Theale and Tilehurst Friendly XI vs Eversley 10th September 2005

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Report by Fingers

With the league season over this was a chance to play some relaxed cricket on a very fine ground.

The fact that the league season was well and truly over was shown when Cat won the toss (no change there at least) and decided to have a bat first. James and Meady opened up and there was immediate action with a concerted appeal for a catch behind off the first ball that was given not out.

James was the first to go in the fifth over of the innings and then there was a significant partnership between Meady and Mike. Mike was the more fluent of the two going to fifty first and went on to score the second century of his T&T career. His 126 came off 109 balls and featured 25 fours.

Mike's partnership with Meady was 149 before Meady became the second lbw victim of the day. Dopey then entered the fray and carried on at the same rate as the earlier batsman as he made an increasingly fluent 33no. Mike went to what proved to be the last ball of the innings to leave T&T on 244-3. Whilst this looked a very good score on a good batting surface and with a fast outfield it was probably par for the course and no more.

The fact that we could have done with a few more runs to be comfortable was confirmed by the fluent start that Eversley got off to. There was an early wicket when Maclaverty was well caught by Rags in the gully but it was difficult to keep the scoring rate at four an over or below.

When Mission, who made the second fine century of the day, was in partnership with Drewe for the fourth wicket Eversley were probably favourites for victory needing eight an over for the last ten overs with wickets in hand. However, T&T were finally able to stem the flow of boundaries and when Micky came to bowl the last over 10 were needed for victory. With the field set deep we were just able to hold out for a draw with Eversley finishing on 243-4.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD      
Home Team Eversley Away Team Theale and Tilehurst      
Date of Match 10th September 2005 Played at Eversley      
                                     
  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 P Mead lbw   R Drewe     66   1      
2 J Codd lbw   C Elliott     7   2      
3 M Toyer bowled   M David     126   3      
4 D Robertson not out         33   4      
5 M Mason DNB             5      
6 M Mehta DNB             6      
7 N Bhatt DNB             7      
8 P Jenkins DNB             8      
9 P Stephens DNB             9      
10 B Cooper DNB             10      
11 A Ahmed DNB             11      
            Byes 3           12      
            Leg Byes 4           13      
            Wides 5           14      
            No Balls 0           15      
                Extras     12   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 3 Total     244   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 C Elliott 12 2 54 1               21      
2 M David 10 1 49 1               22      
3 C Last 7 0 56 0               23      
4 R Drewe 8 0 47 1               24      
5 J Forsyth 3 0 31 0               25      
6                         26      
7                         27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1 22 2 22             32      
2 171 1 149             33      
3 244 3 73             34      
4                   35      
5                   36      
6                   37      
7                   38      
8                   39      
9                   40      
10                   41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45      
2nd Innings of Eversley               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score     Score W Bwl
1 P Mission not out         118   1      
2 P Maclaverty ct M Mason A Ahmed     19   2      
3 M David ct & b   M Mason     31   3      
4 M Cullen lbw   M Mason     1   4      
5 R Drewe ct M Mason M Mehta     48   5      
6 M Spooner not out         10   6      
7 C Last DNB             7      
8 A Davidson DNB             8      
9 C Elliott DNB             9      
10 N Trapani DNB             10      
11 J Forsyth DNB             11      
            Byes 6           12      
            Leg Byes 0           13      
            Wides 7           14      
            No Balls 3           15      
                Extras     16   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 4 Total     243   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 A Ahmed 5 0 38 1               21      
2 M Mehta 8 0 41 1               22      
3 N Bhatt 5 0 32 0               23      
4 B Cooper 11 0 55 0               24      
5 M Mason 8 0 47 2               25      
6 P Stephens 4 0 24 0               26      
7                         27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1 37 2 37             32      
2 118 3 81             33      
3 125 4 7             34      
4 225 5 100             35      
5                   36      
6                   37      
7                   38      
8                   39      
9                   40      
10                   41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45