Hancock and Birkett Too Much For West Reading

Harpsden v West Reading 8th September 2007
Harpsden
N Adley b J Ahmed 48
J Bradley b Sajjad 0
H Cary b Sajjad 47
R Harris LBW Saddiq 24
D Hayden Not Out 33
Tridip b Saddiq 0
R Birkett Not Out 51
Extras 31
TOTAL 234
Best Bowling: Sajjad 2-30, Sadik 2-33

West Reading
Kisham b Greenwood 10
Kaseem b B Hancock 24
Ias ct Birkett b Cary 18
Imran ct Hodgkiss b B Hancock 11
Sankeel ct Tridip b B Hancock 0
Khurrum b Cary 1
Asad b Hodgkiss 12
Jibran ct Hayden b Hodgkiss 26
Saddiq ct Birkett b Bradley 7
Khaliq Not Out 0
Extras 21
TOTAL 129
Best Bowling: B Hancock 3-31, Cary 2-6

Harpsden were put into bat in a 35 over contest. They got off to a good start with 8 coming off the first over. Unfortunately, they then lost a wicket with Bradley getting clean bowled. Horatio Cary and Nick Adley then built a solid partnership with both batsmen timing the ball sweetly. Adley then fell for a well crafted 48. This brought Rob Harris to the crease who wasted no time in dispatching three fours in his first over. Soon after Cary fell for 47. Dan Hayden then came to the crease knowing that the scoring rate needed picking up; and that is exactly what he did, with his first five scoring shots being fours. Harris was next to go for a hard hitting 24. With Tridip falling for a duck, Rod Birkett then came to the crease with 38 balls left in the innings. Birkett tore apart the bowling, hitting eleven fours in a quite brilliant 51. Hayden finished on a quick 33 not out.
West Reading then got their turn with the bat. Both openers got off to a solid start before Mick Greenwood bowled Kisham. Soon afterwards leg spinner Ben Hancock bowled the other opener, Kaseem. Hancock then also picked up the wicket of skipper Imran after a superb one handed catch by Miles Hodgkiss in the slips, and then got a third with Tridip taking the catch behind the stumps. Hancock finished with figures of 3-31 off 7 overs. It was then left to the rest of the bowlers to clean up the tail of the West Reading line up. Hodgkiss picked up two, one of which was a good low catch from Hayden. Cary picked up 2 wickets, and Justin Bradley finished off the innings with his first ball to condemn West Reading to 129 all out.
This was a good all round performance from Harpsden, with players starring with the bat, and then the bowlers doing a great job.