BINFIELD CONTINUE FLAWLESS START
BINFIELD continued their flawless start in Thames Valley Division 2B with a nail biting win over Cove.
Binfield batted first with Wynand
Lamprecht and Michael Allan-Canty opening the innings. They made a good start for the first few overs, 24 from six overs and 40 from 10 overs. Allan- Canty found the boundary in over 12 and over 15.
In over 18 he hit another four but in the following over, he was caught by Redhead bowled Finney who was bowling opposite end to Finney.
The run rate dropped when Morgan arrived at the crease but Lamprecht boosted it with a four in over 25. Morgan then sent the ball to the boundary in the 26th over and it was Lamprecht’s turn in over 29.
The next over Lamprecht was caught Short bowled by Redhead for 48 on 116-2.
Nick Randall came on to bowl over 32 and the run rate slowed down as Humphrey joined Morgan. He sent the ball to the boundary from T. Redhead’s first ball of over 47 and a six from Morgan on the last ball of over 39 brought up 150.
Chris Morgan was Run Out for 53 on the penultimate ball and Tom Andrews was caught Neil Randall for 0 first ball and a double Wicket Maiden over on 172-4.
Jackson joined Shaun Miller and ran singles until Wisniewsky had him caught by Finney for nine on 194-6.
On the last ball Pigden was caught by Roylance bowled Short for four with the final total 202-9.
The First ball that Cove opener Tom
Redhead faced was a real eye-opener for the fielder who caught him. Andrews to
Tom Redhead caught by Miller bowled Tom Andrews.
Neil Randall was joined by Gavin Sinclair then the next over the former was out LBW to Pigden for a zero. Another Wicket Maiden took the game to 0-2 and Finney was next in.
Two more expensive overs, over five cost 10 runs and over six 12 runs and three boundaries to Sinclair. Andrews then bowled a maiden over to Finney and the eighth over Sinclair was caught and bowled Pigden in another wicket maiden on 29-3.
Roylance came in with Finney and 50 went on the scoreboard in the 15th over. In over 17 Roylance was caught Miller bowled Jackson for nought.
In over 41, Finney was caught by Andrews bowled Jackson for 74.
Short cracked Jackson for a six in the 45th over which added 10 to the total then a six off Clark in the following over, the 46th over adding 11 runs.
Wisniewsky cracked Clark for a six and, with three singles taken, he watched Collett catch him for 38 bowled Ben Clark.
10 runs in over 49 shared between W. Redhead and Wiesnewsky, 199-9.
In the final over Binfield took victory as they had Cove all out just three runs short of the target.