Middlesex County League

[Paul W]

We usually have a thread for the Middlesex County League- mainly so we can follow the performances of our pro players and EPG (academy) players on our staff. Former pro players, eg Adam London, Scott Newman, Ravi Patel tend to get name checks as well.

As some of our pro and academy players play in other leagues (particularly the Hertfordshire league) performances by our players in other leagues are also considered valid for inclusion on this thread.

Last weekend all matches were rained off, as was North Middlesex v Crouch End today.

In the other premier league matches-

Finchley 147 all out. Ealing 148-3 (Robbie White 59 not out)
Teddington 193-9, Stanmore 185 (Daniel O'Driscoll who has joined Stanmore from Ickenham) 3.
Shepherd's Bush 245-9 Brondesbury 136 )Nathan Fernandes out for a first ball duck, but had bowling figures of 10-0-47-2
Twickenham 161 Hampstead 163-7

I think Josh De Caires and Nathan Cornwell are still with Radlett, but their Hertfordshire league game with Radlett was called off. Same for Henley, who I think Jack Davies plays for. Thilan Walallawita (Potters Bar) had better luck- making 29 not out and 6-3-10-2

Academy players only get a mention if they do something particularly good- pro players get a name check regardless!

[Paul W]

A Sunday match in the ECB club national championship.

I wouldn't normally mention such matches- but-

Stanmore 347-0 in 40 overs. Steven Reingold 201 not out, Aaryan Sawant (who is in our academy) 133 not out.

Slough 115 all out.

https://stanmore.play-cricket.com/website/results/5557979

[Paul W]

Frustratingly, Playcricket who provide the club scorecards had some technical problems today, so not all scorecards are complete.

Hampstead 175 all out Stanmore 178-7, O'Driscoll 10
Twickenham 217-9 Shepherd's Bush 174 all out
Ealing 249-7 Teddington 189 all out
Brondesbury 235-6 Fernandes 47 Crouch End 208 all out Fernandes 10-1-29-1

and one with an incomplete card-

North Middlesex 193 all out, Cracknell 0 stumped by academy keeper Matt McGowan, Finchley 114-5 McGowan 40 not out.
The site reckons North Mid won by 79 runs, but checking a recording of the live stream it is clear the scorecard had frozen for about an hour. They didn't go off for rain, or bad light, and the game appeared to reach a natural conclusion, so unsure of final score!

Similarly Josh De Caires was playing for Radlett in the Hertfordshire league, but PlayCricket blew a fuse! If I can get scorecard later I'll post his score.

For Potters Bar Thilan Walallawita 43 and 7-0-20-1

Ben Salter 3-0-17-3 for Eversley in Thames Valley League.

I'll post any more performances and updates I can find tomorrow.

[Paul W]

The game between North Mid and Finchley has now been updated to read Finchley 181 all out, so North Mid won by 12 runs, but individual performances have not been updated. Matthew McGowan must have got further than 40 not out, but I don't know what he ended up with.

In Division 1 Ishaan Kaushal had figures of 9-4-10-2 for Southgate.

Josh De Caires 64 not out and 10-1-45-1 for Radlett

Toby Greatwood made 37 opening the batting for Wargrave (!) but did not bowl. Don't know if that means he has a niggle of some sort, or if he was told 'You can play, but don't bowl'.

[Paul W]

To update last week Matt McGowan ended up with 75.

This week Premier League scores-

Crouch End 208 Finchley 209-9 (an unbroken last wicket partnership of 31 just getting Finchley over the line)
Brondesbury 197 Twickenham 122
Teddington 296-4 North Middlesex 104 all out. Max Harris 4 and 10-1-49-1 for North Mid
Shepherd's Bush 241-8 Stanmore 195 all out. Dan O'Driscoll 11
Ealing 160 all out. Robbie White 0 Hampstead 161-3

In Division 1 Adam London 75 and Ishaan Kaushal 9-0-53-3 both for Richmond. (last week I said IK played for Southgate- should have been Richmond!)

