Saturday 26th July 2003 | TVL Division 6B

Wooburn Narkovians 2nd XI

152 - 2

Stoke Green 3rd XI

149 - 9

Wooburn Narkovians win by 8 wickets

Points: Wooburn Narkovians 20, Stoke Green 5

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Match Report

2nds beat the weather

The 2nd XI beat the weather to record their eight victory in nine games, and retain top spot in TVL Division 6B. There were times when the persistent drizzle threatened to deny the Narks, but thankfully the rain held off just enough to Wooburn to secure the win.

Batting first, Stoke Green threatened to post a challenging total while Mohammed Shiek was at the wicket. The opener rode his luck to score 52, dominating an opening stand of 63, but his run out, thanks to excellent work from the Robster, sparked a middle order collapse. Phil Cuthbert, produced a fine spell to take 4-24 (strangely, all victims were bowled), and was well suppported by Graham Dare (1-41) and Ben Sturgess (2-37). Skipper Jeff Morris remained wicketless but played his part with 15 disciplined overs.

The steady drizzle started towards the end of the Stoke Green innings, and continued through tea. It relented to allow the Wooburn reply to start, and Angus Porter and Rob Rogers made a steady start. 57 were added for the first wicket before Angus fell lbw for 26. Meanwhile, Rob frustrated Stoke Green and delighted his own players in equal measures, in making 44.

After such a good start, only the weather could deny Wooburn, and thankfully the rain stayed away long enough to allow Alan Cuthbert (45*) and Stuart Savage (23*) to knock off the remaining runs.

An undercover BBQ followed, expertly organised by the Dares, as the rain teemed down in the middle. Sadly, 20 point wins for rivals, Chiswick & Latymer and Teddington Town, means that the 2nd XI\s lead remains at 28 points over 2nd place and 33 points of third place.

Next week sees the return match with Chiswick & Latymer.

Scorecard

Stoke Green 3rd XI

Batter			Runs	Mins	4s	6s
M. Shiek	run out (R. Rogers)		52	78	6
A.G. Cordery	b P. Cuthbert		7	66
G. Pervez	b P. Cuthbert		19	82	1
I. Shiek	lbw G. Dare		0	10
S. Cannon	c P. Cuthbert	b B. Sturgess	2	15
Aftab	b B. Sturgess		8	9	1
C.G. Quelch	b P. Cuthbert		18	28		2
M. Blackwell	run out (D. Milsom)		19	19	1	1
T.G. Clegg	b P. Cuthbert		1	7
R. Hasioszyn	not out		4	19
I. Sayed	not out		4	15
Extras	1nb 13w 0b 1lb		15
Total	(52.0 overs)		149-9

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
J.J. Morris	15.0	4	46	0	3.1
B. Sturgess	9.0	1	37	2	4.1
G. Dare	15.0	1	41	1	2.7
P.G. Cuthbert	13.0	4	24	4	1.8

Fall of Wicket	Batsman Out
63-1	A. Cordery
71-2	M. Shiek
72-3	I. Shiek
80-4	S. Cannon
89-5	Aftab
120-6	C. Quelch
135-7	Pervez
139-8	T. Clegg
140-9	M. Blackwell