CLUB NEWS

Satruday 24th July

Sunday 18th July

Only the Ladies on show today as the 1st XI game was canceled due to a lack of players.    The ladies played at Yateley on a very low and slow wicket,  asked to bat first Cove set Yateley 184 to win following another 100+ opening stand by Natasha Raine (50) and Kelly Duffett (78).    Cove blow away Yateley in 17 overs,  with Sophie Lynch 3 - 14 the main wicket taker.

Saturday17th July

1st XI tied with Wokingham on Saturday,  having batted first,  Cove were all out for 176.  In reply with one ball remaining,  Wokingham need 1 to win with one wicket remaining,  an attempt at a single of the last ball was stopped by a direct hit from Nick Randall fielding at cover point.   The 2nd XI powered past Gerrads Cross who were never in the game having only posted 117 from 42 overs.  Andrew Carter and Simon Carter saw Cove home to victory for the lost of one wicket.   The 3rd XI have elected to field,  were set 255 to win their match,  they eventually reached 192 for 8 with Gudgy scoring a half century with a broken finger.   The Academy who had North Maidenhead 65 for 6 let them off the hook to set 226 to win,   but the accuracy of the North Maidenhead team were too good for Cove youngsers who lost in the 39 over.   The 5th XI secured another easy win,  bowling Theale & Tilehurst out cheaply.

Wednesday 7th July

U11 Girls lost last night to Aldershot,  but we did very well with a young team and a player short.  Mia took her first wicket ever and Jade hit her first 4.   Last time out Aldershot won by 150 runs,  this time it was only 34 a great improvement.  Well done girls.

Dates for the club members to note down:

Friday 9th July :  Under 16 Girls versus Aldershot in their 15/15 Cup Semi Final on Pitch 2.

Thursday 15th July : Under 11 Boys versus Hartney Wintney in their 15/15 Cup Semi Final on the main ground.

Tuesday 20th July :  Alwyard Cup Final at Cove

Monday 5th July

The draw for the North Hants Youth League 15/15 Cup Semi Finals has been made for the boys.   Our U11 team will play at home to Hartley Wintney,  the U13's will play Basingstoke Away and our U15 team will play Eversley away.   Tough draws for our teams but fingers crossed they all make it through to the final.   The Girls Under 16 team play Aldershot this Friday in there Semi Final at home on the second pitch. 

Sunday 4th July

Cove failed to fulfill the away fixture to Reading on Sunday due to a lack of players.

Ladies played Reading away who are an excellent team with a lot of experience.   Reading batted first and set a total of 194 to win in reply Cove reached 174 for 5,  with Natasha Raine scoring a brilliant 94 not out.   A tremendous performance against a good team and we now know the standard required to win this competition.

Under 16 Girls won their 7th match out of 7 in the North Hants Youth League,  Yateley batted first and scored 91 from 16 overs with Sophie Lynch 2 wickets for 12 runs and Naomi Lynch 2 wickets for 3 doing most of the damage with the ball.   In reply Naomi Lynch (31 not out retired ) and Kelly Duffett ( 25 not out ) secured victory in the 10th over the game with some fine batting.

The U9 A & B teams both lost,  although the improvement in both teams is considerable since the start of the season.

U13b lost against top of table Overton who still have a 100% record.

Saturday 3rd July

Saturday was not a good day at the office for Cove with only the 5th XI securing victory.   The 1st XI bowled Windsor out for 163,  but were bowled out themselves 8 runs short in a tight encounter.  The 2nd XI batted first posting 276 for 5 with Andrew Carter ( 78), Ali Anthony (75) and Stuart Dee (53) the main contributors to a solid Cove total from 51 overs.  Chiswick reached the total with 5 overs to spare.   The 3rd XI played Reading 3's,  who won the toss and batted first setting Cove a total of 249 to win but Cove never got going and were bowled out for 150 in 34 overs.   The 5th XI however did secure a good win against top of the table Eversley.   The Academy had a bad day at the office having watched Aldershot score 237 on a doggy wicket with some aggressive batting,  Cove youngsters were bowled out for 84.

Tuesday 29th June

The Under 11 boys took on Yateley this evening at home and lost in a very close match by 8 runs.  Batting first Yateley score 95 from 20 overs with the pick of the Cove bowling being Jack Rossiter 2 wickets for 15 runs from 3 overs and Adam Minshaw 2 wickets for 7 runs from 4 overs.   In reply apart from Chris Warren 21 and Jed Adkins 11 nobody really got on top of the bowling and Cove fell 8 runs short of winning.   A good match.

The Under 13B team won away at Rowledge,  Cove scored 127 from 20 overs with both Zac Chillery & Naomi Lynch retiring with 25 runs.  Adam Stein 2 for 8 runs and Peter Bolton 2 for 18 were the pick of the bowlers.   Special mention to Ben Westwood making his debut he scored a couple of runs and bowled really well.  As did other debutant Elliot Thorogood,  he put on stand of 22 with his sister Jessica in the last four overs and also bowled well.  Great win for a young and inexperienced team,  three in a row.

Under 13 girls won as well,  details of the match to follow.

Sunday 27th June

No games due to football although we would have been better off playing instead of watching that rubbish.

