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3rd XI in successful chase at Valley End. Aarav G 78* and Pagie 53* add 137*

Saturday 19th August 2023
Surrey Championship Division 4 West
Valley End 219 for 3 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 225 for 4 (38.5 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 6 wickets

A glorious day where Stoke came back from the concession of an opening stand of 171 to win with an over or so to spare; every single member of the team leaving a positive entry on the scorecard. Read more

Record Total for the Sunday XI

Sunday 16th July 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 367 for 5 (40 overs)
Hampton Woodlawn 205 for 7 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 162 runs

A record total in men’s senior cricket for the Sunday XI as they scored a big win on a glorious afternoon.

A day to remember for Jack Thomson who made his first century; but everyone else had their chance to contribute to memorable day. Read more

“I get out caught a lot”

Followers of our Twitter page would have seen us recently capture details of our active players with the most number of innings having never been dismissed leg before. (For those who hadn’t seen it Geoff Vinall tops that list with a current run of 51 innings from debut and never been lbw.) Read more

3rd XI end 2022 with a win

Saturday 3rd September 2022
Surrey Championship Division 5 West
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 239 for 5 (40 overs)
Weybridge Vandals 3rd XI 136 all out (36.4 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 103 runs

Rock bottom hosted already promoted in a game where neither side could improve their League position; but Stoke’s 3rd XI ended a highly successful campaign with a big win. Read more

3rd XI Win – Five wickets on debut for Richard Parsons

Saturday 2nd July 2022
Surrey Championship Division 5 West
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 207 for 6 (40 overs)
Weybridge Vandals 3rd XI 158 all out (35 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 49 runs

The right result achieved…in the end.

With the captain on holiday Ralph Coleman was given the keys and ticked the first box by winning the toss and electing to bat on a warm afternoon. Read more

Justin Jones Century as Sunday XII win

Sunday 19th September 2021
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 224 for 6 (35 overs)
Blindley Heath 112 for 4 (35 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 112 runs

We gave ourselves the best chance of extending the season by getting availability in early enough to place and advert, and Blindley Heath called us up to say their original opposition had scratched. Invitation accepted. Whilst we had a problem of reducing the pool of available players down to an XI, the opposition were a couple short come Friday. Keen to keep the fixture going a late entry to the Stoke pool, Justin Jones, kindly agreed to play for the opposition…initially. Read more

Sunday XI lose narrowly in game with 100 Extras

Sunday 5th September 2021
Friendly
Kingstonian 196 all out (35.1 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 176 all out (39.4 overs)
Kingstonian won by 20 runs

Finally some sun. Stoke and Ks played out an enjoyable match on an excellent pitch.

In the field first having lost the toss Stoke picked up early wickets when Arren Sachania threw the stumps down to run out the first, then he made a one-handed grab in the covers to make it 12 for 2. The successful bowler was late call up Sameer Khara. Read more

3rd XI Beat Kingstonian

Saturday 28th August 2021
Surrey Championship West
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 190 for 6 (40 overs)
Kingstonian 64 all out (21.3 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 126 runs

A convincing win for the 3rd XI who now await a rubber-stamping of promotion from the League.

With Kingstonian’s captain having only nine men on site at the toss he asked Stoke to bat first on a decent pitch, but an extremely lush outfield that gave no value for shots.

Save for one mix-up Peter Phipps and Arren Sachania ran well and added 79 for the first wicket. Phipps, (25), was first to go when he mis-pulled to mid-wicket.

Mihin Sugeeswarran paid a heavy price for not running his bat in; this brought Malcolm Dickson to the crease and he continued to push the field as boundaries were still at a premium.

Sachania constructed a career best 81; his departure saw Deepak Malhotra, Ed Ashwell and then Dickson, (29), depart late in the innings in the pursuit of quick runs; late call up Aarav Goswami hit just the 8th boundary of the innings as Stoke closed on 190 for 6.

In reply Andy Butler got to work quickly, castling one opener and then picking up the other as he skied to Reino Kusel who was set back a couple of balls beforehand.

First change Ashwell bowled very quickly, and Sugeeswarran found some nice footholes to target at the other and they shared the next three wickets; Goswami showing good hands on the circle, Ashwell re-arranging two others’ furniture.

