Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club

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Sandhurst v Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club Sunday XI on Sun 08 Jun 2014 at 2 pm
Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club Won by 10 wickets

Match report C&C demolish tug of war champions

On a sunny day in the tug of war capital of Berkshire an old duel that had been simmering away for some time was once again reignited. If we thought Sandhurst and Crowthorne had history, it's nothing compared to Sandhurst and Crown Wood. It's as if England and Holland decided they were now 1 nation, and then promptly arranged a football match against Germany.

The Crows skipper made a good assessment of the pitch, and decided it was probably a low scorer (jungle like grass in the outfield is normally a good clue). He won the toss and decided to bowl, wanting to know what the chase was. The Crows started brilliantly, bowling tight lines and giving away little. The effort nearly caused the Sinner Man to faint in the heat. Dan got the breakthrough, with a good catch from Barron at Long Off. Panesar came in at 4 and looked fairly settled, but eventually went for 22 spooning one up which RP Hester snaffled. Nothing else was really offered in the batting department, bainsey took an excellent 5 for, and was backed up well by the fielders taking really good catches. Even Micky and Seano got in on the action, bowling some death overs which were very tidy. It ended 97-9 off 47 Overs.

Tea was sampled, and a solid 7.5 with nice scones and a potential MILF sighted.

The Crows came out to bat knowing that 98 was a straightforward enough target, but a potential banana skin. Barron and Tham made it look too easy though, taking us to our target without any real scares*
* Barron was in fact dropped 6 times, but the book doesn't say that.
Barrymore was padded the entire time, as was Luke who had fallen asleep on a sofa at the edge of the boundary. At least most people had a bowl.

When interviewed by BBC TMS skipper RP Hester said: 'I'm just delighted, this victory showed what strength in depth we have as a squad. To lose 3 key traitors, I mean players, a few days before this fixture and to still come out and win so emphatically is great. I think we have a healthy rivalry with Sandhurst, but it's not good to see them in such poor shape. I'm really worried about them now and their future as a club, if we turned them over so easily I dread to think what the Lashings boys are going to do to them in a few weeks time. I did hear rumours of a buyout by the local tug of war society, I just hope for them that it comes off and they get that cash injection they need'.

Catches - 1 - RP Hester, R Barron, S Chandran, L Jouanides, A Baines
Ducks - N/A
6s - N/A
Debut - N/A
Baggy Green - N/A
Captain - RP Hester
WK - RP Hester
MOM - A Baines
Magic Moment - Barron being dropped (yeah but which time)

Sandhurst Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 3w 3lb 
for 9 wickets
8
97 (47.0 overs)		     
Sullivan ct  R Barron b D Partridge 15
M Clapham ct  L Jouanides b C Allwright 14
SK Malor ct  & b A Baines 12
Panesar ct  RP Hester b A Baines 22
J Birch b  A Baines 1
E Batchelor b  S Clarke 6
R Dobson b  A Baines 4
S Coxwell ct  S Chandran b A Baines 0
M Bridges b  M Gopie 2
T Batchelor Not Out  3
J Wiseman Not Out  2

Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club Sunday XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sinith Chandran6.03700.001.17
Richard Barron5.02600.001.20
Dan Partridge12.0323123.001.92
Chris Allwright4.0013113.003.25
Luke Jouanides2.00700.003.50
Andrew Baines9.021853.602.00
Thamindu Wedatilake3.01800.002.67
Micky Gopie3.01515.001.67
S.D. Clarke3.00717.002.33

Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club Sunday XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
extras
TOTAL :
1nb 4w 1b 1lb 
for 0 wickets
7
98		        
Richard Barron Not Out  62 86 6 72.09 1
Thamindu Wedatilake Not Out  29 68 1 42.65
Chris Allwright  
Luke Jouanides   1
Micky Gopie  
David Shaw  
S.D. Clarke  
Sinith Chandran   1
Andrew Baines   1
Dan Partridge  
Richard Hester   1

Sandhurst Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
S Coxwell5.001200.002.40
J Wiseman5.021400.002.80
M Bridges6.011400.002.33
E Batchelor6.012300.003.83
R Dobson4.002400.006.00
J Birch3.20900.002.70