Theale & Tilehurst 1st XI vs IBIS 2nd June 2001

Report by Mr Ed

After last weeks splendid display against Mortimer West End, this was a very disappointing effort against Ibis Mapledurham and we can consider ourselves fortunate to escape with a losing draw.

On considerably the fastest pitch we've played on this year, a couple of early chances were put down and we never really recovered from these early setbacks. The previous week we had fielded superbly, this week we were truly dreadful. It was by some considerable margin the worst fielding display by any side which I have seen represent Theale & Tilehurst. One can only hope that we collectively had a bad day and that we can put this performance behind us for the rest of the season.

Ibis Mapledurham were able to capitalise on our nightmarish display, and rattled up 232 for the loss of only five wickets. Opener Thomas scoring ninety and Jones getting an unbeaten 53 on the back of some aggressive running.

On a good wicket such a total was still chaseable, and when James Codd hit the first ball of our reply to the boundary it seemed that anything could be possible. However, our top order yet again failed to click. A couple of wickets were lost early on to the swinging ball, and Steve Pyke being needlessly run out did not help our situation. A useful fifth wicket partnership of 49 between Andy Johnson, who went on to make forty-seven and Mark Mason seemed to be steering us towards safety. A flurry of wickets however to some extraordinary shots bearing in mind the match situation plunged us into deep trouble at 134-9 with ten overs to go. Finally we at last played some intelligent cricket. Nigel Halliday and Phil Jenkins were able to play out the remainder of the innings with few alarms and enabled us to secure us a scarcely deserved draw.

It was a poor performance and the best thing that can be said about it, was at least we didn't lose. Indeed later in the evening, T&T enjoyed a double success, coming first & second in the social club quiz. Ho hum.

SCORECARD
Home Team		Theale and Tilehurst						Away Team		Ibis Mapledurham 2
Date of Match		2nd June 2001						Played at		Theale

		Team						pts	Result	Team			pts
Result									Drawn

1st Innings of		Ibis Mapledurham 2
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	M Thomas	bowled						C Lemm		15	1	90
2	R Pilkington	ct			P Jenkins			Nigel Halliday		2	0	36
3	D Lattimore	bowled						M Iqbal		2	0	25
4	M Jones	not out								4	1	53
5	B Harris	run out								0	0	2
6	D Drury	bowled						M Iqbal		1	0	16
7	B Prior	not out								0	0	1
8	J Carr	DNB
9	P Lucas	DNB
10	P Measham	DNB
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							Byes	2
							Leg Byes	4
							Wides	3
							No Balls	0
									Extras			9

							Wickets	5	Total			232

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	M Iqbal		16	0	69	2
2	C Lemm		10	2	51	1
3	Nigel Halliday		5	1	26	1
4	A Johnson		7	1	27	0
5	B Cooper		4	0	36	0
6	M Mason		3	0	21	0
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Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	52	2				52
2	158	3				106
3	162	1				4
4	168	5				6
5	231	6				63
6
7
8
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2nd Innings of		Theale and Tilehurst
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	J Codd	ct			Thomas			P Lucas		1	0	8
2	M Pyke	ct			Pilkington			J Carr		4	0	25
3	E Choules	lbw						P Lucas		0	0	0
4	S Pyke	run out								1	0	11
5	A Johnson	ct			Drury			J Carr		3	3	47
6	M Mason	ct			Sub			J Carr		0	1	10
7	M Iqbal	bowled						J Carr		1	0	6
8	C Lemm	ct			Pilkington			J Carr		0	0	2
9	B Cooper	ct			Pilkington			D Drury		1	0	6
10	Nigel Halliday	not out								1	0	7
11	P Jenkins	not out								0	0	4
							Byes	6
							Leg Byes	8
							Wides	9
							No Balls	0
									Extras			23

							Wickets	9	Total			149

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	P Lucas		9	1	23	2
2	R Pilkington		11	1	39	0
3	J Carr		11	0	38	5
4	M Jones		4	0	27	0
5	P Measham		4	1	3	0
6	D Drury		3	1	13	1
7	D Lattimore		3	1	2	0
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Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	17	1				17
2	17	3				0
3	44	4				27
4	60	2				16
5	109	6				49
6	113	5				4
7	115	8				2
8	119	7				4
9	134	9				15
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