Harrow's Sunday 2nd Eleven bounced back from their league defeat last week by beating Stage in a friendly game at home. Winning the toss on a nice, hot, sunny day skipper AP had not hesitation in deciding to bat first. Harrow got off to a quick start but lost skipper AP for 17 in the first 5 overs. In came Vikash Seth at number 3 who made a delightful 85 and milked the bowling to all parts of the ground taking advantage of runs on offer. Both Ricardo and Zikko failed at numbers 4 and 5 with Zikko being bowled by a ball which pitched on a good length and shot along the ground. Out of form Kishan Patel then came in at number 6 to score a delightful 105 not out. Having played slowly initially whilst getting his eye in, Kishan then backed himself growing in confidence and hit the ball very firmly to score at no less then a run a ball. Harrow posted an impressive 271 from their forty overs with a few boundaries from Chris Summersell and Johnathan Raveendran towards the end of the innings. In the field Harrow restricted Stage to 220 for 8 with Akash Raval, Johnathan Raveendran and Vikash Seth all picking up two wickets each. In the field Harrow did well with the exception of a few embarassing misfields from the Captain. Ricardo however took a lovely catch off the bowling of Vikash Seth off a bowl which was skied miles in the air. Harrow put in a solid performance and hopefully this will continue throughout the rest of season.
