University of Bristol CC 226 Cardiff Metropolitan University CC 136
Jaiden Manders and his Cardiff Metropolitan University CC teammates endured a tough afternoon in the field as they went down by 70 runs to the University of Bristol CC in a pre-season friendly.
Despite winning the toss and electing to field, Cardiff Met struggled to contain a clinical Bristol batting lineup on a surface that offered plenty for the seamers early on. Alex Sedgley anchored the Bristol innings with a superb knock of 85, navigating a testing opening spell to steer his side toward a formidable total of 226.
Cardiff’s standout performer with the ball was Gabriel Muhajiri, who produced a tireless spell to claim figures of 4 for 27 from his seven overs. Bermudian all-rounder Jaiden Manders provided valuable support in the middle overs, finishing with 1 for 27 from his four-over stint as Bristol were eventually bowled out for 226.
The chase, however, never quite gathered the necessary momentum. Cardiff Met found themselves reeling early against a disciplined Bristol attack led by Mihin Sugeeswaran. Sugeeswaran was the wrecker-in-chief, dismantling the middle order to finish with a five-wicket haul (5-33).
Joseph Cockings offered the most resistance for the students, top-scoring with a gritty 30, while Manders was unable to repeat his recent heroics with the bat, falling for just a single run. Cardiff Met were eventually dismissed for 136, falling well short of the target.
While the result marks a setback in their preparations, Manders and his squad will look to take the lessons from a testing encounter into their upcoming league fixtures as the university season gathers pace.
University of Bristol CC Inning
..10 (34) Freddie Doel b Gabriel Muhajiri
..04 Ben Floto b Gabriel Muhajiri
..00 (01) Piyush Kumar LBW Gabriel Muhajiri
..00 (06) Ben Reilly b Gabriel Muhajiri
..50 (83) Dev Nair b Joseph Cockings
..02 (03) Uday Jolly Run Out
..85 (109) Alex Sedgley c James Kellaway b Jaiden Manders
..03 (12) Mihin Sugeeswaran ct & b Max Warby
..25 (25) James Marks Not Out
..08 (08) George Horner c Ollie Jones b Joseph Cockings
..00 (02) Jack Carter Run Out
..39 Extras ((5b-3lb-28w-3nb)
226 Total All Out after 49.0 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-26 (Floto); 2-27 (Kumar); 3-27 (Reilly); 4-29 (Doel); 5-32 -(Jolly); 6-169(Nair); 7-176(Sugeeswaran); 8-200 (Sedgley); 9-226 (Horner); 10-226(Carter)
Cardiff Metropolitan University CC Bowlers
10.-4-22-0 Carrick Dunbar
7.0-2-27-4 Gabriel Muhajiri
10.-1-41-2 Joseph Cockings
6.0-0-38-0 Alex Zotov
10.-0-47-1 Max Warby
2.0-0-16-0 Mohammad Moosa Shahid
4.0-0-27-1 Jaiden Manders
Cardiff Metropolitan University CC Inning
..09 (35) Matthew Shorto LBW Jack Carter
..13 (14) Baljeevan Khalsa LBW Jack Carter
..01 (08) Jaiden Manders b George Horner
..12 (23) Ollie Jones c Uday Jolly b Mihin Sugeeswaran
..30 (45) Joseph Cockings c James Marks b Mihin Sugeeswaran
..00 (02) James Kellaway c Alex Sedgley b Mihin Sugeeswaran
..17 (28) Mohammad Moosa Shahid LBW Mihin Sugeeswaran
..05 (09) Max Warby ct & b Uday Jolly
..13 (19) Carrick Dunbar Not Out
..12 (10) Alex Zotov b Mihin Sugeeswaran
..21 Extras (1b-17w-3nb)
136 Total All Out after 33.2 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-28 (Khalsa); 2-33 (Manders); 3-33 (Shorto); 4-68 (Jones); 5-70 (Kellaway); 6-86 (Cockings); 7-101 (Warby); 8-101 (Shahid); 9-124 (Zotov (Carrick); 10-136 (Muhajiri)
University of Bristol CC Bowlers
7.0-2-19-1 George Horner
7.2-1-32-3 Jack Carter
9.0-0-51-1 Uday Jolly
10.-1-33-5 Mihin Sugeeswaran
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