Scorecard

Binfield Cricket Club 2nd XI v Royal Ascot CC 2nd XI on Sat 28 May 2022 at 13.00
Binfield Cricket Club Lost By 1 Wicket

Match report Week 4 of the Season and a home game for the 2s vs Royal Ascot 2s.

As Rocky once said "it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"

Having finally won a toss , the decision to bat first on a good looking flat track was made. Turned out the rain in the week had given the bowlers a bit more to work with than usual. Howson finding some swing and seam movement and the edges of the Binfield batters regularly. Perhaps the shot selection wasn't the best but perhaps it was one of those days where you have to say well bowled.

15 overs and the juice that was in the pitch had dried up however the score was 40 for 6! A lot of work to do to get any sort of total on the board. Atkins and Edgington came together and put 49 on for the 7th wicket until Edgington fell to one that seamed down the hill. Useful runs for the lower order got us to a total 155 AO. Well below par, but one we hoped our bowlers could defend.

Hayman and Atkins opened up and after a couple of very close LBW shouts the breakthrough was made when Ascot Skipper Corsini was struck on the pad and took the decision away from the umpire as he turned and walked off.

Wickets then started to fall in regular intervals and when Williams removed the top scoring Warren for his first 2nd XI wicket, it left Ascot 79 - 5 and a game that could go either way.

Summers and Sohail led the counter attack with a mixture of good shots and well placed mishits and between them put Ascot in a strong position. Wickets falling at the other end always kept Binfield in the game. With 25 runs required and 2 wickets in hand the crowd weren't sure which way it was going to go.

Unfortunately for the home side despite taking a 9th wicket the winning runs were edged through a vacant 3rd slip and were met by cheers of the visiting side. A good game played in good spirit.

To get so close to snatching victory was a huge disappointment but the game was lost with the bat. We go again next week, longest trip of the season to Newbury, where hopefully we can get back to winning ways

Points - 11
POTM - Tom Williams for maiden 2nd XI wickets

Binfield Cricket Club 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
1nb 8w 9lb 
for 10 wickets
18
154		        
Steve Jeffery ct J Warren b T Howson 0
Tim Vines ct D Corsini b T Howson 6 1
Osman Ali ct J Warren b D Baker 0 2
Andy Mills lbw D Baker 4
Thomas Williams ct D Corsini b T Howson 15
Tom Nower ct D Baker b T Howson 10 1
Sebastian Atkins ct S Muhammad b J Summers 18
Paul Edgington ct D Corsini b J Summers 32 1
Joseph Sculley Not Out  26
Matt Hayman lbw J Carr 25
Peter Henly ct D Corsini b R Docker 0

Royal Ascot CC 2nd XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Timothy Howson9.041543.751.67
Dylan Baker9.0131215.503.44
Rajiv Docker6.4025125.003.75
Jason Carr3.0023123.007.67
James Summers9.0034217.003.78
Saria Muhammad4.001700.004.25

Royal Ascot CC 2nd XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
6w 4b 3lb 
for 9 wickets
13
155 (39.4 overs)		     
Daniel Corsini lbw S Atkins 23
Joseph Warren lbw T Williams 45
Ian Dawkins ct T Vines b M Hayman 4
Jason Carr ct P Edgington b J Sculley 1
Dirk Benneyworth ct T Nower b J Sculley 3
Hassan Sohail b T Nower 29
Saria Muhammad ct O Ali b T Williams 5
Dylan Baker ct O Ali b T Nower 3
James Summers Not Out  22
Rajiv Docker b P Henly 5
Timothy Howson Not Out  2

Binfield Cricket Club 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sebastian Atkins6.0030130.005.00
Matt Hayman6.0210110.001.67
Joseph Sculley9.0346223.005.11
Tom Nower9.0032216.003.56
Thomas Williams7.0222211.003.14
Peter Henly2.40818.003.00

  • Umpire :
    Jason Lunnon
  • Scorer :
    Stephen Nower