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Oceans win in hard fought battle

Oceans CC kept up there impressive form with an exciting match against promotion chasing St Cuthberts last nite. Oceans won the toss and elected to bat. They posted a challenging total of 141/8 off their 14 overs.Arsalan and Sonu were again among the runs but they were well supported by other Oceans batsman too who got into double figures. In reply, St Cuthberts started very well and the dangerous Rory Cook blazed himself to 65 albeit he had a few let offs. Asman took the key wicket of Rory and some tight bowling towards the end by Oceans limited St Cuthberts to 125/5 off their 14 overs. This was an excellent victory for Oceans and in the space of 6 days they have beaten the two teams who are expected to challenge them for promotion.

Khan: We are very strong

The captain has described the win over three tuns as his best to date and as said his team has put out a statement to the rest of the division.'This was most definately the best win of my career.Three tuns are a formidable team and to beat them in the manner we did and in their own backyard too shows you the quality my team possess. If we play like this then nobody can stop us, we are dangerous and don't fear any opposition.I am so proud of my team and it has took us a while to build up a team and now we are nearly there.

Khan praised the contribution of all his bowlers in the victory,'They all bowled well. Arsalan and Rian were superb and got their rewards with excellent disciplined bowling.I also must give great credit to Wally, he bowls at a ferocious pace and keeps batsmen on their backfoot. He will only get better and is proving to be an excellent signing for us.Three tuns had never got enough and I told my boys to go out there and play there natural game.I made them aware how good the wicket was and how big the ground was so running was important.They played superbly and it was so comfortable just watching it from the sidelines.

Oceans are now up against another dangerous opposition in the form of St Cuthberts. 'They are going very well and we are level on points so this makes this a massive game for both teams.They have got a few dangerous players themselves but I do have a plan for them and especially Rory Cook who has been among the runs.I think it will be a close encounter but if we can play anything like we did against three tuns, then I think they will find it difficult to contain my team.

Oceans demolish Tuns

Oceans CC produced their best performance of the season at Gateshead fell to demolish three tuns in the most spectacular ways possible.Three tuns won the toss and elected to bat first. They were bowled out for 93 in 15 overs in what at times was breathtaking bowling from all of the Oceans bowlers. Arsalan Rahim and Rouhalla Rian were the chief destroyers but lets not forget the contribution Wally made at the start of the innings. In reply Oceans were very ruthless and got the runs in the 8th over with only one wicket lost.Arsalan Rahim 69 and U.Aziz 19 not out got the runs with ease.This was an excellent victory for Oceans and one that underlines that Oceans are here for the title.

Ratty lauds Magnificent Oceans!

The captain has today spoken after yesterday's magnificent display by his team. He spoke highly of his team and the calibre of players in his team,'I can't speak highly enough of this set of players.They always give me 100% and they are so motivated and eager to win every match they play.I am a very lucky captain to have these players at my disposal,they are top class cricketers with real talent and class.I am so proud of them and they want to test themselves against the best and that is our long term aim which is to compete against the best teams and play in the higher divisions.


The captain was asked if the game had been won after posting a big score,'Yeah, you possibly could say that but then you could not be complacent with the ball. This is the message I got to my boys and I made them aware that we need 10 points from this game. I thought our batting was fantastic, really good to watch. Arsalan and Rian were again excellent in getting us off to a good start. They are so intelligent cricketers and they read the conditions early on and played sensibly with a bit of risk take as well. There is a real understanding their with everything they do and they seem to enjoy batting together. I also must praise Sonu who played a classy knock of 50. He looked very good and its important he found his form because his a world class player and an important part of our batting unit.I hope this innings will give him the confidence to go on and get more big scores. As for our bowlers, they were quite laid back early on but soon found their lines and length.I thought all my bowlers were excellent and their efforts were rewarded in the end by us getting the maximum points'.

Khan has now declared to the rest of the divison that his team will be hard to beat,'I told this team we could achieve anything if we focus in evry match we play.I feel we are very strong both physically and mentally.We had that defeat against High Stables but have bounced back in style.This team will never lay down for anyone, and they will always fight to the end.I believe my team can win this league I really do.It's not because of this win, it's because what I know they are capable of.We are on the charge and my players are full of confidence.

Ratty's Oceans turn in Superb display

Oceans CC turned in arguably their best performance of the season to demolish Kingstonian in emphatic fashion. The skipper won the toss and elected to bat.Oceans posted a formidable score of 164/7 from their 14 overs. Rian (35), Arsalan (45) and Sonu (51) were the main contributors to the score but everyone else chipped in with quick runs. In reply Kingstonians looked threatening early on in their chase with Amit going well. However, his dismissal quickly led to a collapse and they were quickly dismantled for 76 all out from 13.1 overs. The Oceans bowlers did really well and bowled in good channles. Hadthe catches been taken the match would have finished a lot earlier. In the end, Oceans were delighted to get the 10 points.