BA brought back to earth with a bang

Windsor 2nd XI 168 All out (Singh 5 for 65)
British Airways 1st XI 131 All Out

Comeback Kings

Windsor 2nd XI 175 for 7 off 52 Overs (Hill 82, Scott 5 for 33)
Chesham 2nd XI 171 All Out off 47.2 Overs (Davis 5 for 57, Kellard 5 for 75)

Too complacent from Windsor

OMT 1st XI 225 for 9 off 52 Overs (McCabe 50)
Windsor 2nd XI 175 for 8 off 48 Overs

Finally back to winning ways

Windsor 2nd XI vs Tring Park 3rd XI

Windsor 208, 52 overs
Riches 50
Murray 50

Tring Park 175, 42 overs
Chana, 5-58

Windsor won by 33 runs.

With the absence of Brian Davis, Umar Malik took the reins of the 2nd xi captaincy.

Tring Park won the toss and put Windsor into bat. Windsor lost butt early but it was Riches and Chana who pushed on. Chana was next out, caught in the covers for a well played 31. Malik was next in but was run out without troubling the scorers. Huggins and Riches held the innings together with them both being dismissed in quick succession, Riches for a well deserved 50. Young George Gould and Murray came in the last 12 overs and contributed 20 and 50 respectively to take Windsor to 208 from their 52 overs.

Tring park started their inning well, taking advantage of anything loose from the Windsor openers. It was the bowling change of Kellard and Chana that bough two quick wickets for Windsor. The two spin twins bowled well in tandem, creating pressure for each other. The two took wickets at crucial times and finished the innings with Harmeet 'dart pea' Chana 5-58 off his 14 overs and Kellard finishing with 4 wickets.

All in all, a really gutsy performance from the Windsor team, and a much needed 25 points!

Stagnant last 10 overs spoil Windsor's day

Saturday 27th June

Windsor 2's 208 for 3 off 52 Overs (Chana 69, P Huggins 62*)
Wooburn Narkovians 211 for 6 off 46.3 Overs (J White 51)

On a day with thundering around the edges of the ground, Windsor 2's lacked the thunder on the pitch to convert a good start into a substantial total.

After winning the toss and chosing to bat first, Windsor openers Chana and Davis made a positive (if not in the case the latter) if risky start. With the score at 75, Davis was first to go for 37, caught on the long off boundary. Huggins joined Chana and the pair began to build further on the strong start made, with Chana reaching a deservered 50. However, with innings beginning to stall, runs began to dry up as Huggins suffered in the heat and Chana was caught on the boundary attempting one big shot too many. Nair briefly joined the now immobile Huggins and tried in vain to hit out with boundary riders all around the ground. One final push by Riches helped Huggins get Windsor past 200 and settle at a total of 208 from 52 overs. With 7 wickets still hand, this total could surely have been at least 20 more had more risk been taken.

Wooburn started positively, but as Hill, Gould and Davis chipped away with early wickets, the game was wide open going into the final quarter of the match. The extra runs missed earlier in the day would prove to be decisive as White and Wooburn skipper Small made a postive move with less than 15 overs to go. Small in particular played some lusty blows over the long on boundary. When Bennett later replaced Small, the two left handers set to frustrate Windsor further and get closer to the total. When Small was finally out to sharp catch by Nair off Chana, the game was already won for Wooburn and Bennett ticked of the final runs with ease.

A disappointing loss for Windsor especially considering how they had dominated with the bat for good portions of the game. Windsor need to find that extra gear going into the swecond half of the season to get to totals of 230 plus to give for a strong platform for which to bowl a side out on.