England and Metro all rounder Mo Ghalib has beaten his England teammate Luke Sugg’s UK VI cricket record bowling figures.
During London Metro’s BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup Quarter Final against Somerset VICC Ghalib equalled Sugg’s 8 wickets, but only conceded a single run in running through the Somerset batting line up at Wombats Cricket Club on 2nd August 2025.
After Somerset had toiled hard in the field, chasing the ball to all parts of the ground on a warm day, they had to face Mo who put in a stunning four overs to take all eight wickets needed to end the innings. He conceeded just one run, a no ball. He took a hat-trick in his first over and another three in his last either side of that no ball. He got two bowled, a hit wicket and was assisted with catches from Rob Mackenzie and a brace from both Sam Hoskin and Thomas Froud.
Unfortunately the Somerset total of 14 all out was less than the previous lowest ever VI cricket score of 16 all out by Barclays Bank’s team in the Primary Club Cup in the mid 1980’s.
Mo’s record breaking day wasn’t his first major impact in VI cricket, he now holds two of the best three sets of bowling figures ever taken in the UK. Mo has also won BCEW’s Partially Sighted Bowler of the Year award three times after being named BCEW Most Promising Player of the Year in 2014.
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Best Ever Visually Impaired Cricket Bowling Figures In The UK
8 for 1 Mo Ghalib for London Metro v Somerset VICC
BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup Quarter Final, August 2025
8 for 26 Luke Sugg for Warwickshire Bears v Yorkshire Vikings
BCEW National League, May 2016
7 for 25 Mo Ghalib for London Metro v Somerset VICC
BCEW National League Division One, May 2023
7 for 27 David Ellingham for South Wales Dragons v Hampshire VICC
BCEW National League, May 2011
6 for 7 Heindrich Swanepoel for London Metro v Lancashire Galloways
BBS Primary Club National Knockout Cup Final, August 2001