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Cricket round-up: Goodwin hits century to help Emmbrook and Bearwood 2s to victory

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June 1, 2022
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Home Counties Division 1

FINCHAMPSTEAD climbed up to fifth by inflicting defeat on Buckingham Town.

Having elected to bat first, Finch got off to a strong start with the opening pair of Ben Moffar and Gregory Smith.

Their strong platform with 53 from Moffat and 82 from Smith saw them finish on 264 from 50 overs.

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James Woodford collected three wickets for Finch as they had Buckingham all out on 210 to wrap up a 54-run win.

WOKINGHAM dropped down to seventh after they lost on the road at Aston Rowant.

The Oaks posted a first innings score of 209 with a top score of 68 from Shaan Khan.

Andy Rishton and Shaan Khan took two wickets each but the hosts got over the line with four wickets to spare.

Home Counties Division 2

WARGRAVE sit at the top of the table with four wins from four after they beat Oxford Downs.

Rhys Lewis ended with the highest total for Wargrave on 43 as the hosts totalled 191.

John Child helped to decimate Aston’s innings by taking four wickets, while Rhodri Lewis took three as Wargrave bowled them all out on 128.

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WEST READING have a healthy lead in first position after they beat Braywood.

Usman Tariq and Saqib Gulfraz both finished one run short of completing a half century for Reading as they ended on 228.

They secured victory when four wickets from Hafeez Ul-Wahab and three from Muhammad Zameer had Braywood all out for 203.

SHINFIELD won on their travels with an 80-run triumph over Great Kingshill.

71 from Abhishek Chatterjee and a huge total of 109 from 63 balls from Muhammad Hafeez saw Shinfield finish with 323.

Shinfield secured the win after 44.5 overs.

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EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD took 35 points on the road at Braywood 2s.

There were several solid innings from Emmbrook as they dropped just three wickets on their way to hitting 248, which included 67 not out from Andy Lazenbury and a half century not out from Jack Narraway.

Andy Robertson bowled fantastically to take four wickets to secure a comfortable 143-run win for Emmbrook.

Chilterns Division Two

EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD 2s are in second after they got the better of Hurley 2s.

With a target of 267 to catch, the Bears won the match after 41 overs which saw an exceptional innings from Jamie Goodwin (135 not out).

BCL Premier Division

FARLEY HILL are still in second despite losing out to Goring on Thames.

They fell just short of reaching the target set by Goring as they were all out just six runs shy of winning the match.

SHINFIELD 2s dropped down to sixth after they lost at home to Woodcote.

WEST READING 2s moved to seventh after they dealt defeat to bottom of the table WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE.

A half century from Mehdi Harees helped West Reading score 290.

Opening batsman Ankush Gandhi totalled 66 for Waltham and Ravi Sainani was 61 not out, but Reading took the match with four wickets from Jawad Ahmad.

BCL Division 1A

READING UNITED lead the way after they were victorious away at Stallions.

Reading finished on 280 after an astonishing innings of 114 from 52 balls from Daud Sardar.

Stallions were all out on 217 after three wickets from SriHarsha Cherukuri.

EARLEY put 35 points on the board with an eight wicket win over Checkendon.

Kiran Susarla had four wickets to his name for Earley and 93 not out from Araving Gururajan helped them to win after 28.4 overs.

BERKSHIRE ROYALS earned a convincing 233-run success over WEST READING 3s.

Arshad Kaffar hit 87 for Berkshire, while West Reading were skittled out for 84.

BCL Division 1B

CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD 2s lost out to top of the table Rangers.

Dan Finucane scored 72 for Crows which helped them to 218 from 40 overs.

But Rangers took the win with four wickets to spare.

WOODLEY are up to third after they got past TWYFORD AND RUSCOMBE.

In a tight contest, Woodley got over the line with one wicket to spare after 74 runs from Pradeep Kadloor.

READING UNITED 2s won by one wicket against EARLEY 2s.

Jegannathan Srinivasen collected for wickets for United, while Hlf century from Sushant Jain helped them to take the match.

FARLEY HILL 2s won by 11 runs against Stallions.

Jos Clarke was in scintillating form with 168 runs from 105 balls to help Farley to total 308.

SHINFIELD 3s took 35 points after they beat Warfield by 50 runs.

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