Theale & Tilehurst 1st XI vs Woodcote 23rd June 2007

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The Village People of Woodcote have had a good start to their first season in the premier division and in what were testing conditions due to the prevailing weather this was going to be a tough game. It was made potentially tougher when Cat lost another toss and we were predictably put in to bat.

Cat was the first to go caught at short leg and he was soon followed by Cullum, not before he produced the shot of of the day though with an exquisite cover drive.

When James was the fifth out for a battling 21 with the score on 58 it seemed like we might get rolled over. Sunil and Osman though had different ideas and started building a partnership that was going to give us something to bowl at. Sunil dealt with any poor deliveries severely as he played what was his best league innings of the season so far and Osman showed skill and patience with the bat as they put on 79 for the sixth wicket.

When the early predictions came true that the most likely way that the partnership would end was by way of run out the final wickets went in a rush either side of a brief rain shower during which tea was taken. Just a note here for fans of cheese and crisp sandwiches - Woodcote away is the match for you.

Whilst 145 hadn't put the game beyond Woodcote's reach it was going to be a tough total to chase. This was shown when three wickets fell with the score on 12 as Cullum and Mo both bowled well initially with the old ball.

When the seventh wicket fell in the 26th over only one result seemed possible but Silver and Higley showed an application that some of the other batsman seemed to be lacking as they set about repelling the T&T attack. There was a question over the Woodcote tactics though; in batting out for a draw and stonewalling to such an extent that no runs were being scored they weren't going to get any more points from a losing draw than they would a loss. With them being near the top of the table this did seem to lack some sense.

Finally the wicket of Silver went to Doc and then Cullum and Mo were brought back to try and finish things off. Initially it took a while but when Crawford edged Mo behind for the ninth wicket we only had to wait two more balls before the tenth fell to the second ball of the 47th over of the innings, the second time we have won a game this season in extra overs having been bowled out early.

 
THEALE AND TILEHURST CC SCORECARD
Home Team Woodcote Away Team Theale and Tilehurst
Date of Match 23rd June 2007 Played at Woodcote
Team Result Team
Result Theale and Tilehurst beat Woodcote
1st Innings of Theale and Tilehurst
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score
1 J Codd ct P Knox R Topham 3 0 21
2 P Stephens ct R Topham P Knox 0 0 2
3 C Smith ct P Roberts J Clarke 1 0 6
4 M Jamil ct A Silver P Knox 0 0 3
5 A Crofts ct M Knox P Knox 1 0 9
6 S Kumar run out 7 1 46
7 O Mahmood bowled P Knox 3 0 20
8 Neill Halliday ct M Higley P Knox 0 0 0
9 M Seghir not out 0 0 3
10 B Cooper ct D Holder P Knox 0 0 2
11 P Jenkins bowled J Worsfold 0 0 0
Byes 4
Leg Byes 0
Wides 28
No Balls 1
Extras 33
Wickets 10 Total 145
Bowling O M R W
1 J Clarke 15 2 55 1
2 P Knox 14 4 30 6
3 R Topham 9 0 38 1
4 M Knox 3 0 16 0
5 J Worsfold 0.4 0 1 1
6
7
8
Fall of Wicket
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of
1 20 2 20
2 29 3 9
3 41 4 12
4 58 5 17
5 58 1 0
6 136 6 78
7 136 8 0
8 142 7 6
9 144 10 2
10 145 11 1
2nd Innings of Woodcote
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score
1 R Topham ct P Jenkins M Seghir 0 0 3
2 P Roberts bowled C Smith 1 0 6
3 P Knox ct A Crofts M Seghir 2 0 12
4 J Clark ct P Jenkins C Smith 0 0 0
5 A Silver lbw Neill Halliday 2 0 28
6 D Holder bowled C Smith 1 0 8
7 M Knox ct M Seghir Neill Halliday 0 0 4
8 J Worsfold bowled O Mahmood 0 1 6
9 M Higley ct P Jenkins C Smith 0 0 6
10 C Anderson ct P Jenkins M Seghir 0 0 2
11 F Dillon not out 0 0 0
Byes 0
Leg Byes 0
Wides 10
No Balls 0
Extras 10
Wickets 10 Total 85
Bowling O M R W
1 C Smith 13.2 1 30 4
2 M Seghir 12 2 28 3
3 O Mahmood 7 0 18 1
4 Neill Halliday 10 4 11 2
5 B Cooper 4 3 1 0
6
7
8
Fall of Wicket
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of
1 12 12
2 12 0
3 12 0
4 26 14
5 38 12
6 53 15
7 60 7
8 77 17
9 86 9
10 86 0
THEALE AND TILEHURST CC SCORECARD
Home Team Theale and Tilehurst Away Team Peppard
Date of Match 16th June 2007 Played at Theale
Team Result Team
Result Theale and Tilehurst beat Peppard
1st Innings of Theale and Tilehurst
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score
1 A Wigmore ct T Blair P Vines 2 0 21
2 P Stephens bowled A Watts 5 0 40
3 S Kumar ct T Blair A Watts 2 0 14
4 A Crofts ct P Vines A Watts 3 1 21
5 M Jamil bowled M Chard 6 0 31
6 M Toyer ct S Gosby M Chard 1 0 10
7 S Bond bowled M Chard 4 0 21
8 O Mahmood not out 0 1 14
9 M Seghir not out 0 0 8
10 B Cooper DNB
11 P Jenkins DNB
Byes 1
Leg Byes 1
Wides 0
No Balls 0
Extras 2
Wickets 7 Total 182
Bowling O M R W
1 P Vines 11 2 42 1
2 R Hayden 7 0 25 0
3 A Watts 15 5 53 3
4 P Heslop 3 0 24 0
5 M Chard 9 1 36 3
6
7
8
Fall of Wicket
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of
1 34 1 34
2 57 3 23
3 91 4 34
4 106 2 15
5 137 5 31
6 148 6 11
7 165 7 17
8
9
10
2nd Innings of Peppard
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score
1 H Asquith ct M Toyer O Mahmood 25
2 R Brock ct & b O Mahmood 0
3 A Watts ct M Toyer M Seghir 6
4 C Proudfoot ct P Jenkins M Seghir 2
5 P Vines ct A Wigmore M Seghir 0
6 P Heslop ct M Toyer M Seghir 2
7 S Gosby ct M Toyer M Seghir 4
8 T Blair ct A Wigmore B Cooper 42
9 A Mayers ct M Toyer S Bond 16
10 R Hayden ct A Wigmore S Bond 19
11 M Chard not out 0
Byes 0
Leg Byes 1
Wides 7
No Balls 0
Extras 8
Wickets 10 Total 124
Bowling O M R W
1 M Seghir 12 1 44 5
2 O Mahmood 11 4 22 2
3 M Jamil 5 0 22 0
4 S Bond 5 0 25 2
5 B Cooper 0.4 0 6 1
6
7
8
Fall of Wicket
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of
1 4 2 4
2 22 3 18
3 39 4 17
4 40 1 1
5 40 5 0
6 46 7 6
7 47 6 1
8 74 9 27
9 118 10 44
10 124 8 6