Windsor 11 -3 (Noble 6*) [7.1 Overs]
High Wycombe

Match abondoned - Pitch Unfit to continue.

It's not often someone writes your match report for you but with the following subtitles the BBC have done a great job.

West Indies = High Wycombe
England = Windsor
Sabina Park = Kingswood Road
Test Cricket = Thames Valley League
Mike Atherton = Chris Edge
Bob Bennet = John Mullins
Alec Stewart = Rob Noble
Wayne Morten = Nigel Wing

Winning streak continues as Windsor turn heat on Caversham

Caversham and Redingsanians 121 (Hodgson 31-4, Hill 19-3)
Windsor 122-2 (Towse 40*, Wing 28*)

Windsor remain unbeatean in Division 4b after turning in another commanding display against Caversham and Redingsanians 1st XI on a glorious afternoon at the Home Park. Windsor have had great success in chasing scores this season but the conditions made the decision by the team unanamous that batting first on a flat track in the burning sun was the was way to go. This all depended upon Chris Edge attempting to win his second toss in 10 games but he managed to make only 1 win in 10 as Caversham won and duly elected to bat.

It was going to be hard work in the heat and although Edge looked somewhat out of sorts the initial breakthough was made superbly by Alex Hill removing the off and middle stump of both openers to put Caversham on the back foot. Another hostile delivery caught a Maffey on the thumb and as the catch dropped short of Millman at slip quick thinking saw him comfortably run out as he strayed out of his crease. Banergee playing a shot a ball attempted to regroup with Kulkani but a double bowling change brought the golden arms of Hodgson and Millman into the attack and their medium pace swing was too much for Caversham to cope with as attempting to move the scores along their wickets fell steadily. After Banergee fell to Towse at Long off and Millman removed Russell the rest of the Caversham attack were knocked over cheaply to end up all out on 121, which had Windsor taken a few regulation chances that they managed to unusually spill, the score could have been 40 or 30 runs less. Rob Hodgson was again the pick of the bowlers returning 31-4.

Windsor’s openers Paul Huggins and Rob Noble were instructed to take the scoring easy with wickets intact being more important in the first ten overs. After 2 overs when Windsor were 17-1 this didn’t seem to be the case as despite Huggins departure Windsor got after the runs with gusto scoring at 6.7 an over for the first 10 overs. After Rob Noble fell for 20, Andy Towse playing some commanding drives was joined by Nigel Wing and both remained unbeaten as the target was passed in just 19.1 overs. The early finish brought a plus point for both sides however in that they were in the bar early enough to see Abdul Ashraful put the Australians to the sword in an historic ODI win!

Caversham + Redingsanians



D Maffey Run Out 12
B. Glossop LBW Hill 5
P. Banergee Ct Towse Hodgson 47
R. Deney Bowled Hill 0
C. Norrett Bowled Hill 2
N. Kulkani Ct Davis Hodgson 11
M. Russell Bowled Hodgson 0
E. Weekes Bowled Millman 21
J Russell LBW Millman 6
A Northway Bowled Hodgson 0
G. Kathoke Not Out 0

Extras 17
Total 121

Windsor Bowling


Edge 10 1 34 0
Hill 8 3 19 3
Hodgson 8 2 31 4
Millman 7 0 32 2


Windsor


R.W. Noble Bowled Russell 20
P. Huggins Ct Weekes 9
A. Towse Not Out 40
N. Wing Not Out 28

Extras 24
Total 122-2

Sheffield Steel at foundations of Windsor Win

DATCHET 2 185 (Rob Hodgson 5-32) (48.2 Overs)
WINDSOR 188-3 (Brian Davis 78*, Andy Towse 62*) (43 Overs)

Windsor took the spoils in the first local derby of the season with a comprehensive victory over Datchet to remain top of Division 4B. Winning his first toss of the season Windsor decided to bowl first although they were forced to start the game with ten men as South African opening bowler Dahron Pitt had somehow managed to get lost on the lengthy 1.5 mile journey from Windsor to Datchet. Datchet started brightly and after 10 overs had reached 37-0. However the arrival of Pitt eventually saw Windsor put the breaks on and both Chris Edge and Pitt made the breakthrough’s to see Datchet struggle somewhat to 80-4 after 26 overs. However, the game opened up in Windsors favour as Sheffielder Rob Hodgeson replaced fellow Yorkshireman Edge and Windsor had instant success with Brian Davis snaring a couple of excellent caught behinds stood up to Hodgeson. Datchet attempted to hit their way out of trouble with Shaun Furness hitting a mighty six off Dahron Pitt but wickets continued to fall steadily throughout the innings and backed up by excellent fielding and catching another sharp chance taken by Davis gave Hodgson his fifth wicket and saw Datchets innings close on 185.

