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BATTING

Dan Lincoln: Wargrave v Finchampstead: 115

Muhammad Aziz: Farley Hill 2s v Mortimer West End: 81*

Neil Bailey: Wargrave 4s v Crowthorne & Crown Wood 4s: 74 rno

Richard Hester: Crowthorne & Crown Wood 4s v Wargrave 4s: 74*

John Matthews: Eversley 2s v Binfield 2s: 72*

Lucky Sardar: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Shinfield: 65

Matt Loxton: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Shinfield: 65

Sean Ennis: Binfield 2s v Eversley 2s: 65

Aravind Gururajan: Earley v Maidenhead Royals: 62

Euan Woods: Wargrave v Finchamsptead: 61

Bhuwan Satway: Reading United v Stratfield Turgis: 59*

Yash Mahadik: Finchampstead 5s v Bagshot 3s: 58

Zaheer Gujjar: Waltham St Lawrence v Welford Park: 57

Devesh Gauchwal: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Shinfield: 56*

Jake David: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Shinfield: 53

Jason Middleton: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Shinfield: 52*

Scott Osler: Finchampstead 4s v Kidmore End 2s: 52

Pete de Lange: Eversley 2s v Binfield 2s: 51

Bowling

Nisal Perera: Reading 3s v Fleet 2s: 5-6

Chris Peploe: Wokingham 2s v Henley 2s: 5-20

Pavan Nargund: Rangers v West Reading 3s: 5-25

Ankush Jain: Twyford & Ruscombe v Mortimer: 4-5

Chloe Mcdonagh: Crowthorne & Crown Wood v Binfield: 4-5

Dylan Wood: Reading v Slough 2s: 4-16

M Laithwaite: Finchampstead 2s v Hurst: 4-17

Surya Kiran: Earley v Reading United 2s: 4-19

Rama Adigantla: Shinfield 2s v Sandhurst: 4-20

Josh Lincoln: Wargrave v Finchampstead: 4-23

Saad Jaffary: Waltham St Lawrence v Welford Park: 4-25

Mahad Ahmad: West Reading 3s v Rangers: 4-28

Saif Khan: West Reading 2s v Crowthorne & Crown Wood 2s: 4-31

Sam Fearon: Finchampstead 4s v Kidmore End 2s: 4-33

Andy Robertson Emmbrook and Bearwood v Shinfield: 4-36

Venu Gudimetla: Earley v Maidenhead Royals: 3-8 scored 157 as Aravind Gururajan top scored with 62.

A nervy victory was sealed for Earley when they took the final wicket with Maidenhead on 156.

WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE totalled 35 points with a four wicket win against Welford Park.

Saad Jaffary picked up four wickets as Welford were all out on 153 before a top score of 57 from Zaheer Gujjar helped Waltham to win.

RANGERS made a successful trip to WEST READING 3s and came away with a 67-run victory.

Pavan Nargund earned five wickets for Rangers as they protected their 175 total to take the points.

Cricket

Thames Valley Division 1

WOKINGHAM 2s collected a win in their season opener as they held off Henley 2s by just one run.

The Oaks batted first and totalled 164 and managed to take victory by claiming the final wicket of the day with Henley just two runs away from snatching the win.

Wokingham bowler Chris Peploe had five wickets to his tally at the end of the match.

Thames Valley Division 2B

FINCHAMPSTEAD 2s got the better of HURST 2s by 15 runs in a close contest.

After scoring 193, four wickets from M Laithwaite helped Finch to victory as Hurst ended on 178 after 50 overs.

READING overcame Slough 2s by six wickets to put 30 points on the board.

Thames Valley Division 4A

WOKINGHAM 3s started the season with 30 points after they beat READING 2s.

The Oaks scored 201 from 45 overs before they had Reading all out on 129.

FINCHAMPSTEAD 3s lost out by 78 runs against Newbury.

Royal Ascot Beaten By Bagshot In Season Curtain Raiser

By ARTHUR STRAND sport@wokingham.today bowling of Matt Pettet which made the score 41-2.

AFTER all games were postponed in week one of the new Thames Valley season, Royal Ascot weren’t able to open with a win against Bagshot as they went down by seven wickets.

Bagshot won the toss and decided to take the field first. Ascot made a slow start but Ollie Clark was bowled by Adam Passfield for eight after 10 overs.

Jem Bains put in some positive shots scoring two fours but was caught by Jack Rowlett for 17 off the

Michael Breet and Bains partnership made 29 as Breet briefly continued with Andy Murray but was caught by James White for 15, bowled by Brad Passfiield.

As Adam Smith joined him and the pair pushed up the score, Smith was caught by Madigan, by the bowling of Passfield for 14 and three fours were included.

Dan Corsini went for a zero with the total on 107-5, caught by Davis, bowled by White. Then Murray was caught by By Stuart Derry for

39 bowled by White having scored two fours and two sixes within his innings score.

The tail collapsed as Burling was bowled White for 2, [112 - 7], Nick Wiggett, bowled White for five andRajiv Docker was caught by Hollely for zero, bowled White.

Lastly, Nick Wiggett was bowled by White for five which left Myles Trainor not out on one.

Bagshot opened with White and Derry who faced the bowling of Trainor and Docker for the early part of the innings.

Jamie Heathcote arrived at the

Thames Valley Division 5B

Eversley 2s (183-3) beat Binfield 2s (180-8)

Henley 3s (138-5) beat Sonning 2s (136 all out)

Thames Valley Division 6B

Finchampstead 4s (222 all out) lost to Kidmore End 2s (259-7)

Thames Valley Division 8A

Eversley 4s (162-5) beat Aldershot 3s (161-7)

Reading 3s (115-6) beat Fleet 2s (113 all out)

Sivendran Sivapalan: Crowthorne & Crown Wood 2s v West Reading 2s: 3-26

Aditya Srinivasan: Reading v Slough 2s: 3-24

Michael Longridge: Sonning 2s v Henley 3s: 3-24

Ryan Pogson: Wokingham 3s v Reading 2s: 3-25

Pranav Desai: Crowthorne & Crown Wood 2s v West Reading 2s: 3-31

Hunter Greyling: Wokingham 3s v Reading 2s: 3-32

John Child: Wargrave v Finchampstead: 3-36 crease with half the total to chase. The pair remained until the winning run had been scored.

Brad Passfield faced 53 balls for 47 including four fours and a six. The runs came steadily after bowling changes with both Nick and Andrew Wiggett using up overs.

Heathcote faced 36 balls in 33 minutes and scored 49 not out including nine fours. There were some well executed shots as the pace became heated towards the end as the partnership closed on 60.