Slough III v Amersham CC Saturday 2nd X1 on Sat 06 Aug 2005 at
Amersham CC Won by 3 wickets
Amersham II completed the double over high-flying Slough III with a win which was more comfortable than the 3 wicket margin suggests. It was a terrific all-round effort from a young team fielding eight players still in their teens.
Slough opted to bat first on a hard track, and were soon in trouble at 22-3 as Jeremy Good (3-50) took a brace of early wickets. But Taj (48) and Din (47) were both dropped soon afterwards and made Amersham pay by taking the score to 109. But with tight bowling from the Davids: Sidebottom (3-36) and Bishop (0-25), Slough could never get fully on top, and James Harmer (4-29) completed a marvellous display of pace bowling as the last 6 wickets fell for 17 runs.
Amersham batted with good discipline throughout against long and testing opening spells from Shepard (2-49) and Nawaz (2-50). John Langley (22) and Ben Langley (20) started the innings on the front foot, and Jack Kilgannon's strokeplay (31) brought the finishing line within sight. At 104-5 there was still work to do, but Alex Martin (22) and Paul Langley (26) batted extremely well, and although they were both dismissed just before the hand-shaking, their partnership of 43 ultimately won Amersham the match.
* champagne moment - David Bishop, striding to the crease and hitting the winning runs with his first ball
Tim Aylott
Slough III Batting
150 for 10
Amersham CC Saturday 2nd X1 Bowling
Amersham CC Saturday 2nd X1 Batting
151 for 7
Slough III Bowling