YCC: Highlights of the week (5th Aug-11th Aug) – 1s and 3s close the gap for a promotion spot to single figures
Many thanks to Jane Vincent and Julie King (assisted by Mike Vincent) who produced delicious teas for the 2 home matches. Thanks also to Gail Wood and Rachel McGowan who produced equally delicious fare for last week’s matches.
Monday 12th Aug - Mid Week XI will be playing in the semi-final of the Guy Jewel Cup against Hook at the Basingstoke's Mays Bounty ground starting at 5:45, please come down and support our team.
1st XI are just 6 points off first place after a winning draw (15 points) against Sonning. (Tom Wood 60, Andrew Nibblett 51no, Ollie Soames 39, Stuart Lipo 38no, 4 wickets for Tom Wood and 2 for Andrew Nibblett). Click here for the scorecard.
2nd XI beat Cove 3 (25 points) by a significant margin, declaring on 270-5 then bowling Cove out for just 64 runs. (James Wilson 126, Chris Petts 76no, Charlie Harris 43. Hat trick for Jacob Vincent and 3 wickets each for Henry Wildey & Jacques Pienaar.
3rd XI pick up 25 points and close the gap to 9 points for a promotion spot by beating promotion rivals North Maidenhead by 118 runs. (Chris James 114, Gerard Soames 53, 4 wickets for Chris James, and 2 each for Andy Davies, Tom Halson and Christian King and a great slip catch by Tom Halson). Click here for the scorecard and match report (also below).
4th XI drew with Teddington (Pete Mitchell 60, Joe McGowan 38). Click here for the scorecard.
3rd XI Match Report
Won the Toss! (maybe not as useless as was thought!!)
Needing a big win to stay in the fight, decided to bat first. G Soames (53) & H Squire (6) got the 3rd's off to a good start putting on 46 in 11 overs. The introduction of the opposition skipper T Choudry saw a quick change in fortunes with H Squire edging his 1st ball and then B Tucker falling to his 3rd ball which cut back from a foot outside his off stump to hit middle (welcome to the 2nd pitch Ben). In strode C James (114) who proceeded to take the opposition bowlers to the cleaners (Not bad Chris, we might invite you back ;-) ). Despite a flurry of late wickets Yateley declared in the 42nd over with the score @ 226 for 9.
When Yateley took to the field after tea we quickly picked up the 1st wicket but North Maidenhead signalled their intent by hitting a few boundaries. So with North Maidenhead racing along @ 42 for 1 off 6 overs, enter C James (7-0-25-4) apparently he bowls as well!! 42 for 1 rapidly became 71 for 6. Tidy spells from T Halson (4-0-14-2) & C King (2.3-0-14-2) put an end to North Maidenhead's resistance, with the opposition finally being bowled out for 112.
Another fantastic performance.
M.O.M: hmm.. difficult one, but I think C James might have edged this one!
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