Elsewhere Jack Davies 56 for Henley, Josh De Caires 27 and 8-1-44-1 for Radlett, and Thilan Walallawita 4 and 10-0-41-2 for Potters Bar.

[Peter H]

I was hoping to see Thilan play for Potters Bar tomorrow, but as he has been called up to the T20 squad for Taunton and Bristol matches, it seems highly unlikely for him to race back to Hertfordshire for one day in between those games.

Maybe I could go to watch Radlett instead. What? De Caires is in the T20 squad as well?! Curses... :(

[Paul W]

Week 5 results-

Hampstead 233 all out (Ethan Bamber 10-0-25-3 Max Harris 8.3-0-60-3) North Middlesex 236-1
Finchley 236-6 (Sam Robson 7-0-44-0) Teddington 196 all out (Sam Robson 10)
Crouch End 282-7 Twickenham 233 all out
Shepherd's Bush 182 all out (EPG player Seb Morgan 10-0-40-4) Ealing 186-9 (unbroken last wicket partnership of 25 just got Ealing over the line Seb Morgan 23*)
Brondesbury 184 Stanmore 186-2 (Dan O'Driscoll 31)

In Division one Ishaan Kaushal 9-0-43-2 for Richmond

Elsewhere EPG player Ben Salter 3-28 and 56 not out for Eversley.

[Paul W]

Week 6 results-

Finchley 262 all out Hampstead 266-0. I don't normally mention performances by non pro or EPG players, as it would be a long list (and where do you start and where do you stop), but seeing as it was an unbeaten 266 partnership Joe Kendall 123* Ciaran Johnson 132*
Brondesbury 270-7 dec Nathan Fernandes 87 Ealing 153, Fernandes 22-12-44-6
Crouch End 239 Teddington 134
North Middlesex 248- Cracknell 33, Bamber 4, Harris 0 Shepherd's Bush 250-6 Bamber 19.1-3-67-3 Harris 8.4-2-42-1 (this suggests one of them couldn't complete an over and the other finished it for them)
Twickenham 268 Stanmore 271-6 Aaryan Sawant 71 and Steven Reingold who played if a few games for Glamorgan a couple of years ago 112.

In Division one Ishaan Kaushal 5-0-39-0 for Richmond.

And elsewhere Martin Andersson 73* and 4-0-31-0 for Sunbury
Thilan Walallawita 1 and 12-2-32-4 for Potters Bar
Toby Greatwood 13-2-26-1 for Wargrave
James Isbell 61 for Cookham Dean.

[Barmy Kev]

Paul W thanks for update. I was at Shepherds Bush game.Bomber was seen hobbling off. An unbeaten close to centrury stand saw Bush through to victory which at one stage looked unlikely.. Luke Hollman was present as a spectator.

[David Uren]

As a Middlesex exile (not THE Middlesex Exile who posts under that sobriquet) I do appreciate these updates. It's much harder to get information on the performances of my local club in Wiltshire League Division 6!

[michael morgan]

Week 6 results-

Finchley 262 all out Hampstead 266-0. I don't normally mention performances by non pro or EPG players, as it would be a long list (and where do you start and where do you stop), but seeing as it was an unbeaten 266 partnership Joe Kendall 123* Ciaran Johnson 132*
Brondesbury 270-7 dec Nathan Fernandes 87 Ealing 153, Fernandes 22-12-44-6
Crouch End 239 Teddington 134
North Middlesex 248- Cracknell 33, Bamber 4, Harris 0 Shepherd's Bush 250-6 Bamber 19.1-3-67-3 Harris 8.4-2-42-1 (this suggests one of them couldn't complete an over and the other finished it for them)
Twickenham 268 Stanmore 271-6 Aaryan Sawant 71 and Steven Reingold who played if a few games for Glamorgan a couple of years ago 112.

