NL rnd 13: Aliens vs City

ALIENS vs CITY

30 Over Match Played At Stovner, 9th August, National League 2003

City wins by 247 runs

Round
Toss won by Aliens
Umpires
Aliens Man of the Match: under consideration

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City 1st Innings 5/357 from 30 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Sameer	caught	D. Eakin	122		15	7
Imran	caught	D.Eakin	16		3	0
Wasim	bowled	G.Brooker	102		7	10
Sammey	bowled	G. Brooker	9		1	0
Babar	caught	G.Brooker	39		2	4
Matey	Not out		16		1	1
Safir	Not out		24		3	1
extras		(b9 lb0 w20 nb0)	29
TOTAL		5 wickets for	357

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-58	2-	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A. Hussein	6	0	46	0	4
S. Herbert	3	0	40	0	6
D. Eakin	5	0	56	2	2
J. Scholtz	4	0	48	0	3	1
G. Brooker	6	0	53	3	0
A. Boxall	3	0	41	0	1
W. Dennett	3	0	47	0	4

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Aliens  Innings 110 all out from 17.1 0vers

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	Run out		16	16	3	0
G. Brooker	Run out		3	4	0	0
D. Eakin	caught	Zaheer	19	11	1	2
M. De Beurs	bowled	Babby	8	11	1	0
R.Pierce-Saunderson	Bowled	Babby	0	4	0	0
J. Scholtz	Run out		2	12	0	0
S. Cartwright	bowled	Zaheer	0	2	0	0
A. Hussein	caught	Matey	31	14	2	3
S. Herbert	caught	Matey	9	9	0	1
A.Rogers A. Boxall	C&B Not out	Matey	8 2	9 5	1 0	0 0
extras		(b0 lb3 w9 nb0)	12
TOTAL		10 wickets for	110

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-6	2-30	3-45
4-45	5-53	6-54
7-66	8-92	9-108
10-110

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Babby	6	0	25	2
Zaheer	6	0	48	2
Wasim	3	0	17	0
Matey	2,1	0	15	3

NL rnd 12: Aliens vs Minhaj

ALIENS vs MINHAJ

30 Over Match Played At Stovner, 2nd August, National League 2003

Minhaj wins by 3 wickets

Round
Toss won by Minhaj
Umpires
Aliens Man of the Match: to be clarified

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Aliens 1st Innings 0/0 (Overs 0)

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	caught	Hassan	11	23	1	0
T. Weston	caught	Khalid	3	7	0	0
J. Clowes	bowled	Khalid	1	7	0	0
J. Cameron	Run out		1	7	0	0
J. Scholtz	bowled	Khalid	0	9	0	0
A. Hussein	LBW	Rashid	3	8	0	0
G. Brooker	caught	Haider	26	21	2	1
R. Pierce-Saunderson	caught	Rizwan	3	11	0	0
Faisal	bowled	Rizwan	1	3	0	0
A. Boxall	bowled	Asim	5	31	0	0
A. Rogers	Not out		13	15	0	0
extras		(b1 lb2 w25 nb2)	30
TOTAL		10 wickets for	97

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-16	2-19	3-19
4-20	5-23	6-44
7-60	8-64	9-64
10-97

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Khalid	6	2	7	3
Rashid	5	0	19	1
Hassan	6	0	21	1
Rizwan	6	0	32	2
Haider	5	0	13	1
Asim	,5	0	2	1

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Minhaj 1st Innings (Scores unavailable)

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb0)	0
TOTAL		0 wickets for

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-	2-	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb

NL rnd 11: Aliens vs United

ALIENS vs UNITED

30 Over Match Played At Stovner, 26th July, National League 2003

United wins by 3 Wickets

Round 11
Toss won by Aliens
Umpires Grorudalen
Aliens Man of the Match: James Clowes

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Aliens 7 for 159 from 30 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	bowled	Harry	22	40	2	0
J. Clowes	LBW	Sathi	26	46	1	1
G. Brooker	ct	Ashok	26	32	1	0
J. Cameron	ct	Ashok	48	43	2	2
C. Maile	bowled	Aman	1	4	0	0
R. Pierce-Saunderson	Run out		13	11	2	0
A. Hussein	ct	Ashok	0	1	0	0
A. Boxall	Not out		0	1
F. Quyyam	Not out		1	3	0	0
extras		(b0 lb4 w15 nb3)	22
TOTAL		7 wickets for	159	181	8	3

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-58	2-64	3-137
4-143	5-145	6-147
7-159

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Aman	6	2	19	1
Sentur	6	0	29	0
Harry	6	0	24	1
Sathi	6	0	33	1
Vithi	2	0	14	0
Sanju	1	0	16	0
Ashok	3	0	20	3

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United 7 for 163 from 25.1 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Sanju	Ct & bowled	A. Hussein	0	0	0	0
Yoga	Ct J. Clowes	A. Hussein	18	0	4	0
Arjun	Ct A. Boxall	G. Brooker	1	0	0	0
Aman	bowled	J. Clowes	52	0	2	3
Babu	Ct W. Dennett	J. Clowes	16	0	3	0
Harry	LBW	J. Clowes	34	0	1	3
Ashok	Ct J. Clowes	W. Dennett	14	0	2	0
Vithiesy	Not out		9	0	0	0
Siva	Not out		6	0	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w10 nb3)	15
TOTAL		7wickets for	163

