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Sat 24 Aug 2019  ·  Division 2A
Maidenhead & Bray CC - 1st XI
199/6
198/5
Tring Park Cricket Club
2nd Team
Disappointing Defeat For Twos

Disappointing Defeat For Twos

James Wheeler1 Sep 2019 - 19:28
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The Second Team suffered a disappointing four wicket defeat at Maidenhead and Bray. Perhaps this was due to three reasons.

First, an early loss of wickets for the third week running.19-3 two weeks earlier, 41-3 last week and this week 26-3. Second, the bowling was like the curate’s egg; good in parts. And third they could have been more alert in the field.

The early loss of wickets inevitably led to the middle order trying to restore the innings rather than forging ahead to post a winning total. The restoration was led by James Hawkes who scored 67. He shared a fourth wicket partnership of 71 with Richard Ambrose and a fifth of 83 with Toby Wastling. Needing seven from the last two balls for maximum batting points Wastling clearly wanted to run two from the penultimate ball to give him the chance of hitting the final ball for six, but he was sent back by Ed Pike. Wastling was obviously frustrated by this, but Pike then played the ramp shot for four, something that Wastling would not have attempted if he’d batted all day.

So, defending 198 was not going to be easy. Tom Weymes, still recovering from an injury, did not bowl at his usual pace but kept a good line and length and was rewarded with the wickets of both openers. Paul Orton dismissed Max Thomas thanks to a very sharp stumping by Hawkes.

The lid was kept on the scoring as just 19 runs were scored between the twenty first and thirty first overs. But then 59 were added from the next ten overs as Keiran Grey and George Parsons put on 106 for the fourth wicket. There was a glimmer of hope as Ambrose’s quick work in the field saw Parsons run out and Jack Rodnight had Grey caught by Wastling at mid off. But with only 19 required, it was too little, too late.

Despite the loss, the Second Team remain in third place, but it’s all very tight with ninth placed Marlow only 25 points behind.

Match details

Match date

Sat 24 Aug 2019

Kickoff

12:30

Meet time

10:30

Competition

Division 2A

League position

3
Maidenhead & Bray CC - 1st XI
7
Tring Park CC - 2nd XI
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