In Division one Ishaan Kaushal 5-0-39-0 for Richmond.

And elsewhere Martin Andersson 73* and 4-0-31-0 for Sunbury
Thilan Walallawita 1 and 12-2-32-4 for Potters Bar
Toby Greatwood 13-2-26-1 for Wargrave
James Isbell 61 for Cookham Dean.

Keep this coming - great post!!

[John Assirati]

Keep this coming - great post!!

Agreed. Thanks, Paul W. I suppose I'll still need to see The Cricket Paper for the other leagues, I live in Essex.

[Paul W]

As a Middlesex exile (not THE Middlesex Exile who posts under that sobriquet) I do appreciate these updates. It's much harder to get information on the performances of my local club in Wiltshire League Division 6!

It should be possible to get your clubs results as I think just about every club is on play cricket.

Just google the name of your club, and the second or third option is usually 'Ickenham play cricket' or whichever club name you type in. You can then access all that club's scorecards-

https://ickenham.play-cricket.com/home

The only time consuming bit for me is I have something like 15 or more scorecards to check each Saturday evening.

With Middlesex County League I go to that leagues homepage and you can get as many results (all divisions) and averages you want. Some of them now do fixed camera live streams of their matches (quality variable).

https://middlesexccl.com/

[David Uren]

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[David Uren]

It should be possible to get your clubs results as I think just about every club is on play cricket.

Just google the name of your club, and the second or third option is usually 'Ickenham play cricket' or whichever club name you type in. You can then access all that club's scorecards-

https://ickenham.play-cricket.com/home

The only time consuming bit for me is I have something like 15 or more scorecards to check each Saturday evening.

With Middlesex County League I go to that leagues homepage and you can get as many results (all divisions) and averages you want. Some of them now do fixed camera live streams of their matches (quality variable).

https://middlesexccl.com/

Thanks, Paul W. I have tried it for my club, Shrivenham, and yes it works. I had ben relying upon the Wiltshire League website which only offered results and notable performances, not full scorecards.

[Paul W]

Week 7 results-

Brondesbury 181 all out (Max Harris 5-0-18-0) North Mid 183-4

Shepherd's Bush 151 all out Finchley 152-9 (Matt McGowan 35)

Stanmore 214-9 )Aaryan Sawant 40, Dan O'Driscoll 0) Crouch End 145 all out.

Teddington 314-3 dec Hampstead 158 all out- but last wicket partnership of 89 made it more respectable!

Twickenham 282-8 Ealing 283-3 (Robbie White 113 not out)

Elsewhere- Toby Greatwood 39 and 5-1-28-1 for Wargrave (looks like he and Max Harris must have been told 'You can play- but no more than 5 overs')
James Isbell 79 for Cookham Dean

[Paul W]

After week 7 the table reads-

Stanmore 48
Ealing 43
Shepherd's Bush 36
Teddington 36
North Middlesex 36
Brondesbury 35
Finchley 35
Hampstead 34
Crouch End 31
Twickenham 15

[Paul W]

Week 8 results-

Ealing 268-9 dec (Robbie White 92) drew with Stanmore 261-8 (Dan O'Driscoll 2)

Crouch End 302-9 dec drew with Hampstead 189-6

Brondesbury 238 all out beat Finchley 171 (Matt McGowan 40)

Shepherd's Bush 291-6 dec drew with Teddington 273-8

Twickenham 83 lost to North Middlesex 84-3. This game was over before the other games had finished their first innings. None of North Mid's pros were playing this week.

Elsewhere Martin Andersson 93 for Sunbury, but must have been told he couldn't bowl,

and Ben Salter 13.2-4-26-5 for Eversley.

Not many pros or high performing academy players turning out for their clubs today. When checking Potters Bar (Thilan Walallawita didn't play for them today) I did note Ned Eckersley made 38 for their opponents Totteridge Millhillians.

