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Farhat a smash hit for Werneth
Reporter: KEITH McHUGH
Date online: 16 July 2009
NEW Werneth professional Humayun Farhat is causing quite a Lake Garage CLL stir down at the Coppice.
The 28-year-old Pakistani joined Werneth last month following intended pro Roelof van der Merwe’s return to South Africa after the Twenty20 World Cup in England.
And he has already made quite an impact with his cavalier approach to batting.
“You certainly wouldn’t want to take your eyes off him,” admitted Werneth cricket chairman Adie McMahon.
Anyone who did so last Friday night would have missed some crunching hits during a 45-ball knock of 99 which paved the way for Werneth’s John Willie Lees Twenty20 Competition quarter-final victory over Crompton.
Farhat has also scored quickfire knocks of 133 and 63 in regulation CLL matches and has chipped in with important wickets, including six for 82 on his debut against league leaders Heywood.
He joined Werneth from Lancashire County League side Cheetham Hill, who released him from his contract after running into financial difficulties.
UNSWORTH professional Wayne Madsen wrote his name into the Derbyshire history books this week.
The 25-year-old South African made his debut for the county against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham and made a stunning unbeaten 170 in his team’s second-innings 323 for six declared.
It was the highest score by a Derbyshire debutant, surpassing the 155 Peter Bowler made against Cambridge University in 1988.
TALKING of run-scoring achievements, Monton and Weaste’s Paul Green passed the 1,000-mark for the season in the CLL when he scored 84 for Monton and Weaste in their John Willie Lees Wood Cup semi-final victory over Unsworth.
Green, a solid opening batsmen who enjoyed plenty of success in the Lancashire County League before joining Monton, has compiled some amazing statistics this season.
In the 18 innings which included his cup semi-final knock, he reached 1,010 runs at an average of 101.
He was not out eight times which underlines his appetite for staying at the crease to complete the job for his side.
Comments
In my day we used to call it slogging.
“You certainly wouldn’t want to take your eyes off him,” admitted Werneth cricket chairman Adie McMahon, "As we found out with Mark Vermeulen" he added.
Believe you me when exactly was your day??? woulod you call people like chris gayle, yuvraj singh or adam gilchrist sloggers???
Has this vermeulen thing not got a little old and is it not time to change the record???
mjw123 Every Saturday & Sunday when I played.
Are you suggesting its time we should knock Vermeulen on the head?
believe yips me, in your day farhat would have struggled to get you off the square can't hit balls that bounce four times!!!
this coppice person is nothing to do with werneth cc!
Congratulations Mr Green, one man proof of the CLL not being all its cracked up to be!
Not taking anything from this achievement though. Fine effort
saddycricketer-how can you dis the cll?the chip shop saddy league is a complete joke.How can you even have the nerve to say"cll is not what it's cracked up to be"why dont the so called top amateurs from the tin pot league challenge yourself's and change leagues?your all scared of leaving your little sad villages and exploring.lol what a JOKE you saddy leaguers are!get a life.cll is a great standard with class amateurs like paul green who has county cricket by the way.
FACT
this coppice person is nothing to do with werneth cc!
By goldenballs @ 17/07/2009 08:41:27
And this goldenballs if proving that blonds really are dumb !!
Well what your saying on here proves that gray haired retired people have nothing else to do.
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Paul Green of Monton & Weaste is indeed worth every penny
By Coppice @ 16/07/2009 12:45:58