Theale & Tilehurst 1st vs Mortimer West End 3rd May 2003

Report by Fingers

Despite now playing in division one the T&T first eleven found itself away at Mortimer West End on the first day of the league season for the third year running. The previous two games had both been very tight and had ended with a win apiece. This one proved not to be so close.

With the rain that there had been in the week the pitch was very wet and on winning the toss T&T had no hesitation in choosing to field first. Initially things went to plan with MWE struggling to 16-3 off 11 overs. The dismissals typical early season ones caught at mid on and mid off and one a self proclaimed great catch by Jamil who woke up just in time to dive forward and get one had underneath the ball.

However, dropped catches were to prove costly for T&T. John Bray was dropped early on at slip and then it was he and Paul Belcher who steadied the innings and took the score on to 72. The dismissal of Bray brought Gillon to the crease who trusted to his luck, a good eye and some strong hitting to start taking the game away from T&T. The dismissal of Belcher and Steve Honour in quick succession potentially opened up one end but Towey was dropped behind early on in his innings and he and Gillon put on 66 in quick time to finally take the total to 182 all out.

In reality this was 40-50 over par and was going to be difficult to chase. The early dismissal of Jamil certainly didn't help and we needed some decent partnerships to get close. Unfortunately only two partnerships got past 30 and those only just, both of these featured James who looked to most comfortable of the top order batsman. The T&T lower order were left to bat the game out for a draw which they managed with relative comfort, Neill Halliday dismissed off the final ball of the innings searching for an extra batting point.

So, a disappointing start to the season and we need to pick up quickly to make sure that we don't get left behind.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD
Home Team		Mortimer West End						Away Team		Theale and Tilehurst
Date of Match		03 May 2003						Played at		Mortimer West End

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		Mortimer West End						19	Drawn	Theale and Tilehurst				8

1st Innings of		Mortimer West End												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	A Hobart	ct			M Toyer			Neill Halliday		0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2	P Belcher	bowled						M Jamil		6	0	29	2	5	0	2
3	R Patel	ct			B Cooper			Neill Halliday		0	0	0	3	5	0	1
4	M Dawes	ct			M Jamil			M Iqbal		0	0	3	4	5	0	2
5	J Bray	ct			P Jenkins			M Jamil		6	0	35	5	5	0	1
6	M Gillon	run out								6	1	51	6	6	1	2
7	S Honour	bowled						M Jamil		0	0	0	7	12	1	1
8	L Towey	ct			A Johnson			M Iqbal		2	2	36	8	14	2	2
9	K Allosbrook	bowled						M Iqbal		1	0	6	9	15	2	1
10	G Watts	ct			J Codd			M Iqbal		0	0	0	10	16	2	2
11	M Vickers	not out								0	0	0	11	16	3	1
							Byes	12					12	17	3	2
							Leg Byes	5					13	23	3	1
							Wides	4					14	28	3	3
							No Balls	1					15	28	3	1
									Extras			22	16	33	3	3
													17	33	3	1
							Wickets	10	Total			182	18	43	3	3
													19	43	3	4
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20	47	3	3
1	M Iqbal		11.2	6	24	4							21	51	3	4
2	Neill Halliday		11	3	33	2							22	61	3	3
3	A Johnson		5	0	33	0							23	70	3	4
4	M Jamil		11	1	46	3							24	70	3	3
5	B Cooper		6	2	29	0							25	72	4	4
6													26	72	4	5
7													27	78	4	4
8													28	82	4	5
													29	87	4	4
Fall of Wicket													30	91	4	5
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31	93	5	4
1	6	1				6							32	104	5	5
2	12	3				6							33	107	6	4
3	16	4				4							34	117	6	5
4	72	5				56							35	122	6	4
5	93	2				21							36	137	6	2
6	104	7				11							37	141	6	4
7	170	6				66							38	146	6	2
8	181	8				11							39	156	6	4
9	181	9				0							40	162	6	2
10	182	10				1							41	170	7	1
													42	176	7	2
													43	181	9	1
													44	182	9	2
													45	182	10	1
2nd Innings of		Theale and Tilehurst												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	J Codd	caught			Bray			Hobart		4	1	41	1	3	0	1
2	M Jamil	caught			Bray			Watts		0	0	0	2	3	0	2
3	M Mehta	caught			Vickers			Watts		3	0	15	3	3	0	1
4	A Crofts	caught			Bray			Watts		1	0	4	4	3	1	2
5	E Choules	lbw						Allosbrook		0	0	4	5	5	1	1
6	M Toyer	caught			Bray			Allosbrook		2	0	17	6	10	1	2
7	A Johnson	lbw						Allosbrook		0	0	0	7	10	1	1
8	M Iqbal	caught			Dawes			Patel		4	0	21	8	15	1	2
9	B Cooper	not out								0	0	2	9	16	1	1
10	Neill Halliday	bowled						Towey		0	0	4	10	24	1	2
11	P Jenkins	DNB											11	28	1	1
							Byes	2					12	30	1	2
							Leg Byes	1					13	31	1	3
							Wides	9					14	35	1	2
							No Balls	3					15	35	1	3
									Extras			15	16	40	2	2
													17	41	2	3
							Wickets	9	Total			123	18	42	3	2
													19	43	3	3
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20	48	3	2
1	L Towey		11	1	47	1							21	51	3	3
2	G Watts		13	5	21	3							22	52	3	2
3	K Allosbrook		12	0	39	3							23	58	4	3
4	A Hobart		7	3	12	1							24	65	4	2
5	R Patel		2	1	1	1							25	69	4	3
6													26	72	4	2
7													27	78	4	3
8													28	82	4	4
													29	85	5	3
Fall of Wicket													30	88	5	4
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31	89	6	3
1	3	2				3							32	93	7	4
2	35	3				32							33	93	7	3
3	41	4				6							34	94	7	4
4	51	5				10							35	94	7	3
5	82	6				31							36	95	7	4
6	88	7				6							37	96	7	1
7	88	1				0							38	102	7	4
8	115	8				27							39	104	7	1
9	123	10				8							40	114	7	4
10													41	115	7	1
													42	121	8	5
													43	121	8	1
													44	121	8	5
													45	123	9	1