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ECB (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
... a hand in the first wicket to fall, spilling a simple chance off Will Jefferson only for the alert Usman Afzaal to gobble up the rebound. It was Meaker’s first championship wicket.Against all expectation, Akhtar returned to the field and by the tenth over was pushing off from the boundary boards to start his enormous run up.But Bilal Shafayat and Mark Wagh had little trouble dealing...
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
... action as Meaker found Will Jefferson's edge, failing to hold the chance but parrying it gently to Usman Afzaal at second slip. As maiden Championship wickets go, there have been better, but Meaker, bowling with a decent head of steam from the Pavilion End, deserved it in a spell of 4-1-6-1. As speculation grew that Surrey had seen the last of Shoaib, he reappeared looking none the...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
... (61) caught behind just before lunch. During the afternoon session, Surrey made slow progress with Usman Afzaal and Matthew Spriegel scoring just 21 runs from the same amount of overs after they lost Batty early on for 34. The returning Swann then snapped up the fifth wicket by having Spriegel caught at slip for 11. Meanwhile, Afzaal continued laboriously, although he did quicken...
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... made to follow-on 270 runs behind. Barring Scott Newman's half-century and some resistance from Usman Afzaal it was a feeble effort, but Hampshire, who were bottom after nine matches, dispatched them with ruthlessness to move up five places in the table. Hampshire are still only an outside chance for the title having just one game left while their nearest rivals have two. However,...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Together with Ramprakash, Usman Afzaal steadied the innings as the pair pushed the score past three figures, but in the 41st over with the score on 123, Afzaal was beaten by James Tomlinson and trapped leg-before for 20.
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ECB (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... by a direct throw from 20 yards from former team-mate, Michael Carberry.Together with Ramprakash, Usman Afzaal steadied the ship as the pair pushed the score past three figures, but in the 41st over with the score on 123, Afzaal was beaten by James Tomlinson and trapped leg before wicket for 20.Tudor, promoted above Benning in the order, did not last long as he became the third...
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ECB (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... Batty off the bowling of Amjad Khan for 13 to give the hosts their only wicket of the afternoon.Usman Afzaal replaced Batty in the middle and remains unbeaten on six.The Canterbury encounter was one of only two matches that managed to get going today as rain again wreaked havoc with the county programme.Rain held up proceedings at Lord’s where Middlesex are taking on Division Two...
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ECB (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... Batty off the bowling of Amjad Khan for 13 to give the hosts their only wicket of the afternoon.Usman Afzaal replaced Batty in the middle and remains unbeaten on six.The Canterbury encounter was one of only two matches that managed to get going today as rain again wreaked havoc with the county programme.Rain held up proceedings at Lord’s where Middlesex are taking on Division Two...
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ECB (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... Benning for five, edging the in-form Joseph to first slip.Walters drove loosely at Amjad Khan and Usman Afzaal perished in almost idnetical fashion to leave Surrey reeling on 21 for four.Mark Ramprakash and Jon Batty restored some respectability by sharing a half-century stand for the fifth wicket, before Ramprakash was superbly taken at slip by van Jaarsveld off McLaren,Batty and...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Mark Ramprakash's late charge to an unbeaten 54 took Surrey to 238 for five and the home side were in contention until Trott was seventh out for 92. Jade Dernbach turned the match by removing Trott in a burst of four wickets in 16 balls and Usman Afzaal claimed three for 42. Only Jim Troughton, with 41, gave Trott significant support. Troughton was stumped in Afzaal's first over....
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ECB (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Jade Dernbach turned the match for the Brown Caps by removing Trott in a burst of four wickets in 16 balls and left-arm spinner Usman Afzaal claimed 3-42 as Warwickshire were bowled out for 217 and beaten by 21 runs.
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ECB (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... fell in the next over when he chipped Robin Martin-Jenkins gently to Hopkinson at midwicket.With Usman Afzaal struggling with an elbow injury, Alex Tudor came in at seven and negotiated the hat-trick ball. However he had only made five when Rayner forced him to edge to slip.Matthew Nicholson and Afzaal steadied matters with a stand of 42 before Rory Hamilton-Brown broke the...
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ECB (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... out for five before Matthew Nicholson at least offered some resistance with 27 as he, along with Usman Afzaal, guided the hosts to 151 for seven at lunch - a lead of 278.In Division Two, Stephen Moore was out just before lunch after reaching a half-century as leaders Worcestershire made good progress in their clash with Essex at Colchester.Moore scored four boundaries and one six...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Batty: second century of seasonLV County Championship - Division OneThe Brit Oval - Day TwoSurrey 455 (M R Ramprakash 178, J N Batty 102, U Afzaal 58) v Sussex 97-3v Sussex 97-3Surrey continue to dominate their County Championship clash with Sussex having amassed an imposing first innings total of 455.In reply the visitors had reached 97-3 by the close with Murray Goodwin still at the crease...
