CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD 3S PICK UP FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON

CROWTHORNE & Crown Wood

3rd XI registered their first win of the season away to Yateley 3s.

Having won the toss, Yateley elected to bat. Adam Mansfield (1-14) and Avinash Singh (1-16) bowled tidily, with Singh taking the first wicket.

Uttam Gajjar then bowled excellently to take 4-16. Shravan Sathiyan (2-14), Vijay Bhatti (1-8) and Ven Adapa (1-1) all chipped in with wickets, and keeper-captain Rich Hester took four catches. The hosts were all out for 86 from 39.1 overs.

The Crows set about chasing the total down in assured fashion.

The in-form Dan Finucane

(31) fell to a good catch, but had already done enough damage.

Dave McQuitty (20*) and Simon Sheppard (12*) then saw the Crows home in 19.3 overs for a nine wicket win.

Crows midweek XI made it through to the semi final in flying fashion as they beat Eversley CC by 21 runs in the quarter final.

The batsman got the show on the road with stand out performances from Prakash

Singh (33) and Matt Childs (18) and a final few overs well negotiated by the tail including Peter Emes (13*) and Luke Taylor (9) with strong contributions all the way down the crows posted 151 from their 20 overs, then it was over to the bowlers to get the job done.

A tight first spell from Omer Farooq (2-18) put the pressure back on the Eversley batting line up.

Some fantastic bowling in the middle overs from Chris Emes (2-27) and Oliver Taylor (1-17) kept the pressure firmly placed on the batting side.

With tight fielding and some excellent death bowling from the skipper, Peter Emes (0-25) saw his side home defending 30 from the last over to make it a victory in the quarter final.

A true bowling masterclass was on display from the Crows which helped them secure their spot in the semi-final.