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-0	2-3	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
1

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A. Hussein	6	2	16	2
G. Brooker	4	0	32	1
C. Maile	2	0	24	0
F. Quyyam	1	0	16	0
J. Clowes	6	0	23	3
W. Dennett	3.4	0	25	1
A. Boxall	3	0	15	0

NL rnd 10: Aliens vs Jinnah

ALIENS vs JINNAH

30 over match played at Ekeberg, 19th July, National League 2003

Jinnah wins by 8 Wickets

Round 10
Toss won by Aliens
Umpires: Yes

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Aliens 1st Innings 7 wkts for 39 from 15,3 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
M. De Buers	bowled	Faredoon	0	21	0	0
C. Maile	caught	Faredoon	4	14	0	0
J. Clowes	bowled	Bobby	0	4	0	0
J. Cameron	bowled	Bobby	0	3	0	0
G. Harris	Run out		1	3	0	0
A. Hussein	caught	Bobby	9	9	0	1
A. Boxall	Not out		5	19	0	0
Faisal	caught	Metab	6	27	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w12 nb2)	14
TOTAL		7 wickets for	39	100	0	1

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-	2-	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-39	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Faredoon	6	0	10	2
Bobby	6	2	17	3
Shazad	2	0	8	0
Atig	1	0	1	0
Metab	0,3		3	1

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Jinnah 1st Innings 2/43 from 10,5 overs

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Faredoon	caught	Abid Hussein	0	0	0	0
Shani	caught	James Clowes	16	0	0	0
Rizwan	Not out		17	0	0	2
Bobby	Not out		4	0	1	0
				0	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w6 nb0)	6
TOTAL		2 wickets for	43

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-0	2-38

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A. Hussein	5	0	16	1	2
M. De Buers	2	0	5	0
C. Maile	2	0	16	0	2
J. Clowes	1	0	2	1	1
A. Boxall	0,4	0	4	0	1

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NL rnd 9: Aliens vs Holmlia

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After two wins on the trot, Aliens were full of optimism when confronted with the challenge of playing undefeated Holmlia at Ekeberg. Johannes tossed in the absence of captain Geoff (who was delayed) and actually had success. Electing to bat in hindsight was probably the wrong way to go after having a lot of recent success in bowling good teams out cheaply and chasing well. What is that old saying? 20-20 vision??????

After William Dennett pulled out of the side with nose trouble, Chris Maile put up his hand and partnered Travis Weston in an opening stand of 24 which included a fine off drive from Chris that put the Holmlia mid off fielder in hospital with a bout of tooth through lip. Chris was eventually out for 11 and his run of low scores continues to bewilder the rest of the team as we all know what he is capable of. This brought Geoff Brooker to the crease and he continued his good form from previous weeks with a brisk 24 from as many balls when he was caught on the square leg boundary. The score had moved on to 66 at this stage and our rock, Travis Weston, although struggling a bit for touch, was holding down the fort. Or so we thought. He was out virtually straight away trying to force the run rate a bit. This was to be the catalyst for an old fashioned Aliens collapse with Clowes, Cameron and Hussein all following quckly without troubling the scorer too much at all. Holmlias bowling was not as good as we made it look at all. There was definitely easy runs to be had and Johannes Scholtz helped himself to a few before being bowled by the arrogant stand in captain, Teimoor. Drew Eakin also showed he is finding a bit of the form he showed at the tail end of last season by making 16 well compiled runs from 17 balls faced before he too fell victim to the same @#?=. Simon Herbert, Mitch De Beurs and Nigel Hornby were not left with much time to do anything and were out swinging the bat.

With 110 runs to defend against a team previously undefeated, taking the field, Aliens were ready for anything. An opener who scored 154 against us last time we met took guard and the niggling began. As we suspected he could not handle it at all and this time we held the first chance he gave us and sent him packing for a mere 13 runs. The other opener was in stunning form and had compiled a massive 14 runs by the drinks break whilst losing two more partners. Another wicket directly after drinks and Aliens began to sniff something good in the air and it wasn't coming from the direction of Boxall on the boundary. All six bowlers were troubling the batsmen, in particular, James Clowes, who had them at sixes and sevens with his wiley leg spinners and he finished with the nice figures of 1 for 22 from 6 overs.

The total we posted just wasn't to be adequate however and Holmlia passed us with 6 of their 10 men out.

I am not going to mention the catch that was dropped at the death but will make special mention of a superb effort by Guy Harris, who took a blinding catch diving full stretch forward at mid off to dismiss the racy opening batsman, Rahil. Guy was 12th man on Sunday but was required to take the field when Travis Weston started to feel ill. Funnily enough his illness started shortly after accepting a suspicious looking pork chop from Guy Harris between innings.

