Denham 1st XI

V Little Kingshill 1st XI

Saturday 3rd July

Captain Dave Maynard's Report

Denham won the toss on drying wicket and put Little Kingshill into bat. The vistors were soon off to a flyer at 58 for no loss when Jack Grover removed the 2 openers.

Little Kingshill created another partnership and to take them to 136-3 when Denham hit back with James Nicholas taking 4 quick wickets leaving the opposition reeling at 158-8.

It just seem at matter time before Denham bowled them out but Little Kingshill created a 100 run partnership to take them to 263 before being bowled out.

Denham started off slowly on a wicket now favouring the bowlers and were 56-2 off 21 overs (C.Tobin 20 and J Nicholas 17).

In came Paul Hazell who scored an excellent 104 including 29 off one over. He was supported well by Faisal Mahmood 34, and Joe O'Hara, who contributed a fine 34.

Denham now needed 49 runs of 5 overs with Stuart.Payne and Jamil Shiakh at the crease. They kept up the run rate with some excellent 6’s and 4’s from both players.

This took us into the last over with 10 runs needed. They managed to get 5 runs of the first 5 balls, so Jamil Shiakh was facing the last ball with a six needed to win. The opposition were confident that they would win, but Jamil Shiak had other ideas. He smacked the last ball over point boundary for 6 giving Denham a truly great victory and the other Denham players ran on the pitch to celebrate. (Jamil Shiak 27*, S.Payne 24*).

Little Kingshill Innings
T.Chick b Grover 24
I.Rose b Grover 25
M.Bambridge Lbw b Shiakh 24
R.Bradshaw ct.Payne b Nicholas 52
J.Pitts b Nicholas 13
R.Speslly ct.Shiakh b Nicholas 14
L.Cescer ct.Payne b Sabherwood 3
R.Blackwell b Nicholas 0
S.Emerson Not Out 56
J.Bradshaw Lbw b Grover 23
D.Chandler b F Mahmood 1
Total 263 all out 49 overs

Denham Bowling
F.Mahmood 12.2 overs 0 mdns 80 runs 1 wkt
J.Grover 10 overs 0 mdns 60 runs 3 wkts
J.Shiakh 12 overs 4 mdns 43 runs 1 wkt
J.Nicholas 12 overs 4 mdns 56 runs 4 wkts
Akhil Sableral 4 overs 0 mdns 24 runs 1 wkt

Denham Innings
C.Tobin ct.I Rose b Bambridge 20
J.Nicholas ct.Cescor b Chandler 17
P.Hazell b Chandler 104
F.Mahmood ct.J Pitts b Chandler 34
J.O’Hara ct R.Spressly b Chandler 32
D.Maynard ct + bowled Bambridge 1
S.Payne Not Out 24
J.Shiakh Not Out 27
Total 265-6 51 overs

Little Kingshill Bowling
S.Emerson 15 overs 6 mdns 72 runs 0 wkt
D.Chandler 15 overs 0 mdns 56 runs 4 wkts
M.Bambridge 14 overs 0 mdns 52 runs 2 wkts
R.Blackwell 4 overs 0 mdns 23 runs 0 wkts
R.Bradshaw 3 overs 0 mdns 47 runs 0 wkts

Little Kingshill 2nd XI

V Denham 2nd XI

Saturday 3rd July

They made 256/7 off 51.5 overs - a formidable total.

Due to the good efforts of Mark Dalton (an excellent 76), Jaykay (a fine 42) and Dave Tang (30+, adding to a spectacular catch earlier on) we got very, very close.

We needed 7 off the last over, but we were nine wickets down so we also had to be careful. It came down to 4 wanted off the last ball and we finished 3 short at 253/9.

Points: Little Kingshill 14, Denham 8

Denham Sunday XI

V Academicals

Sunday 4th July

We made 228 in our 40 overs (James Nicholas 53, Andy Leach 47), a respectable score.

Despite the best efforts of Ollie Bareham and Phil Ashworth (2 wickets apiece), the visitors reached theit target with 5 wickets and several overs to spare, one of their men notching his maiden century for his club.