With a dinner party to go to, the captain brought back Butler who doubled his count for the afternoon, (6-0-18-4); leaving Narayan Kirthivasan and Goswami the scraps. Each took a wicket, Ralph Coleman holding on to a regulation slip catch the ball after shelling a more difficult one, and Kusel took a second catch to give Goswami a rare pole. The last man sustained a nasty hand injury fielding off his own bowling earlier in the piece and didn’t come out.

Stoke complete their programme next week with an away game at champions Valley End who suffered a huge beating from Old Hamptonians 4th XI who included one player who had played 1st XI and others who had played a number of games in higher XIs at other points in the season.

Scorecard : https://sdacc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4581867





3rd XI Win at Normandy

Saturday 14th August 2021
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 172 for 5 (35 overs)
Normandy 113 for 7 (35 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 59 runs

Stranded for a fixture after the original league opposition were unable to fulfil the game we were pleased to receive an invite from Normandy.

A more than decent Stoke friendly XI came up against a weaker opposition and the game played out accordingly, but it was a good chance for many to get middle time after recent bye weeks and rain.

Stoke batted first and didn’t make a formidable start, sinking to 57 for 4 with only Arren Sachania, who made a third of them, making double-figures.

The decisive partnership followed, though. Reino Kusel constructed an unbeaten Stoke career best of 40 not out, and Justin Jones provided the firepower at the either end, making 60. The pair added 97 for the 5th wicket, a record in 3rd XI cricket to beat – by one run – the one between Ed Ashwell and Charlie Kerslake against Churchleigh in 2013.

There was time for captain Deepak Malhotra to add a few more and lift Stoke to 172 for 5 in 35 overs.

All Stoke’s bowlers did well to secure the win. Rory Harris started things off by castling one of the openers for a duck, then Andy Page and Narayan Kirthivasan kept things tight to ramp up the asking rate.

This paved the way for Aarav Goswami to get a couple of wickets, as did Andy Butler, and Malhotra added one more to his count before the opposition’s loan player, Rob Butler, emphatically ended a run of maidens to top score for the hosts with an unbeaten 38.

A good afternoon’s work given the state of play earlier in the week.

It’s a return to league action next week with a trip to Weybridge who did us a huge favour by beating promotion rivals Old Hamptionians.

Scorecard : https://sdacc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4954740





Positives in defeat in bonus T20

Thursday 29th July 2021
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 113 for 7 (20 overs)
Thames Ditton 115 for 4 (18.1 overs)
Thames Ditton won by 6 wickets

Always on the look out for games to satisfy demand an opportunity presented itself to grab a fixture at Giggs Hill Green after the home side – welcoming as always – advertised on Tuesday that they had lost their opposition. A quick ring around got numbers, that fluctuated between 10 and 11; sadly the 11th player proved elusive to lock in but the ten who made it all had fun.

Stoke were asked to bat first and the Aaravs, Malhotra and Goswami – plus a generous helping of extras – provided a nice start with a stand of 41; but after they were separated Stoke lost their way and a bunch of wickets saw a re-build required from 54 for 5.

Deepak Malhotra, (29 not out), aided by Mihin Sugeeswarran, gave the side something to bowl at but a back spasm restricted his involvement in the field to a spectatorial one so Stoke would have to raise their efforts to cover the gaps, and also were down to just a five man attack after Goswami couldn’t shrug off the after-effects of wearing a beamer whilst batting.

James Morgan and Sugeeswarran bowled well up front, Morgan Jnr earning a full allocation and was unlucky to get a fourth column entry.

Narayan Kirthivasan got Stoke on the board when Morgan Jnr turned catcher in the deep, and a three wicket burst from Aarav Malhotra made things interesting at 59 for 4.

This brought two of Thames Ditton’s better players to the crease, however, and although Stoke’s bowlers did their best, the gaps presented by the absent fielder proved too difficult to plug, and the pair cruised home with the best part of two overs to spare.

In the end Stoke didn’t quite have enough runs, but this was a worthwhile exercise and good experience for the younger players; Will Grainger had more time behind the timbers and should be very pleased with his contribution.

Defeated but not downhearted the good spirit generated in the match was carried on into the bar afterwards where, pleasingly, everyone was encouraged to stop back and did. It ended up being a late one in particular for one member from each club who shared stories of a combined 1400+ games between them.

Remember it’s the “Stoke Hundred” at HQ on Friday night, then a full League and Sunday programme at the weekend. A few spots up for grabs in all fixtures so let you know who know if you’re around.

Scorecard : https://sdacc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4949005