[Paul W]

Updated table-

Stanmore 52
Brondesbury 47
North Middlesex 46
Ealing 45
Teddington 40
Shepherd's Bush 38
Crouch End 36
Hampstead 35
Finchley 35
Twickenham 15

[Barmy Kev]

Was at Stanmore today, Robbie looked on for a ton until he was needlessly run out. Dan kept wicket well. According to Ceefax it was winning draw for Stanmore. I still haven't worked out rules.

[MIDDLE EXILE]

L thought they turned off CEEFAX over ten years ago!. I was watching too and I thought the game turned when Steve Reingold was responsible for the run out of opening partner Rishi Pandya.

[Paul W]

Week 9 results-

Shepherd's Bush 238 v Hampstead 183

Stanmore 162 v North Middlesex 165-4

Brondesbury 152 v Teddington 153-2

Crouch End 264-9 dec v Ealing 172

Twickenham 232-9 dec v Finchley 190-9 (match drawn)

No pro players involved this round.

[Paul W]

Updated table-

North Middlesex 56
Stanmore 52
Teddington 50
Shepherd's Bush 50
Crouch End 48
Brondesbury 47
Ealing 45
Finchley 39
Hampstead 35
Twickenham 17

In Division 1 the top 4 vying for promotion are-

Richmond 68
Hornsey 66
North London 61
Acton 53

[Paul W]

A fair bit of rain around today.

Stanmore 67-1 v Finchley (abandoned)
Ealing 213 v North Mid 84-8 (abandoned)
Hampstead 146 v Brondesbury 86-7 (draw)
Crouch End 225=9 v Shepherd's Bush 161-9 (draw)
Teddington 172 lost to Twickenham 173-7

Max Harris was the only pro playing 8-2-20-3 and 0 for North Middlesex.

Elsewhere Toby Greatwood 46 opening the batting for Wargrave and 12-4-35-4

[Paul W]

After 10 matches-

North Middlesex 59
Stanmore 55
Shepherd's Bush 54
Brondesbury 51
Teddington 50
Crouch End 50
Ealing 48
Finchley 42
Hampstead 36
Twickenham 27

The top 4 in Division one-

Richmond 67
Hornsey 67
North London 64
Acton 63

[MIDDLE EXILE]

Just watched Teddington annihilate Stanmore .60-0 beat 59 all out

[Paul W]

As I want to concentrate on watching the Blast final I'll post the scores and updated table in the morning (unless anyone else wants to do it tonight).

Not all the personal performances from pro and EPG players are complete yet, but so far-

Dan O'Driscoll 16and Aaryan Sawant 6 for Stanmore, Matt McGowan 33 for Finchley, Robbie White 58 for Ealing (having a very good club season),Nathan Fernandes 8 for Brondesbury, Joe Cracknell 16, Luke Hollman 8, Max Harris 35* (all North Mid)

Elsewhere Rhys Lewis 32 and Toby Greatwood 0 and 5-1-15-1 (both Wargrave). Thilan Walallawita so far 2-38 v Potters Bar and 25 when batting. Martin Andersson playing for Sunbury but did not bowl- so far 34 not out.

[Paul W]

Week 11 results-

Stanmore 59 Teddington 60-0
Hampstead 264 Twickenham 129
Ealing 237-7Finchley 147
Brondesbury 210-8 dec Shepherd's Bush 158
North Middlesex 233-9 dec Crouch End 135-8

Personal performances- Nathan Fernandes 17.4-4-54-6, Hollman 7-3-11-1 Harris 10-4-27-1, Walallawita 16-2-43-3 Davies 37*.

Don't know what Andersson ended up with, as the Sunbury scorecard has gone AWOL.

