Cookham Dean Cricket Club News story


TEAM NEWS FOR FIRST LEAGUE GAMES

07 May 2010

The Dean kick off their Thames Valley League campaign tomorrow and for the first time ever, will be fielding three league teams.

The 1st XI make the trip to Teddington Town and are without three key players in the shape of Clive Lambden, Chris Nunn and Sav Gandesha. Mike Cutting plays his first 1st XI game since 2007, Ali Damirchi makes his league debut while Dave Brooks is set to keep wicket.

1st team: Ben Millar, Dave Brooks, Rory Millar, Tom Bibby, Jake Richardson, Arun Brar, Ali Damirchi, Mike Cutting, Amit Patel, Pres Patel, Aaron O'Donoghue.

Richard Bibby's newly promoted 2nd XI host Reading 4s at home. Christian Austin plays his first 2nd team game since 2004 while there are league debuts for Mark Powell and Michael James.

2nd team: Chris Kellaway, Mark Fish, Christian Austin, Shaun Glover, Andrew Pett, Tom Wells-Cole, Mark Powell, Michael James, John Gay, Richard Bibby, Isaac Richardson.

The 3rd team make their league bow with a home game against Marlow 3s, who their comprehensively beat in a friendly last season. Seven players are set for league debuts.

3rd team: Roger Evans, Tim Hipgrave, Mark Kirton, Jonathan Gay, Pranav Pillai, Ganesh Sankaran, Gerry Spencer, Magesh Dev, Sam Gardner, Murali Arangasamy, Paul Taylor.

The first XI also play on Sunday with a tricky away trip to Division 4 side Purley in the Village Cup.