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7th June 2026

Womens 1st XI v Wokingham Womens 1st XI

Sonning Womens 1st XI

128-5

Sonning
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Wokingham Womens 1st XI

81-10

Won

Wokingham won the toss and elected to field.

Match Report

Sophie Smith's Stunning Five-For Spearheads Sonning Women to Comprehensive Victory

Sonning Women's 1st XI produced a dominant all-round display to defeat Wokingham by 47 runs in their Division 3 A fixture at Knowl Hill on 7th June, with Sophie Smith's devastating spell of 5-8 proving the decisive contribution in a convincing home triumph.

Having been asked to bat first after Wokingham captain Rashmi Singh won the toss, Sonning lost Sophie Smith early, caught by Lucy Shephard off the bowling of Iris Pritchard with the score on 19. What followed, however, was the innings' defining partnership. Rita Green and Sophie Parker combined superbly, putting on 74 runs for the second wicket to seize the initiative. Green was the aggressor, striking eight fours in a fluent 49 from just 45 balls before being run out by Singh with the total on 93, agonisingly short of a deserved half-century.

Parker anchored the innings with composure, reaching 40 from 64 deliveries, an innings punctuated by five boundaries. Although Sonning lost Elinor Longridge (2) and Belle Myers (0) in quick succession — both caught by wicketkeeper Singh — Parker and Kira Knight steadied matters with a partnership of 23 for the fifth wicket. Parker was eventually bowled by Pritchard, who finished with respectable figures of 2-33, while Pari Kulkarni also claimed a wicket despite proving expensive at 34 from her four overs. Twenty-seven extras, including 21 wides, further bolstered the Sonning total to a competitive 128-5.

Wokingham's reply began disastrously. Belle Myers struck twice in her opening spell, removing Singh for 1 and Hannah Murphy for a duck to leave the visitors reeling at 9-2. Captain Katie Barrows also contributed early, trapping Kulkarni lbw for 17 after she and Iris Pritchard had threatened to rebuild with a crucial third-wicket stand of 46.

Pritchard proved the most resilient of Wokingham's batters, compiling 24 from 37 balls with two fours, but once Kulkarni departed with the score on 55, the visitors' hopes rested squarely on her shoulders. She found an ally in Tisha Garnes, who made 5 before Sophie Smith was introduced into the attack and transformed the match entirely.

Smith's figures were remarkable: 3.4 overs, two maidens, just eight runs conceded and five wickets taken. She bowled Garnes, had Millie Ballantine caught by Sophie Parker for a first-ball duck, then accounted for Samantha Mills (caught Hannah Brooks for 5), Nicola Tatum (lbw for a first-ball nought) and Poppy Pritchard (bowled for 0) in a devastating burst that saw Wokingham collapse from 70-4 to 80-8. Rita Green then completed the rout, bowling a maiden over that yielded the wicket of Iris Pritchard, caught and bowled for 24, before Lucy Shephard was run out to end proceedings at 81 all out in just 16.4 overs.

It was a thoroughly convincing team performance from Sonning, with Green excelling with both bat and ball, Parker providing the backbone of the batting innings, and Myers making early inroads with the new ball. The star turn, however, unquestionably belonged to Smith, whose match-winning five-wicket haul complemented an all-round contribution that secured a maximum 20 league points for the home side.

Sonning Womens 1st XI Innings

128-5 (25.0 ov)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Rita Green Run out (Rashmi Singh) 49 45 8 0 108.89
Sophie Smith c Lucy Shephard b Iris Pritchard 5 13 0 0 38.46
Sophie Parker b Iris Pritchard 40 64 5 0 62.50
Elinor Longridge c Rashmi Singh b Millie Ballantine 2 7 0 0 28.57
Belle Myers c Rashmi Singh b Pari Kulkarni 0 2 0 0 0.00
Kira Knight Not Out 3 17 0 0 17.65
Michaela Herrett Not Out 2 5 0 0 40.00
Sarah Wonham DNB
Katie Barrows DNB
Rits Rana DNB
Hannah Brooks DNB
Extras 0b, 1lb, 5nb, 21w 27
Total (5 wkts) 128
Bowling O M R W Econ
Hannah Murphy 5.0 0 12 0 2.40
Iris Pritchard 5.0 0 33 2 6.60
Pari Kulkarni 4.0 0 34 1 8.50
Samantha Mills 4.0 0 14 0 3.50
Millie Ballantine 4.0 0 19 1 4.75
Emily West 3.0 0 15 0 5.00

Fall of Wickets

1-19 (Sophie Smith), 2-93 (Rita Green), 3-98 (Elinor Longridge), 4-101 (Belle Myers), 5-124 (Sophie Parker)

Wokingham Womens 1st XI Innings

81-10 (16.4 ov)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Pari Kulkarni lbw b Katie Barrows 17 28 1 0 60.71
Rashmi Singh b Belle Myers 1 7 0 0 14.29
Hannah Murphy b Belle Myers 0 3 0 0 0.00
Iris Pritchard c Rita Green b Rita Green 24 37 2 0 64.86
Tisha Garnes b Sophie Smith 5 11 0 0 45.45
Millie Ballantine c Sophie Parker b Sophie Smith 0 1 0 0 0.00
Samantha Mills c Hannah Brooks b Sophie Smith 5 4 1 0 125.00
Nicola Tatum lbw b Sophie Smith 0 1 0 0 0.00
Poppy Pritchard b Sophie Smith 0 4 0 0 0.00
Emily West Not Out 1 3 0 0 33.33
Lucy Shephard Run out (Unsure) 0 5 0 0 0.00
Katherine Pritchard DNB
Extras 2b, 0lb, 5nb, 21w 28
Total (All out) 81
Bowling O M R W Econ
Belle Myers 3.0 0 11 2 3.67
Michaela Herrett 3.0 0 16 0 5.33
Katie Barrows 2.0 0 20 1 10.00
Kira Knight 2.0 0 10 0 5.00
Sophie Smith 3.4 2 8 5 2.18
Sophie Parker 2.0 0 14 0 7.00
Rita Green 1.0 1 0 1 0.00

Fall of Wickets

1-8 (Rashmi Singh), 2-9 (Hannah Murphy), 3-55 (Pari Kulkarni), 4-70 (Tisha Garnes), 5-70 (Millie Ballantine), 6-80 (Samantha Mills), 7-80 (Nicola Tatum), 8-80 (Poppy Pritchard), 9-80 (Iris Pritchard), 10-81 (Lucy Shephard)

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