Tilehurst &
Theale 110 all out
Saad 3-17, Main 3-32
RUASCC 111-0
J. Singh 75 not out, Eagle 29 not out
RUASCC won by 10
wickets
Our first “home” game of the season resulted in a
comfortable run chase, the first ten-wicket win I can remember in my decade
playing for the club. Tilehurst brought
a young team and RUASCC ultimately proved too strong with both bat and ball.
The players were greeted at Leighton Park by rain, and
though the game began in sunshine another heavy shower forced a 20-minute break
and a hasty arrangement of the covers by some soggy old cricketers. Although a cold wind persisted, conditions
improved and play continued uninterrupted until the winning boundary was scored
soon after 6pm.
Eagle won the toss and chose to field, and for the fourth
game in a row Withers made the initial breakthrough when a leading edge flew to
Obaid at mid-on. Then Saad took over, full
of pre-match Red Bull and hurtling in for ten violent overs against batsmen
ill-equipped to either attack or defend against the pace, bounce and wild
screams of “CATCH!” So demanding is Saad
of his fielders that he insists they catch the ball whether or not it hits the
bat, whether it’s in the air or on the floor and completely irrespective of
whether there’s a single person within 25 yards of it.
Nevertheless Saad took the next three wickets to fall, all
thanks to catches by close fielders, and Main’s first wicket kicked off a
collapse from 80-4 to 110 all out in the 35th over.
As it turned out Dr Eagle didn’t need to spend much time
thinking about his batting order. Jas
Singh went on a bit of a rampage, reaching fifty with his 11th four,
and even Eagle got creative with a six over backward square leg as the opening
pair knocked off the runs in just 17.3 overs - much to the annoyance of Andy
Greenhalf, all padded up with nowhere to go.
RUASCC Highlight: “CATCH!”
RUASCC Man of the
Match: Jas Singh.
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