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Theale & Tilehurst vs RUASCC 4th May 2003

Report by Fingers

Another wet pitch, or even worse in that it was wet in places and dry in others, and again T&T elected to field first. The difficult nature of the pitch was shown in the second over when Andy Eagle was bowled by one that kept low to give Mohammed Seghir his first wicket in senior cricket.

Scoring runs quickly was always going to be difficult and the T&T bowlers kept a tight grip right through the innings. A decent partnership between Malde and Thorpe gave RUASCC the chance of putting a threatening total on the board but when they went in quick succession the rest of the innings subsided to finish on 125-8 off 42 overs.

This should have been well within reach and following the early dismissal of Jamil there was a partnership of 47 for the 2nd wicket between Micky Mehta (with his parents watching him play for the first time ever) and Edward Choules. However, they went in quick succession but a further partnership of 46 between John Morris and James Codd took T&T to 102-3. From here it should have been plain sailing but there was still time for a T&T collapse. The returning Withers bowled a second spell of 6-1-8-5 and in the end T&T fell over the winning line with just 2 wickets to spare.
 

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD      
Home Team Theale and Tilehurst Away Team Reading University Academic Staff      
Date of Match 04 May 2003 Played at Theale      
                                     
  Team pts Result Team pts    
Result Theale and Tilehurst - Beat RUASCC - by 2 wickets
                                   
1st Innings of RUASCC               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score     Score W Bwl
1 Eagle bowled   M Seghir 0 0 0   1      
2 Chrabarti bowled   M Jamil 0 0 0   2      
3 Main ct J Morris R Williams 0 0 0   3      
4 Malde ct B Cooper Mason 0 0 0   4      
5 Thorpe bowled   Mason 0 0 0   5      
6 Trim bowled   Cooper 0 0 0   6      
7 Weeks bowled   Mason 0 0 0   7      
8 Jayasuriya bowled   Cooper 0 0 0   8      
9 Withers not out     0 0 0   9      
10 Blencowe not out     0 0 0   10      
11 Tranter       0 0 0   11      
            Byes 13           12      
            Leg Byes 2           13      
            Wides 8           14      
            No Balls 4           15      
                Extras     27   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 8 Total     125   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 R Williams 8 2 18 1               21      
2 M Seghir 5 0 14 1               22      
3 M Jamil 5 0 10 1               23      
4 D Withington 6 0 23 0               24      
5 B Cooper 8 3 16 2               25      
6 M Mason 7 0 28 3               26      
7 I Mahmood 3 0 10 0               27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1     0             32      
2     0             33      
3     0             34      
4     0             35      
5     0             36      
6     0             37      
7     0             38      
8     0             39      
9     0             40      
10     0             41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45      
2nd Innings of Theale and Tilehurst               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score     Score W Bwl
1 M Mehta caught   Blencowe 1 0 23   1 2 0 1
2 M Jamil lbw   Blencowe 0 0 4   2 3 0 2
3 E Choules bowled   Withers 2 0 20   3 7 1 1
4 J Morris c and bowled   Withers 1 0 10   4 10 1 2
5 J Codd bowled   Withers 4 0 30   5 14 1 1
6 D Withington bowled   Withers 0 0 6   6 16 1 2
7 M Mason caught   Withers 0 0 2   7 20 1 1
8 M Seghir bowled   Withers 0 0 4   8 25 1 2
9 B Cooper not out     0 0 0   9 30 1 1
10 I Mahmood not out     0 0 2   10 34 1 2
11 R Williams DNB             11 39 1 1
            Byes 15           12 42 1 2
            Leg Byes 4           13 46 1 1
            Wides 6           14 47 1 2
            No Balls 0           15 53 1 1
                Extras     25   16 54 2 2
                          17 56 3 1
            Wickets 8 Total     126   18 57 3 2
                          19 61 3 1
Bowling O M R W               20 64 3 3
1 Blencowe 12 1 39 2               21 65 3 1
2 Withers 15 2 25 6               22 67 3 3
3 Main 4 0 31 0               23 72 3 1
4 Tranter 7 2 14 0               24 86 3 3
5                         25 86 3 4
6                         26 100 3 3
7                         27 101 3 4
8                         28 102 4 2
                          29 106 4 4
Fall of Wicket                         30 108 4 2
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31 109 4 4
1 7   7             32 109 5 2
2 54   47             33 113 5 4
3 56   2             34 115 5 2
4 102   46             35 118 5 4
5 109   7             36 121 7 2
6 119   10             37 126 8 4
7 120   1             38      
8 124   4             39      
9                   40      
10                   41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45