Hyde's ton steers Horley seconds to first day win

GEORGE Hyde scored a century as Horley second XI started their Surrey Championship Division Eight East season with a win, but the first XI and third XI both lost.

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Horley firsts started off their 2025 league campaign at home against London Gymkhana in Surrey Championship Division Four East.

Skipper Regan Derham lost the toss and Horley were asked to field.

They got off to a perfect start with opening bowlers, Will Taylor (2-34) and Guy Derham (2-28), picking up both opening batsmen in the first five overs, with neither scoring.

At 4-2, Usman Tahir (34) and Waseem Ahmad (25) led the early rebuild for Gymkhana until Charlie Robins trapped Ahmad lbw in the 14th over, and he only had to wait three balls to claim his next victim, reducing the visitors to 45-4.

Mudassar Chaudhary (34) and Tahir took their time to make sure the collapse didn't carry on, making it to the 34th over before Adam Stephenson (1-29) took a smart catch low down off his own bowling.

Gymkhana's 101-5 quickly became 106-7 thanks to Irfaan Baksh (1-12) and the returning Taylor. Lower order runs came from Feezan Warraich (24) and Muhammad Jamal (19no) before Ben Davies (1-26), and the returning Robins and Derham, cleaned up the Gymkhana tail, leaving the visitors 170 all out with two balls to spare.