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Cricket round-up: Finchampstead begin Home Counties campaign with victory

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May 12, 2022
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Home Counties Premier 1

WOKINGHAM fell to defeat in their league season opener against Datchet.

The hosts batted excellently to tot up 322 runs from 50 overs, dropping just four wickets.

The Oaks put up a valiant fight, including 79 from batting opener Michael Cowdell but they were eventually all out on 297.

Wokingham picked up seven points despite the loss.

FINCHAMPSTEAD opened their league season with a one wicket win over Slough.

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Ollie Thilo collected three wickets as Slough finished on 185.

A top score of 45 from Zac Leonard helped Finch on their way to victory as they surpassed the target set with just one ball and one wicket to spare.

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WEST READING claimed a 38-run victory at home to Ballinger Waggoners.

Hafeez Ul-Wahab hit 35 from 34 to help West Reading collect 181 runs before they were all out.

But they consolidated a comfortable win after Inshaf Akram picked up three wickets to bowl their opponents out on 143.

SHINFIELD lost out in away defeat to Holmer Green.

Three wickets each from Anuraag Shukla and Muhammed Hafeez couldn’t prevent a two wicket loss for Shinfield.

CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD fell to a 68-run loss to Penn & Tylers Green.

Sinith Chandran got three wickets, while Daniel Cartledge scored 38 for the Crows, but they lost out.

CMB Premiership

EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD picked up eight points despite losing to Cadmore End.

An incredible innings of 183 from Cadmore’s Adnan Ahmed saw them to 280 runs.

The Bears had some decent scores of their own as Andy Lazenbury scored 38, but they fell 70 runs short.

Chilterns Division 2

EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD 2s were defeated on their travels to Fulmer.

Simon Humphrey scored 52 with the bat for the Bears but they lost by 139 runs.

BCL Premier Division

FARLEY HILL put 37 points on the board with a successful afternoon against Woodcote.

Ali Jalil top scored with 38 for Farley as they posted 154.

A five wicket haul from Lewis Hart and three from Kashif Ali saw them bowl their opponents all out on 132.

WEST READING collected 35 points on the road against Mortimer West End.

Zafran Ashraf crafted a century on their way to a four-wicket triumph.

SANDHURST got the better of WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE by eighth wickets.

SHINFIELD 2s cruised to a comfortable win over Goring on Thames.

Gorin were all out on 71 after four wickets from Agastya Pothapragada and three from Saksham Tyagi before they batted their way over the line after 19 overs.

BCL Division 1A

READING UNITED added 39 points to their total with an away win at Peppard Stoke Row 2s.

Krishna Thiyagarajan collected three wickets and Anil Rebello hit a half century for Reading.

READING LIONS came out on top against WEST READING 3s.

West Reading were all out on 96 after four wickets from Ankush Jain.

BERKSHIRE ROYALS lost out away at Checkendon by 80 runs.

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