Buckingham Town Cricket Club - August 7th 2004

Bourton Vale vs Buckingham Town

Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League, Division One

Town were inserted by their hosts on a stifling hot day in Bourton-on-the-water and, after losing Matthew Thatcher early on, Bryn Jones continued his rich vein of form as he and Anthony Romaine saw off Oxfordshire's opening bowler Ryan Newhook.

Jones (47) was trapped in front before Romaine took up the mantle for his side and he soon reached a fine half century with another boundary. His fifty came in 72 minutes and 63 balls.

He was eventually run out for 59, containing nine boundaries including a six, before Rob Large, with whom he shared a 54-run fifth wicket stand, departed in similar fashion for a 39-ball 27 runs.

Dan Harris helped his side post 220 for 8 and record maximum batting points as he hit five boundaries in an unbeaten forty.

Town kept the old ball and opened the bowling with spin duo Jeetan Patel and James Gear.

With Vale having scored 88 from 22 overs, Patel had opener Whitney caught by Dan Harris for 31 runs before Gear took three wickets in as many overs to leave the home side on the back foot.

Vale continued to chase a much-needed victory if they were to overturn Bicester and North Oxford's lead at the top of the table.

After Patel trapped Larner in front, Vale showed brief resistance before the introduction of Jason Ell saw another flurry of wickets.

Ell picked up two for 11 in four overs while Patel's spin claimed two victims, plus there was a run out that added to Vale's demise.

When Patel bowled Jenkins in the 48th over it gave Town their first away victory of the season as Vale were finally dismissed for 193.

Patel's 23-over spell saw him return with figures of four for 99 while Gear's earlier exploits of three for 76 in twenty overs had help Town on their way.

Innings of Buckingham Town

1. M.Thatcher   Lbw b Pike               3
2. B.Jones      Lbw b Howell            47
3. Ant.Romaine  run out                 59
4. J.Gear       c & b Howell             1
5. R.Large      run out                 27
6. D.Harris     not out                 40
7. J.Patel      c Brown b G.Newhook      8
8. J.Cater      c Jenkins b G.Newhook    8
9. J.Ell        st L.Murray b Shepherd   3
Extras                                  18
TOTAL                                  220 for 8 wickets

R.Newhook       7-2-20-0
R.Pike          9-3-26-1
J.Jenkins       4-0-26-0
R.Howell        6-0-41-2
G.Newhook       14-2-55-2
G.Shepherd      10-0-49-1

1 - 10
2 - 86
3 - 96
4 - 150
5 - 157
6 - 168
7 - 209
8 - 220

Innings of Bourton Vale

1. L.Murray      Lbw b Gear              68
2. M.Whitney     c D.Harris b Patel      31
3. A.Fateh       b Gear                   9
4. G.Newhook     b Gear                   1
5. R.Howell      run out                 39
6. M.Larner      Lbw b Patel              9
7. M.Brown       c Patel b Ell            7
8. J.Jenkins     b Patel                 20
9. R.Newhook     c Jones b Patel          1
10.G.Shepherd   b Ell                     0
11.R.Pike       not out                   0
Extras                                    8
TOTAL                                   193 all out

J.Gear      20-3-76-3
J.Patel     23-2-99-4
J.Ell       4-0-11-2

1 - 88
2 - 106
3 - 113
4 - 118
5 - 131
6 - 160
7 - 176
8 - 178
9 - 181

RESULT: Buckingham Town won by 27 runs

Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Long Marston

Put into bat first Town openers were immediately faced with two medium paced bowlers and a ring of fielders. With the ball not coming on to the bat, runs were hard to come by and when Mike Taylor was out LBW early on, it was down to Shiv Talsania (44) and Nick Board (21) to lay the foundation for a good score.

Then, useful contributions throughout the innings from Andy Thatcher(19), Tom Murray(15) and a fine tail end response from Richard Pengelly(41) enabled Town to reach 202 for the loss of 8 wickets at tea. Beasly bowled unchanged for 25 overs.

Long Marston lost wickets early on when the opening attack of Talasnia and Pengelly removed Roberts, Bowles and Demain in quick succession. However, Roberts J (43) put the visitors back on a winning track with some powerful off side shots and they needed a hundred runs off the last twenty overs. A smart run out saw Roberts back to the pavilion and a series of three LBW decions for Paul Sly saw the innings crumble to 126 all outwith twelve overs remaining.

Innings of Buckingham Town

Taylor          lbw Stevens              8
Talsania        lbw Roberts             44
Board           b Roberts               21
Thatcher        b Beasley               19
Jones           b Roberts                7
Arnull          c Stevens b Roberts      2
Talsania K      st Robinson b Beasley   10
Murray          run out                 15
Pengelly        not out                 41
Extras                                  27
Total                                  202 for 8

Stevens         10-2-27-1
Beasley         25-5-88-2
Roberts         15-1-75-4

Innings of Long Marston

Roberts         c Murray b Pengelly     10
Bowles          b Talsania Sur          16
Robinson        c Taylor b Sly          16
Demain          c Thatcher b Pengelly    3
Green           b Pengelly              12
Roberts J       run out                 43
Rose            lbw Sly                 15
Slade           lbw Sly                  0
Demain          lbw Sly                  3
Beasley         lbw Talsania             0
Stevens         not out                  0
Extras                                   8
Total                                  126 all out

Pengelly        13-1-49-3
Talsania        11-4-27-2
Sly             9-2-24-4
Arnull          4-0-24-0

Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Aylesbury Town 2nd XI

Putting Aylesbury into bat Buckingham were not at their best in the field with several catches going down as the visitors scored a very useful 257-9(all out) with Intikab Alam batting well for his 83 after they were in trouble at 119-5. Hamisd Muir bowled well on his debut.

Buckingham in reply saw Staurt Helps(42) and Russell Thompson(57) give them a chance but Buckingham lost wickets at the wrong time and a needless run out did not help the cause.

Innings of Aylesbury Town 2nds

Pye             c Muir b Helps                  45
Merhban         c&b Muir                         2
R.Dar           st R.Pritchard b D.Pritchard    43
A.Khan          b D.Pritchard                    2
Achtar          lbw Helps                        9
Alam            c Muir b Direkze                83
R.Khan          run out                         10
J.Khan          c Helps b Muir                  22
Sewsarran       c R.Pritchard b Direkze         11
Payne           not out                          0
Extras                                          33
Total                                          257-9(all out)

H.Muir          13-2-65-2
S.Helps         16-1-82-2
D.Pritchard     10-1-54-2
B.Stafford      3-0-26-0
D.Direkze       3.3-0-11-2

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

P.Board         c Pye b Achtar          13
T.Archdeacon    b Achtar                26
R.Thompson      st Pye b Payne          57
S.Helps         c Payne b A.Khan        42
H.Muir          c b A.Khan               0
N.Pritchard     b A.Khan                 1
D.Pritchard     run out                 13
R.Hutt          b Payne                  6
R.Pritchard     not out                 21
B.Stafford      not out                  9
Extras                                  25
Total                                  214-8

Achtar  13-2-37-2
Mehrban 8-0-42-0
A.Khan  15-1-70-3
Payne   9-0-49-2
Alam    1-0-4-0