Wokingham Today

UTTLEY TAKES SIX WICKETS AS OAKS CLIMB UP TO THIRD

- By ANDY PRESTON apreston@wokingham.today

Home Counties Premier Division 1

FINCHAMPST­EAD dropped down to fourth in the table after they were held to a draw by Oxford.

Guy Ashby (4-31) and James Woodford (4-18) were both in scintillat­ing form with the ball for Finch as they contribute­d to bowl Oxford all out on 145.

Matt Giles top scored for Finch with 39 and after 37.4 overs the match was drawn with Finch having three wickets remaining on 124 runs.

WOKINGHAM climbed up into third after they took a draw at home to Banbury.

Max Uttley enjoyed a superb afternoon with the ball as he tore through Banbury’s batting order to take an astonishin­g six wickets.

With 234 to catch to win the match, the game was drawn after the Oaks finished 45 overs on 166-7, with Shaan Khan top scoring with 47.

Home Counties Division 2

WARGRAVE are second in the standings after they took a six wicket victory over Tring Park.

Euan Woods (5-43) and Rhodri Lewis (4-51) were in prolific bowling form which helped to have Tring all out on 177.

It took Wargrave 36.5 overs to surpass the total which saw Lewis add to his fine bowling performanc­e by hitting a half century.

BCM Championsh­ip

WEST READING lost out away at Ley Hill in a six wicket defeat.

A top score of 47 from Arsalan Ahmed helped West Reading hit 207, but the hosts managed to take the points after 30.4 overs.

SHINFIELD amassed 38 points with a three-wicket success over CROWTHORNE & CROWN WOOD.

Crows totalled 154 as three wickets from Prashant Gandhi had them all out.

Two solid innings from Abhishek Chatterjee (35) and Fakhir Ali (39) helped Shinfield get over the line with three wickets to spare.

CMB Premiershi­p

EMMBROOK AND BEARWOOD continued their impressive form with a convincing win over The Lee.

A spectacula­r knock from Alex Cobb (118) and a strong total from Greg Davis (81*) saw the Bears declare having only lost two wickets with 292 runs on the board.

Richard Cole and Ollie Williams both collected three wickets each which saw Emmbrook take the points with The Lee 113 runs short of the target after 41.5 overs. BCL Premier Division

FARLEY HILL remain as league leaders despite being beaten by SHINFIELD 2s.

Michael Sherdian scored highest for Farley with 41 runs, while Nisarg Patel took three wickets for Shinfield.

Shinfield surpassed the chase with three wickets to spare after 30.3 overs to take them up to third in the table.

WEST READING 2s moved up to fifth after a successful afternoon against Stratfield Turgis.

It took 36 overs for West Reading to chase down 208 to take the match which saw opening batsman Mahad

Ahmad hit a half century.

SANDHURST were defeated away at Mortimer West End by 51 runs.

Despite a stunning innings of 94 from Sandhurst opener Adam Birch, they were all out after 35 overs.

WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE are bottom of the pile after they lost out by five wickets to Welford Park.

Andy Malliff and Raham Siddiqui both smacked half centuries, but Welford scored 289 to take the points.

BCL Division 1A

A six wicket win over Silchester keeps READING UNITED at the top after a five wicket haul from Hasan Safdar.

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Pictures: Steve Smyth
Andy Rishton bowling for Wokingham against Banbury Pictures: Steve Smyth

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