A REMARKABLE under 11s friendly game was played at Devizes where the home side were hosts to Chippenham. Chippenham batted first and 10-year-old opener Uzi Qureshi initially found batting difficult on a bouncy artificial pitch.
He managed to see off the opening bowlers and then his confidence grew and he reached his maiden 50 in the 20th over. Uzi then opened up his shoulders so that he scored his next 50 in just five overs with his 100 coming off the final ball of the 25 over innings. Uzi's century included three sixes and 18 fours.
He was well supported by Ashley Shipton (14) and Steve Bullen (17) as Chippenham reached 175 for three.
In reply Devizes batted consistently, with L Flower scoring 63, Joplin 26 and Chivers 27. In the end Devizes were all out for 171 to leave Chippenham victors by just four runs. Simon Humphreys took three for 36 for Chippenham.
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