Theale & Tilehurst 2nd XI vs Waltham St Lawrence 18th June 2005

Report by Chef

Micky continues proving he is a weird tosser, in that he has won two on the trot now. Micky opted to bat (much to my disapproval...but at the end of the day that showed me!). So we set off with Eddie and Rog. I'm not entirely sure what Rog had trod in earlier, but it worked. For the first 10 overs he swished and swiped, edged and scuffed and an occasional bludgeon. Eddie was dismissed, caught in slip, with the one edge he had. Clearly not showing as much luck as Rog. Micky shortly followed first ball, absolutely intent on keeping hold of last years Duck Cup. Ed followed shortly caught behind trying to cut a ball that was too close to him.

It was at this point Rog knuckled down and started to play good cricket. It was also from this point that he had a chanceless innings. He took the bowlers on with some lovely clean hitting and ably supported by Speedo who helped Rog get most of the strike. Phil then going for boundaries later on in his innings. Rog was finally bowled on 98, the top score for the 2nd XI, two short of his ton but 18 runs more than his high score for the club, with only one lost ball and a record 4th wicket partneship for the 2nd XI

This brought to the crease Rags who is in fine form at the moment. his 28 ball 40 and Os's 18 ball 19 took us to 249.

After tea Micky opted to keep the old ball and opened with Rags and Indy. At this point it is worth mentioning that it was the hottest day this summer at 30 degrees C. Indy opened the bowling with a Sleeveless Fleece. What on earth were you thinking Indy? Incidentally should you wish to buy one you can visit our shop here. It also seemed that Indy didn't want to upset the grounds man and in his 3 overs, only 3 balls actually hit the ground, the rest were full tosses. However that said he still managed to get a wicket with Helmore pulling a full toss to square leg caught by an excellent one handed catch by Arslan.

Arslan was then brought on to bowl and with his first ball took the other opener. After the 11th over Micky took the new ball and brought on Os and Chef. This then brought on the run out of Wood. The ball went to Micky who seemed to stare blankly like a rabbit in the headlights when everyone cried "Bowlers End". Micky threw and it was good to see the Sunday keeper behind the stumps. What happened next was by no means text book stuff but he managed to bundle the ball onto the wickets. Mr Choules confessed that he had never collected a ball as badly and still got away with it before.

Osman and Chef were brought on to bowl. Osman with his headband looking like something out of Karate Kid. With another display of accurate bowling Os and Chef mopped up the tail and picked up the next 6 wickets for just 14 runs. Lovely bowling "Daniel Son".

We managed to pick up a valuable 35 points to help our title challenge. It also proved batting first was a great decision. We have a week off next week but face Knowl Hill the following week.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD
Home Team		Theale and Tilehurst 2						Away Team		Waltham St Lawrence
Date of Match		18th June 2005						Played at		Theale

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		Theale and Tilehurst						35	beat	Waltham St Lawrence				4

1st Innings of		Theale and Tilehurst												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	E Ellis	ct			Connor			Wood		1	-	11	1
2	R Puri	Bowled						Maqsood		15	1	98	2
3	M Mehta	ct			Christodoulou			Wood		-	-	0	3
4	E Choules	ct			Thompson			Wood		-	-	4	4
5	P Mead	Bowled						Wood		6	-	45	5
6	M Mason	Bowled						Wood		6	1	40	6
7	O Mahmood	NOT OUT								2	-	19	7
8	Nigel Halliday	NOT OUT								-	-	1	8
9	I Narwal									-	-	0	9
10	T Beck									-	-	0	10
11	A Ahmed									-	-	0	11
							Byes	9					12
							Leg Byes	4					13
							Wides	18					14
							No Balls	0					15
									Extras			31	16
													17
							Wickets	6	Total			249	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	Maqsood		10	0	44	1							21
2	Bridgeman		9	0	54	0							22
3	Wood		9	0	45	5							23
4	Ghulam		9	1	39	0							24
5	M Connor		4	0	34	0							25
6	S Rodrigues		4	0	18	0							26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	37	1				37							32
2	37	3				0							33
3	51	4				14							34
4	169	2				118							35
5	202	5				33							36
6	241	6				39							37
7													38
8													39
9													40
10													41
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													45


2nd Innings of		WSL												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	Helmore	ct			A Ahmed			I Narwal				1	1
2	Owen	Bowled						A Ahmed				7	2
3	Bridgeman	Bowled						Nigel Halliday				17	3
4	Woolford	ct			T Beck			O Mahmood				17	4
5	Wood	Run Out										0	5
6	Christodoulou	Bowled						Nigel Halliday				4	6
7	Rodrigues	ct			O Mahmood			Nigel Halliday				3	7
8	Thompson	Bowled						O Mahmood				4	8
9	Connor	Bowled						O Mahmood				5	9
10	Ghulam	NOT OUT										0	10
11	Maqsood	ct			M Mason			Nigel Halliday				1	11
							Byes	8					12
							Leg Byes	0					13
							Wides	10					14
							No Balls	0					15
									Extras			18	16
													17
							Wickets	7	Total			77	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	M Mason		6	3	19	0							21
2	I Narwal		3	0	15	1							22
3	A Ahmed		2	0	11	1							23
4	O Mahmood		5	1	12	3							24
5	Nigel Halliday		4.16	1	12	4							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
													46
													47