Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 2nd 2004

Chesham vs Buckingham Town U13

Bucks Cup Semi Final

Town won the toss and chose to bat. A speedy opening stand of 30 by Nick Wilkes (20) and Toby O'Neill was followed by a mini collapse of 4 wickets for eight runs which slowed down the run rate and put the pressure back on Buckingham. Useful knocks from Jack Deal and Dilshan Direkze supported man of the match Adam Bone (28 not out), who accelerated towards the end of the innings and took the score to a defendable 108-6.

Town took to the field looking to keep the runs down and take early wickets. They bowled reasonably tightly but some good Chesham batting had taken the score to 46 when the first wicket fell. Josh Goff (2-22) got the first breakthroughs but the runs continued to come and Chesham began the final over needing just 2 runs to win. O'Neill (1-9) bowled the final over. He bowled a good line and length and was unlucky to go for 2 runs off the third ball of the over which finished the game and put Buckingham out of the Cup.

It was a very close game and everyone played their part. We hope to be more successful in other competitions.