Harpsden Vs BBC Caversham

On a hot Saturday afternoon at the Harpsden ground the host won the toss and elected to bat in this 40 over game. With the new ball nibbling around early on Harpsden openers Ian Reissman and Will Stevens did well to survive. But soon batting became easier and the opening pair managed to ease past the 50 mark. Reissman was finally dismissed LBW in the 17 over this brought captain Andrew Norton to the crease, unfortunately for Harpsden he did not hang around long and departed soon after arrival. James Butler was now in and managed to increase the scoring rate with some lusty blows.

With Butler departing for a rapid 24 and Hodgkiss departing before scoring Stevens was in desperate need of a partner and more aggression in his play. Both coincided with the arrival of 13 year old Matt Thomas whose key 25 runs enabled Stevens to launch an assault on the BBC bowling. With a few powerful blows, as well as a couple of cheeky reverse sweeps Stevens managed to accelerate to 93 before finally being dismissed by Watkins. The Harpsden innings closed with the home side on 208 which looked a daunting total for BBC who had fielded valiantly in the heat of the day.

This indeed proved to be the case as the Harpsden bowlers got on top of the BBC batting line up and remained on top throughout. The initial damage was done by Lovelock and Butler, and the job was completed by Boobala and the evergreen Hodgkiss. At one stage Hodgkiss did have an attempt at a hat-trick after a sharp piece of work from Moyle behind the stumps. Unfortunately the pressure seemed to tell and one of the worst balls of the day was the result. The game was wrapped up by Boobala taking his 3rd wicket and dismissing the BBC for just 83.

Harpsden

I.Reissman LBW Watkins 23
W.Stevens LBW Watkins 93
A.Norton ct Ballard b. O'Donnell 1
J.Butler ct Ballard b. McClure 19
M.Hodgkiss b. O'Donnell 0
M.Thomas b. Dowse 25
R.Youdale b. Dowse 2
S.Lovelock b. Watkins 5
M.Farmer ct Treder b. Burton 6
Boobala b. Burton 3
R.Moyle NOT OUT 0
Extras 31

Total 208

Best Bowling
Watkins 3-28

BBC Caversham

Burton ct Farmer b Lovelock 13
Deeks b. Butler 0
Treder ct Moyle b Lovelock 3
Townend b Lovelock 0
Lavers ct Moyle b Hodgkiss 9
Dowse b Boobala 5
Watts b Boobala 2
O'Donnell st Moyle b Hodgkiss 0
Watkins NOT OUT 20
Ballard ct Norton b Thomas 4
McClure b Boobala 2
Extras 23

Total 81

Best Bowling
Lovelock 3-16, Boobala 3-14