Berkshire knocked out of Minor Counties Knock Out

Berkshire failed to make use of first knock on a rain-affected wicket at Thatcham. Openers Paul Prichard and Richard Howitt gave them a good start adding 54 for the first wicket before Howitt was run out taking a sharp single. Captain Julian Wood, David Morris and Chris Wright followed in quick succession. Steve Naylor(21) and Sameer Patel(20) batted sensibly to give the innings some respectability but the Berkshire batsmen committed the cardinal sin of failing to bat out their overs.

Berkshire failed to get an early breakthrough and it was not until off spinners Carl Crowe and Sam Patel came on that things started to happen. Crowe extracted considerable turn, dismissing James for 30 and Gladwin for 4 but Cordingley batted resolutely for his 50 not out and with good support from Pickett(21) the target was reached in 43 overs to give Herts a comfortable 7-wicket victory and a home tie with Cheshire in the 3rd round of this Minor Counties KO competition.