Scorecard

Boyne Hill CC 1st XI v Thatcham Town on Sat 01 Sep 2012 at 1230
Boyne Hill CC Lost by 42 runs

Match report Boyne Hills chances in division 2B are now out of their own hands after a poor fielding display and an abject batting collapse saw them lose to Thatcham Town on Saturday.

Hill lost an important toss and were asked to field. Andley Adams struck in the first over and then twice more in his opening spell to reduce the visitors to 35-3. Thatcham then dug in to graft out a score led by Duncan Johnson. Saj Hussain(2-39) and Ronayne Churchill Browne bowled good containing spells and the game reached something of a stalemate before eventually Johnson and Rochfort threw caution to the wind. At this point Boyne Hill lost the plot in the field dropping 4 catches and giving away runs with some shoddy ground fielding. Sahan Wijesekera bowled well at the death to take 2-24 and Adams returned to end up with 4-56 but Johnson made a fine 78 and Rochfort hit some lusty blows to end up with 50 not out. Thatcham ended up on 200-9 which was about 30 runs more than looked likely for most of the innings.

Thatcham opened with 2 left arm spinners but Hill made a positive start with Tom Mellor hitting some early boundaries and Raoul Cheema batting solidly. Gradually the spinners,in particular Chris Bird exerted some control and the run rate stagnated. Thatcham still couldnt make the breakthrough and eventually the new ball was taken. Bird continued to wheel away and with the required rate climbing the opening partnership was broken at 75 with Mellor stumped for 46. With plenty of firepower in the middle order the game was very much there to be won but none of the middle order were able to get on top of Bird. Some poor shot selection and a couple of stupid run outs saw Hill collapse and although Cheema began to unfurl some fine shots all round the wicket Hill never really managed to put another partnership together. Cheema was eventually stumped for a fine 74 and Hill dismissed for 157 to lose by 43 runs. Bird eventually took 6-74 from 22 overs, just reward for a fine spell of bowling.

Fortunately for Boyne Hill, Chesham also lost, so Hill now trail them by 2 points which makes the tosses next week in both games potentially very important. Boyne Hill are away to Reading 2s with Chesham having on paper an easier game at home to Bagshot.

Thatcham Town Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 7w 3lb 
for 9 wickets
12
200 (52.0 overs)		     
J.O'Flynn ct  Fernando b.Adams 0
M.Denness ct  Pike b.Adams 10
D.Stone ct  Fernando b.Adams 21
D.Johnson ct  Mellor b.Wijesekera 78
A.Edwards ct  Wijesekera b.Hussain 14
H.Lynch ct  Fernando b.Hussain 4
C.Rochfort Not Out  50
P.Jenkins Run out  6
L.Redmond b  Adams 1
C.Bird st  Fernando b.Wijesekera 3
J.Williams Not Out  1

Boyne Hill CC 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Andley Adams14.0256414.004.00
Wasim Maharoof10.003200.003.20
Saj Hussain12.0239219.503.25
Ronayne Churchill-Browne12.014500.003.75
Sahan Wijesekara4.0025212.506.25

Boyne Hill CC 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2w 4b 3lb 
for 10 wickets
9
157		        
Tom Mellor st  Rochfort b.Bird 46 1
Raoul Cheema st  Rochfort b.Johnson 74
Sahan Wijesekara b  Bird 2 1
Muditha Gayan Fernando ct  Williams b.Bird 7 3 1
Saj Hussain ct  Denness b.Bird 0
Sulaiman Javed Run out  2
Donald Pike Run out  7 1
Andley Adams ct  & b.Bird 2
Ronayne Churchill-Browne ct  Denness b.Johnson 2
Harneet Minhas st  Rochfort b.Bird 5
Wasim Maharoof Not Out  1

Thatcham Town Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
C.Bird22.0274612.333.36
J.Williams8.003200.004.00
P.Jenkins9.012900.003.22
D.Johnson5.011427.002.80