A week off greets us now and then into action again against the other gun side, Jinnah. Lets give 'em curry.

ALIENS vs HOLMLIA

30 over match played at Ekeberg, 6th July, National League 2003

Holmlia wins by 4 wkts

Round 9
Toss won by Aliens
Umpires: Friends
Aliens Man of the Match: Geoff Brooker

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Aliens  110 all out from 30 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
T. Weston	caught	Akhtar	19	50	0	0
C. Maile	caught	Teimoor	11	24	1	0
G. Brooker	caught	Akhtar	24	24	2	0
J. Clowes	bowled	Akhtar	1	2	0	0
J. Cameron	Run out		3	7	0	0
A. Hussein	caught	Akhtar	0	5	0	0
J. Scholtz	bowled	Teimoor	12	20	0	0
D. Eakin	caught	Teimoor	16	17	0	0
M. De Beurs	caught	Amrit	2	9	0	0
S. Herbert	caught	Teimoor	2	3	0	0
N. Hornby	Not out		0	0	0	0
extras		(b0 lb3 w13 nb4)	20
TOTAL		10 wickets for	110	161	3

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-24	2-65	3-66
4-66	5-68	6-72
7-86	8-103	9-110
10-110

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Faisal	5	1	17	0
Akbal	5	0	13	0
Mansoor	3	0	18	0
Teimoor	5	0	26	3
Omar	3	0	11	0
Amrit	5	0	14	1
Akhtar	4	0	9	4

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Holmla 6wkts for 110 from 24.1 overs

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Amrit	Ct Hornby	Hussein	13	21	2	0
Rahil	Ct Harris (blinder)	Maile	15	36	0	0
Safir	LBW	Herbert	23	17	2	1
Akmel	LBW	Maile	7	14	0	0
Mansoor	Not out		19	26	0	0
Teimoor	Ct Maile	Clowes	3	12	0	0
Musa	bowled	Brooker	11	10	2	0
Faisal	Not out		1	3	0	0
				0	0	0
extras		(b0 lb1 w17 nb1)	19
TOTAL		6 wickets for	111

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-27	2-56	3-69
4-75	5-85	6-107
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
S. Herbert	6	0	25	1	5
A. Hussein	4,1	1	23	1	6
D. Eakin	2	0	17	0	0	1
J. Clowes	6	1	22	1	2
C. Maile	3	0	11	2	3
G. Brooker	3	0	11	1	1

NL rnd 8: Aliens vs Friends

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Following the first win in their two-and-a-half year existence the previous week against Grorudalen, Aliens set about the first game of second half of the season with something approaching confidence. They finished it dreaming of promotion, having ripped apart the same Friends bowling attack that had dismissed Aliens for just 117 in the first game of the season. If only Aliens had realised earlier in the season that they could bat, perhaps they would be challenging for a top-two place instead of mid-table respectability.

Another lost toss meant the Aliens fielded first and they opened the bowling with what has become the regular opening pair of Abid Hussein and Simon Herbert. Simon struck in the first over of what was a hostile spell. Both the openers are capable of bowling quickly and, when the ball moves around in the air and off the pitch like it did on this occasion, they have most batsmen in difficulty. Abid was plain unlucky not to take any wickets.

Friends scored slowly and lost wickets regularly. Indeed, it was not until Zedrik (aka Cedric, take your pick) came in when the fourth wicket fell, that Friends looked like posting a respectable target. Zedric is Friends’ best batsmen (why he bats so low in the order is a mystery) and he set about the Aliens attack with some gusto although he was lucky early on to survive a catch off Geoff Brooker’s bowling when Abid caught the ball inches over the boundary line. Well done to Abid for admitting this; it made the eventual result taste even sweeter.

Zedric was also lucky to survive a few balls later when he skied the ball (again off Geoff’s bowling) to silly point. So high did the ball go that any one of ten Aliens players would have had time to get in position and take the catch (the deep midwicket with the sprained ankle might have struggled to make the ground). Instead, despite (or possibly because of) having his call made for him by the captain, Nigel Hornby froze, with what is now known as the ‘horn-plosion’ and watched as the ball came down and plugged itself 5 foot into the ground. An excavator was called in to dig it out.

Zedric made another 30 runs before being caught in the covers for 43; one of James Clowes’ 5 wickets which restricted Friends to the 147 they finished on. Drew Eakin produced another excellent spell, giving away only 20 runs in a tight 6 over spell when Friends were trying to accelerate their scoring and Anthony Boxall took a wicket with his first ball thanks to a redeemed Nigel Hornby, who took a excellent catch standing up from an edge off a fiercely spinning leg-break. Nigel also took a fine catch to get rid of a dangerous-looking Yasmir.

Aliens will not lose many more matches this season if they continue the habit of scoring 150/1 from 24 overs, as they have done in each of the past two games. Indeed, over the past 2 games, Aliens have scored 299/2 in a just under 49 overs with both openers averaging in the region of 100. They lost their only wicket on 53 (Travis Weston leg before after another impressive knock of 24 that showed the value of good shot selection and good timing) and never really looked back, taking advantage of the plentiful supply of bad balls to flail the Friends? bowling all over the ground.

