YCC: Highlights 8th-14th June – 6 out of 6 for 2s and best wishes to Ray de Winter
Teas - Many thanks to Kerr Franklin and Sally Maxfield for buying/preparing the teas for the 2s and to Duncan McGregor who was all ready to serve teas for the 3s before the friendly which had been organised to replace the conceded league match was cancelled.
Saturday
1st XI - lost to Kew by 40 runs. Kew 201 for 8, YCC 161ao. 2 wickets for Anthony Muir and Jonah Ssebanja and 1 each for Harry Bartlett and Rhodes Franklin. James Muir 58, Ryan Bone 33, Rhodes Franklin 31. Click here for the scorecard. See below for full match report.
2nd XI – won by 99 runs. YCC 242, YCC 199 for 8, Henley 143 for 10. Harry Maxfield 62, Kerr Franklin 39, Chris Petts 32. 4 wickets for Haig Franklin, 3 for Gerhard Pienaar, 2 for Kerr Franklin and 1 for Tom Nichols. Click here for scorecard. The 2s continued their winning streak with their 6th win picking up 25 points.
3rd XI – won, British Airways conceded.
4th XI – lost by 7 wickets. YCC 114 for 4, Cove 116 for 3.
Sunday
20/20 XI - won, Staines & Laleham conceded.
Ladies 1st XI – lost by 6 wickets, YCC 106ao, Wokingham 110 for 4. Debbie Pienaar 29. 2 wickets for Debbie Pienaar and 1 each for Molly James and Michelle Conway.
1st XI Match Report
After two, confidence boosting, wins the firsts failed to complete a hat-trick of successes losing at Kew. Kew opted to bat first and an opener for one, smartly run out by James Muir. Rajapakse immediately survived a confident appeal for a catch behind and with Nathan Pearce in support, Kew proceeded without alarm to 67 for 1 when Jon Ssbanja sent back Pearce. Anthony Muir then took two quick wickets and Kew were pegged back at 80 for 4. A dropped catch had earlier reprieved Rajapakse and he took full toll marshalling the middle and lower order against a disciplined Yateley bowling display and when Ssbanja finally sent back him back for 85 Kew had battled to a creditable 201 for 8. Muir ended with 2 for 37 and Ssbanja 2 for 41.
In spite of the early loss of John Howells, Muirey and Ryan put together a 50 partnership ahead of the required run rate which should have established the foundation for a successful chase. But when Boney holed out for 33 with 56 on the board our middle order collapse to 73 for 6 in the face of a devastating spell from Thomas which put Kew in the driving seat. Muirey watched the carnage from the bowlers’ end but was then joined by Rhodes in a fighting partnership which wrested the initiative back. Indeed at 146 for 6 the game was shifting in Yateley’s favour when Thomas crucially sent back James for 58 and with Rhodes soon caught for 31, the tail folded and we were all out for 161.
Best wishes to Ray de Winter
John Parker, Chris Jacobs and Peter Hanks (former 1st XI opening bowler) and visited Ray de Winter in hospital last Thursday as he continues to recover after his stroke. He enjoyed a visit to the local pub even though he was only allowed orange juice!
