League News

Blessed by warm and sunny conditions we've seen some excellent cricket in Mexico.

In the last league match, Corinthians set an imposing target of 172 for 7 from their allotted 30 overs. Nigel Bryans returned to form with a classy 50 not out while skipper Dean Illot chipped in with an unbeaten 41.

Reforma had to recover from a disastrous start, the first three wickets falling for just 39 runs. Opener Deb Choudhuri was then joined by guest player Elliot Cartledge and the pair added 106 runs in just 14 overs, Deb scoring his maiden half-century. Captain Max Cawdron then joined Cartledge and the scored was overhauled with two overs remaining.

Two weeks prior, Aztecs achieved a hard-fought win against Corinthians. Despite Carl Greyling's terrific fifty, Corinthians struggled to reach 97 for 5 from the set 25 overs. Aztecs stumbled at first but maintained a steady run rate with Dilip Kanji and Keith Foster supporting skipper Cartledge until the winning total was posted.

Houston Memorial Tour Mexico

In mid-March Mexico City CC hosted the annual tour from old friends, Houston Memorial CC. Scheduled to play two games, Houston had a nail-biting win first up and then lost in another close game the next day, after a run feast.

For Mexico, Tushar Gupta was in tremendous form, closely followed by club captain Max Cawdron and the effervescent Charlie Carr. For spectators and players alike, Houston skipper Mike Greathead's knock of 109 not out on the Sunday was an absolute gem. See scores below.

Saturday 10 March 2001
Mexico City 2nd XI vs Houston Memorial CC
Mexico City Batting
S. Riley			ct. Greathead	b. Rae		16
A. Cooper					b. Rae		10
S. Oldfield			ct. Rolston	b. Farley	13
M. Dandy			ct. Rolston	b. Kapoor        0
C. Greyling			ct. Rae		b. Kapoor        0
D. Choudhuri					lbw. Kapoor      6
T. Gupta			not 		out		51
J. Garrity					b. Rolston       0
R. Kenyon			lbw 		b. Carr          3
A. Pease			ct. Greathead	b. Farley        0
G. Watson			not		out		 3
				Extras				12
				Total (30 overs)         9 for 116

Houston Best Bowling: Kapoor 3 for 26; Farley 2 for 10; Rae 2 for 3

Houston Batting
S. Harrison			ct. Choudhuri	b. Gupta	 1
K. Rolston					b. Gupta	 2
G. Kapoor			ct. Riley	b. Gupta	 1
P. Trayner			ct. Riley	b. Gupta  	 0
S. Rae				ct. Riley	b. Gupta 	27
M. Greathead			ct. Garrity	b. Choudhuri	 3
J. Levine			hit wicket	b. Oldfield	 7
N. Levine			lbw. 		b. Choudhuri	42
H. Geddes			ct. Pease	b. Choudhuri	10
S. Handling			not		out		11
B. Farley			not		out      	 5
				Extras: 			 8
				Total (25 overs)	 9 for 117

Mexico Best Bowling: Gupta 5 for 18; Choudhuri 3 for 18

Man of the Match: Tushar Gupta (Mexico City)

Sunday 11 March 2001
Mexico City 1st XI vs Houston Memorial CC
Mexico Batting
N. Bryans			ct. Trayner	b. Sheehan       9
D. Tehan			lbw 		b. Rolston	15
T. Gupta			ct. Trayner	b. Rae		61
M. Cawdron					b. Rolston	77
C. Carr				not		out		74
E. Cartledge			not		out              8
Shabbaz				)
D. Illot			)
N. Deakin			) did not bat
K. Foster			)
H. van Belle			)
				Extras:          		 1
				Total: (43 overs)        4 for 245

Houston Best Bowling: Rolston 2 for 47

Houston Batting
N. Levine			ct. Cartledge	b. Gupta	15
H. Geddes			ct. Illot	b. Deakin	38
S. Rae						lbw. Cawdron	22
J. Levine					b. Shabbaz       1
M. Greathead			not		out            109
S. Handling			ct. Tehan	b. Shabbaz       0
P. Trayner			ct. Tehan	b. van Belle	11
P. Longshaw					b. Deakin	12
K. Rolston			ct. Cartledge	b. Gupta	 3
A. Moore			run out         (Cartledge)      6
J. Kapoor					b. Carr		 0
				Extras:				15
				Total: (44 overs)              232

Mexico Best Bowling: Shabbaz 2 for 21; Gupta 2 for 23; Deakin 2 for 45

Man of the Match: Mike Greathead (Houston)

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