Theale & Tilehurst 1st XI vs Finchampstead 3rd XI

6th August 2011

Report by Jenks.

Complete Madness

I arrived at the ground soon after 11.00am to tidy up the square after the u17s fantastic win over Purley on the Friday. It soon became quite a GREY DAY and there was the threat of rain in the air so the covers were duly pulled out to cover the track. There was a light shower but certainly no where near enough rain had fallen to sail a NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO and the track looked like a great batting surface.

After the EMBARRASSMENT of the result against Odiham the previous week it was important that we got back to winning ways. Wiggy went out to toss with oppo. skipper and was completely taken aback by his decision to put us in – MADNESS! Sunny and James opened up and after a steady start Sunny went for 14 in the 8th over. Sunny was clearly not feeling too good and when he couldn’t find a local BED AND BREAKFAST MAN decided to go and have a sleep on the bench in the changing room for half an hour or so.

James was joined by Harry and scoring became very fluent. Harry went on to make a well crafted 43 and James played THE PRINCE of an innings with brilliant 75. At 27 overs gone I was asked to take over the scorebook from Jamil – I nearly had a CARDIAC ARREST as took me the remainder of the innings to work out quite what he’d done and get the numbers to all add back! Only Jamil failed with the bat as Ash, 37, Rob, 42 and Wiggy 42 n.o. all contributed in free flowing style. Wiggy decided to declare at 276 for 6 in the 45th over. It was a batting performance ONE STEP BEYOND anything we’d managed the previous week.

At the tea interval the Peter Gooch Room was, for the home side, a HOUSE OF FUN. Cookie provided a great tea, although to honest, when having to field second I can either TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT – there’s always the option of a curry IN THE CITY after the match. I had hoped MY GIRL might turn up around tea time to help clear up but unfortunately that was not so we were indebted to Bob who very kindly washed up and cleared away for us – thank you very much Bob - IT MUST BE LOVE.

Wiggy decided we’d start in the field with the old ball and some spin and our exploits couldn’t have got off to a better start with Ash getting Biggs full on the boot right in front of his stumps first ball, it was a sign of what was to come. The second wicket fell with the score on 8, quickly followed by the 3rd and 4th for the addition of only 2 more runs. Wickets were falling quickly and the score was barely moving as Ash and Harry were both getting the ball to move in ridiculous directions off the surface. In fact, it was not just the batsmen that were struggling with the turn, for the first few overs I was top scoring for the oppo. in byes – and didn’t my team mates rub it in!

Harry continued to struggle to stop his trousers falling down throughout the game – I really think he needs to get some more BAGGY TROUSERS with plenty of room for his backside and maybe a belt.

James and Steve both took very good catches in the slips off Harry and Ash respectively as Finch moved to 27 for 6. The Finch skipper, Arnold then came to the middle and began to score fluently, however, despite some partnerships starting to get off the ground, wickets continued to fall. When I did managed to hold on to a Harry delivery to stump Foster at last everyone SHUT UP about all the byes. When Ash got Clarke, the ninth wicket for THE RETURN OF (THE LOS PALMAS) 7 for 37 from 16 overs, we thought the conclusion to the match was just around the corner, however there was a decent 10th wicket stand between Arnold (69 n.o.) and Brown (8) and it was left to Cookie from the 1st ball of his 3rd over to get Brown, caught Sunil, to finish off the game, Finch eventually all out for 156 in the 37th over

Full marks to Finch for fighting right until the end.

THEALE AND TILEHURST CC SCORECARD
Home Team		T&TCC 1st IX						Away Team		FINCH 3rd XI
Date of Match		6th August 2011						Played at		Englefield Road Ground, Theale

		Team							Result	Team
Result		T&TCC 1st IX							beat	FINCH 3rd XI			by 120 runs

1st Innings of		T&TCC
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	J Codd	Bowled						Bazley				75
2	S Kumar	Caught			Brown			Foster				14
3	H Osborn	Caught			Fry			Brown				43
4	A Misra	Caught			Clarke			Brown				37
5	M Jamil	Bowled						Bazley				0
6	R Dimmack	Bowled						Bazley				42
7	A Wigmore	Not Out										42
8	A Shotter	Not Out										1
9	C Cook	DNB										0
10	S Du Cros	DNB										0
11	P Jenkins	DNB										0

							Byes					2
							Leg Byes					2
							Wides					16
							No Balls					2
									Extras			22

							Wickets		Total			276

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	Clarke		7	1	38	0
2	Foster		11	0	41	1
3	Bazley		9	0	63	3
4	Fisher		7	0	58	0
5	Brown		11	0	72	2
6
7
8

Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	36	2				36
2	121	3				85
3	184	4				63
4	188	1				4
5	204	5				16
6	275	6				71
7	276					1
8						-276
9						0
10						0




2nd Innings of		Finchamstead
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score
1	Biggs	LBW						Misra				0
2	Blogg	LBW						Misra				3
3	Jones	Bowled						Misra				0
4	Fry	Caught			Codd			Osborn				1
5	Fisher	Caught			Du Cros			Misra				0
6	Bazley	Caught			Cook			Misra				13
7	Hull	LBW						Misra				4
8	Arnold	NOT OUT										69
9	Foster	Stumped			Jenkins			Osborn				8
10	Clarke	Caught			Shotter			Misra				7
11	Brown	Caught			Kumar			Cook				8

							Byes					28
							Leg Byes					9
							Wides					6
							No Balls					0
									Extras			43

							Wickets		Total			156

Bowling			O	M	R	W
1	Misar		16	5	37	7
2	Osborn		15	7	45	2
3	Du Cros		3	0	27	0
4	Cook		2.1	0	9	1
5
6
7
8

Fall of Wicket
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of
1	0	1				0
2	8	3				8
3	9	4				1
4	10	5				1
5	17	2				7
6	27	7				10
7	38	6				11
8	65	9				27
9	86	10				21
10	156	11				70