Windsor Cricket Club

Windsor take East Berkshire to the brink

East Berkshire 96 for 6; 20 Overs (Kumar 56)
Windsor 88 for 9; 20 Overs

Earlier, the first game of the day saw East Berkshire Under 14’s take on a Windsor CC Under 14 side in a Twenty-20 game. Wearing coloured polo shirts, imitating the pro version of the game, the game was played in the carnival style of the first class game with live music and colour commentary from Windsor CC’s own Wes Nichols.

East Berkshire batted first and were immediately under pressure as good Windsor bowling from Oli Jordan and Asif pegged them back early on. The wicket of Castledene though only brought Kumar to the crease to begin a vital innings. With the Windsor bowlers consistently dropping short, Kumar punished the bowling with sumptuous cuts and pulls of the back foot. Ably support by King and Zaman, Kumar maintained a good run rate and passed a deserved fifty before holing out in the pursuit of quick runs for 56. Good late bowling from Khan and Jordan prevented East Berkshire passing 100. A calamitous last ball run out saw the innings close at 96 off their 20 overs.

After a variety of interviews at the mid-innings break, including a chat with the East Berkshire star Kumar, Windsor began their pursuit of the total in a similar vain to the East Berkshire innings. Tight bowling from Yasin and Ishaq pegged Windsor back and saw early wickets fall. Only skipper Nair managed to right the ship before he too fell, this time to bowling of King. A brief fight back from Sam Jordan brought Windsor back into the game, but when he perished to Mehmood, the game looked up. But with the crowd building around the enclosed ground, the young East Berkshire team seemed to struggle with nerves whilst trying to close the game out and through extras, Windsor found themselves needing 11 runs off the last over. A superb last over from Gurveer saw East Berks home though to win by 9 runs.

After the match, the winners and runners-up were presented medals by Mike Gatting and Tony Monk (respective Lord’s Taverners and Windsor CC presidents) and East Berkshire star Kumar was presented with the winning trophy for the day. In addition, Windsor Cricket Club junior coaches James Jordan and Keith Saynor received a junior kit bag from Mike Gatting and the Lord’s Taverners.

posted by Windsor at 12:26 PM

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