An amazing Match Report

From the Middlesex CCC Bertie Joel Cup 2nd Round, 13th July 2005 Langleybury vs Middlesex Tamils

A day that dawned like any other for the Tamils: a cup match away to Langleybury, just off the M25 near Hemel Hempstead and an early breakthrough when Oxley was out for 15 with the score at 47.

Cue Shazad Malik.

During the next 151 minutes he and P Kerr added the little matter of 515 runs for the 2nd wicket. Kerr's contribution was 102 not out, an innings that contained a six and 12 fours. It's not rocket science to work out that Malik did something a bit special! His 403 contained the following statistics:

It took 151 minutes, he faced 137 deliveries and he hit 25 fours and no less than 38 sixes! I have never heard of anybody hitting more sixes than that and strongly suspect it to be a world record (remember, it means he scored 228 in sixes alone!).

His eight half century units came at the following rate:
50 - 25 deliveries, 100 - 40, 150 - 62, 200 - 80, 250 - 96, 300 - 109, 350 - 121, 400 - 135.

Of course, for him to do that, some poor devil (or Tamil) had to do something worse and Mr. Kanchana's figures of 7 overs, 0 maidens, 131 runs and 0 wickets must also constitute something of a record.

In response, Middlesex Tamil's made a creditable showing in scoring 234 all out - not the worst score of the season but, nevertheless, one which condemned them to a 329 run defeat.