Crowthorne & Crown Wood Women’s first XI defeated Eversley Girls & Ladies in a friendly match on Saturday.
The Crows were sent in to bat with openers Lou Roberts and Marsha Connolly setting the pace by scoring 10 off 18 before Nik Mansfield and Seetal Bhati took over to attain a further 17 in their partnership.
The third pair with top run scorer Lorna Owens rattled the opposition with their 26 runs and the baton was then handed over for the final couplet to take another 23 runs to move the total up to a respectable 305-1.
The Coyotes then took to the field with the first wicket falling in the first over courtesy of Marsha Connolly.
The mood was electric and the action was far from over with more scalps taken by Anita Applin, a second from Marsha Connolly and then some timely catches; a single handed stretch from bowler Gillian Finucane and another careful gather from Helena Jones.
Sensational wicket keeping from Nik Mansfield ensured the run rate was kept to a minimum.
She also saw only one ball fall behind her and her quick thinking to move into place for a sensational run out with the ball hurtling in from the boundary left the Eversley visitors having too big a mountain to climb, racking up 249-6, falling 56 runs short.
