WOKINGHAM 2s collected 23 points after they earned a four-wicket win over Hurst in Thames Valley Division 2b.
Hurst won the toss and Lewis Smith decided to bat first and James Watt faced Iain Muirden but a leg bye put Sam Warren on strike.
Watt faced McDonald for three fours in over 10 then Clark replaced Muirden as Watt scored six runs from Clark’s first over and the 50 showing the total with a two after a four on the last ball of the 11th over.
McDonald bowled a maiden over then Watt reached the boundary for four in over 13. McDonald bowled another maiden over to Watt who sent Clark for a four in an over that produced eight runs.
Jack Fisher’s first spell produced 12 runs and Watt gained two boundaries. Clark and Fisher bowled more sparingly and a total of 80 was reached by Watt and Warren by the end of over 18.
In the 20th over, Fisher took the wicket of Sam Warren when Ben Myles caught Warren to make it 82-1.
Skipper, Lewis Smith, joined Watt and score rate dropped until the last ball of over 22 when Watt sent the ball to the boundary off Fisher’s last ball of the over.
Both bats ran a three off Clark in over 25 and the 100 was posted on the board.
Skipper, Jarrett Bobb, came on to bowl instead of Clark bowling sparingly along with Fisher until over 31 when Bobb conceded ninr runs including a four to Smith.
There was a similar sparingly bowled spell until over 35 when Bobb had a four dispatched by Smith to the boundary and singles made another nine runs to Hurst.
Over 39 was a heavier time for Bobb who had 11 runs taken from him.
Max Carroll entered the arena but he was dismissed for three in over 44 bowled Khalid.
The 200 arrived with a single and Khalid’s next over saw Lovegrove leave the field caught Fisher for three, with the score 208-6.
Kayser was then left with Joshi to bat out the next two overs but Joe Warren was run out by Bobb, with 50 overs completed for 217-7.
Wokingham replied with Turner facing first ball but two wide balls in succession were followed up by runs, nine off the first over.
Over three saw the early breakthrough that Hurst required. Salman Khalid was LBW bowled Joshi for four. 12-1.
Turner was caught Hibbs, bowled Nick Reynolds, for 21, bringing Ben Myles to the crease. By over 15 , Malik had increased the low run rate by scoring a boundary and the seven runs added in
that over made it 85-2.
By the end of the 16th over the total on the board was 91-2., Myles hitting four.
18 overs in to the innings, 100 was posted when Malik ran two and almost halfway to the target. Ben Myles was bowled by Reynolds in the 20th over for 16. 1
Abhir Joshi came on to bowl instead of Smith and Clark hit two fours with one to Malik in over 35.
Two more fours to Clark off Joe Warren After over 36 the score was 81-3. The next over, 37, Imran Malik was, caught Joe Warren bowled Joshi, 182-4.
Jayden Barson started with a boundary off Kayser’s bowling but first ball of the next over, Clark was bowled by Joshi for 57. 192-5 and last ball of over 39 Barson was out LBW bowled Joshi, for
four. 197-6.
Mac Dasouza added to the total as did Jack Fisher who hit three fours in the last overs including the winning runs.
By Arthur Strand
