Theale & Tilehurst Friendly XI vs Chiswick & Latymer Friendly XI

17th April 2010

Match Report by Wiggy.

Although it was 7 months since the last time we had played at Theale it felt like little had changed for the first game of the new season. Despite being on the team sheet for the home game Den arrived at Theale nice and early expecting to be picked up for the away fixture and I was convincedthat we were playing Mortimer West End. Fortunately some of the team knew what was going on and things soon got underway smoothly.

At the toss we agreed that he would rather bowl and I would rather bat, however he was keen to have the toss regardless. I called heads, lost, but we ended up batting anyway.

The innings got underway as Matt and I set about nullifying the Chiswick attack. I was very lucky not to record a 3rd ball duck for my first game in charge but fortunately Knowles dropped a sitter off his own bowling and we were soon underway. The pitch was playing very well for an April wicket (well done to Brian and Phil for all their hard work on the square) as we put on 43 for the first wicket. Matt had been batting serenely up until this point but a rush of blood saw him depart for 10, and I left for 39 going back to one which I should have gone forward to. Fortunately at this point Sunil arrived to play the key knock of our innings. From the start it was clear that he was struggling to time the ball as he would have liked, as the accurate spin of Aggot and Carr looked to tie us down, but he showed impressive determination to finish on a very well made 72. James W provided very able support and the pair put on 81 for the 4th wicket which took us most of the way to a respectable 190 of our 45 overs.

Cooky and Jamil took the new ball with Jamil immediately showing good pace and hitting a tidy line and length. The Chiswick openers were not playing many shots and proved difficult to shift, but Cooky who seemed to get better and better the longer his spell went on got the first breakthrough and finished with 2-17. After the slow start Chiswick remained behind the rate for most of their innings as we made steady progress through their order. Imran was the pick of the bowlers, mixing it up nicely for 3-31 off his 9, as Chiswick were bowled out still 48 runs short of our total.

Thanks to Chiswick for a very enjoyable game played in a good spirit, and Brian for a lovely tea.

In pictures...

THEALE AND TILEHURST CC SCORECARD
Home Team		Theale and Tilehurst						Away Team		Chiswick and Latymer
Date of Match		17th April 2010						Played at		Theale

		Team							Result	Team
Result		Theale and Tilehurst							beat	Chiswick and Latymer

1st Innings of		Theale and Tilehurst
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	A Wigmore	bowled						M Aggott		5	1	39
2	M Runkel	bowled						Azim		2	0	10
3	S Kumar	bowled						M Knowles		9	0	72
4	M Jamil	ct & b						J Carr		0	0	4
5	J White	run out								0	0	12
6	I Mahmood	ct			-			M Knowles		1	1	13
7	D Robertson	not out								1	0	5
8	A Sharp	not out								0	0	1
9	C Cook
10	S Bond
11	P Jenkins
							Byes	15
							Leg Byes	1
							Wides	17
							No Balls	1
									Extras			34

							Wickets	6	Total			190

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	M Knowles		8	1	45	2
2	Azim		6	1	28	1
3	M Aggott		9	3	14	1
4	J Carr		8	1	18	1
5			3	0	23	0
6			6	0	21	0
7	I Singh		5	0	23	0
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Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	43	2				43
2	60	1				17
3	65	4				5
4	146	5				81
5	179	6				33
6	189	3				10
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2nd Innings of		Chiswick and Latymer
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	P Smith	ct			M Jamil			A Sharp				20
2	M Keniston	bowled						C Cook				2
3	D Cook	bowled						C Cook				4
4	E Cambray	bowled						I Mahmood				23
5	Azimuddin	ct & b						I Mahmood				22
6	I Singh	bowled						S Bond				0
7	C Tucker	bowled						A Wigmore				27
8	G Wadwa	run out			(Runkel/Bond)							22
9	M Aggott	st			P Jenkins			I Mahmood				3
10	N Seneviratne	ct			M Jamil			A Sharp				1
11	J Carr	not out										2
							Byes	8
							Leg Byes	2
							Wides	4
							No Balls	2
									Extras			16

							Wickets	10	Total			142

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	C Cook		9	4	17	2
2	M Jamil		5	1	12	0
3	A Sharp		9	1	44	2
4	S Bond		6.1	1	24	1
5	I Mahmood		9	2	31	3
6	A Wigmore		2	1	1	1
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Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	32	2				32
2	32	1				0
3	38	3				6
4	83	5				45
5	83	6				0
6	85	4				2
7	115	7				30
8	131	9				16
9	142	10				11
10	144	8				2