Ladies however did arrange an inter club game with 20 ladies attending the match,  highlight was Jane Redhead scoring her first four ever and dancing in the middle of the square.  The good news for Cove is that we had that many Ladies in attendance and with the growth of girls cricket at Cove and our strength which will attract new players,  the chances are in two years time we might have a 1st and 2nd Ladies XI's on a Sunday.

Saturday 26th June

The 1st XI had a fantastic win away to Amersham on Saturday with the full 25 points.   Batting first scored 217 from 50 overs and great declaration that tempted the opposition to have a go but they were bowled out for 148 with Vineet 6 for 28 runs.

The 2nd XI batted first on an excellent wicket with Cove old boys A Anthony (69) and Troy Tomsett (76) the main contributors to Cove 244 for 6 from 50 overs. Theale & Tilehurst made a good attempt to reach the total but settled for a draw reaching 227 for 8.

The 3rd XI watched Eversley smash the ball to all four corners of the ground to set Cove a massive total total of 314 for 3.  In reply Cove who spent a lot of time in the field in the heat put an excellent attempt together to reach the total but were bowled out for 226.

The Academy played top of the table Falklands,   batting first Faklands set Cove 261 to win having batted for 50 overs.   The young Cove team were never in truth going to reach this total so sensibly with captain Nick Swannell (50 ) taking the lead went about getting as many batting points as possible.  We ended up 175 for 4 from 50 overs only losing 5 points to our top of the table rivals.

The 5th XI had no game.

Colts Team News Week Ending Sunday 27th June

The recent warm weather has done wonders for our colts teams,  for the first time ever in our history we have the U11, U13, U15 and U16 girls in the semi finals of the 15/15 Cup Competition. 

Boys

U11B lost to Odiham on Tuesday evening in a tight game that saw the winning run score off the last ball,  special mention to Josh Maynard who bowled 2 overs for 0 runs.  The U13b won their second game of the season on Tuesday,  Scott Grey a left arm seam bowler took 2 wickets for 3 runs from 3 overs.   George Roylance (30 ) and Joseph Annette (22) saw Cove home to victory.  The U15 beat Alton on Wednesday evening with Nick Farr taking 3 wickets for 0 runs from 3 overs and Thomas Redhead taking 2 wickets for 8 runs from 2 overs. Rhys Merrifield 45 not out saw Cove home to victory. U15 then played Aldershot in the 15/15 Cup on Thursday and won by 11 runs,  with George Roylance 3 wickets for 14 runs being the pick of the bowlers.  With both Ben Myers (25) and James Taylor (25 ) making solid contributions with the bat.   The U15 then played a strong Hartley Wintney on the Friday and perhaps 3 games in 3 days was a step to far as they lost heavily.

Girls

U11 Girls lost to Eversley on Tuesday but Cove have a very young team who in a couple of years will be very strong.  The Under 13 girls had an excellent win against Aldershot on Wednesday evening even with several players missing as they were on U16 duty.   Ellie Cox was the star performer with 18 runs and taking 4 wickets.   The Under 16 girls team played Wokingham & Finchamsptead on Wednesday evening and won their 5 league game in a row,  Kelly Duffet (30) not out and Jessica Thorogood with 2 wickets for 8 runs lead Cove to victory.  On Sunday the U16 Girls made it 6 wins out of 6 in the league,  with victory over Eversley,  Lauren Plater took 2 wickets for 0 runs from 3 overs and Naomi Lynch was 22 not out when Cove passed the Eversley total.  The U16 Girls are currently top of their league.

Monday 21st June

England Game On Wednesday -  Bar Open From 3pm.

Sunday 20th June

1st XI fielding a strong Sunday League team played Yateley at home.   Cove batted first with an opening stand of 70+ in the first 12 overs but a batting collapse saw them all out for 148.   Yateley won the game with 7 overs to spare and 4 wickets in hand.

Ladies traveled to West Sussex to play the Pink Maidens at a picturesque ground,  the opposition won the toss and batted first on a good wicket,  however the Cove attack was too strong with Natasha Raine and Jessica Thorogood taking 4 wickets a piece to see the Pink Maidens out for 25.    Cove reached the total in 5 overs with Natasha Raine 21 not out and Kelly Duffett 3 not out.

U16 Girls beat Eversley by 78 runs having scored 139 for 0 from 16 overs batting first.

Saturday 19th June

1st XI entertained Maidenhead & Bray at home,  batting first they managed to post a total of 241 for the loss of 7 wickets from 49 overs with Simon Reed scoring 51,  Nick Randall 49 and good contributions for the other top order batsman.   Despite some early wickets,  Maidenhead managed to hang on to secure a draw reaching 188 for 8 from 51 overs. The 2nd XI traveled away to Hillingdon Manor and batting first set the opposition a total of 269 to win,  following a fine 101 from Chris Howells.  Like the first team they could not quite break through the Hillingdon Manor defenses and the game ended in a draw with Hillingdon reaching 205 for 7 from 52 overs. The 3rd XI were away to Hurst 1st XI,   Hurst batted first a set a total of 251 to win for the loss of 9 wickets from 52 overs.  Cove never got going and were bowled out for 107. The Academy gained 20 points but did not have to bowl a ball as Kidmore End conceded the game, but the Academy did spend the time usefully by practicing for a top of the table clash with Falklands next week. The 5th XI were home by tea having been beaten,  details to follow.