Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 21st 2004Buckingham Town U13 vs BeaconsfieldChris Wilkes writes:Town U13s suffered their second semi final disappointment of the month, losing by 16 runs at Beaconsfield in the play-offs for the Bucks U13 league championship. The home side batted first and were held to just 106-6 in their 20 overs, largely thanks to economical four over spells from off spinners Toby O'Neill (1-12) and Nick Wilkes (2-16) and under 12 quick bowler Callum Cater (1-15). The fielding was also mostly tight, with Alex Guntert standing out. But Town's batting let them down. There were two high spots - a vigorous 30 retired from Dilshan Direkze and a fighting eighth wicket stand between Cater and Jack Thompson, which brought victory close with the score on 90 and 5 overs remaining, before Thompson was unluckily given out LBW. Despite the modest target, the rest of the batting seemed a little impatient. Usually solid defenders tried to push at good balls and normally reliable callers had three run out muddles. |