Bashir and Ali Reed riot act in Luton win

HALF-CENTURIES from Adnan Bashir and Mehmood Ali saw Luton Town & Indians to a four-wicket win over Reed in their Saracens Herts League Division Two clash at the weekend.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Jul 2012, 12:11 BST

Chasing 177 to win, Town eased to 180-6 from 43 overs with Bashir (67), Ali (54) and Dhiren Salvi (32) all contributing.

With the ball, Khizer Manzoor claimed 5-64 and Nitin Parsooth took 2-30 as Reed were dismissed for 176 in the 53rd over.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Dunstable Town lost their first game of the season at home to Broxbourne on Saturday.

Most Popular

Batting first, Dunstable started badly and were 60-5 but Terry Carr (54) and David Barker (32) helped them reach a respectable 211 all out.

Broxbourne suffered an early blow but then a century partnership put them in a strong position and, although they lost wickets at regular intervals, they made 213-7 in the last over for victory.

For a full cricket round-up, results, league tables and pictures, see the Luton News/Dunstable Gazette on sale tomorrow.

Related topics:Luton TownLuton