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Cricket round-up: Wokingham and Finchampstead earn success in Home Counties Division 1

by Andy Preston
June 7, 2022
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Home Counties Division 1

FINCHAMPSTEAD put 20 points on the board with an away success at Henley.

Gregory Smith top scored with 32 as Finch set a target of 144.

Lewis Sharp enjoyed a remarkable spell with the ball as he decimated the Henley batting order with six wickets to bowl them all out on 85 to seal the win for Finch.

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WOKINGHAM are in fifth after they dealt defeat to High Wycombe.

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Wycombe made a strong start to their innings with their opening partnership as they put on more than 100 runs.

Chris Peploe and Max Uttley picked up three wickets each aWycombeeb finished with 205.

Despite losing their opening two batsmen for a return of zero runs, the Oaks recovered brilliantly and batted efficiently to take the win.

Billy Rogers hit a half century and 78 from Imran Malik saw them get over the line with a five-wicket win after 46.2 overs.

Home Counties Division 2

WARGRAVE lead the way despite losing out to Harefield in a top of the table clash.

Having to chase down 245, Wargrave fell 100 runs short despite an impressive 71 from Rhodri Lewis.

However, Wargrave still have a two point lead over Harefield in first position after four matches.

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SHINFIELD are in fifth after they amassed 38 points against Ballinger Waggoners.

Shinfield batted first and totted up 267 after a half century from Fakhir Ali.

Ashiq Shah and Noel Joseph picked up three wickets each to help Shins over the line after they bowled Ballinger all out for just 63.

CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD missed out on victory with a heavy loss to Holmer Green.

Holmer totalled a huge first innings total of 351 and Crows fell 214 runs short of reaching the chase.

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EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD earned a convincing home win over Hurley.

An outstanding batting display from Andy Laznebury, who hit 207 runs from 121 without losing his wicket, contributed heavily to Emmbrook’s total of 333.

The Bears bowled brilliant to skittle Hurley all out for 102 after three wickets from Andy Robertson to help them to a 231-run triumph.

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FARLEY HILL sit proudly at the top after they picked up 39 points against Welford Park.

Excellent innings from Akeesh Khokhar (57), Peter Weston (88) and Ali Jalil (75) saw Farley put 288 runs on the board from 40 overs.

Four wickets each from Lewis Hart and Kashif Ali saw Welford all out for 114 to seal a comprehensive 174-run success for the league leaders.

SHINFIELD 2s added 37 points to their total with an away win at Sandhurst.

Three wickets each from Pawan Tyagi, Agastya Pothapragada and Om Solanki helped to bowl Sandhurst all out on 117.

Shinfield got over the line with three wickets to spare after 31.2 overs.

WEST READING 2s added 35 points with a home win against Goring on Thames.

A half century from opening batsman Haaris Mushtaq contributed to the team total of 202.

Goring were 66 runs short of the chase after their allotted 40 overs were up despite having two wickets left.

BCL Division 1A

READING LIONS climbed up to fourth after they defeated Silchester.

Three wickets from Vinoth Palanisamy helped to end Silchester’s innings on 216.

Lions surpassed the chase to take the match after 36.5 overs with three wickets to spare.

BERKSHIRE ROYALS lost out by one wicket in their contest against Checkendon.

Berkshire set a total of 183 to win the game and Checkendon reached that in a tense finish with just four balls and one wicket in reserve.

BCL Division 1B

CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD 2s got the better of TWYFORD & RUSCOMBE with a comfortable victory.

Super batting performances from Dan Finucane (60), Ravi Godbole (68*) and Mike Brundish (95) saw them surrender just three wickets on their way to scoring 282.

Twyford were only able to field nine batters and were all out on 114 which gave the Crows a 168-run success to continue their reign at the top.

Second placed RANGERS suffered defeat on the road at Warfield.

Trying to chase down 119 to win the game, Rangers were skittled all out on 88.

WOODLEY moved up to third with an impressive nine-wicket win over READING UNITED 2s.

59 from Daud Sardar helped Reading to put 192 on the board from the first innings.

But Woodley breezed to victory, losing just one wicket as Amol Lotke (65) and Debdeep Bhattacharya (57) scored the majority of their teams runs.

SHINFIELD amassed 35 points on their travels to Stallions.

Aalok Sonwala (61) and Sushant Agarwal (62) batted strongly which saw Shinfield set a target of 248.

Stallions were all out on 166 to give Shinfield the points.

EARLEY 2s won by eight wickets up against FARLEY HILL 2s.

Four wickets each from Deep Singh and Gary Shacklady had Farley all out on 76.

Earley surpassed the target after 14.3 overs to wrap up the points.

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