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Cricket: Dhruve and Merry do the trick again for Thame

From the archive, first published Monday 4th Aug 2003.

Thame completed the league double over Tring with a comfortable victory at Church Meadow which keeps them fourth in the Division 2 West table.

Skipper Steve Merry put Tring in on a slow wicket and the visitors reached 59-2 before Merry joined the attack.

The wily spinner captured three quick wickets and with Rakesh Dhruve removing Matt Bowyer for a useful 53, Tring went to lunch at 87-5 off 37 overs.

Tring's later order succumbed to Dhruve, who finished with another five-wicket haul as the last wicket fell in the 60th over.

Thame lost Chris Wynd early on in their reply, but fellow opener Manoj Parmar archored the innings with a patient 53 and the home side eased to a five-wicket win in trhe 52nd over.

TRING

M Bowyer b Dhruve...53

L Brooks b Dhruve...3

T Brooks st A Wynd b Merry...16

R O'Neil b Merry...0

C Cread c Krol b Merry...11

J Steptoe c Bhatt b Dhruve...34

M Avery c C Wynd b Dhruve...16

G Proudfoot run out...10

S Stanway st A Wynd b Dhruve...11

S Brandum b Merry...1

M Pearce not out...2

Extras...11

Total(all out, 60 ov)...168

Fall: 1-24, 2-59, 3-65, 4-87, 5-87, 6-137, 7-151, 8-156, 9-164.

Bowling: Dhruve 30-9-94-5, Lachlan 10-3-18-0, Merry 20-7-46-4.

THAME

C Wynd b Stanway...5

M Parmar b Stanway...53

A Wynd c Bowyer b Steptoe...27

A Krol b O'Neil...5

R Dhruve c Avery b O'Neil...20

S Lachlan not out...14

J Hewitt not out...36

Extras...9

Total (5 wkts, 51.5 ov)...169.

Fall: 1-12, 2-88, 3-95, 4-11, 5-119.

Bowling: Stanway 20-8-33-2, Pearce 6-1-15-0, O'Neil 16.5-3-71-2, Steptoe 2-0-15-1.

Thame 25pts, Tring 7

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