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Theale & Tilehurst v Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 2XI- Saturday on Sat 06 Jun 2015 at 1.00
Thatcham Town Cricket Club Won By 6 Wickets

Match report Thatcham Town Cricket Club 2nd XI v Theale & Tilehurst Cricket Club 1st XI

Thames Valley League Division 4B

Saturday 6th June 2015

Summary

Theale & Tilehurst: 285 for 9 (A Wigmore 131, R Why 69)

Thatcham: 286 for 4 (Simon Rider 100, Simon Gale 51, Chris Wright 66)

Thatcham Won by 6 wickets

Thatcham 2nd XI produced their best performance of the season as they comfortably chased down Theale & Tilehurst’s first innings total of 285 to gain a welcome 20 points.

Having lost the toss Thatcham were asked to take to the field first as the home side decided to take first use of what on the surface look like a track that could provide a bit of assistance to the bowlers, however the home side knew their track well as they built a total that seemed to provide only two possible outcomes, a draw or a home victory.

Thatcham started well as George Armstrong and Alex Wood bowled a good line to restrict the home side to 38 runs from the first 12 overs for the loss of 1 wicket as Armstrong removed Stephens for 2, clipping the top of off stump. Thatcham then started to struggle as A Wigmore and Singh combined to produce a partnership of 64, with A Wigmore being exceptionally brutal to anything pitched up or short.

Thatcham stuck to the job at hand and after a few bowling changes looked like they had stemmed the tide as Theale & Tilehurst reached 102 for 3. However A Wigmore was joined by R Why (69) as they amassed a stand of 151 in only 22 overs that look to have removed any chance of a Thatcham win. Thatcham knew, however the key to the innings was removing the dangerous Wigmore and when he finally fell to Wylie (3-43) for a fine 131 and the score on 253 Thatcham sensed a chance for damage limitation.

Rhordi Lewis (3-52) was introduced along with Wylie and the pair reduced the home side from 253 for 4 to 285 for 9, allowing Thatcham to have a glimmer of hope for their run chase.

Thatcham’s response and run chase could not have been more perfect as all batsmen took responsibility for their innings to ensure Thatcham never fell behind as they chased the daunting total. Lewis and Rider started in positive form as they added 26 runs to the total in the first 6 overs before Lewis mistimed a drive to mid-off for 17. Rider was joined by Gale (51) who continued his early season form as they added 101 runs for the second wicket to take Thatcham to 127 for 2.

With the foundation’s laid, the wicket of Gale brought Wright to the middle to produce another 100+ partnership as his aggressive approach combined perfectly with Rider’s subline stoke play to take Thatcham to the brink of victory. Wright finally misjudged the length of a delivery and was bowled for 66. Hobbs continued the attack as he added 14 runs to the total from his first 4 balls. Rider completed a great day for the away side as he passed his century with a beautifully struck 4.

As Rider finally fell for 100, Hobbs (28 not out) decided to put the Thatcham team’s nerves to rest as he struck the final 8 runs from the penultimate over to a well-deserved 6 wicket victory.

Theale & Tilehurst Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
1nb 14w 5b 9lb 
for 9 wickets
29
285 (49.0 overs)		     
R Stephens b  Armstrong 2
A Singh Run out  13
A Wigmore ct  Wylie 131
M Holder ct  Bird 14
R Why b  Lewis 69
H Ryle b  Lewis 3
R Dimmack ct  Lewis 9
J Bolarth ct  Wylie 5
C Lemm ct  Wylie 6
C Cook Not Out  4
A Shotter  

Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 2XI- Saturday Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
George Armstrong11.0145145.004.09
Alex Wood10.023900.003.90
Ben Denton-Powell2.002100.0010.50
Simon Lewis9.015000.005.56
Rhodri Lewis7.0052317.337.43
Stephen Bird4.0021121.005.25
Eddie Wylie6.0043314.337.17

Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 2XI- Saturday Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 6w 6b 10lb 
for 4 wickets
24
286		        
Simon Rider ct  Dimmack 100
Simon Lewis ct  Lemm 17 1
Simon Gale ct  Singh 51 1
Chris Wright b  Lemm 66
Michael Hobbs Not Out  28
Stephen Bird Not Out  0 2
Eddie Wylie  
Alex Wood  
Rhodri Lewis  
George Armstrong   1
Ben Denton-Powell  

Theale & Tilehurst Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
J Bolarth4.311800.004.00
C Lemm13.5069234.504.99
C Cook8.303500.004.12
A Singh8.0133133.004.13
R Dimmack13.0180180.006.15
H Ryle3.003500.0011.67