'This was more like the Eagles batting we know' - Depleted Crawley Eagles win against Billingshurst

Sussex Cricket League Division 3Crawley Eagles CC 1st XI v Billingshurst CC 1st XIA depleted Eagles 1st team missing 3 regular players due to injures chased down 256 to win by 5 wickets against a strong Billingshurst team at Cherry Lane.
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Published 5th Jun 2023, 07:32 BST
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The visitors batted first and scored 255-6 off 45 overs Dan Philips top scoring with 87 Imran Mehboob was the pick of the Eagles bowlers with 3-38 off 9 overs. Eagles openers got the team off to a flyer Shakir Hameed 62 and Razlan Razik 70, veteran Fallah Uddin scored 48 not out to see the home team to brilliant win.

Eagles Captain Usman Bashir was happy after the game. He said: “This was more like the Eagles batting we know, it was a good win against a team who are favourites to win the league, we still have allot of work to do if we are to compete this year.”

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Eagles travel to Findon on Saturday hoping to continue this winning form.

Shakir 62 and Razlan 70 opening partnership of 109 helped Eagles to chase down 257 to win.Shakir 62 and Razlan 70 opening partnership of 109 helped Eagles to chase down 257 to win.
Shakir 62 and Razlan 70 opening partnership of 109 helped Eagles to chase down 257 to win.

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