YCC: Highlights 11th-17th May – another win for the 2s with 6 wickets for Andy Peace
Teas - Many thanks to Debbie Pienaar & Nicola Stentiford for serving up teas for the 1s and 4s respectively.
Saturday
1st XI - lost to Wokingham by 1 wicket. YCC 148ao, Wokingham 149 for 9. 4 wickets for Sam Kennett, 3 for Jonah Ssebanja and 2 for Harry Bartlett. Click here for the scorecard. See below for the match report.
2nd XI – won by 6 wickets. British Airways 198ao, YCC 199 for 6. 6 wickets for Andy Peace, 3 for Kerr Franklin, 1 for Sam Sugars. Harry Maxfield 46, Chris Petts 43no, Paul Freeman 38, Mannu Rawat 37. Click here for scorecard. See below for the match report.
3rd XI – draw – Finchampstead 230 for 7, YCC 135 for 6. 2 wickets each Izzy Akhtar, Joe McGowan and Upkar Shishodia and one for John Muir. Upkar Shishodia 33, Gerard Soames 26 Click here for the scorecard.
4th XI – draw – Datchet Cranbourne 243 for 7, YCC 127 for 9. 3 wickets for Robin Smith, 2 for Angad Mathews and one each for Siddharth Bommireddy and Ryan Stentiford. Anghad Mathews 34, Chandu Bhavani 28, John McGowan 13, Robin Smith 13no. Click here for the scorecard. See below for the match report
Ladies 1st XI – lost by 8 wickets. YCC 129 for 6, Eversley 131 for 2. Debbie Pienaar 38, Rachel McGowan 15, Alanna Birch 12. One wicket each for Alanna Birch and Michelle Conway. Click here for the scorecard.
1st XI Match Report
After winning the toss (again) and batting first, our openers got us off to a very good start with a 42 stand, but the middle order could not kick on and we were struggling at 57 for 6 it was left to the lower order (we do not have a tail) to dig us out of a little hole and managed to get our total to 148 with good knocks from Jonathan Ssebanja (27) and Jacques Pienaar (27). We took to the field in fighting spirits and determined to win the game. We fought hard and we can hold our heads up very high by almost pulling off a fantastic win, but it was not meant to be and we lost by 1 wicket. The pick of the bowlers is Sam Kennett, with another 4 wicket haul but all four bowlers bowled exceptionally well, with Harry Barlett bowling, what is probably his longest spell of 12 overs on the trot. An improved performance and still a lot to learn but with 16 games left in the season, we have plenty of time and talent to get a run of results.
2nd XI Match Report
Yateley seconds went top of Division 4B with their second win, this time against British Airways seconds who posted 198 with Andy Peace 6–67 and Kerr Franklin 3–24. Harry Maxfield lead the reply with 46 well supported by Chris Petts (43), Paul Freeman (38) and Mannu Rawat (37) as Yateley eased home for a four wicket win in a perfectly paced run chase.
4nd XI Match Report
The toss lost, steady early progress with the ball turned into a long day in the field as injuries took their toll on the mobility of the fielders despite a typically energetic display from Angad. A tight last 10 overs from Angad and Robin really slowed them up and Robin finished with very respectable figures.
The chase did not get off to a good start. Early wickets tumbled and stand in skipper Mike's unbeaten record looked in jeopardy. Angad and Chandu steadied the ship then another good partnership between Sid and Robin looked to be bringing the team home for a draw but an excellent catch from one of the Datchett players dismissed Sid and the injured Skip complete with runner had to see the job done himself.