Geoff Brooker obviously relishes batting at number 3 when he can come in with 50 on the board from the opening 10 overs and William Dennett has at last started to rediscover the form of his youth after a 13 year break from the game. His 74 no was the highest by an Aliens’ batsmen for 2 years and this, together with a rapid 34 no by Geoff, ensured that Aliens won the game with 5 overs to spare. On this form, there will not be many teams in the division relishing the prospect of meeting a team that was, until a couple of weeks ago, known more for its record of losing than its cricketing ability.

ALIENS vs FRIENDS

30 over Match Played At Stovner, 29th June, National League 2003

Aliens wins by 9 wickets

Round 8
Toss won by Friends
Umpires Jinnah
Aliens Man of the Match: William Dennett

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Friends 1st Innings All out 147 from 28.2 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Isamath	Ct J. Clowes	S. Herbert	0
Brian	Run out		2
Yazmir	Ct N.Hornby	G. Brooker	19		2
Talib	ct	G. Brooker	8		1
Anas	ct	J. Clowes	11
Zedrik	ct	J. Clowes	43		3	4
Aniz	Ct M. De Beurs	J. Clowes	14		2	1
Khan	Ct N. Hornby	A. Boxall	2
Shihan	bowled	J. Clowes	15			2
Irfan	ct	J. Clowes	3
Azmy	Not out		2
extras		(b4 lb4 w18 nb2)	28
TOTAL		10 wickets for	147

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-1	2-35	3-42
4-99	5-99	6-109
7-	8-	9-
10-147

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
S. Herbert	4	0	12	1	10
A. Hussein	6	1	26	0	1
D. Eakin	6	1	20	0	2
G. Brooker	6	0	37	2	3
J. Clowes	4,2	0	36	5	3
A. boxall	2	0	16	1	0

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Aliens 1st Innings 1 for 148 from 24.5 overs

Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	Not out		74	71	9	0
T. Weston	L.B.W.	Talib	25	27	2	2
G. Brooker	Not out		34	43	3	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
extras		(b2 lb1 w11 nb1)	15
TOTAL		1 wicket for	148	141	14	2

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-53	2-	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Shihan	4	1	17	0
Yazmir	3	0	17	0
Talib	5	0	29	1
Isamath	4	0	26	0
Anas	3	0	21	0
Irfan	1	0	13	0
Azmy	4,5	0	21	0

NL rnd 7: Aliens vs Grorudalen

ALIENS vs GRORUDALEN

30 over Match Played At Stovner, 21st June, National League 2003

Aliens win by 9 wickets

Round 7
Toss won by Grorudalen
Umpires:Holmlia
Aliens Man of the Match: Travis Weston

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Grorudalen 1st Innings 150 all out from 25.4 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Majid	Caught Boxall	S. Herbert	2
Faisal	Caught Maile	A. Hussein	28		1	3
Nasir	Caught Brooker	S. Herbert	11		2
Salman	Caught Hornby	D. Eakin	10		1
Pawan	Caught Harris	G. Brooker	11		1
Tasawar	Ct & bowled	D. Eakin	23		2	1
Azrar	Caught Eakin	G. Brooker	23		1	2
Jonny	Caught Hornby	G. Brooker	0
Irfan	Run out		1
Jammel	Caught Hornby	S.Herbert	0
Ahmed	Not out		0
extras		(b1 lb0 w38 nb2)	41
TOTAL		10 wickets for	150

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-15	2-47	3-48
4-48	5-92	6-112
7-145	8-145	9-150
10-150

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
S. Herbert	6	1	29	3	5
A. Hussein	6	1	24	1	3
D. Eakin	6	0	28	2	3	1
G. Harris	3	0	21	0	7
C. Maile	2	0	32	0	5
G. Brooker	1,4	0	11	3	2
J. Scholtz	1	0	3	0	3

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Aliens 1st Innings 1 for 151 from 23.4 overs

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	L.B.W.	Pawan	33	44	3	0
T. Weston	Not out		71	70	9	2
G. Brooker	Not out		36	31	5	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
extras		(b1 lb0 w7nb3)	11
TOTAL		1 wicket for	151

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-95	2-	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Faisal	6	1	24	0
Jonny	5	0	25	0
Azrar	3	0	27	0
Irfan	2	0	16	0
Pawan	3	0	15	1
Ahmed	2,4	0	16	0

After improving steadily each game over the last four weeks, Aliens have stunned the cricket world by recording the team’s first win in two and a half seasons. It is amazing that the victory came so easily and one could have easily been mistaken in thinking the Aliens were a top of the table team rather than the perennial cellar dwellers that the Oslo cricket world knows them as.

After losing the toss for the sixth time out of seven, Aliens were asked to take the field and did so with some rather groggy looking players positioned around the batsmen. This is the first game this year we were able to open the bowling with the much improved Simon Herbert and our new find Abid Hussein and the boys were not holding back. Grorudalens openers soon showed their intensions by letting their bats fly and giving the impression they were playing beach cricket. The first wicket was not long in coming and S. Herbert was the man to take it. A well judged catch by Anthony Boxall running around from mid-on saw Majid on his way back to the net area.

