Double win for Bedfordshire U17s

The visitors won the toss and batted as openers Robert Baxter and Oliver Pitts put on 54 before Baxter (22) was out. Captain Ben Slawinski (46) and Pitts (72) then added a century for the second wicket, before they both fell with the score on 158.

That soon became 159-5, before Beds rebuilt as Adam Dagless (44), Khuram Farooq (34), Al Mahmud Hasan (21) and Ben Smith (16) saw them reach 290 all out.

Beds then reduced their opponents to 9-2 overnight, while on the second day, Farooq claimed 2-14 from 14 overs, while Slawinski finished with 4-21 from 19.3 overs as Herefordshire were all out for 202.

Having won the match on first innings and with just 28 overs left in the day, Beds set about scoring quickly to secure extra bonus batting points, and with some lusty hitting reached 152-8 thanks to Slawinski (36), Pitts (35), Callum Riches (22) and Ajay Singh Momi (21) to finish with 19 points.

Baxter then hammered a superb unbeaten century during his team’s ECB U17 County Competitions Cup Group 2B victory against the same side.

The opener scored 100 not out from 154 balls in Beds’ 224-6 with Smith (45) and Riches (29) making fine contributions.

That total was out of the hosts’ reach as they were dismissed for 93 with Farooq claiming 3-11, backed up by Razaullah Khan (2-17), Shaan Ahmad Zai (2-21) and Kashif Ali (2-14).

Beds: Ben Slawinski (Ampthill), Rob Baxter (Clifton), Ollie Pitts (Knebworth), Ajay SinghMoni (Bedford), Hasan al Mahmoud (luton), Callum Riches (Ampthill), Ben Smith (Leighton), Adam Dagless (Biggleswade), Khuram Farooq (Clifton), Kamran Bahra (Luton), Shaan Ahmad Zai (Luton), Raz Khan (Dunstable).

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