Theale & Tilehurst vs Peppard 29th May 2004

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Report by Fingers

Both teams came in to this match having won both of their first two league games of the season. This was going to be a test for both about how well they were really playing.

On an overcast day where the threat of rain was going to be ever present what to do at the toss wasn't going to be straightforward. Not perhaps a bad one for T&T to lose then with Tim Vines winning the toss and deciding that Peppard would field.

When James went in the second over the pressure was immediately put on the T&T batsman. They responded in what could be described as typical style - going on the attack. At the end of the sixth over the score was 44-1. However, when this became 55-3 in the eleventh Peppard probably still considered themselves on top. In Phil and Crofty though we had two high class players at the crease and without really looking like they were trying to score quickly they set off on a century partnership in only 17 overs. Phil was the first to his fifty off 71 balls and Crofty was soon to follow off 48 balls.

Having been dropped just before reaching 50 Crofty's concentration seemed to have been broken and he was dismissed soon after. Having been in a very strong position T&T were at 187-6 with 10 overs to go. It was important to make sure that we didn't throw this position away by trying to score too many and AJ and Icky came together in a very sensible unbroken partnership of 60 for the seventh wicket which took us through to 247-6 at the close.

The end of the T&T innings had been interrupted by rain which had resulted in an early tea and the loss of half an hour. With the outfield still wet it was decided to start with the old ball to try and protect the hardness of the new ball. As it was Jamil dismissed both openers with the old ball by the fifth over so the new ball was taken to try and capitalise on a good start. Mo dismissed Hayden lbw but perhaps the most decisive moment was Paul Vines being dropped at slip.

The Vines bothers came together in a 60 partnership for the fourth wicket and with both playing impressively the target of 248 didn't look beyond them even though the scoring rate continued to grow. When Tim Vines was stumped by Gloves the door was briefly ajar but Bacon joined Paul Vines in a partnership of 58 that shut it again.

At the end neither team was really threatening to win the game but Icky came back to pick up another couple of wickets to secure an extra bowling point and Fingers brought up his 400th wicket for the club when he bowled Paul Vines for an excellent 95.

A winning draw against a strong Peppard side was as good a performance as either of the two wins that preceded it and will keep us right at the top end of the table.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD      
Home Team Theale and Tilehurst Away Team Peppard      
Date of Match 29th May 2004 Played at Theale      
                                     
  Team pts Result Team pts    
Result     draw          
                                   
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 S Gosby T Vines 0 0 1   1 1 0 1
2 M Jamil bowled   P Vines 4 0 22   2 6 1 2
3 P Stephens ct G Bacon M Chard 11 2 77   3 7 1 1
4 M Mehta ct S Gosby P Vines 0 0 5   4 16 1 2
5 A Crofts bowled   A Mayers 9 0 58   5 29 1 1
6 E Choules bowled   A Mayers 0 0 1   6 44 1 2
7 A Johnson not out     3 0 25   7 48 2 1
8 M Iqbal not out     3 1 37   8 50 2 3
9 Neill Halliday DNB             9 51 2 1
10 B Cooper DNB             10 55 2 3
11 P Jenkins DNB             11 55 3 1
            Byes 10           12 59 3 3
            Leg Byes 4           13 65 3 1
            Wides 3           14 73 3 3
            No Balls 4           15 75 3 1
                Extras     21   16 83 3 3
                          17 91 3 1
            Wickets 6 Total     247   18 99 3 4
                          19 101 3 1
Bowling O M R W               20 108 3 4
1 P Vines 15 1 72 2               21 118 3 1
2 T Vines 6 0 44 1               22 124 3 4
3 R Hayden 8 0 38 0               23 128 3 2
4 D Grattan 3 0 21 0               24 132 3 5
5 A Mayers 8 2 28 2               25 141 3 2
6 M Chard 5 0 30 1               26 141 3 5
7                         27 152 3 2
8                         28 156 4 5
                          29 163 4 6
Fall of Wicket                         30 164 4 5
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31 173 4 6
1 1 1 1             32 173 5 5
2 45 2 44             33 180 5 6
3 55 4 10             34 185 5 5
4 156 5 101             35 188 6 6
5 173 6 17             36 193 6 5
6 187 3 14             37 199 6 6
7                   38 209 6 5
8                   39 214 6 1
9                   40 217 6 3
10                   41 226 6 1
                          42 232 6 3
                          43 235 6 1
                          44 239 6 3
                          45 247 6 1
2nd Innings of Peppard               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score     Score W Bwl
1 R Brock ct P Jenkins M Jamil 0 0 0   1 0 1 1
2 D Townsin bowled   M Jamil 0 0 3   2 1 1 2
3 P Hayden lbw   M Iqbal 3 0 20   3 4 1 1
4 P Vines bowled   B Cooper 12 1 95   4 12 1 2
5 T Vines stumped   B Cooper 6 0 36   5 17 2 1
6 G Bacon bowled   M Iqbal 1 0 19   6 26 2 2
7 S Gosby bowled   M Iqbal 1 0 4   7 30 2 1
8 D Grattan not out     2 0 8   8 34 2  
9 A Mayers not out     1 0 4   9 36 2 3
10 M Chard DNB             10 37 2 1
11 R Hayden DNB             11 40 2 3
            Byes 6           12 47 2 4
            Leg Byes 1           13 50 2 3
            Wides 5           14 50 2 4
            No Balls 1           15 51 2 3
                Extras     13   16 51 2 4
                          17 56 2 3
            Wickets 7 Total     202   18 64 2 4
                          19 68 3 3
Bowling O M R W               20 73 3 4
1 M Jamil 8 1 31 2               21 73 3 5
2 P Stephens 3 0 18 0               22 76 3 4
3 Neill Halliday 6 2 20 0               23 85 3 5
4 M Iqbal 11 1 48 3               24 95 3 4
5 A Johnson 3 0 17 0               25 101 3 5
6 B Cooper 10 0 33 2               26 107 3 6
7 A Crofts 4 0 27 0               27 117 3 7
8                         28 119 3 6
                          29 123 3 7
Fall of Wicket                         30 124 4 6
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31 127 4 7
1 0 1 0             32 129 4 6
2 13 2 13             33 139 4 7
3 64 3 51             34 143 4 6
4 124 5 60             35 149 4 1
5 182 6 58             36 154 4 6
6 188 7 6             37 160 4 1
7 190 4 2             38 163 4 6
8                   39 171 4 1
9                   40 176 4 6
10                   41 182 5 4
                          42 183 5 6
                          43 188 6 4
                          44 194 7 6
                          45 202 7 4