It was soon apparent that Aliens would have to dismiss Faisal, the other opener as he was scoring many boundaries with lusty blows and Abid soon enticed him into a slog to the mid-wicket boundary where a perfectly poised Chris Maile took a great catch on the run much to the delight of the team. Catching has not been a strong point of our game this year but we are getting there. That was 2-47 and then it was 4-48 thanks to Mr Herbert taking two more in his final two overs.

There followed a dangerous recovery and it was on 92 that the next wicket fell. It was Drew Eakin having the ?big mouth? Salman, caught behind for 10 with a ball of blistering pace. Salman looked uncomfortable his whole innings against our pace attack and our educated remarks at crucial times on batting technique and eating habits.

It was shortly after that the captain introduced himself into the attack and mopped up the tail with three quick wickets and a run out by Guy Harris finished Grorudalen off for 150 exactly.

Special mention to Nigel Hornby for the fantastic job behind the stumps. His three catches and one in the gob were a sight to see!

Again Aliens were in the game with a huge chance and Travis Weston and William Dennett strode to the middle with an attitude not seen too many times before in our short history. Confidence has been building in the team over the previous four weeks and the two openers took to the bowling and slayed it to all parts of the ground in a season best partnership of 95.

William was eventually out for a good knock of 33 from 44 balls and displayed some lovely strokeplay including some great pull shots and square cuts. Travis was meanwhile playing the innings of his life and pounded their attack with some shots only he could pull off. A couple of straight drives come to mind. Travis has shown enormous improvement this year and is now opening the batting regularly. He must be the most improved cricketer in Oslo this year.

He was joined at the crease by Aliens new captain, Geoff Brooker and the two saw off the remaining 55 runs in easy fashion. Geoff finishing on 36no and Travis on 71no. The game was won with more than six overs to spare. A fantastic way to notch up our first win ever.

May there be many more to come.

NL rnd 6: Aliens vs City

ALIENS vs CITY

30 over match played at Ekeberg, 15th June, National League 2003

City won by 3 wickets

Round 6
Toss won by Aliens
Umpires Friends
Aliens Man of the Match: Drew Eakin

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Aliens 1st Innings 100 all out from 26 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	Run out		2	4	0	0
T. Weston	bowled	Babar	2	14	0	0
C. Maile	caught	Zahir	0	15	0	0
G. Brooker	bowled	Safir	10	13	0	0
A. Hussein	caught	Zahir	4	11	0	0
G. Harris	caught	Irfan	5	15	0	0
J. Scholtz	caught	Usman	12	24	1	0
D. Eakin	Caught	Irfan	25	20	2	1
A. Rogers	bowled	Shaban	10	14	1	0
A. Boxhall	bowled	Usman	2	11	0	0
N. Hornby	Not out		2	6	0	0
extras		(b2 lb3 w22 nb2)	29
TOTAL		10 wickets for	103

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-9	2-9	3-14
4-27	5-27	6-39
7-55	8-87	9-95
10-103

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Babar	5	1	14	1
Zahir	6	2	12	2
Safir	4	0	13	1
Usman	5	0	17	2
Irfan	5	0	32	2
Shaban	1	0	11	1

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City 1st Innings 7/104 from 23.4 overs

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Zahir	Not out		35	0	1	0
M. Usman	bowled	A. Hussein	7	0	1	0
A. Usman	caught G.Harris	A. Hussein	6	0	1	0
Irfan	bowled	G. Brooker	3	0	0	0
Sammey	Caught T.Weston	C. Maile	3	0	0	0
Safir	bowled	C. Maile	7	0	0	1
Rasib	bowled	A. Boxhall	9	0	1	0
Ihsan	Ct & bowled	J. Scholtz		0	0	0
Babar	Not out		4	0	0	0
extras		(b0 lb2w17 nb1)	20
TOTAL		7 wickets for	104

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-	2-	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A. Hussein	6	0	26	2	6	0
G. Brooker	6	0	26	1	2	1
C. Maile	4	0	21	2	6	0
A. Boxhall	4	0	20	1	0	0
J. Scholtz	2	1	4	1	1	0
G. Harris	1,4	0	6	0	2	0

NL rnd 5: Aliens vs Minhaj

ALIENS vs MINHAJ

30 over match played at Ekeberg, 07.06.2003, National League 2003

Minhaj wins by 4 runs

Round 5
Toss won by Minhaj
Umpires: City
Aliens Man of the Match: Geoff Brooker

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Minhaj All out 135 from 28.5 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Details will follow as full scoresheet was not received.
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb0)
TOTAL		0 wickets for

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-	2-	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
J. Scholtz	4	0	19	0
S. Herbert	4	0	17	1
A. Hussein	6	0	26	1
R. Baig	3	0	12	0
J. Clowes	6	0	41	2
G. Brooker	4	0	13	5
A. Boxhall	1,5	0	7	1

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Aliens 7/131 from 30 overs)