Datchet made early inroads into the Windsor attack with the prolific Paul Huggins being caught in Cover and Nigel Wing comprehensively bowled and Datchets tails were up with Windsor stuttering to 22-2. The departure of Rob Noble for a gutsy 28 brought Brian Davis to the crease with Andy Towse and with Datchet looking for further inroads, both held firm keeping their wickets in tact and seeing off the new ball threat. Both began to get in on the seaming wicket with Davis in particular looking in good form. Needing 4 an over from the 30th over the pair began to accelerate the scoring and with the opening bowlers recalled Davis looked to hit them out of the attack as a hook for 6 was followed by an exquisite drive over long on for another maximum as Windsor began to take the game away from Datchet. Both reached deserved half centururys and a superb four through extra cover by Davis saw Windsor reach the target in the 43rd over with Davis unbeaten on 78 and Towse also unbeaten on 62.

Declaration proves profitable for Windsor

Windsor 227-5 Dec (50 Overs)
(Tom Bullock 66*, Brian Davis 47, Dave Richies 33)

Marlow Park 164
(Chris Edge 21-5)

Windsor entertained Marlow Park on a blustery afternoon with both sides in good form at the start of the season although Windsor captain Chris Edge against the odds made it 5 losses out of 5 at the toss as Marlow asked Windsor to bat first.

Against a young bowling attack Windsor were initially up against it as Rob Noble departed for a duck but Nigel Wing and Brian Davis steadied the ship and as regulations meant that after 10 overs their colts were forced reluctantly to take a break the score began to move along as both began to get their eyes in against the second string attack. Wing was unfortunate to play one straight back to Unsworth as it climbed on him from a length but this brought young prospect Dave Ritchies to the crease and playing beyond his years he and Brian Davis began to work the field pushing the run rate up against a tiring attack. The dismissal of Davis 3 runs shy of a deserved half century only brought the silent assassin Tom Bullock to the crease and like stealing candy from a baby Marlows ambitions of trying to keep Windsor under 200 was suddenly out of their reach as ably support by Richies and Rob Dawson Windsor were able to declare their innings on 227-5 after 50 overs with Bullock undefeated on a superb 66.

Windsor opened with regular seamers Chris Edge and Alex Hill as both took early wickets with the help of Wicket Keeper Brian Davis taking 2 sharp chances. With Windsor’s tails up Marlow opener Harris was clearly unable to take the pressure and an unsavoury incident with young Windsor fielder Stephen Eggunhuizen threatened to blot the game but tempers were luckily contained although the next over this clearly worked in Windsor’s favour as racing in with his back up Edge produced a ball that was clearly too good for Coll and Marlows star batsman was back in the pavilion for just 2 runs. This now turned into Windsor’s game to win when Unsworth became another victim for Edge who also took a sharp chance at backward point from Eggunhuizen to remove Cassidy. The problem now for Windsor was keeping Marlow interested in the run chase. The carrot was dangled in the form of Amit Subarker and Rob Noble and as Subarker tied up one end Rob Nobles mixed bag of long hops, full tosses and the occasional jaffa saw him unlucky not to pick up a wicket or two but taking on the run chase a double breakthrough by Subarker aided by the experienced Andy Wigley saw Harris depart after making 50 and the experienced Trott and Buxton lose their wickets in the chase. The game was now up as far as Marlow were concerned and with 6 overs to go were happy to play out for the draw as the experienced captain Ashton attempted to shield the bowling from the tail against the recalled Edge and Hill. With 4 overs to go Edge saw a chance off Cassidy fall just short of gully Rob Dawson but a slower fifth ball saw him fall to the same shot but this time Dawson managed to hold on. With the final ball of the over Edge yorked former Windsor player Holland first ball and with 3 overs to go Marlow were 9 down. It was imperative that Ashton was kept off strike to expose the tail and good bowling by Alex Hill meant Edge had a full over at the number 11. His hatrick ball was was too short as it pinged past Marlows Number 11’s shoulder although the next was just about perfect as his middle stump was rattled and Windsor had wrapped up a thoroughly deserved victory.

Windsor now go top of 4B although they won’t be expecting any favours against next weeks opponents, neighbours Datchet who unexpectedly currently sit bottom of the league. Play begins at Datchet at 1.30pm.



Windsor



R.W. Noble Ct Ashton B Potieger 0
B Davis Ct Trott Holland 47
N Wing C + B Unsworth 29
D Richies LBW Coll 33
T Bullock Not Out 66
R Dawson Stumped Potieger 17
S Eggenhuizen Not Out 2
Extras 35

Total 227-5

Marlow Park


D Harris Bowled Wigley 50
J Potgieter Ct Davis Hill 4
M Unsworth Ct Davis Edge 17
A Coll Ct Davis Edge 2
E Cassidy Ct Edge Eggenhuizen 13
P Trott Bowled Subarker 23
T Buxton Ct Richies Subarker 29
N Ashton Not Out 10
H Cassidy Ct Dawson Edge 0
O Holland Bowled Edge 0
M Way Bowled Edge 0
Extras 16
Total 164


O M R W
Edge 10.2 2 21 5
Hill 10 4 25 1
Eggenhuizen 6 1 19 1
Subarker 13 2 36 2
Noble 5 0 41 0
Wigley 4 2 9 1