Theale & Tilehurst 1st XI vs Waltham St Lawrence 18th June 2005

Report by Fingers

On the hottest day of the year so far Cat finally lost a toss. However, WSL skipper Chris England decided to bat first so we probably ended up doing what we wanted to do anyway. There was one change from the team last week with Chilly coming in to replace the unfortunate AJ who has broken his wrist.

Ashton and Pickering opened the batting for WSL and with the odd alarm took the score to 34. Ashton then dropped a ball in to mid wicket and called for the single, the ball though was hit straighter and firmer than he thought and Jamil moved round and with a direct hit at one stump ran out the batsman by a yard.

Pickering was the next to go bowled by Jamil but at 91-2 WSL were sitting fairly pretty and must have been looking at a total in excess of 200. Jamil then got rid of Johnson and Tim took an excellent catch at mid wicket to get rid of the dangerous looking Hussain. Fingers then dismissed Dave Downes and England in the same over and the score was 121-6.

Fingers kept chipping away at the lower order supported by some very good catching although not everyone seemed to have noticed. When Noel Downes was bowled by Fingers to give him his sixth wicket Dopey rushed up and observed that there was a chance of a fivefer. Which incidentally is a new bowling record for the 1st XI - Chef

The WSL innings ended as it had started when Dopey ran out Rasool with a direct hit from cover. 153 all out represented another very good effort from T&T in the field.

Perhaps because T&T had relied so much on spin WSL started with the old ball. This kept a check on the early scoring rate but it was only when the new ball was taken that the breakthrough was made when Noel Downes got one to turn and bounce a bit more to take the top of James' off stump.

Jamil showed he was in no mood to mess around by hitting his first ball for six. With James and Phil having put on 42 for the first wicket there was then a partnership of 58 for the second wicket before Jamil became the second wicket to fall, again to a very good ball. Phil perhaps wasn't at his most fluent but he again showed that if you don't get him early he can go on and make a big score.

Phil and Dopey batted patiently and safely for the third wicket to steer T&T home by 8 wickets with 18 overs to spare.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD
Home Team		Waltham St Lawrence						Away Team		Theale and Tilehurst
Date of Match		18th June 2005						Played at		Waltham St Lawrence

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		Theale and Tilehurst							beat	Waltham St Lawrence

1st Innings of		Waltham St Lawrence												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	P Ashton	run out										16	1
2	I Pickering	bowled						M Jamil				29	2
3	G Johnson	ct			P Jenkins			M Jamil				26	3
4	R Hussain	ct			T Sethi			B Cooper				15	4
5	C England	ct & b			B Cooper			B Cooper				19	5
6	D Downes	ct			C Lemm			B Cooper				5	6
7	S Rasool	not out										10	7
8	D Arif	ct			C Lemm			B Cooper				1	8
9	A Huntley	ct			C Coldman			B Cooper				10	9
10	N Downes	bowled						B Cooper				4	10
11	R Rasool	run out										4	11
							Byes	1					12
							Leg Byes	10					13
							Wides	1					14
							No Balls	2					15
									Extras			14	16
													17
							Wickets	10	Total			153	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	C Lemm		7	2	17	0							21
2	Neill Halliday		6	1	18	0							22
3	B Cooper		14	1	50	6							23
4	M Jamil		9	0	44	2							24
5	C Coldman		4.1	0	14	0							25
6													26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	34	1				34							32
2	70	2				36							33
3	91	3				21							34
4	99	4				8							35
5	121	6				22							36
6	121	5				0							37
7	129	8				8							38
8	142	9				13							39
9	146	10				4							40
10	153	11				7							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	J Codd	bowled						N Downes		3	0	13	1
2	P Stephens	not out								13	1	73	2
3	M Jamil	bowled						S Rasool		3	1	23	3
4	D Robertson	not out								2	0	21	4
5	T Sethi	DNB											5
6	C Coldman	DNB											6
7	J Morris	DNB											7
8	B Cooper	DNB											8
9	C Lemm	DNB											9
10	Neill Halliday	DNB											10
11	P Jenkins	DNB											11
							Byes	12					12
							Leg Byes	9					13
							Wides	3					14
							No Balls	0					15
									Extras			24	16
													17
							Wickets	2	Total			154	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	A Huntley		7	2	24	0							21
2	N Downes		8	2	30	1							22
3	R Rasool		3	0	28	0							23
4	S Rasool		6	1	20	1							24
5	C England		6	1	19	0							25
6	D Downes		1.4	0	12	0							26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	42	2				42							32
2	100	3				58							33
3													34
4													35
5													36
6													37
7													38
8													39
9													40
10													41
													42
													43
													44
													45