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
G.Brooker	bowled	Rashid	9	20	0	0
T.Weston	bowled	Hassan	31	74	2	0
J.Clowes	Ct Assim	Jawad	18	39	0	0
S.Cartwright	Ct Khalid	Jawad	3	5	0	0
J.Scholtz	bowled	Imran	1	5	0	0
D.Eakin	Ct Assim	Imran	0	1	0	0
A.Hussein	Not out		31	21	2	0
R.Baig	bowled	Jawad	5	4	0	0
G.Harris	Not out		9	13	0	0
S.Herbert A.Boxhall	DNB DNB
extras		(b2 lb1 w17 nb4	24
TOTAL		7 wickets for	131

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-18	2-73	3-81
4-83	5-83	6-83
7-92	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Khalid	6	0	18	0
Rashid	6	0	26	1
Hassan	6	0	23	1
Jawad	6	0	24	3
Imran	6	0	39	2

NL rnd 4: Aliens vs United

ALIENS vs UNITED

1-Innings Match Played At Ekeberg, 1st June, National League 2003

United win by 13 runs

Round 4
Toss won by United
Umpires
Aliens Man of the Match

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United 1st Innings All out 116 off 27,3 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Barathan	Ct J.Cameron	J.Scholtz	3
Yoga	Ct W.Dennett	S.Herbert	1
Sivaganesh	Ct J.Scholtz	S.Herbert	3
Babu	Ct A.Rogers	C.Maile	16		1	1
Sathis	Ct G.Brooker	A.Hussein	12		2
Aman	bowled	G.Brooker	21			1
Ashok	bowled	G.Brooker	20		1
Arjun	Run out (Dennett)		9
Vithiees	Ct G.Brooker	S.Herbert	10
Sathi	Run out (Maile-Brooker)		0
Prathapan	Not out		3
extras		(b2 lb0 w15 nb1)	18
TOTAL		10 wickets for	116

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-4	2-8	3-31
4-45	5-56	6-82
7-99	8-102	9-105
10-116

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
J.Scholtz	3	0	23	1	2
S.Herbert	4,3	0	16	3	7
A.Hussein	6	0	22	1	4
C.Maile	6	0	20	1	2
W.Dennett	5	1	18	0	1
G.Brooker	4	0	18	2	0

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Aliens] 1st Innings 9 for 103 off 26,1 overs

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W.Dennett	bowled	Vitinees	24	49	1	0
G.Brooker	Run out		7	10	0	0
C.Maile	caught	Babu	0	4	0	0
J.Cameron	Run out		28	25	2	2
J.Scholtz	bowled	Vitinees	7	8	0	0
A.Hussein	stumped	Vitinees	11	7	0	1
D.Eakin	caught	Vitinees	3	6	0	0
A.Rogers	bowled	Babu	6	9	0	0
M.De Beurs	bowled	Vitinees	0	3	0	0
S.Herbert	Not out		5	9	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w12 nb0)	12
TOTAL		0 wickets for	103

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-17	2-19	3-62
4-71	5-83	6-88
7-88	8-90	9-103
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Babu	5,1	0	11	2
Sathi	5	0	18	0
Aman	6	1	16	1
Vitinees	6	0	32	5
Ashok	4	0	23	0

NL rnd 3: Aliens vs Jinnah

ALIENS vs JINNAH

1-Innings Match Played At SCG 29th May, National League 2003

Jinnah wins by 129 runs

Round 3
Toss won by Jinnah
Umpires Boxhall & Batting team
Aliens Man of the Match: Jamie Cameron

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Jinnah 1st Innings 246/6- 30 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Mahtab	Ct G.Brooker	C.Maile	51		4	3
Shihzad	Ct D.Eakin	S.Herbert	0		0	0
Rizwan	Ct W.Dennett	D.Eakin	79		6	4
Khalid	Ct D.Eakin	C.Maile	2		0	0
Bobby	Ct L.Sandberg	G.Brooker	66		5	4
Iqbal	stumped	J.Clowes	1		0	0
Aftab	Not out		9		0	0
Babaar	Not out		26		0	3
extras		(b0 lb4 w7 nb3)	14
TOTAL		6 wickets for	246

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-2	2-101	3-104
4-168	5-174	6-217
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
S.Herbert	6	0	34	1	4	0
W.Dennett	5	0	44	0	0	0
A.Hussien	3	0	23	0	0	0
C.Maile	6	0	31	2	1	0
J.Clowes	6	0	37	1	0	0
D.Eakin	2	0	43	1	1	0
G.Brooker	2	0	25	1	0	0

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Aliens 1st Innings All out 117- 28,3 overs

Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W.Dennett	ct	Iqbal	6	0	1	0
A.Hussien	bowled	Faredoon	7	0	1	0
C.Maile	ct	Iqbal	5	0	0	0
James Clowes	ct	Barbaar	16	0	2	0
G.Brooker	ct	Iqbal	8	0	0	0
J.Cameron	Ct & bowled	Bobby	26	0	2	1
D.Eakin	bowled	Barbaar	1	0	0	0
S.Herbert	bowled	Rizwan	0	0	0	0
S.Cartwright	ct	Shihzad	20	0	2	1
N.Hornby	Not out		3	0	0	0
L.Sandberg extras	Run out	(b6 lb1 w14 nb3)	0 24	0	0	0
TOTAL		All Out for	117

