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Taylor and Gandhi top the honours board

by Tom Crocker
July 6, 2017
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FINCHAMPSTEAD bowler Sam Taylor took seven wickets for the 3rd team as they lost to Purley-on-Thames.

The batsmen let Finches down on the day but Taylor’s figures of 7-72 were the best anyone could muster across the borough.

Wokingham bowlers Jacob Clark (6-27) and John McDonald (6-63) rounded off the top three.

As for the batting, Ankush Gandhi’s knock of 182 for Waltham St Lawrence was unmatched.

Mac Keast (124no) from Finchampstead and Chris Lunn (110) for Wargrave were the other big scorers.

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BATTING:

ANKUSH GANDHI: Waltham St Lawrence v Emmbrook and Bearwood 2s – 182
MAC KEAST: Finchampstead 4s v Purley-on-Thames 2s – 124*
CHRIS LUNN: Wargrave 2s v Wokingham 3s – 110
ALI JALIL: Farley Hill v Ibis Mapledurham – 107

Andy House scored 95 for Finchampstead’s first team

ANDREW HOUSE: Finchampstead v High Wycombe – 95
LIAM PROWSE: Shinfield 2s v Emmbrook and Bearwood 3s – 88
JJ HARRIS: Wargrave 2s v Wokingham 3s – 86
ANDY WEBB: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Bradfield – 85
ROBIN THOMPSON: Twyford and Ruscombe v Woodley 2s – 85
ALEX COBB: Emmbrook and Bearwood 2s v Waltham St Lawrence – 80
SEAN ENNIS: Binfield v Pinkneys Green – 78
BYRON HICKMAN: Eversley 2s v Slough 3s – 75
ALISTAIR HIGGINSON: Binfield 2s v Pinkneys Green 2s – 74*
NOEL JOSEPH: Shinfield v Hawley – 73
ANDY LAZENBURY: Finchampstead 2s v Marlow – 71*
JULIAN O’LOUGHLIN: Crowthorne and Crown Wood 2s – 68
DAVE MARLES: Finchampstead 5s v Windsor 4s – 67*
ANDREW NIBLETT: Eversley v Kew – 63
GARY PHILLIPS: Sonning 3s v Hayes 4s – 62
LUKE TAYLOR: Wargrave v Wokingham 2s – 61
CRAIG BEALES: Wokingham 2s v Wargrave – 55*
JASON LUNNON: Binfield 2s v Pinkneys Green 2s – 55
OWEN BYE: Earley v Stratfield Turgis/Hartley Wespall – 53
ATHARVA PATIL: Wokingham 5s v Newbury 3s – 52*
SRINIVAS VIJAYARAO: Shinfield 2s v Emmbrook and Bearwood 3s – 52*
CAMERON SPENCE: Wokingham 2s v Wargrave – 52
ASIF ALI: Waltham St Lawrence v Emmbrook and Bearwood 2s – 52
INDEVEER SAHOTA: Sonning v Yateley – 51
AKEESH KHOKHAR: Farley Hill v Ibis Mapledurham – 51
SUNEET BASRA: Shinfield v Hawley – 51
HARRY STAPLES: Wokingham 3s v Wargrave 2s – 50
CURT WATTS: Earley v Stratfield Turgis/Hartley Wespall – 50
MANOJ GEORGE: Woodley 2s v Twyford and Ruscombe – 50

*Not out

BOWLING:

SAM TAYLOR: Finchampstead 3s v Purley-on-Thames – 7-72
JACOB CLARK: Wokingham v Falkland – 6-27
JOHN MCDONALD: Wokingham 2s v Wargrave – 6-63
WILLIAM GRIFFITHS: Finchampstead 5s v Windsor 4s – 5-17
HASSAN SAFDAR: Shinfield v Hawley – 5-18
RICHARD COLE: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Bradfield – 5-22
MARK JAMES: Wokingham 5s v Newbury 3s – 5-38
MIKE STAVES: Binfield v Pinkneys Green – 5-49
PRASHANT GANDHI: Shinfield v Hawley – 4-16
MOHAMMED ATIF: Sonning 2s v Hurst 2s – 4-28
SEAN WOODWARD: Emmbrook and Bearwood v Bradfield – 4-30
TIM EVERITT: Hurst 2s v Sonning 2s – 4-48
ALI NAEEM: Woodley 2s v Twyford and Ruscombe – 4-56
JORDAN GODDARD: Woodley v Ruislip Victoria – 4-59

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