BERKSHIRE ROYALS ROYALS LEAPFROG EARLEY
By ANDY PRESTON
apreston@wokingham.today
BCL Division 1A
READING LIONS moved up to third in the table with a home win over Peppard Stoke
Row 2s.
Keerthi Prakash totalled a half century for the Lions which helped them to total 222 after being bowled all out and they were confirmed as winners when Peppard finished their 40 overs 49-runs short of the target.
BERKSHIRE ROYALS overtook EARLEY in the standings after claiming an away win.
Asitha Rangana top scored for Berkshire with 59 as Berkshire totalled a strong first innings of 258.
Earley were all out on 156 as Berkshire earned a convincing win.
CMB Premiership
EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD picked up 21 points in a draw against Pinkneys Green.
Andy Lazenbury was just two runs shy of completing a century for Emmbrook, while
solid innings from Ollie
Williams (30) and Joe Smart (40) contributed to see the Bears finish with 253.
Richard Cole collected four wickets in the second innings but the match was drawn after Pinkneys finished on 152-6.
Chilterns Division Two
EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD 2s won on their travels to The Lee 2s.
A half century from Matt Booth saw the Bears finish their innings with 181.
Toby Morgan and Charlie Sawyer both took three wickets as The Lee were all out on 98 which sealed a 83-run success for Emmbrook.
BCL Premier Division
FARLEY HILL are top of the tree after they got the better of Stratfield Turgis.
Ali Jalil (41) and Matt Jones (44*) batted strongly to help Farley to 185 from 40 overs.
Kashif Ali (4-32) and Adeel Razaq (3-18) were in fine form to help confirm a 28-run win for Farley to give them a healthy lead at the top.
SHINFIELD 2s earned a comfortable victory at home to Mortimer West End.
A half century from Sandeep
Garg saw Shinfield amass 243 runs from 40 overs.
Arun Jumar picked up four wickets which helped to bowl Mortimer all out on 184.
SANDHURST collected 37 points in their home success over Woodcote.
A strong opening pair of Adam Birch (56) and Savir Sharma (78*) saw Sandhurst record 223 runs.
Woodcote were all out on
171 to confirm a 52-run win for the hosts.
WEST READING 2s took the spoils with a six-wicket win away at Welford Park.
Ashan Iqbal and Jawal Ahmad both took three wickets each, while Mahad Ahmad (64) and Mehdi Harees (60*) saw West Reading over the line to victory.
BCL Division 1B
RANGERS climbed up to second in the table after they beat Stallions by six wickets.
54 not out from Arun Kumar Manoharan helped Rangers to surpass the chase after they hit 118 from 17.4 overs and only dropped four wickets in the process.
WOODLEY moved up to third with an away success at FARLEY HILL 2s.
A half century from Chris Garrod saw Farley finish with 203 as
Tajdar Jawaid took four wickets for Woodley.
Asad Imam top scored for Woodley with 57 which saw them win the match with five wickets left.
EARLEY put 35 points on the board on their trip to SHINFIELD.
Michael Page batted strongly and hit 87 which helped Shinfield total 197 as Waqas Jadoon picked up four wickets.
But Earley made light work of reaching the chase as a century from Venkat Bandlamudi saw them win the game, losing just one wicket.