Saturday 2nd August - Century and four wickets for Ibrahim Muhammed and the First XI win at Highfield
- Bob Paisley
- Aug 2
- 3 min read
Updated: Aug 4
First XI
Sefton Park 208 for 8 dec.
B Percival 53, Paul Horton 59, M Young 55
Highfield 117 all out (35 overs)
H Zubair 5 for 41, A Jagan 2 for 18, D Singhvi 3 for 17
Sefton Park won by 91 runs
Second XI
Birkenhead Park 243 for 3 dec.(49.4 overs)
Sefton Park 221 for 9 (39 overs)
J Rogers 37, A Aitchison 55, Dave Kelly 26, M Kelly 33, S Parkinson 31 not out
Match drawn
Third XI
Merseyside Sports and Cultural Club 205 for 9 dec. (45 overs)
R Brady 2 for 54, S Rustom 4 for 54, M Boyns 2 for 57
Sefton Park 142 for 7 (43 overs)
J Whittaker 22, P Morris 67 not out, R Brady 30 not out
Match drawn
Fourth XI
Sefton Park 240 for 7 (42 overs)
I Muhammed 112, L Probert 36 not out, A Ahmed 24 not out
Birkenhead 97 all out
I Muhammed 4 for 0, A Muhammed 4 for 15
Sefton Park won by 143 runs
The First XI travelled to Wigan to play Highfield, encouraged by their recent good form and reaching the Ray Tyler final.
Sefton won the toss and decided to bat first
Things didn't stat well losing a wicket first ball and the second wicket with 7 on the board but three fifties from Ben Percival (53), Paul Horton (59) and Matt Young (55) enabled them to declare on 208 for 8 in the 60th over.
In reply, a stand of 39 for the second wicket was the home side's best effort and they were dismissed for 117 in 35 overs.
Huzaifa Zubair took 5 for 41, Abhishek Jagaon 2 for 18 and Daksh Singhvi 3 for 17.
The First XI now move into fourth place in the table just 30 points behind second place Spring View.
Last Sunday, the Second XI moved from sixth place in the table to first following their win at Rainford.
As table toppers, they welcomed Birkenhead Park to Sefton Park.
Birkenhead won the toss and decided to bat first.
After Losing the first wicket on 16, they put on 198 for the second.
Surprisingly, they batted on after the 45 overs and then after tea to declare on 243 for 3 in 49.4 overs.
This gave the 2nd XI 39 overs to chase the total. Jeremy Rogers scored 37 and Andy Aitchison 55 taking Sefton to 142 for 5 when Andy was out. This meant that 10 runs an over was required. Dave Kelly hit 26 in 15 balls, His brother Michael struck 33 in 17 balls but as the 20th over was reached and a win not possible Connor Melia blocked out the last over and Sefton finished on 221 for 9 off 39 overs.
This means that the Seconds drop to fourth in the table, ten points behind leaders Ormskirk.
The Third XI made the trip to Bebbington Oval to play old rivals Merseyside Sports & Cultural.
Sefton won the toss and decided to field.
Sarhad Rustum took 4 for 54, Ronan Brady 2 for 54 and Mark Boyns 2 for 57 as the home side declared on 205 for 9 in 45 overs.
In reply, Sefton lost an early wicket and then James Whittaker (22) and Neil Lester (10) put on 32 for the second wicket. This was followed by a minor collapse which found Sefton on 55 for 7 before an undefeated stand between Paul Morris (67 not out) and Ronan Brady (30 not out) ensured that they achieved a draw, finishing on 142 for 7 in 43 overs.
A draw was important here as it keeps the Thirds in third place within 11 points of their opponents who top the table.
Highlight of the day came in the Fourth XI's game against Wavertree's Fourths as a star was born on the Lower Ground.
Sefton batted first and were able to declare on 240 for 7 in 42 overs mainly thanks to an excellent hundred from teenager Ibrahim Muhammed (112). He was well assisted by Louis Probert (36 not out) and Adam Ahmed (24 not out).
Wavertree's reply was also remarkable as Ibrahim Muhammed took 4 for 0 and his brother Abdul Muhammed 4 for 15 to leave Wavertree at one time on 7 for 7 in 4 overs before they recovered to reach 97 all out in a memorable win for Jo Lebury's side.
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