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Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club League 2nd XI v Braywood CC 2nd XI on Sat 02 Aug 2025 at 12:30
Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club Won by 9 wickets

Match report 🏏 O’Loughlin & Desai Dazzle as Crowthorne Crush Braywood

Thames Valley Division 6A St Sebastian's Playing Field August 2, 2025
Crowthorne 2nd XI delivered a clinical display to sweep aside Braywood 2nd XI by nine wickets, chasing down 130 with ease after a disciplined bowling effort and a commanding opening stand.
🎯 Bowling Brilliance
Braywood elected to bat but were soon under pressure:
- Pranav Desai (3-24) struck early and late, removing both openers and a key middle-order batter.
- Shiv Sivapalan (3-14) was unplayable, claiming three wickets including a sharp caught-and-bowled.
- Jay Blaney (3-32) cleaned up the tail, while Bhavik Kalra chipped in with a wicket.
- Braywood were bowled out for 130 in 38 overs, with only Akash Udayan (45) and Venkatesh (39) offering resistance.
đź’Ą Batting Masterclass
Crowthorne’s chase was swift and stylish:
- Jules O'Loughlin led the charge with a fluent 71 off 75 balls*, striking 12 boundaries.
- Prakash Singh (45 off 54) provided perfect support, dominating the early overs.
- The pair added 98 for the first wicket before Singh fell — Joe Finucane (6*) joined O'Loughlin to finish the job at 132-1 in 24.5 overs.
🧮 Points & Positives
- Crowthorne claimed 22 points, Braywood just 2.
- A complete team performance — ruthless with the ball, elegant with the bat.

Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club League 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
7w 3b  
for 1 wickets
10
132		        
Julian O'Loughlin Not Out  66 75 12 88.00 1
Prakash Singh b A Pawar 50 54 6 92.59
Joe Finucane Not Out  6 20 30.0
Dan Finucane  
Chris Winch  
Matt Jones  
Mike Brundish   1 1
Pranav Desai  
Bhavik Kalra   1
Siv Sivapalan   1
Jay Blaney  

Braywood CC 2nd XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Thimma Reddy Thatigotla5.001700.003.40
Alpesh Pawar5.5032132.005.49
Akash Udayan7.003500.005.00
S Jay Jeyarajah3.00900.003.00
Vignesh Venkatesh2.001900.009.50
Phanidhar Rao2.001700.008.50

Braywood CC 2nd XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
7w 2b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
11
130 (38.0 overs)		     
Vignesh Venkatesh ct S Sivapalan b S Sivapalan 39 56 5 69.64
Arun Verma b P Desai 2 9 22.22
Phanidhar Rao b P Desai 0 6 0
Akash Udayan ct M Brundish b J Blaney 45 88 7 51.14
Puneet Garg ct B Kalra b B Kalra 0 4 0
Alpesh Pawar ct J O'Loughlin b S Sivapalan 1 6 16.67
Sharath Chandra st M Brundish b S Sivapalan 9 23 39.13
S Jay Jeyarajah lbw J Blaney 0 6 0
Anand Nagaraja b P Desai 11 16 2 68.75
Viket Verma Not Out  6 5 1 120.0
Thimma Reddy Thatigotla b J Blaney 6 9 1 66.67

Crowthorne & Crown Wood Cricket Club League 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Pranav Desai9.012438.002.67
Dan Finucane7.013400.004.86
Siv Sivapalan9.041434.671.56
Bhavik Kalra5.0017117.003.40
Jay Blaney7.0032310.674.57
Julian O'Loughlin1.00500.005.00