[Paul W]

Updated table-

North Middlesex 64
Brondesbury 63
Ealing 60
Teddington 60
Stanmore 55
Shepherd's Bush 54
Crouch End 51
Hampstead 48
Finchley 42
Twickenham 27

Top of Division one-

Richmond 77
Hornsey 77
North London 76
Acton 63
Harrow St Mary's 62

[Paul W]

Predictably, four out of five premier games have already been abandoned, and I'm sure it won't be long before the fifth joins them.

All five matches stopped after between 21 and 31 overs. With an 11 O'Clock start, that suggests rain came in from about 12.30-1.00 so we were an hour away from salvaging a draw against Surrey.

[Paul W]

Week 13 results-

Teddington 148 lost to North Middlesex 149-3

Twickenham 207 lost to Brondesbury 210-7

Hampstead 298-8 drew with Ealing 270-8

Stanmore 235 drew with Shepherd's Bush 183-9

Crouch End 265-6 drew with Finchley 252-9

Personal performances- Joe Cracknell 77, Luke Hollman 37* & 14-1-41-2, Max Harris 14-2-36-4 (all North Mid) Nathan Fernandes 16.5-2-72-7 & 10 (Brondesbury) Robbie White 41 (Ealing) Aaryan Sawant 83, Daniel O'Driscoll 34 (both Stanmore) Matt McGowan 43 (Finchley)

Elsewhere- Martin Andersson 15.3-3-42-2 & 14* (Sunbury) Rhys Lewis 0 & 8.3-1-13-3 & Toby Greatwood 34 (didn't bowl- both Wargrave) Thilan Walallawita 3 & 20-5-60-3 (Potters Bar) Ben Salter 21 (did not bowl) Eddie Campion 9 & 11.4-1-51-2 (both Eversley) and James Isbell 50* (Cookham Dean)

[Paul W]

Week 13 table-

North Middlesex 77
Brondesbury 76
Ealing 67
Teddington 63
Stanmore 63
Shepherd's Bush 59
Crouch End 59
Hampstead 53
Finchley 47
Twickenham 30

Top Division 1-

North London 91
Hornsey 90
Richmond 80
Harrow St Mary's 75
Acton 71

[John Assirati]

It would be interesting to see four teams based at Shepherd's Cot in the First Division. Is it 2 up 2 down ?

[Paul W]

Yes- 2 up 2 down.

[John Assirati]

Yes- 2 up 2 down.

Thanks.

[MIDDLE EXILE]

All today's Middlesex Premier League Matches have been called off with no play possible in any

[Paul W]

Week 15 results

Finchley 274-8 beat Hampstead 206

Shepherd's Bush 232 beat North Middlesex 197

Brondesbury 214 lost to Ealing 216-7

Teddington 200 beat Crouch End 191

Twickenham 217-9 lost to Stanmore 221-7

Individual performances- Robbie White 53 (Ealing) Nathan Fernandes 0 & 10-1-36-0 (Brondesbury) Max Harris 8 & 7-0-39-0 (North Middlesex) Dan O'Driscoll 13, Aaryan Sawant 31 Dylan Rawal 61 (all Stanmore)

Elsewhere- Thilan Walallawita 62 & 9-0-35-3 (Potters Bar) Toby Greatwood 9 & 4-0-20-1 Rhys Lewis 2 & 1.3-0-6-2 (both Wargrave) Harry Seagrave 10-0-42-2 (Harpenden) Ben Salter 46 & 8-2-26-3 (Eversley) James Isbell 80* (Cookham Dean)

[Paul W]

Week 15 table-

North Middlesex 81
Brondesbury 81
Ealing 80
Teddington 76
Stanmore 76
Shepherd's Bush 72
Crouch End 64
Finchley 60
Hampstead 56
Twickenham 35

Top of Division One-

Hornsey 103
North London 94
Harrow St Mary's 88
Richmond 84
Acton 74

[Paul W]

Week 16 results-

Ealing 180 lost to Twickenham 185-7

Brondesbury 179 lost to North Middlesex 182-7

Stanmore 194 lost to Crouch End 195-7

Hampstead 285 beat Teddington 173

Finchley 199 lost to Shepherd's Bush 200-6

Individual performances- Robbie White 9 (Ealing) Nathan Fernandes 59 & 10-2-27-2 (Brondesbury) Max Harris 1 & 10-1-41-3 (North Middlesex) Dan O'Driscoll 0, Aaryan Sawant 14, Dylan Rawal 0 (all Stanmore) Matt Mc Gowan 20 (Finchley).

