Buckingham T own 3^rd XI started their League season with an outstanding win over a very strong Oxford & Horspath 5^th side in a high scoring game that saw Buckingham win off the last ball of the match.

Town, who were put into bat, made a good start through Kevin Saving and Tim Archdeacon who was in sparkling form hitting 63 as Buckingham reached 100 for the loss of just one wicket.

Paul Board (32) kept the good work going until a middle order collapse saw Oxford back in the match.        

Buckingham were rescued with a tremendous 8^th wicket partnership between Colt Jonny Cater, 12 not out, and Russell Thompson, who hammered the Oxford bowling to all parts of the ground. He finished unbeaten on 62 runs, which including six sixes, as Buckingham closed on 256-7.

Oxford lost two early wickets before Moss(49) and Humphreys (73) threatened to win the match for hosts’ with some excellent batting. Both were dismissed by the off spin of Kevin Saving, who spun the game back into Town’s favour.

As the game went to the wire, Oxford needed eight to win off the last over with two wickets in hand.

After scoring a boundary, Nasim was bowled by Saving as the tension grew.

The final delivery saw Town run out Oxford’s last batsman as he tried to scramble to the winning runs and win a thrilling game.

Suresh Talsania 4-50 and Kevin Saving 4-55 did very well with the ball supported by good efforts from Ben Thorne and the Valambhia brothers Vish and Brijesh.

Scorecard

Buckingham Town 3^rd XI 

T. Archdeacon                         b             Summers         63

K. Saving             c                     b             Summers         17

P. Board             run                  out                                  32

Su. Talsania                           b             Summers         15

N. Pritchard                             b             Nasim                  9

R. Hutt              c                       b             Nasim                  4

J. Cater             not                    out                                12

R. Thompson             not          out                                  62

Extras                            37

Total                             256 for 7 wickets  

Summers  4-83

Oxford & Horspath 5^th

Watts                                                b             Talsania          8

Edwards             c N.Pritchard          b             Talsania          5

Moss                                                  b             Saving           49

Humphreys             c V.Valambhia      b             Saving             73

Sayam                                               b             Talsania          7

Chambers                                         b             Talsania           5

Summers                 not                    out                                12

Winter                       run                  out                                 1

Creed                                               b             Saving             10

Nasim                                               b             Saving              4

Javid                         run                    out                               0

Extras                            31
Total                             254   all out

Suresh Talsania       4-50

Kevin Saving             4-55

Buckingham Town 3^rd XI won by 2 runs