Theale & Tilehurst vs Warfield 21st September 2003

Report by Fingers

Having recently played in some very high scoring matches on some very flat batting pitches this game was something of a contrast. The look of the pitch though didn't stop James deciding to bat first on winning the toss.

After a couple of trade mark boundaries James was caught behind off the lively Wells as the pitch started to show some of its tricks. A couple of balls sailed well over Ed's head before another one popped on him, took the shoulder of the bat and looped up to slip. No-one had told Mike though that the pitch was looking difficult to bat on, although he had taken the rare precaution of batting in a helmet, as he dominated the early scoring with some typically well timed boundaries. There were ten fours in his 43 and he was denied another when a fiercely struck pull hit the unfortunate Bob umpiring at square leg. However, just as he was threatening to take the game away from Warfield Mike got one that stayed low and got through his defence to bowl him.

81-6 was a precarious position and Osman and Fingers decided caution and accumulation were the order of the day. Slowly they built a partnership of 44 before the partnership finally ended with Os being run out. Imran struck some late boundaries to take the score through to 144-8 off only 39 overs but at tea it was felt that this was a competitive total.

Philpott got the Warfield innings off to a lively start with some self confessed agricultural strokes. However, when Warfield lost their first two wickets in two balls T&T were back in the game with Farouk in particular bowling well and unfortunate not to have more wickets.

What was already starting to prove very costly though was the T&T fielding. It was almost as if everyone had been dared to complete a piece of fielding in the style of someone who couldn't stop a pig in a passage, at least six times balls went through fielders legs and on for four. To add to this three catches were also put down.

One of the chief beneficiaries of this was Moss who after a slow start to his innings opened up and played some very powerful shots. Despite wickets falling at the other end Moss kept his nerve and it was fitting that he should strike the winning runs to give Warfield a win by 4 wickets with two overs to spare.

FRIENDLY SCORECARD
Home Team		Warfield						Away Team		Theale and Tilehurst
Date of Match		21 September 2003						Played at		Warfield

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		Warfield							beat	Theale and Tilehurst				by four wickets

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			Ryall			T Wells		2	0	9	1
2	E Choules	ct			Bell			T Wells		0	0	8	2
3	M Toyer	bowled						T Wells		10	0	43	3
4	M Mason	bowled						S Ruddle		0	0	1	4
5	J Morris	ct& b						S Ruddle		0	0	2	5
6	O Mahmood	run out								4	0	31	6
7	R Puri	ct			Ruddle			T Emery		1	0	4	7
8	B Cooper	ct			Moody			T Moss		2	0	17	8
9	F Aziz	not out								0	0	2	9
10	I Mahmood	not out								3	0	15	10
11	R Williams	DNB											11
							Byes	6					12
							Leg Byes	0					13
							Wides	3					14
							No Balls	3					15
									Extras			12	16
													17
							Wickets	8	Total			144	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	T Wells		10	2	40	3							21
2	S Ruddle		9	2	31	2							22
3	T Emery		10	4	17	1							23
4	M Lunn		7	0	30	0							24
5	T Moss		3	0	20	1							25
6													26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	11	1				11							32
2	32	2				21							33
3	61	4				29							34
4	63	5				2							35
5	68	3				5							36
6	81	7				13							37
7	125	6				44							38
8	125	8				0							39
9													40
10													41
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2nd Innings of		Warfield												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	Philpott	ct			M Toyer			F Aziz		3	0	19	1
2	Taylor	ct			B Cooper			R Williams		1	0	8	2
3	Moss	not out								9	1	60	3
4	Lunn	bowled						F Aziz		0	0	3	4
5	Moody	ct			I Mahmood			B Cooper		4	0	21	5
6	Ryall	ct			I Mahmood			B Cooper		0	0	1	6
7	Bell	run out								0	0	8	7
8	Wells	not out								0	0	8	8
9	Ruddle												9
10	Powers												10
11	Emery												11
							Byes	16					12
							Leg Byes	0					13
							Wides	2					14
							No Balls	0					15
									Extras			18	16
													17
							Wickets	6	Total			146	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	O Mahmood		5.2	0	20	0							21
2	F Aziz		10	2	20	2							22
3	R Williams		8	1	17	1							23
4	B Cooper		8	1	40	2							24
5	I Mahmood		5	0	34	0							25
6													26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	31	2				31							32
2	31	1				0							33
3	42	4				11							34
4	92	5				50							35
5	99	6				7							36
6	111	7				12							37
7													38
8													39
9													40
10													41
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