YCC: Highlights 27th July – 2nd August – Century for Jason Soames & fifer for Tom Nichols see 2s stay top of Div 4B after another convincing win against Thatcham Town.
Saturday 8th August, Saturday Night Social
South African Braai – see below for details and let John Muir
know if you’re planning to be there.
Teas - Many thanks to John Howells and his mum for the 2s tea, Linda Soames for the 3s tea, Elaine Franklin for the STL tea and Michelle Conway for preparing the Ladies tea and to Kier Sessions for serving it and clearing up.
Saturday
1st XI – draw. YCC 271 for 7, Beaconsfield 177 for 9. James Muir 78, Oliver Soames 59, Dan Bone 40, Jonathan Ssebanja 33, Anthony Muir 30no. Fifer for Anthony Muir (5-43), 2 wickets for Jonathan Ssebanja and 1 each for Gerhard Pienaar and Jacques Pienaar. who also took 3 catches. Click here for the scorecard. See below for a full match report.
2nd XI – won by 26 runs. YCC 255 for 8, Thatcham Town 229ao. Jason Soames 104, John Howells 64. Fifer for Tom Nichols (5-57), 2 for Kerr Franklin and 1 for Chris James. Click here for scorecard.
3rd XI – draw. North Maidenhead 248 for 8, YCC 240 for 8. 4 wickets for Upkar Shishodia, 3 for Izzy Akhtar. Paul Freeman 51, Paul Nichols 50, Anthony McGowan 40. Click here for scorecard.
4th XI – match cancelled. However, the report from last week’s match just missed the highlights email so ….
4th XI - 25th Jul, lost by 6 wickets. YCC 134ao, Sonning 138 for 4. Sid Bommireddy 35, John Garrett 27, Adam Doorbar 24. 2 wickets for Andy Davies and 1 each for Chandu Bhavani and Adam Doorbar. Click here for scorecard. See below for a full match report.
Surrey Trust League – lost by 52 runs. East Molesey 237 for 6, YCC 185ao. 2 wickets each for Jacques Pienaar and Kerr Franklin, 1 for Rhodes Franklin. 2 catches for James Muir and 1 each for Jacques Pienaar and Tom Halson. Sam Kennett 48, Jacques Pienaar 28, James Muir 24. Clicke here for the scorecard.
20/20 XI
Guy Jewel Cup– won by 38 runs. YCC 181 for 7, Old Basing 143 for 9. Ryan Bone 58, Chris Petts 44, Oliver Soames 30. 3 wickets for Stuart Lipo, 2 each for Anthony Muir and Jonathan Ssebanja and 1 for Jacques Pienaar. Click here for the scorecard. Yateley now meet Hook and Newnham CC in the semi-final on Monday 10th August.
U19 NatWest ECB Cup – won by 51 runs. YCC 174 for 3, Aldershot 123ao. Tom Halson 52 retired, Oliver Soames 51 retired, Sam Kennett 27, Jason Soames 23. 3 wickets for Haig Franklin, 2 for Harry Wheeler and 1 each for Rhodes Franklin and Joe McGowan. Click here for the scorecard.
1st XI Match Report
After losing the toss (yes, another one), Yateley were put into bat (which is what we wanted to do anyway) but after a bad start, losing our first wicket of James Halson with the score on 7 we thought that it would be a tough day at the office but Ollie Soames and James Muir had different ideas and built a partnership of 107. After Ollie was out for 59 with the score on 114, Dan Bone and James Muir continued to score and build the innings with Dan departing 10 short of a deserved 50 with the score now on 186 in the 39th over to leave the innings in a good situation for our big hitters. James Muir followed shortly for a very good 78 leaving Anthony Muir and Jonthan Ssebanja to take the innings home and get Yateley to 271 of 52 overs with Jonathan Ssebanja scoring 33 and Anthony Muir finishing on 30 not out. Yateley took to the field in high spirits following good wins the previous Saturday and Tuesday and once again took the old ball with Anthony Muir striking early in the 4th over and then again in the 6th and 8th overs to leave Beaconsfield 27 for 4. Gerhard Pienaar finally struck for a well-deserved wicket in the 13th over and Anthony Muir taking his 5th wicket in the 17th over, meaning Beaconsfield were struggling on 39 for 6. But Yateley were unable to take any further wickets until the 28th over and in search for the remaining 3 wickets Yateley were unable to take their chances and could only take 9 wickets with Beaconsfield on 177 off their 48 overs. After the weekend, this still leaves Yateley in 3rd closing the gap to top of the league Marlow (who we still have to play) to 11 points with 5 games remaining. Promotion winning push to the finish now! Thanks to our supporters once again and to Gerhard Pienaar for filling in last minute. Great game and lots of positives. Thanks to Sandy for scoring and Beaconsfield for a hard game.
4th XI Match Report – Saturday 25th July
I’m not one to suggest the toss would be critical in a game as low as Div. 9a – but after a bucket load of rain 24 hrs earlier, it might just have been on this occasion – lost it, sent in! After a steady start from John (27) and Paul, we started to lose wickets at a steady rate. Sid continued his good run with a fine 35 and a wonderful cameo from Adam (24 including two 6s) saw us through to 134 all out. However, with conditions drying all the time, it felt like 20 to 30 runs light. It felt like a few more after just one over of the reply when N. Tahir signalled his intentions, sending Andy back over his head for a straight 6, and that despite Andy trapping what we thought was their main danger man for a duck! By the time Tahir departed, he had made 49 and the damage was done and in the end, Sonning cantered to a 6 wkt victory, despite late wickets from Andy, Adam and Chandu. Had we dismissed Tahir earlier, who knows, especially judging by what followed. Small margins!!
Special thanks to John Parker and the team for getting the wicket ready, to John and Rachel for their usual high standard of teas and to Sonning for playing the game in good spirit.
