Theale and Tilehurst vs Yateley 17th July 2005

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Report by Fingers

This was the West Reading game in reverse; on losing the toss we were condemned to a hot afternoon in the field against a strong batting line up on a flat pitch and a lightning fast outfield.

The tone was set in the first over which wasn't a bad over but went for 12 anyway. Bob got the initial breakthrough when Lipo drove hard to cover where Os took a one handed catch above his head; however it was proving difficult to keep the run rate below ten an over.

As with the West Reading game the main body of the first innings was a large third wicket partnership with Lawrence playing the role of Jamil and Shafi the role of Micky. Both played very well and whilst the scoring rate inevitably fell they both scored quickly and fluently.

In a straight forty over game it was 302 to win, and this would need to be done without James who had tweaked a hamstring towards the end of our effort in the field. With the target out of reach this meant we were condemned to another forty overs of dead cricket. Fingers and Rog opened and again Fingers didn't rouble the scorers, a fourth duck opening the batting on Sundays this year.

Os and Rog played well for the second wicket partnership but after they went wickets started to fall steadily. Again if this match hadn't been straight win/lose the final overs could have had some excitement with us trying to hold on for a draw; as it was we lost our final wicket to the penultimate ball of the game to confirm what we had known three hours earlier, Yateley were comfortable winners.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD      
Home Team Yateley Away Team Theale and Tilehurst      
Date of Match 17th July 2005 Played at Yateley      
                                     
  Team pts Result Team pts    
Result Yateley   beat Theale and Tilehurst        
                                   
1st Innings of Yateley               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score     Score W Bwl
1 B Viner ct R Williams B Cooper     49   1      
2 S Lipo ct O Mahmood R Williams     8   2      
3 S Shafi ct B Cooper M Mason     67   3      
4 T Lawrence not out         136   4      
5 D Regan bowled   M Mason     10   5      
6 J Jones not out         0   6      
7 S Mant DNB             7      
8 C Tull DNB             8      
9 S Skeates DNB             9      
10 C Jeffs DNB             10      
11 A West DNB             11      
            Byes 14           12      
            Leg Byes 12           13      
            Wides 4           14      
            No Balls 1           15      
                Extras     31   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 4 Total     301   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 O Mahmood 4 0 25 0               21      
2 R Williams 8 0 94 1               22      
3 B Cooper 8 0 29 1               23      
4 T Greaves 6 0 35 0               24      
5 A Ahmed 6 0 55 0               25      
6 M Mason 8 0 37 2               26      
7                         27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1 20 2 20             32      
2 78 1 58             33      
3 259 3 181             34      
4 282 5 23             35      
5                   36      
6                   37      
7                   38      
8                   39      
9                   40      
10                   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 R Puri ct J Jones C Tull     23   1      
2 B Cooper bowled   S Skeates     0   2      
3 O Mahmood lbw   S Lipo     40   3      
4 E Choules bowled   C Tull     2   4      
5 S Wallace bowled   J Jones     4   5      
6 M Mason lbw   S Shafi     21   6      
7 M Dixon bowled   S Lipo     0   7      
8 A Ahmed ct & b   J Jones     7   8      
9 T Greaves not out         8   9      
10 R Williams bowled   S Lipo     0   10      
11 J Codd absent injured             11      
            Byes 12           12      
            Leg Byes 16           13      
            Wides 35           14      
            No Balls 3           15      
                Extras     66   16      
                          17      
            Wickets ao Total     171   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 S Skeates 5 1 14 1               21      
2 A West 5 1 18 0               22      
3 D Regan 6 0 25 0               23      
4 C Tull 8 0 41 2               24      
5 J Jones 7 0 22 2               25      
6 S Lipo 6.5 2 18 3               26      
7 S Shafi 2 0 5 1               27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1 9 2 9             32      
2 87 1 78             33      
3 98 5 11             34      
4 110 4 12             35      
5 130 3 20             36      
6 131 7 1             37      
7 147 8 16             38      
8 154 6 7             39      
9 171 10 17             40      
10                   41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45