Theale & Tilehurst vs Stratfield Turgis 9th August 2003

Report by Fingers

The season of two halves continues. We did as much wrong in this game as we'd done right at Goring earlier in the season, the difference being we won this time and lost at Goring. On a unbelievably hot afternoon and on a pitch that didn't look like it would last the duration of the game the only sensible option seemed to be to bat first. However, I was very pleased to lose the toss and opposition skipper Steve Clarke looked very unsure on what to do, finally inviting us to bat. At 47-0 off seven overs the decision seemed to have backfired but things were about to change. James got one that stopped in the pitch, bounced a bit extra and took the shoulder of the bat to slip. Worse was to follow as Jamil, Andy Crofts and Mike Toyer became a Steve Ayers hat-trick to leave us at 62-4. Dennis Robertson and Andy Johnson briefly arrested the decline but wickets started falling again to leave T&T 117 all out in 30 overs. This looked to be an inadequate total, even given the vagaries of the pitch, and having been bowled out in less than 32 overs we had to take the field before tea for half an hour. Stratfield were understandably reluctant to have their innings split but the view of the T&T side was that it would give us our best chance of victory. Against the old ball Steve Clarke seemed to be determined to take out his frustration on being made to bat for half an hour on his opposite number, to such effect that after three overs the plan was changed and the new ball taken. Even this was to no immediate effect as Stratfield took tea at 39-0 off 8 overs. However, the break for tea had the desired effect with Clarke going in the first over after tea bowled by Neill Halliday. Headford soon followed to a superb Doc yorker. At 82-3 though and with the dangerous Shaun Spence still at the crease Stratfield had to remain favourites. The run out of Sandland gave T&T renewed hope and the pace of Chris Lemm and Mohammed Jamil was threatening to be too much for the tail. With 10 needed for victory Spence looked to play a big shot against Jamil and was clean bowled to give T&T the narrowest of victories. This victory means that in the second half of the season we have had 3 wins, two winning draws and a match abandoned when in a strong position. Great form that we want to keep going until the end of the season.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD
Home Team		Stratfield Turgis						Away Team		Theale and Tilehurst
Date of Match		09 August 2003						Played at		Stratfield Turgis

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		Theale and Tilehurst						27	beat	Stratfield Turgis				7	by 9 runs

1st Innings of		Theale and Tilehurst												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score		W	Bwl
1	J Codd	ct			Jones			Clarke		4	0	18	1	9		0	1
2	M Jamil	ct			Jones			Ayers		5	1	37	2	9		0	2
3	D Robertson	ct			Sandland			Brewer		1	0	13	3	14		0	1
4	A Crofts	ct			Carter			Ayers		0	0	0	4	22		0	2
5	M Toyer	ct			Headford			Ayers		0	0	0	5	32		0	1
6	A Johnson	bowled						Brewer		2	0	13	6	42		0	2
7	C Lemm	not out								1	0	10	7	47		0	1
8	M Iqbal	bowled						Ayers		0	0	1	8	52		1	2
9	A Moore	ct			Clarke			Ayers		0	0	1	9	52		1	1
10	Neill Halliday	ct			Spence			Afsar		2	0	8	10	61		1	3
11	B Cooper	ct			Afsar			Ayers		0	0	0	11	62		1	1
							Byes	8					12	62		4	3
							Leg Byes	6					13	69		4	1
							Wides	2					14	69		4	3
							No Balls	0					15	69		4	1
									Extras			16	16	69		4	3
													17	71		4	4
							Wickets	10	Total			117	18	75		4	3
													19	77		4	4
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20	77		4	3
1	S Spence		8	1	31	0							21	81		4	4
2	S Clarke		4	1	23	1							22	81		4	3
3	S Ayers		11	6	27	6							23	88		6	4
4	M Brewer		6	1	21	2							24	95		7	3
5	M Afsar		1	0	1	1							25	101		7	4
6													26	108		7	3
7													27	108		7	4
8													28	116		8	3
													29	117		9	5
Fall of Wicket													30	117		10	3
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	47	1				47							32
2	62	2				15							33
3	62	4				0							34
4	62	5				0							35
5	85	6				23							36
6	88	3				3							37
7	91	8				3							38
8	108	9				17							39
9	117	10				9							40
10	117	11				0							41
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													45
2nd Innings of		Stratfield Turgis												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score		W	Bwl
1	A Headford	bowled						Neill Halliday				8	1
2	S Clarke	ct			M Jamil			Neill Halliday				27	2
3	S Spence	bowled						M Jamil				42	3
4	R Carter	ct			A Moore			M Iqbal				0	4
5	M Sandland	run out										12	5
6	S Ayers	ct			A Moore			C Lemm				5	6
7	D Norford	lbw						M Jamil				0	7
8	M Afsar	bowled						C Lemm				0	8
9	M Brewer	ct			D Robertson			M Jamil				8	9
10	D Jones	not out										0	10
11	Absent												11
							Byes						12
							Leg Byes						13
							Wides						14
							No Balls	6					15
									Extras			6	16
													17
							Wickets	10	Total			108	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	B Cooper		2	0	26	0							21
2	A Johnson		3	1	17	0							22
3	M Iqbal		10	6	16	1							23
4	Neill Halliday		8	3	23	2							24
5	C Lemm		4	1	14	2							25
6	M Jamil		4	0	6	3							26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	39	2				39							32
2	42	1				3							33
3	61	4				19							34
4	82	5				21							35
5	94	6				12							36
6	95	7				1							37
7	96	8				1							38
8	107	9				11							39
9	108	3				1							40
10													41
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													47