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Cricket round-up: Finchampstead take five wicket win, while Wokingham drop to second

Andy Preston by Andy Preston
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 7:13 am
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Wokingham v Aston Rowant (batting) Andy Rishton bowling to Olliver Ebsworth-Burland.

Wokingham v Aston Rowant (batting) Andy Rishton bowling to Olliver Ebsworth-Burland.

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Home Counties Premier Division 1

FINCHAMPSTEAD earned their sixth win of the league campaign with a five-wicket win at Buckingham Town.

Buckingham batted first and were limited to 166 after the wickets were shared with two each for Liam Bulteel, Ollie Thilo, Guy Ashby and James Woodford.

Ben Moffatt (52) and Gregory Smith (27) got Finch off to an excellent start before 48 not out from Toby Albert helped the visitors to get over the line after 43.1 overs with five wickets in reserve.

WOKINGHAM dropped down to second after Aston Rowant moved into first with a win.

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Max Uttley performed exceptionally to take five wickets as Aston scored 180.

Imran Malik top scored with 22 for the Oaks but they were skittled all out for 90 to give Aston a 90-run success.

Thames Valley Division 1

EVERSLEY took a draw in their home encounter with Cookham Dean.

Three wickets each from Chris Last and Eddie Campion saw Cookham end their innings all out on 269.

Kyle Bienfeldt smacked 96 runs for Eversley but they finished on 216-7 from 52 overs as the match ended in a stalemate.

Thames Valley Division 2B

WOKINGHAM 2s remain top of the table despite suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of HURST.

A stunning batting display from James Watt (103) was added to by Lewis Smith (58) and Ashley Cupido (64 not out) as they declared with a huge total of 315.

Nick Reynolds collected four wickets, while Phil Higgs took three to see the Oaks all out on 151 to give Hurst a convincing 164-run success.

 

READING boosted their position after defeating Sulhamstead & Ufton by 86 runs.

Reading declared on 246 after Luke Beaven had totalled a century not out.

Aditya Srinavsan took an incredible six wickets to skittle the visitors all out for 160 to give Reading a comfortable win.

 

FINCHAMPSTEAD 2s got the better of Fleet by 121 runs.

Finch ended with a total of 205 after Lewis Sharp knocked 85 runs for his team.

Exceptional bowling from Mark Laithwaite (5-19) and Michael O’Donoghue (4-37) helped Finch cruise to victory as Fleet were all out on 84.

 

BINFIELD lost out at home to Royal Ascot by 67 runs.

Joe Sculley scored 46 not out for Binfield in their run chase but they fell short after being bowled out for 184 in the second innings.

Thames Valley Division 3A

SONNING took a seven wicket win over WHITE WALTHAM to put them up to second place.

In a high scoring affair, Dan Molly hit 130 not out for White Waltham as they finished with 334.

But Sonning managed to excel in the second innings with an astonishing batting display, losing just three wickets on their way to surpassing the total as Zahid Mohammed (86*) and Gift Kwatsha (75 not out) got them over the line.

 

WARGRAVE 2s won by 96 runs in their game against Theale & Tilehurst.

Wicket keeper Matthew Townson knocked 86 runs for Wargrave, while four wickets from Tom Walker saw Wargrave take the points.

Thames Valley Division 4A

WOKINGHAM 3s are in second position after their home triumph against Taplow.

Taplow ended on 148 runs, while the Oaks scored 152 from 31.3 overs to take the game.

 

FINCHAMPSTEAD’s match with Thatcham Town 2s ended in a draw.

Thatcham were all out for 269, while Finch ended on 231-9 from 48 overs.

Thames Valley Division 5B

READING 2s rose up to second after their away triumph at BRACKNELL.

Reading batted first and declared on 268 after J Beaven had amassed 69 runs.

An excellent innings from Z Mehtab (113 not out) saw Bracknell challenge, but they were limited to 217 as Reading took the points.

FINCHAMPSTEAD 4s suffered an away defeat at Newbury by 33 runs.

 

BINFIELD 2s lost out by three wickets away at Royal Ascot 2s.

Binfield scored 256 in the first innings but the hosts took the game with three wickets to spare.

 

SONNING 2s took nine points from their draw against Purley on Thames 2s.

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