Permenator destroys Edmonton

Friendly: LMV 2nd 200, Edmonton 155. LMV won by 45 runs

After some discussion about which Edmonton team we would be playing we ended up with the right result in both senses as we got our season off to a winning start against their Sunday 2nd team. Having been hit round the park for over 300 in our last visit it was good to be on the smaller pitch, against the right standard team!

Having won 75 per cent of tosses last season, normal service was resumed as captain Jonathan Lederman lost the toss and LMV were asked to bat.

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MAL show great promise

MAL warmed up for the Maccabi League season with an encouraging draw against a determined Highgate side.

Skipper Gavriel Lebens won the toss and elected to bat on a hard-looking wicket, with a nice flat outfield.

Openers Mark Landau and Russ Corin, on a rare return from Israel, took the score to 37 before Corin tried one big shot too many and was caught at mid-on for a hard-hitting 27.

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Big Macc puts Vale and MAL on the back foot

While the main focus of the Jewish cricket season is the Maccabiah squads travelling to Israel in July, a number of teams in London will be looking to show their quality.

Fielding two senior XIs and a thriving colts section, London Maccabi Vale (LMV) will be the hardest hit of any Jewish cricket team with players involved at the Games. Adam Brand, Jerome Colmans, Richard Black, Andrew Daniels and Ryan Kangisser, along with juniors Andrew Greenwall Cohen, Joseph Greenwall Cohen and Daniel Cohen are away for the first half of the season.

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Near-perfect Bury ease home

A magnificent five-fer from Mark Levington helped Bury bowl out Maccabi for just 103.

Tight bowling from Josh Rose 3-15 also contributed. In Reply a steady start from Andrew Niman and David first helped Bury put on 40 for the first wicket. Once Niman was out Natan Fagleman hit an unbeaten 36 to ease Bry home with five overs to spare.

David First finished on 37 not out. A near faultless performance means Bury take home a nearly maximum 23 points.

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Leeds win despite Pfeffer heroics

Leeds comfortably beat an under-strength Sedgley side on a batsman-friendly wicket in the opening game of the NJCL season.

After losing early wickets, Sedgley racked up a score of 166 all out mainly due to an outstanding unbeaten 70 from new skipper Michael Pfeffer. He shared in 50 partnerships with Jonny Hart who made an accomplished 22 and Dazzler who made 17.

The pick of the Leeds bowlers were Dobkin and Goldberg who each took three wickets.

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Klinger out

Prolific batsman Michael Klinger has had his route into the English county game blocked by changes to work permit regulations.

Tipped for an Ashes call-up, the South Australia star is ineligible as he does not hold an EU passport and is yet to represent his country.

Citing the reason for his frustrations, Klinger said: “You need an Australian contract and either played one Test match in the last 24 months, 15 combined one-dayers, Twenty20s in the last 24 months or be in the most recent Australian touring squad.”

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