Theale & Tilehurst vs BCS 16th August 2003

Report by Chef

Well this was a match that warranted a report. Things started out quite well when in the first over I took the openers stump out the ground (a first for me I might add). Things kind of went down hill from there. At 56 off 10, we weren't exactly stemming the run rate. Both Os and I took a bit of a pounding. Then came Nayab with a wicket in his second over, a lovely in-swinging yorker. However things didn't improve much after that. It wasn't until the 30th over when the next wicket went, Rags bowling Dixon, having had him in a reasonable amount of trouble with his round the wicket in swing. Although note must be made of the slowest slower ball I have seen since Dave Harvey bowled on club day.

The star of the bowling was Sri. Having bowled 1 over of seam up against Crowthorne I asked him to bowl off breaks. Well this seemed to go down well. With his first over being a little eratic but only going for 2, he then bowled Williams who was on 65, when he played on. Then later got the scalp of Goodenough finishing on 9 overs, the only maiden of the innings, 31 runs and two wickets. A late run for the bowling award aswell as the batting award.

I managed to pick up another wicket in-between their boundaries. BCS finishing with 230 for 6. However knowing their bowling this was not out of our grasp. The other bonus is they had 10 men.

Well things went off at a steady pace with 20 overs gone we were on 70 for no loss. The run rate was now 6.4 but no wickets down. Well Ed and Eddie decided to spead up the run rate, with overs of 13,8 and 12 runs. We were 160 in 32 overs before the first wicket of Eddie Ellis (85) was dismissed, a record partnership for the 2nds and just a few short of the club record. Still needing 5.4 an over, Ed Choules then followed and was dismissed for 56. The end of two exceptional innings.

We needed 58 off 10, two new batsmen in Sri and Osman. What happened next could only be described as a whirlwind partnership. The next 5.2 overs went for 11,11,12,11,7,8 runs. Sri reaching his 54 in just 30 balls. The boys had lead us to victory with 4.4 overs to go. A sound thrashing was delivered, nice retribution for earlier in the year.

BERKSHIRE INDOOR LEAGUE SCORECARD
Home Team		Berkshire County Sports						Away Team		Theale & Tilehurst
Date of Match		16th August 2003						Played at		BCS

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		Berkshire County Sports						6	Lost to	Theale & Tilehurst				28

1st Innings of		BCS												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	A Davidson	Bowled						N Khan		0	0	22	1
2	C Martin	Bowled						Nigel Halliday		0	0	6	2
3	J Williams	Bowled						S Charan		0	0	65	3
4	M Dixon	Bowled						M Mason		0	0	29	4
5	A Cooke	NOT OUT								0	0	34	5
6	S Blackwood	Bowled						Nigel Halliday		0	0	26	6
7	N Goodenough	LBW						S Charan		0	0	0	7
8	S Rush	NOT OUT								0	0	10	8
9	H Kang	DNB								0	0	0	9
10										0	1	0	10
11										0	0	0	11
							Byes	20					12
							Leg Byes	1					13
							Wides	12					14
							No Balls	5					15
									Extras			38	16
													17
							Wickets	6	Total			230	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	Nigel Halliday		11	0	67	2							21
2	O Mahmood		5	0	32	0							22
3	M Mason		15	0	55	1							23
4	N Khan		5	0	25	1							24
5	S Charan		9	1	31	2							25
6													26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1													32
2													33
3													34
4													35
5													36
6													37
7													38
8													39
9													40
10													41
													42
													43
													44
													45
2nd Innings of		Theale & Tilehurst												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	E Ellis	Bowled						H Kang		0	0	85	1	5
2	E Choules	Bowled						H Kang		0	0	56	2	11
3	S Charan	NOT OUT								0	0	54	3	14
4	O Mahmood	NOT OUT								0	0	9	4	14
5	Nigel Halliday									0	0	0	5	18
6	M Mason									0	0	0	6	22
7	B Barefoot									0	0	0	7	34
8	I Mahmood									0	0	0	8	35
9	N Khan									0	0	0	9	40
10	J Morris									0	0	0	10	40
11	T Beck									0	0	0	11	42
							Byes	12					12	43
							Leg Byes	10					13	44
							Wides	3					14	50
							No Balls	4					15	51
									Extras			29	16	53
													17	60
							Wickets	2	Total			233	18	62
													19	63
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20	70
1	N Goodenough		13	0	73	0							21	75
2	H Kang		12	3	52	2							22	88
3	G Rush		4	0	9	0							23	96
4	J Williams		6.2	1	42	0							24	108
5	A Davidson		3	0	22	0							25	113
6	S Rush		2	0	13	0							26	120
7													27	127
8													28	130
													29	138
Fall of Wicket													30	144
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31	151
1	160	1				160							32	160
2	173	2				13							33	166
3													34	168
4													35	173
5													36	184
6													37	195
7													38	207
8													39	218
9													40	225
10													41
													42
													43
													44
													45