Harpsden v Sonning Commonn

Sun 18th July 2010

Sonning Common Village were the visitors to the Harpsden ground on Sunday afternoon and after a couple of team photos the 40over game got under way. Having won the toss stand in skipper Mick Greenwood opted to bat but Harpsden were pinned back by some accurate bowling from the Sonning Common opening pair of Pitson and Gallimore and struggled to 67 for 3 off the first 20overs with only Tom Ham, scoring 27, making any impact on the scoreboard. There then followed an excellent partnership of 90 between Andy Grimmer and James Thompson with James falling three short of 50. Grimmer finally succumbed for 71 and some firm hitting from Ian Whittaker, Ollie Heath and Mick Greenwood followed which brought the Harpsden score up to a respectable 216 after their allotted overs.
Sonning Common set about the run chase with gusto in particular the opener Cooke looked very dangerous before an excellent one handed catch from Tom Ham at midwicket sent him on his way. Some accurate bowling from Miles Hodgkiss and excellent leg spin from man of the match James Thompson choked the game off. With Toby Stevens and Ian Brown chipping in with wickets Harpsden, in the end, won comfortably by 89 runs.

Harpsden
N Sweet b.Gillimore 7
I Reissmann ct b Gillimore 0
T Ham ct b Gallimore 27
A Grimmer ct b Cann 71
J Thompson ct b Cann 47
I Whittaker ct b C Pitson 17
O Heath Not Out 17
M Greenwood Run Out 14
T Stevens Not Out 0

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TOTAL 216
Best bowling Gallimore 3 for 21, Cann 2 for 21

Sonning Common
Cooke ct b Thompson 33
Cann ct b Brown 14
C Pitson ct b Stevens 5
N Pitson b Hodgkiss 21
C Gallimore b Hodgkiss 3
Cal Gallimore ct b Thompson 9
Welsh Run Out (Greenwood) 9
Barker ct b Thompson 0
Mee b Stevens 9
Tidewell Not Out 6
L Gallimore Not Out 10
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TOTAL 127
Best bowling Thompson 3 for 29, Hodgkiss 2 for 10.