Elsewhere- Harry Seagrave 10-0 47-2 (Harpenden) Thilan Walallawita 9 & 4-2-4-0 (for Potters Bar who won easily, hence TW only had time to bowl four overs) Toby Greatwood 38 & 7-0-40-0, Rhys Lewis 1 & 7-33-2 (both Wargrave) James Isbell 33* (Cookham Dean) Pansilu Wijesinghe 45 & 9-0-40-3 (Harrow) Ben Salter 27 & 6-1-23-0 Eddie Campion 5 & 10-0-45-2 (both Eversley)

[Paul W]

Week 16 table-

North Middlesex 91
Brondesbury 83
Shepherd's Bush 82
Ealing 81
Stanmore 78
Teddington 76
Crouch End 74
Hampstead 66
Finchley 61
Twickenham 45 ( I think that means they can no longer avoid relegation)

Top of Division One-

Hornsey 113
Richmond 94
North London 94
Harrow St Mary's 88
Acton 84

[Paul W]

Week 17 results (all matches rain affected, resulting in revised second innings targets).

Finchley 274-6 v Brondesbury. Match abandoned

Shepherd's Bush 274-7 v Teddington 24-0 Match abandoned

North Middlesex 245-9 lost to Twickenham 171-6

Hampstead 173 lost to Crouch End 109-5

Stanmore 283-4 beat Ealing 183

Individual performances- Matt McGowan 52 (Finchley) Nathan Fernandes 10-1-48-1 (Brondesbury) Robbie White 7 (Ealing) Steven Reingold 114, Aaryan Sawant 100 (opening partnership of 221) Daniel O'Driscoll 33* (all Stanmore) Luke Hollman 9 (did not bowl) Joe Cracknell 41 Max Harris 18 & 4-0-34-1 (all North Middlesex) Blake Cullen 18 & 9-1-54-3 (Twickenham)

Elsewhere- Martin Andersson 101 (did not bowl-rain- for Sunbury) Toby Greatwood 11 & 8-0-53-2 (Wargrave) James Isbell 34* (Cookham Dean) Ben Salter 50 & 6-1-41-1 (Eversley) Harry Seagrave 4-0-22-2 (Harpenden) Josh de Caires 22 (Radlett) Thilan Walallawita 99* (robbed of a century when rain brought a premature end to Potters Bar's innings! & 4-0-32-2)

[Paul W]

Week 17 table-

North Middlesex 91
Stanmore 88
Brondesbury 86
Shepherd's Bush 85
Crouch End 84
Ealing 81
Teddington 79
Hampstead 66
Finchley 64
Twickenham 55

Top of Division one-

Hornsey 116
Richmond 104
Harrow St Mary's 98
North London 96

No-one else can potentially claim 2nd place- with Hornsey assured promotion and Division One champions.

Next week is the final week- and in the premiership the two top teams, North Middlesex and Stanmore play each other at Stanmore, meaning one or other will be champions- on the basis it's a 50 overs a side game- so a draw isn't an option, I suppose it's just possible they could be rained off when other matches aren't, but realistically I think next weeks game will decide the championship. and in Division one North London play Richmond in a promotion battle, although Harrow St Mary's could get second place if they beat Southgate and North London beat Richmond.

[MIDDLE EXILE]

Don't forget to catch the live stream of tomorrow's MCCL premier league clash at Stanmore as they take on North Middlesex in the Championship decider, or better still go along, excellent facilities available and the chance to see future, current, and past Middlesex players in action.

