Theale & Tilehurst 2nd XI vs Bradfield 16th June 2007

Report by Chef

Well the game started 50 mins late while we waited for the pitch to dry a little and for Ram to navigate round the huge metropolis that is Bradfield. It was an important toss and Meady won and elected to bowl first.

We made a breakthrough in the second over with Comber edging it to Eddie who took a great catch at first slip. Clearly the pre-match fielding helped Eddie, although he dropped the only practice catch that went his way.

Bishop was then plumb in front by Ram. It was then a crazy run out that saw the dismissal of the other opener Crew.

Allen played aggressively although seemed to ride his luck with some drops and the ball generally falling between fielders and a stumping\run out that wasn't given. Ram then had North caught behind. After bowling a pile of pants, Aygz pulled out a beauty to bowl Bolton, then another to bowl Hall, then went back to the option of pants.

Rags then took Atkinson. Chef bowled Allen with an absolutely corking off stump yorker (even if I say so myself) but it was Rags who then stole the next two wickets from me. They were all out for 127 and it was very much a tail of one wicket.

It was nice to see Rog at the ground (who was unavailable due to injury). As the JCB left the ground carrying his helping of Tea the game began again.

As we set off, it was in the second over that Eddie's eye's lit up, the ball bounced too high and he dollied one up to gully. James and Meady put together a good partnership, both playing positively. Meady hitting two lovely sixes. It was Meady (32) to go first, further reducing his ridiculous average but James (35) was to follow soon after.

This brought to the crease the lighting pair of Micky and Nehal. It wasn't long before Micky called for a quick single and it seemed like the world stopped turning. It seemed everyone on the pitch had suddenly turned into slow motion, including the fielder. After the twilight zone had finished Micky was then caught on 5.

It was down to The Finisher (Nehal) who yet again saw us home with 39 in 46 balls, ably assisted by Andy (who is a welcome return for my fantasy team). We again picked up 30 points and long may the run continue.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD
Home Team		Bradfield						Away Team		Theale and Tilehurst
Date of Match		16th June 2007						Played at		Bradfield

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		T&T						30	beat	Bradfield				5

1st Innings of		Bradfield												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	D Comber	ct			E Ellis			Nigel Halliday		0	0	1	1
2	R Crew	Run Out								0	0	7	2
3	N Bishop	LBW						R Sankaran		0	0	2	3
4	B Allen	Bowled						Nigel Halliday		0	0	75	4
5	A North	Ct			T Beck			R Sankaran		0	0	0	5
6	M Bolton	Bowled						P Ager		0	0	3	6
7	C Hall	Bowled						P Ager		0	0	0	7
8	J Atkinson	Bowled						M Mason		0	0	16	8
9	B Bolton	Ct & B			M Mason			M Mason		0	0	1	9
10	R Stanfield	Not Out								0	0	1	10
11	J Bargent	Ct			T Beck			M Mason		0	0	2	11
							Byes	4					12
							Leg Byes	0					13
							Wides	15					14
							No Balls	0					15
									Extras			19	16
													17
							Wickets	10	Total			127	18
													19
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	R Sankaran		11	2	29	2							21
2	Nigel Halliday		10	1	26	2							22
3	P Ager		8	0	42	2							23
4	M Mason		7.4	1	24	3							24
5													25
6													26
7													27
8													28
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Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	1	1											32
2	9	3											33
3	17	2											34
4	24	5											35
5	67	6											36
6	67	7											37
7	118	8											38
8	124	4											39
9	124	9											40
10	127	11											41
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													45
2nd Innings of		T & T 2												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	E Ellis	Ct			Crow			Bolton		0	0	0	1	0	0
2	J Codd	Ct			Comber			Bolton		5	0	35	2	4	0
3	P Mead	Ct			Bishop			Bargent		3	2	32	3	4	1
4	M Mehta	Ct			Bolton			Atkinson		0	0	5	4	7	1
5	N Bhatt	Not Out								6	0	39	5	11	1
6	A Jones	Not Out								1	0	6	6	14	1
7	M Mason	DNB								0	0	0	7	19	1
8	R Sankaran	DNB								0	0	0	8	29	1
9	P Ager	DNB								0	0	0	9	33	1
10	Nigel Halliday	DNB								0	0	0	10	35	1
11	T Beck	DNB								0	0	0	11	41	1
							Byes	6					12	57	1
							Leg Byes	2					13	63	1
							Wides	3					14	71	2
							No Balls	1					15	71	3
									Extras			12	16	73	3
													17	74	3
							Wickets	4	Total			129	18	78	3
													19	80	3
Bowling			O	M	R	W							20	88	3
1	B Bolton		14.3	4	42	2							21	89	3
2	C Hall		6	0	38	0							22	93	3
3	J Bargent		4	0	21	1							23	99	3
4	J Atkinson		4	0	20	1							24	100	4
5													25	100	4
6													26	109	4
7													27	113	4
8													28	124	4
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	4	1				4							32
2	71	3				67							33
3	71	2				0							34
4	99	4				28							35
5													36
6													37
7													38
8													39
9													40
10													41
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