Windsor 1st vs Slough 1st
Sunday 15th May

Windsor took the honours in a keenly contested local derby at Home Park on Sunday, which again showed that competitive cricket on a Sunday can be achieved given the right teams.

On a pleasingly warm day and an equally pleasing decent wicket,Slough took first strike and Slough’s new overseas player was quickly in his stride, stroking openers Eggenhuizen and Pitt to the boundary with regularity.Pitt picked up the other opener for 11,but Slough were scoring at a decent rate and Windsor quickly realised that containment would be the best option, and this they did very well.Justin Granger decided to revert to bowling off cutters and picked up Sloughs overseas for 65, well caught in the deep by Eggenhuizen. Seamers Wigley and Griffiths both bowled intelligently to pick up a wicket each, as did veteran Gary Sangha, having Amin well stumped as Slough looked to press on,finally finishing on 224-5 of 40 overs.

Windsor felt that if they could bat well then victory could well be in their sights. A highly charged opening burst between Slough’s Bobby Amin and Justin Granger almost threatened to boil over, but it Windsor who came on top,putting on 61 for the first wicket, after Granger fell at the other end to Gumbs for a quickfire 39. After the previous days strokeplay, opener Paul Huggins decided to hold an end up as Michael Gould came in at 3 and produced some sparkling shots to put Windsor in the driving seat.Huggins fell at 100 mark for a dogged 19,and Windsor then lost Doye lbw, but Dahron Pitt joined Gould and together they looked see Windsor home. Gould finally fell to a mis timed pull for a superb 93, with just 7 needed. Pitt finally hit the winning runs to finish on 34 not out ,and Windsor had gained a most creditable victory by 5 wickets.

Windsor 1st XI vs Twickenham 1st XI
Sunday 8th May

Windsor lost in the last over on Sunday to Twickenham, in a game that proved competitive Sunday cricket is still very alive given the right opposition.

In a 40 over a side game, Windsor batted first and had to deal with some hostile bowling, and were tested fully. Paul Huggins in particular, had to take a number of blows to the body. But as was often the way last year, Michael Gould was the shining light in Windsor’s innings and he provided bulk of the scoring with a sparkling 95,laced with well timed cuts and drives. He was given good support by Huggins (18) and Aussie Stephen Eggenhuizen (22). Windsor closed their innings on 186-8.

Twickenham were out of the blocks quickly when they replied, with Australian left hander Hudson particularly impressive, latching on to anything loose, and at 100-1 Twickenham seemed well in the driving seat. Windsor however fought back with admirable spirit. Dahron Pitt finally got Hudson for 71 and the complexion of the game changed. With seamer Warren Griffiths bowling a testing line from the other end, Twickenham started to loose wickets regularly and the run rate slowed up. Backed up by keen fielding, Windsor’s bowlers had got them back in the game. As the light faded a tense finish now ensued, and it came down to Twickenham needing 5 off the final over with 3 wickets in hand, and they just got over the line with 2 balls to spare.
It was a fitting to end a keenly contested and competitive match. This coming Sunday sees a local derby with the visit of Slough. It should also prove to be a hotly contested game.

Wembley vs Windsor
Monday 1st may

Windsor continued their impressive start to the season with a crushing 165 run victory over Wembley on bank holiday Monday. The hosts were routed for just 63,chasing an imposing 238-5 dec. Chief destroyer was seamer Warren Griffiths who was virtually unplayable on a green wicket, as he ran through Wembley’s middle order to claim 5-11. Raul Mohindru at the other end was miserly in the extreme as he went for just 7 runs in 12 overs, claiming 2 wickets in the process.

Earlier, Windsor had an early scare when they lost Eggenhuizen and Riches early, but Rob Noble laid a foundation with a solid 30,before Michael Gould and Paul Huggins then took the attack to Wembley with 65 and 68* respectively, Huggins continuing his remarkable early season form adding this effort to scores of 80*,100* and 80* in his previous games. Brian Davis then made an attractive 46 not out to take Windsor up to 238 –5.This was to prove more than enough.