TWO ON THE TROT!!!

Oliver Birch top scored with 58 as

Windsor beat Eversley

WINDSOR 8/229
Birch 58
Malik 50

Defeated

EVERSLEY 98

Windsor manged to make it 2 on the trot as they managed to beat impressive new side Eversley away on Saturday.

Upon being sent in, Birch (58) started getting back in the runs, and it was a partnership with Malik (50) that formed the backbone of the total. Weston (27) and San Jose (13) managed to keep the score board ticking, but it was the partnership between Kemp (24) and Harris (23*) that really broke Eversleys back, as Windsor transformed a score of 200 to 229.

Eversley got off to a dreadful start as Nichols (4/38) claimed both openers in the first over. Brilliantly supported by Kemp (3/25), Windsor can now boast one of the better opening attacks in the league, as their pace and bounce reduced Eversley to a sub 100 score.

Malloch (3/11) deserved to clean up the tail as Windsor celebrated 50 points in 2 weeks!

Windsor now are hoping to make it 3 in a row as they play guest to Cove 2's at home next week.

WINDSOR GET FIRST WIN

Wes Nichols managed to destroy Chiswick

claiming a match winning 6/36

WINDSOR 137/8 (48 Overs)

defeated

Chiswick & Latymer 98 (39 Overs)
W.Nichols 6/36

Windsor managed to grab their first win in the TVL in 2009 against Chiswick at Whitton. Heavy showers during the week and morning of the game made batting difficult as Windsor having been sent in, lost both openers cheaply. It was left again to Nichols (26) and Malik (22) to steady the ship as Weston (40*) managed to pull the total to a defendable 137.

With the sun now shining and gusting winds flattening out the pitch, Windsor needed to take their chances. Luckily they managed to take advantage of what little life was left in the wicket early on as Kemp (3/26) and Nichols (6/36), managed to repel Chicwicks advances.

All chances offered were taken by Windsor as Hartridge (1/3) took the final scalp that hopefully can set up a winning sequence for them!

Windsor travel to Eversley next week and fingers crossed they will get to bat on a descent surface which can able them to score a bit more than 140, like in previous weeks!!!

DEJA VU AS WINDSOR FAIL AGAIN IN THE LEAGUES FIRST ROUND...

Brendon Kemp managed to top score with 42*

in Windsors first round loss

WINDSOR 7/137 (52 Overs)

Lost to

BASINGSTOKE & NHT's 6/140 (43 Overs)

Windsor lost their first game of the season in the TVL to Basingstoke on the weekend. Batting first they had to endure some disciplined bowling on what could on be described as a very sub-par pitch, that incidentally got very low marks from both skippers and umpires!!!

Nichols (14) and Malik (18) laboured to get the score to 51 after 26 overs! Before Kemp (42*), Weston (30) and George (13*) managed to take advantage of some wickets in hand to get a competitive 137 on the board.

Windsor had to take all their chances to win and Nichols (2/31) and Harris (3/57) had the visitors on the ropes at 4/25 after 6 overs, and a courageous defence looked a chance. But they missed a crucial opportunity to make that 5/30 and that was really it in the end as the Basingstoke batters took the life given and guided the side amid difficult batting conditions to the target with 4 overs remaining and 4 wickets in hand.

The fact that only 270 runs where scored in 90 odd overs tells the story, as 137 was a defendable score on the up and down pitch, but Windsor needed to be perfect in the field , and they weren't, as such fully deserved to lose to the better side.

Windsor travel to Chiswick next week and hope to get the seasons first win under their belt.

WINDSOR GETS WIN ON THE BOARD

No more lay ins on Saturdays now Oliver! Cricket

season has started!!!

BOYNE HILL 177 all out

defeated by

WINDSOR 4/181
Malloch 61*

Windsor managed to jag a win int he last friendly of the season by knocking off local rivals Boyne Hill at Home Park on Saturday.

Windsor won the toss and sent Boyne Hill in as Windsor looked to get more form chasing targets. Despite a fine start and a lone hand from Pike, Windsor got the better of Boyne Hill as Mohindru (3/35), Nichols (3/54) and Hartridge (2/23) shared the spoils.

An amusing highlight of the innings though was Nichols giving ex Windsor player Tim Smith a lesson on fast bowling! The over included a smashing 4 through cover, followed by a ferocious bouncer that had Smith on the seat of his pants, followed by more of the same for the next 3 balls (including Tim tripping over his feet to square leg!) It concluded with Smiths leg stump being uprooted out of the gorund!

Malloch and Harris looked good in their return to 1st team cricket and Kemp can probably lay claim to being the unluckiest bowler in the TVL not claiming a scalp!

The chase started poorly with Birch, Malloch, Lines and Nichols falling before the scoreboard got to 40! But the middle order of Weston (39*) and Malloch (61*) surveyed conditions well and safely got the home side home with overs to spare. It was the first 100 partnership in the 1st team since 2007! Many more partnerships like that will be required to give the title a shake in 2009.

Windsor plays host to Basingstoke in the first TVL game of the 2009 season and an unchanged line up is hoping to get the title chase off to an impressive start.