[Sillypoint]

Don't forget to catch the live stream of tomorrow's MCCL premier league clash at Stanmore as they take on North Middlesex in the Championship decider, or better still go along, excellent facilities available and the chance to see future, current, and past Middlesex players in action.

Do you know how many of the pro are released to play?

[MIDDLE EXILE]

I'm not aware of any restrictions. They are always encouraged to play if available.

[Paul W]

I doubt Ethan Bamber will be allowed to play for North Mid.

No problem for Max Harris, as he won't feature in championship match- same for Stanmore's Dan O'Driscoll.

Joe Cracknell will probably play- even if he is named in the squad to play Essex. Luke Hollman- may depend on whether or not we expect him to make the final 11 v Essex.

Ethan Bamber probably the only one not to play.

Any more than that and North Mid fans will be calling 'Foul' and will accuse Stanmore's Gus Fraser of using his influence to affect the result- a bit like Yorkie fans reckoned Strauss fixed the 2016 Championship (he didn't) by insisting their England players were rested for the championship decider.

Edit to add-

Also watch out for Stanmore's Aaryan Sawant. In our academy, and made 188 not out for our U18's earlier this week. Very likely to get a pro deal in due course. I think he has one more year at school (doesn't virtually everyone stay on for 'A' levels nowadays) so his first pro deal may be in November 2024, rather than this winter.

[MIDDLE EXILE]

You've just missed Sawant,out for 0 today.

[Paul W]

Live stream-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OX6w3yFPto

Stanmore have already lost a wicket.

2-1 as I type.

Aaryan Sawant, who I bigged up earlier out for a two ball duck.

Joe Cracknell and Max Harris playing for North Mid. No Luke Hollman, or Ethan Bamber.

[Sillypoint]

Thanks for the link. Strange no Hollman unless they are worried the new overseas hasn't made it over?

[Paul W]

Stanmore finished with 271-9 off 50 overs

Dan O'Driscoll 132.

Max Harris 10-0-59-0

Will Vandespar who I remember played a lot for our 2's a few years ago (probably 10 or even more years ago!) was North Mid's best bowler 10-0-49-6

[Paul W]

And, to save a bit of time later on, the half time scores in the other matches-

Ealing 189 v Crouch End (Robbie White 6)

Teddington 157 v Brondesbury (Nathan Fernandes 10-2-40-2)

Twickenham 100 v Finchley

Shepherd's Bush 291 v Hampstead

In Division one Harrow St Mary's look to be cruising to a certain victory over Southgate, who they dismissed for 93 (Ravi Patel 2-24) Currently 35-0 in reply.

And North London 88 all out, with Richmond 18-1 in reply.

If Richmond win, they are promoted. If not then Harrow St Mary's get second spot- assuming they win (Hornsey already promoted as champions).

[Paul W]

Elsewhere (so far) Martin Andersson 10-0-59-3 (Sunbury) Thilan Walallawita 27 (Potters Bar) Rhys Lewis 55, Toby Greatwood 3 (both Wargrave) Harry Seagrave 29* (Harpenden) Ben Salter 7-3-11-1 (Eversley) James Isbell 87 not out (so far- innings still in progress for Cookham Dean)

James Isbell is a bit of a run machine- well over 1.000 runs this season for our under 16 and under 18 sides combined, and usually puts a score on the board for Cookham Dean firsts- another one to keep an aye on!

[Paul W]

Joe Cracknell has just committed suicide, with a needless attempted reverse sweep. LBW for 35 and North Mid 110-3

After behaving impeccably all day, the live stream has started to play up a bit.

Harrow St Mary's 94-3 duly defeated Southgate and Richmond 91-3 have beaten North London- so Hornsey and Richmond are the two promoted.

James Isbell (see previous post) ended up with 114 for Cookham Dean.

