Claverham 196-9 tied with Westlands 196ao

Westlands managed to grab a tie from the jaws of victory against newly promoted Claverham. Claverham  batted first and managed 196 - 9 from their 50 overs, a score under-pinned by a solid 90 from opener Paul Bird and 23 invaluable runs from an unbroken last wicket partnership, between Russell Cox & Nigel Cheeseright.  The wickets were shared between Emlyn Kuhn (2-23), Matt Boucher (2-30 off 15 overs) and Tim Lee (2-45).
Westlands reply couldn't have got off to a worse start as prolific batsman  Dave Maslen was out for 1. He was quickly followed back to the pavilion by Matt Dyer and Simon Legg and Claverham total looked a long way off. For the second week running though, Emlyn Kuhn struck an exceptional century and he took Westlands to the brink of victory. With the scores tied, he was brilliantly caught and bowled for 101 and then Tim Lee and Henry Isack followed him and Westlands had lost their last three wickets without scoring the winning run.

(Report by Westlands from West of England Cricket League Web site)