Windsor Cricket Club

Maidenhead & Bray 3rd XI vs Windsor 4th XI - Saturday 24th July

Windsor 223 for 9 O.Sabberton 62, S.Martin 57, T.Houghton 52no, M.Ishraq 6-96

Maidenhead & Bray 220 all out N.Parkinson 116, C.Bristow 6-62, B.Lewis 4-46

A hat-trick by swing bowler Colin Bristow helped give a pumped up Windsor 4's maximum points in the top of the table clash away at Maidenhead & Bray on Saturday. The 25 point win meant Windsor replaced their hosts at the top of the table with just 4 games remaining.

Windsor Captain Charles Light won the toss and elected to bat in what was to be a fiery top of the table clash. Scott Martin set Windsor on their way with a brisk 57 and his half century together with two more from Ollie Sabberton (62) and Tim Houghton (52 no) helped Windsor on the way to 223 for 9 from their 52 overs. Mawaz Ishfaq taking 6 impressive leg spin wickets.

But it was Bristow who stole the show with the ball. The away swing bowler picking up 6-62 including a hat-trick, but the Maidenhead innings wasn't without incident! Excellent early bowling from Bristow and fellow new ball bowler Ben Lewis, left the league leaders in deep trouble on 56-6, which included Bristows impressive three successive wickets. But an excellent century from Parkinson (116) brought Maidenhead right back into the game, so much so they needed just 12 to win in eight overs with 3 wickets remaining. This prompted skipper Light to bring Lewis and Bristow back into the attack, and it paid dividends as Rooprai was the last man to depart LBW to Bristow three runs short of victory and was the queue for joyous celebrations from the Windsor side. The 25 point win for Windsor lifted them above their hosts and now lead the table by 5 points.

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Windsor 4th XI vs Royal Ascot 3rd XI - Saturday 17th July

Windsor 262 for 4 S.Martin 131, R.Charters 101 no

Royal Ascot 145 all out Abrams 40, Martin 3-7. Charters 3-18

A 4th XI record 2nd wicket partnership of 215 between Scott Martin and Richard Charters was the cornerstone of Windsor 4's impressive victory over bottom side Royal Ascot on Saturday. Windsor posted an impressive 262/4 before the declaration came in the just the 35th over. What was even more impressive was that after 15 overs Windsor were 64/1 meaning the next 20 overs went for 198 runs! Martin was eventually out for 131 (his first century of the season) and Charters finished unbeaten on 101.

Throughout the season sides have found it difficult to dismiss Ascot, hence skipper Light's pre-match tactic to bat no more than 40 overs to allow 60 overs to bowl Ascot out, Martin and Charter's impressive batting meant he could add 5 overs to that total, and the bowlers didn't let the batsman down. Although of the bowlers it was again Martin and Charters that stole the show, Martin's 6-3-7-3 and Charters' 5-1-18-3 together with skipper Light 10-4-18-1 put a stranglehold on the Ascot replay, and wickets for part-time bowlers Phil Bullock and Pete Griffiths dismissed Ascot for just 145. With all the other sides in the top 4 failing to register a win, the 25 points has further strengthed Windsor's position in the promotion hunt.

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North Maidenhead 4th XI vs Windsor 4th XI - Saturday 3rd July

North Maidenhead 146 all out P.Creffield 26 M.Lynes 4-15, C.Bristow 3-33

Windsor 150 for 5 S.Martin 37, C.Light 30, A.Johal 25 no

A second four wicket haul in successive weeks for youngster Mark Lynes proved the backbone of Windsor 4's comprehensive victory away at North Maidenhead on Saturday. 3 wickets for fellow seamer Colin Bristow, together with the tidy Scott Martin 1-18 from 12 overs helped skittle out Maidenhead for 146, Creffield providing the only resistance with a creditable 26.

Scott Martin 37, Charles Light 30 and 25 not out from Amit Johal timed the run chase to perfection as Windsor successfully chased the total for the loss of only 5 wickets.

The win pushes Windsor 4's further towards their goal of Division 6 cricket.

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