Yateley Cricket Club

• Jess Bone for painting the picket fence - it looks very smart.

• Liz Lipo assisted by Sandy for preparing teas for the 1s

• Mike Brown who prepared  tea for the 4s

• Alison Bone who prepared tea for the Sunday 1st XI and Caroline Taylor for serving and clearing up (assisted by Jess???)

Highlights

William Banham and Oliver Newton being interviewed at the last T20 at the Ageas bowl the other weekend.   Both boys spoke really clearly and said that they played for Yateley Cricket Club and were fanatics !   See photo below.

YCC treated to a Red Arrows flypast on Saturday and Sunday!  Click here to see a photo.

 
Sunday
1 ^st XI – Century for James Halson as YCC beat Reading - Reading 181 for 7, YCC 182 for 3 (James Halson 102 no) - sorry no other details.

2 ^nd XI - lost to Fleet - YCC 150 for 10, Fleet 153 for 3.  Good batting performances from Liam Doran 34, John Howells 37, Connor MacGregor 19, 2 wickets for Liam Doran and 1 for Andre Pienaar.

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Saturday
1 ^st XI – back in winning form, beating Kidmore end by 41 runs - YCC 182 for 10, Kidmore End 141 for 10 (Ryan Bone 64, Stuart Lipo 37, Sadagopan Kumar 29, Ant Muir 5 for 17 in 14 overs (7 maidens), Harry Bartlett 2 for 21. Click here for full scorecard and match report .  Click here for a few photos.
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2 ^nd XI –  lost to Thatcham Town - YCC 137 for 10, Thatcham Town 138 for 6 (Dan Bone 45, Harry Maxfield 20, Nandre Burger 3 for 17, 2 wickets for Rob Barrett and one for Jason Soames).  Click here for the scorecard.
 
3 ^rd XI – Still top of Div 8A after beating Falkland Development - Falkland Development 96 for 10, YCC 97 for 2 - sorry no details

4 ^th XI - lost to Bracknell 2s - YCC 111 for 10, Bracknell 112 for 2.  Good batting performances from Ian Bailey 26, Lee Latif 22, Robin Smith 21 and Anthony McGowan 14.  Click here for the scorecard.

Match Report for 1st XI v Kidmore End
The 1s opted to bat first against bottom team Kidmore End on Saturday and spent most of our innings staring down the barrel of the gun. We immediately lost both John Howells and James Muir and when James Halson and Chris Clubb also went for single figures, we were reduced to 36 for 4. We were again indebted to the every reliable Boney who found a worthy partner in Kumar as they set about repairing the damage at better than a run a ball. However, having reached the relative safety of 100 for 4 in just 21 overs, Boney was bowled by Abi Ul-Wahab for 64 and when Kumar fell for 29, a dramatic collapse ensued and in the course of the next 8 overs we were left languishing at 128 for 9. Not for the first time last pair Stuart Lipo and Harry Bartlett initially hung in, then gradually took control taking the score to 182 in just 42 overs and it came as a complete surprise when Harry was bowled for 22 leaving Skip 37 not out.

Kidmore End also made an unpromising start to their reply losing both openers to Ants and Harry for 21. Our attack has performed well all season and the accurate Ants and Harry set about squeezing the Kidmore batsmen and they got their reward as wickets fell regularly as the required run rate rose. At 76 for 5 Greg Hearn joined Jeff Sheldon and a 50 partnership put their side back in contention but with Kumar tying up one end it was the pace and movement of Ants operating at the other end that saw Kidmore End subside to 141 all out with Ants finishing with a remarkable 5 for 17 in 14 overs, Harry 2 for 21 and Kumar 2 for 39. A great feature was our bowling supported by excellent fielding and Chris ‘sticky fingers’ Petts pulling off two good slip catches. With James Halson scoring a ton on Sunday in the 7 wicket win over Reading, we are in good heart for the start of the Guy Jewell defence this week