Theale & Tilehurst Friendly 1st XI vs Caversham and Redingensians 1st XI

8th August 2009

Report by Fingers.

Now we’re at the business end of the season games have that little bit of extra pressure; one slip up would give those chasing the promotion places an opening and make the last few games more exciting than they need to be.

Cat won the toss and elected to field. Lemmy and Weston opened the bowling and after a couple of boundaries in the second over a very tight reign was kept on the C&R scoring. After fifteen overs the scoring rate was only about 1½ an over with Lemmy having dismissed Grimsdale. Things changed when Sunil came in to the attack. In his first over he bowled Maffey and then Bannerjee was bowled behind his legs first ball. However, that was as good as it got for Sunil with the ball as in his next over C&R practically doubled their score.

Lemmy was bowling a marathon spell and seemed keen to try and bowl all the way through the innings. He managed to dismiss the dangerous looking Dewey but after 18 overs his spell finally came to an end, his final over nearly doubling the runs he had conceded. Jibran and Kulkarni were putting together the main partnership of the C&R innings as they doubled the C&R score for the sixth wicket. Just as they looked like they might be able to launch an assault on the final few overs they went in consecutive balls. A couple of late wickets for Crofty meant that C&R were bowled out in the final over available to them for 190.

Having hit a sumptuous boundary off the first ball of the T&T reply Wiggy went early caught at mid wicket. Cat and Crofty then consolidated things with a partnership of 56 before Cat was second out caught at slip. At 101-2 things seemed under control but three quick wickets put C&R right back in the game. Fortunately Sunil was able to play his best ^st XI innings of the season and in partnerships of 42 and 27 with Andy and Lemmy was able to take us to the brink of victory. With the scores level it was left to Weston to hit a six in to the car park to complete the victory and secure another 20 points. Our fate remains in our own hands.

Thanks go to Doc for fulfilling the umpiring duties this week.

THEALE AND TILEHURST CC SCORECARD
Home Team		Theale and Tilehurst						Away Team		Caversham and Redingensians
Date of Match		8th August 2009						Played at		Theale

		Team							Result	Team
Result		Theale and Tilehurst							beat	Caversham and Red.

1st Innings of		Caversham and Redingensians
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	J Grimsdale	bowled						C Lemm				1
2	D Maffey	bowled						S Kumar				12
3	Atif	run out										20
4	P Bannerjee	bowled						S Kumar				0
5	R Dewey	ct			B Cooper			C Lemm				34
6	Jibran	ct			A Wigmore			B Cooper				50
7	N Kulkarni	ct			P Stephens			B Cooper				24
8	J Wale	not out										9
9	A Northway	ct			A Wigmore			A Crofts				10
10	R Owen	run out										4
11	A Rahman	lbw						A Crofts				5
							Byes	0
							Leg Byes	10
							Wides	9
							No Balls	2
									Extras			21

							Wickets	10	Total			190

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	C Lemm		18	5	42	2
2	J Mare		16	3	28	0
3	S Kumar		7	1	56	2
4	B Cooper		8	1	37	2
5	A Crofts		2.5	0	17	2
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Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	13	1				13
2	23	2				10
3	23	3				0
4	71	4				48
5	84	5				13
6	162	6				78
7	162	7				0
8	173	8				11
9	177	9				4
10	190	11				13




2nd Innings of		Theale and Tilehurst
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	A Wigmore	ct			D Maffey			Jibran		1	0	5
2	P Stephens	ct			J Grimsdale			Jibran		3	0	21
3	A Crofts	ct			J Grimsdale			A Rahman		4	0	38
4	M Jamil	bowled						P Bannerjee		3	0	18
5	J Codd	ct			A Northway			A Rahman		0	0	0
6	S Kumar	not out								4	1	40
7	A Sharp	bowled						Atif		4	0	22
8	C Lemm	bowled						Atif		1	1	17
9	J Mare	not out								0	1	9
10	B Cooper
11	P Jenkins
							Byes	11
							Leg Byes	2
							Wides	6
							No Balls	7
									Extras			26

							Wickets	7	Total			196

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	N Kulkarni		5	1	17	0
2	Jibran		12	0	62	2
3	P Bannerjee		10	1	42	1
4	A Rahman		9	1	44	2
5	Atif		6.3	2	18	2
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Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	5	1				5
2	61	2				56
3	101	3				40
4	101	4				0
5	103	5				2
6	145	6				42
7	172	7				27
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