Scorecard

Cove v Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 1st X1 - Sunday on Sun 20 May 2007 at 1pm
Thatcham Town Cricket Club Won by 5 wickets

Match report Thatcham advanced to the 3rd round of the Cockspur Cup with a comfortable victory over Cove…..

Cove lost the toss and Thatcham elected to field. Simon Rider and Andy Harland opened the attack with both taking their time to find their rhythm, however it wasn’t long before Rider removed Marsh for 14. Neil Randall displayed his usual attacking style however was cleaned bowled by Harland for just 5., reducing Cove to 49-2. Rider continued bowling well to remove Tomsett early, leaving Cove in some trouble at 61-3. Johnson came into the attack with almost instant results removing the main stay of the Cove attack Crompton, for 37. Nick Randall came to the crease and played a perfect captain’s innings giving few chances and using the short boundary to good effect, restoring some respectability to the Cove innings with 69. But wickets continued to fall regularly at the other end with Nick Bishop, Chris Bird and Duncan Johnson all among the wickets. Cove managed just 187-8 from their 45 overs.

In reply Steve Wyatt (31) and Nick Bishop (23) attacked from the off, putting considerable pressure on the Cove bowling. Bishop was first to fall to Roylance caught behind. This brought Daniel Stone to the crease, how continued his early season form to fashion a nice knock of 26 before being bowled by Tomsett for 26. Matt Denness fell quickly for just 7 to leave Thatcham 125-4. However Duncan Johnson 43* and Steve Bartholomew 26 played some superb shots, with Bartholomew punishing some loose bowling finding the middle of the bat from ball one. Johnson and Harland saw the team home to a five wicket win in the 40th over.

Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 1st X1 - Sunday Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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188		        
Steve Wyatt Caught  31 2
Nick Bishop Caught  23 1
Dan Stone Bowled  26 1
Matthew Denness Caught  7
Duncan Johnson Not Out  43 1
Steve Bartholomew Bowled  26 1
Andy Harland Not Out  2
Martin Keep  
Simon Rider  
Chris Bird  
Gavin Ansell  

Cove Bowling

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Cove Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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for 0 wickets
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Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 1st X1 - Sunday Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Andy Harland9.0125125.002.78
Simon Rider9.0334217.003.78
Chris Bird9.0246146.005.11
Duncan Johnson9.0142221.004.67
Nick Bishop9.0029214.503.22