket League – Division 5B
📍 St Sebastian's Playing Field | 🗓️ Saturday 14th June 2025
🏏 Toss: Crowthorne won and chose to bat
🏆 Result: Taplow won by 5 wickets

🧱 First Innings: Crowthorne Grind to 173
Crowthorne posted a gritty 173-9 from their full 45 overs, with Will Avrili top-scoring with 37 off 72 balls. Patrick Hennessy (24), Ant Avrili (26), and Chris Fletcher (25) chipped in, but the innings lacked acceleration.
Taplow’s bowlers shared the spoils:
- Walid Malik and Naveed Akram took 2 wickets each.
- Fahim Khan Neamat Ullah also bagged 2, while Arslan Butt and Bakht Khan claimed one apiece.

💥 Second Innings: Taplow Tear Through the Chase
Taplow made light work of the target, reaching 174 in just 25 overs. Abu Bakr Hussain smashed 50 off 57 balls, Arslan Butt blasted 45 off 24, and Zeeshan Sarfraz Butt anchored with an unbeaten 46.
Crowthorne’s bowlers struggled to contain the onslaught:
- Rohan Malpani picked up 2 wickets.
- Ali Malik, Kabir Parhar, and Oliver Taylor took one each, but 15 wides added to the pressure.

🎯 Key Performers
- Abu Bakr Hussain: 50 (6 fours, 2 sixes)
- Arslan Butt: 45 off 24 (explosive cameo)
- Zeeshan Sarfraz Butt: 46* (match-finishing anchor)
- Will Avrili: 37 (top scorer for Crowthorne)
- Rohan Malpani: 2 wickets (best bowling figures for Crowthorne)

📊 Points Summary
- Crowthorne: 7 points
- Taplow: 23 points

Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club League 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
4w 9b 5lb 
for 9 wickets
18
173		        
David Krüger run out  (Unsure) 12 19 2 63.16 1
Ollie Taylor ct Unsure b N Akram 10 21 2 47.62
Patrick Hennessy st R Court b A Butt 24 60 3 40.0
Will Avrili ct Z Sarfraz Butt b W Malik 37 72 6 51.39
Ant Avrili ct Unsure b B Khan 26 38 4 68.42
Ali Malik lbw W Malik 0 7 0 1
Chris Fletcher b F Khan Neamat Ullah 25 32 1 1 78.12
Kabir Parhar b N Akram 2 6 33.33
Ravi Godbole b F Khan Neamat Ullah 9 8 1 112.50
Rohan Malpani Not Out  7 5 1 140.0
Sinith Chandran Not Out  3 1 300

Taplow CC 1st XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Bakht Khan9.0133133.003.67
Naveed Akram9.0221210.502.33
Fahim Khan Neamat Ullah9.0044222.004.89
Arslan Butt9.0031131.003.44
Walid Malik9.0230215.003.33

Taplow CC 1st XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
15w 3b  
for 5 wickets
18
174 (25.0 overs)		     
Abu Bakr Hussain ct A Malik b A Malik 50 57 6 2 87.72
Arslan Butt ct D Krüger b O Taylor 45 24 5 3 187.50
Khawaja Ahmed lbw K Parhar 1 3 33.33
Zeeshan Sarfraz Butt Not Out  46 52 7 88.46
Mohammed Kamran Asghar b R Malpani 0 5 0
Rob Court lbw R Malpani 2 4 50.0
Rizwan khalil Butt Not Out  12 5 1 1 240.0
Walid Malik  
Bakht Khan  
Fahim Khan Neamat Ullah  
Naveed Akram  

Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club League 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sinith Chandran4.004200.0010.50
Kabir Parhar8.0231131.003.87
Ollie Taylor1.0025125.0025.00
Ali Malik7.0040140.005.71
Rohan Malpani4.0023211.505.75
Ravi Godbole1.001000.0010.00