[MIDDLE EXILE]

N.Midd. 197-7 in the 40th,Alex McQueen out for 106.It looks as though they'll be dancing in the streets of Stanmore tonight.

[Paul W]

And Stanmore are champions!

A really good days viewing.

And a very good day for Dan O'Driscoll, with two good stumpings. Like all good keepers they looked easy, but I guess you have to anticipate, and be in the right position.

For what it's worth, I think Dan O'Driscoll is a top class keeper, who is a handy batter, whereas most county coaches (including Richard Johnson) would much sooner have batters who are handy keepers- in the sense that Cracknell, Davies and White are all good enough batters that they can get picked (from time to time) in the first team, with Simmo keeping wicket.

Doddy did what I've seen him do on live streams of county two games- batted sensibly- accumulated singles, without attempting anything extravagant, so he doesn't look as good a batter as the other three. Cracknell attempted something clever- reverse sweep- and was out, at a point in the game when it wasn't obvious were the next wicket was coming from. No need to take risks- and if he hadn't maybe he would have guided North Middlesex home.

[Paul W]

Just to confirm- North Mid 238 all out. Max Harris made 14.

I the other games-

Crouch End 192-8 beat Ealing 189

Finchley 104-4 beat Twickenham 100

Brondesbury 159-2 (Fernandes 13*) beat Teddington 157

Shepherd's Bush 291 beat Hampstead 204

Personal performances elsewhere Martin Andersson 34, Thilan Walallawita 10-1-29-2 Harry Seagrave 4-0-15-0 Greatwood 5-0-32-1 Rhys Lewis 7-0-34-3 Nilesh Bhandari 10-0-55-3 (the latter is one of the younger members of the academy, and consequently normally plays for Wargrave 2nd XI, but playing for their firsts today- he's taken a lot of wickets in age group cricket for the academy this year)

[MIDDLE EXILE]

Rather unfair on Johnno I think. With four keepers already on the staff and Dan at the end of his contract the club had little alternative but to release him, If he's good enough he'll get opportunities elsewhere Crackers has always had an impetuous streak that has held him back a bit, obviously talented. It's not easy to curb his exuberance. Max again failed to impress. Steve Reingold definitely has the ability to go further in the game and hopefully, he's not given up on a professional career.

[Paul W]

And for completeness, the final league table-

Stanmore 98
Brondesbury 96
Shepherd's Bush 95
Crouch End 94
North Middlesex 92
Ealing 83
Teddington 79
Finchley 74
Hampstead 66
Twickenham 55.

So just 6 points separate 1st to 5th place, with Hampstead and Twickenham relegated.

Division one-

Hornsey 126
Richmond 114
Harrow St Mary's 108
North London 96
Acton 94
Harrow Town 83
Southgate 75
Barnes 60
Winchmore Hill 58
Osterley -10 (points penalties for fielding incorrectly registered player(s)

Bottom 2 relegated and Kenton and Wycombe House promoted.

[Paul W]

The final averages-

In the premiership Steven Reingold was the leading run scorer with 647 runs at an average of 49.77

Others with over 500 premier runs- Jack Attenborough (Finchley) 639 @ 53.25 Carlos Nunes (Twickenham) 551 @ 34.44 Nic Taylor (Ealing) 501 @ 45.55

In terms of average the best was Robbie White 438 runs @ 54.75 followed by Jack Attenborough (as above) then Oliver Wilkin (Ealing) 350 @ 50 followed by Steven Reingold as above.

The leading wicket taker was Aparajit Khurana (Crouch End) with 42 wickets @ 15.93. He was a long way ahead of second placed Mayank Malhotra (Twickenham) 33 @ 17.42 then David Burton (Finchley) 30 @ 19.10

For averages click on Player stats then choose if you want everyone, or just a certain division, and if you just want 'top 50' or more. You can click on most headings to decide what order you want the averages (eg number of runs, or best average).

https://middlesexccl.com/stats.php