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-19	2-30	3-30
4-45	5-66	6-70
7-75	8-94	9-117
10-117

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Faredoon	6	1	14	1
Farooq	2	0	14	0
Iqbal	6	0	11	3
Rizwan	6	0	21	1
Barbaar	5	0	32	2
Bobby	3	0	10	1
Shihzad	0,3	0	4	1

NL rnd 2: Aliens vs Holmlia

ALIENS vs HOLMLIA

1-Innings Match Played At SCG, MAY 24, National League 2003

Holmlia wins by 176 runs

Round 2
Toss won by Holmlia
Umpires Jinnah
Aliens Man of the Match

William Dennett 

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Holmlia] 1st Innings 7/268 off 30 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Amrit	bowled	D. Eakin	154		11	12
Manzoor	bowled	S. Herbert	22			2
Safir	Ct Eakin	J. Clowes	17			2
Imran	Ct Scholtz	J. Clowes	1
Mosa	Ct Sandberg	W. Dennett	2
Raja	Run out		20		3
Iftikhar	Ct Cameron	S. Herbert	39		3	4
Faisal	Not out		5
Taimoor	Run out		1
extras		(b2 lb0w17nb0)	19
TOTAL		8 wickets for	268

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-77	2-111	3-124
4-124	5-197	6-256
7-268	8-268	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
J. Scholtz	6	0	65	0	2
M. De Beurs	3	0	23	0	2
W. Dennett	6	0	52	1	1
S. Herbert	5	0	39	2	3
G. Brooker	2	0	27	0	2
J. Clowes	6	0	35	2	6
D. Eakin	2	0	8	1	1

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Aliens Innings All Out 92, 23 Overs

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	ct	Amrit	34	45	2	1
G. Brooker	ct	Manzoor	5	12	0	0
J. Cameron	ct	Iftikhar	0	3	0	0
J. Clowes	Run out		10	27	1	0
J. Scholtz	ct	Amrit	0	2	0	0
D. Eakin	bowled	Taimoor	1	5	0	0
T. Weston	Run out		7	9	0	0
S. Herbert	bowled	Amrit	1	4	0	0
A. Rogers	Not out		6	5	1	0
M. De Beurs L. Sandberg	Ct bowled	Amrit Taimoor	1 0	5 2	0 0	0 0
extras		(b3 lb2 w20nb2	27
TOTAL		10 wickets for	92

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-12	2-15	3-60
4-65	5-66	6-77
7-80	8-84	9-90
10-92

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Iftakhar	6	1	14	1
Manzoor	5	0	19	1
Taimoor	6	1	16	2
Omar	2	0	17	0
Amrit	4	0	23	4

Knock Out Cup 2003 Round 1

ALIENS vs STAR

30 Over Match Played At Ekeberg, 16th August, Knock Out Cup 2003

Star wins by 8 wkts

Round 1
Toss won by Aliens
Umpires
Aliens Man of the Match: no votes received

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Aliens 1st Innings 6 for 111 from 30 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
W. Dennett	ct	Khaver	21	26	1	1
C. Maile	bowled	Sajjad	34	72	3	0
D. Eakin	ct	Mubasshar	11	24	0	0
J. Cameron	bowled	Khaver	9	9	0	0
M. De Beurs	bowled	Sajjad	0	3	0	0
R. Pierce-Saunderson	ct	Gulfan	2	10	0	0
N. Hornby	Not out		5	12	0	0
A. Boxall	Not out		6	11	0	0
extras		(b0 lb2 w19 nb1)	22
TOTAL		6 wickets for	111

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-41	2-65	3-90
4-90	5-90	6-97
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Jahanger	6	1	19	0
Usman	4	0	24	0
Khaver	6	0	16	2
Mubassher	5	0	18	1
Javaid	3	0	14	0
Sajjad	4	1	7	2
Gulfan	2	0	11	1

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Star Innings 2 for 112 from 15,3 overs

Batsman	How out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Sajjad	Not out		50	0	6	0
Majid	ct	W. Dennett	44	0	3	3
Khawar	ct	W. Dennett	4	0	1	0
Javed	Not out		0	0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
extras		(b0 lb3 w10 nb1)	14
TOTAL		2 wickets for	112

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-97	2-109	3-
4-	5-	6-
7-	8-	9-
10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
M. De Beurs	3	0	24	0	3
D. Eakin	5	0	40	0	1
C. Maile	1	0	13	0	1
A. Boxall	1	0	14	0
W. Dennett	3	0	10	2
J. Cameron	2,3	0	8	0

NL Match 1 Aliens vs Friends

ALIENS vs FRIENDS

1-Innings Match Played At EKEBERG CRICKET GROUND, 11 May-2003, National League 2003

FRIENDS Win by 7 wickets

Round	1
Toss won by	Friends
Umpires	Unknown
Aliens Man of the Match	Jamie Clowes

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ALIENS 1st Innings 117 All Out (Overs 30)

Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Brooker.G	ct Keeper	Shihan	0	1	0	0
Dennett.W	bowled	Talib	13	33	0	0
Cameron.J	bowled	Shihan	0	2	0	0
Clowes.J	Not	Out	51	72	0	0
Scholtz.J	ct	Aneez	15	20	1	0
Weston.T	LBW	Talib	19	26	1	0
Harris.G	bowled	Talib	0	3	0	0
Herbert.S	bowled	Talib	2	4	0	0
De Beurs.M	Run	Out	0	2	0	0
Boxhall.A	Run	Out	0	1	0	0
Hornby.N	ct	Shihan	1	6	0	0
extras			16	170	2	0
TOTAL		All out	117

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-0	2-0	3-29
4-63	5-100	6-100
7-1020	8-106	9-106

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Shihan	6	1	11	3	2	2
Isamat	5	1	14	0	0	0
Talib	6	4	19	4	1	0
Yasmir	6	0	29	0	5	0
Aneez	5	0	23	1	0	0
Zedrik	2	0	14	0	4	0

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FRIENDS 1st Innings 118 / 3 (Overs 17)

Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Isamat	ct Herbert	De Beurs	4	0	0	0
Shihan	LBW	Scholtz	0	1	0	0
Talib	LBW	De Beurs	7	0	0	0
Zedrik	Not	Out	68	0	6	3
Aneez	Not	Out	17	0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
				0	0	0
extras		b2 lb0 w12 nb2	16
TOTAL		3 wickets for	112?

FOW	FOW	FOW
1-1 (Shihan)	2-5 (Isamat)	3-23 (Talib)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
Scholtz.J	4	0	21	1	2	0
De Beurs	4	0	32	2	2	0
Harris.G	1	0	14	0	4	0
Herbert.S	4	0	25	2	3	2
Brooker.G	4	0	26	0	2	0

Match Report - Aliens vs Friends 11 may 2003

Well it's that time of year again people - the season is ahead of us with over 15 games to be played.

On the 11 May, the ACC were pumped up with new sponsored whites and some fancy hats making increasing our levels of confidence to even greater heights. The game at hand was against Friends, a team that overall is undefeated against the Aliens, yet failed to perform last year against the rest of the teams.

The game started with Geoffos Brooker tossing off, which Friends won, putting the ACC into bat.

Looking fired up, Geoff Brooker (C) and Willam Dennett went into bat. It was not long before we saw Geoff again, starting the season with a golden duck off a poor delivery outside the off stump. The captain's knock we anticipated did not come to avail.

Jamie Cameron then hit the crease and moments later the Aliens were 2-0. Not the start that we expected to achieve. A partnership started to develop with Jamie Clowes and Will Dennett over the next few overs until William was bowled on unlucky 13 - a partnership of 29.

Johannes Scholtz entered the middle with a quick fire 15 off 20 balls - a great knock. Jamie Clowes continued on his merry way with singles and doubles constantly increasing the scoreboard. Johannes was eventually caught on the boundary by a well taken catch. (ACC 4-63)

Travis Weston then entered the crease with some nervous anxiety. However once a few balls were blocked, the relaxed confidence kicked in, scoring a boundary and with Jamie Clowes, some excellent running between the wickets, taking the ACC to 5-100. "Howzat" was the appeal for LBW, and given it was, after Travis insisted that he had hit the ball, whilst grabbing his box, where the ball had hit. He was gone for 19 of 26 balls.

The Aliens with the help of Simon Herbert (2), Mitch Debuers (0), Guy Harris (0), Nigel Hornby (1) and Anthony Boxall (0) and the ever lasting rock known as Jamie Clowes (51 not out), managed a total innings score of 117 all out off 30 overs. Well in actaul fact most of those guys did not really help at all.

Not the start the ACC were after, but yes defendable - or was it.

After two quick fire wickets by Johannes Scholtz (1-21) and Mitch DeBeurs(2-32) Friends were 2-5. Mitch shortly after claimed another scalp and they were reeling at 3-23. Then the slogger of the century came in, otherwise known as Zedrik and scored 68 unbeaten runs with some good support by Aniz (17 not out).

The ACC had the game in hand with some awfully close balls missing the stumps by the smallest of margins, Mitch DeBeurs being the unlucky bowler on too many occassions. Two very difficult chances were missed in the slips, and a dolly missed by Lars in the closing stages of the match.

All in all, this was not the start to the season the Aliens wanted. However a lot of positives were taken out of the game, such as game intensity, Geoffs captaincy, Clowesy magnificent 51 unbeaten runs and some nice bowling by several of the team members.

Our next game will be against Holmlia, a team that is certainly playing to their ability and will be a serious test to the Aliens. The ACC must improve dramatically to secure two points at Stovner on the 24th May 2003.

With the inclusions of Drew Eakin (the house buyer) and Chris Maile (the trampalinist), we should have a strong team to execute Holmlia, literally.

Travis Weston