Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 31st 2004Buckingham Town vs Oxford DownsOxford Times Cherwell Cricket League, Division One.Andy Bone writes:A sparkling unbeaten century by Bryn Jones in a big opening stand with Matthew Thatcher, who was also in fine form, helped Buckingham Town romp to an eight-wicket victory against Oxford Downs in the Oxford Times Cherwell League, Division One, on saturday. Jones became the first non-overseas player to score a Cherwell Cricket League century for Town since Anthony Romaine's unbeaten 119 at Rover Cowley on 25th August 2001and he achieved it with some style. Opening with Thatcher, the pair were positive from the first delivery in chasing the large total of 262 posted by Downs. Thatcher played some beautiful shots early on and, along with Jones, took Town along at a run-a-ball. Thatcher was the first to reach his half century in 58 minutes from 60 balls, his first of the season. Five minutes later the in-form Jones got to his fifty, this time from 58 balls. The biggest opening stand of the season of 137, set the previous week, was broken before Thatcher was finally caught for an entertaining 71 runs. The opening stand was worth 142 and had been reached in just the 27th over. Anthony Romaine joined Jones in the middle and continued where Thatcher had departed. Jones reached a magnificent century in 109 balls before Romaine was caught off the bowling of Lee for a classy 40 runs after the pair had shared a 94-run stand. Rob Large entered proceedings in dramatic style and smashed an unbeaten 19 from just 10 balls in an explosive eight minutes. It was fitting that Jones took Town to victory with his seventeenth boundary of the day in just the 44th over. The opener finishing undefeated on 118, his highest score for he club. Early in the day, Town got off to a great start after Vish Valambhia's wicket-double and Peter Heady's early strike had Downs reeling at 15 for 3. Danny Lee and Chris Sandbach (36) steadied the innings with a century stand before Wes Bartlett's introduction saw the runs flow. Town toiled in the afternoon sun as Lee made 90 runs and Bartlett plundered an unbeaten 79 to take their Downs side to 261 for 7 in their 50 overs. Heady worked hard in the heat to return with two for 46 in 12 overs while Valambhia picked up two for 16 from his five over stint.
Innings of Oxford Downs1. L.List c Ell b Heady 8 2. I.Caunce b Valambhia 1 3. T.Newell c Cater b Valambhia 2 4. D.Lee c Gear b Ell 90 5. C.Sandbach b Patel 36 6. W.Bartlett not out 79 7. J.Watkins Lbw b Heady 0 8. C.Sutton run out 19 9. S.Roberts not out 1 Extras 25 TOTAL 261 for 7 in 50 oversBowling figures V.Valambhia 5-0-16-2 P.Heady 12-3-46-2 J.Gear 16-0-88-0 J.Patel 12-1-66-1 J.Ell 5-0-41-1Fall of wickets: 1 - 7 2 - 11 3 - 15 4 - 115 5 - 184 6 - 185 7 - 255 Innings of Buckingham Town1.M.Thatcher c Sutton b Sandbach 71 2.B.Jones not out 118 3.Ant Romaine c Crouch b Lee 40 4.R.Large not out 19 Extras 16 TOTAL 264 for 2 wickets from 44 oversBowling figures C.Sutton 7-0-46-0 S.Roberts 9-0-42-0 W.Bartlett 7-0-45-0 C.Sandbach 12-0-52-1 L.List 4-0-30-0 T.Crouch 2-0-18-0 D.Lee 3-0-24-1Fall of wickets: 1 - 142 2 - 236 RESULT: Buckingham Town won by eight wickets. Didcot vs Buckingham Town 2nd XINick Board writes:Town bowlers answered the call when they bowled out Didcot to take maximum points and secure a move away from the relegation zone. However, it was not alll plain sailing as Town were asked to bat first and struggled to dominate an accurate opening attack. Taylor(25) and Talsania(26) provided a solid foundation but then disaster struck as four wickets tumbled for eight runs. Nick Board (73) needed all his experience to settle the innings and bat through and was supported by stands of fifty seven with Matt Arnull(26) and sixty six with Suresh Talsania(41) as Town recovered superbly to post 228 at the halfway stage. After tea, Town got off to the best possible start when Spragg had opener Pritchard caught by Andy thatcher off the very first delivery and Suresh Talsania was soon in on the act when he removed the other opener Gibbs in his second over.Talsania went on to take four wickets from his eighteen overs and was supported well by Sly 2-24 as Town pushed for victory. With the remaining two batsmen trying to bat out time, skipper Ed Jones turned to leg spinner Shiv Talsania for variety and the youngster duly obliged taking the last two wickets in quick succession as Didcot closed on 158. Ed Jones "Our recent performances have not justified the talent in the team, but this was a tremendous allround performance and has given us a boost in confidence for our next game" Innings of Buckingham TownTaylor c Gibbs b Richardson 25 Talsania c Gibbs b Richardson 26 Board c Willmott b Pritchard 73 Jones c Pryor b Pritchard 2 Thatcher c Willmott b Pritchard 0 Arnull st Gibbs b Pryor 26 Pengelly c Richardson b Kennedy 7 Murray c Gibbs b Kennedy 0 Talsania, Suresh run out 41 Spragg not out 1 Sly run out 6 Extras 21 Total 228 for 10Bowling Richardson19-6-58-2 Willmott7-1-49-0 Pritchard9-0-30-3 Kennedy6-0-40-2 Innings of DidcotPritchard c Thatcher b Spragg 0 Gibbs b Talsania 0 Iveson c Sly b Arnull 59 Perera c Thatcher b Talsania 15 Spindler b Talsania 15 Pryor K b Talsania 2 Broughton b Sly 7 Richardson c Pengelly b Sly 5 Kennedy b Talsania Shiv 18 Willmott c Pengelly b Talsania Shiv 26 Pryor S not out 5 Extras 6 Total 158 for 10Bowling Spragg 6-1-30-1 Talsania 18-3-52-4 Arnull 5-0-27-1 Sly 9-3-24-2 Pengelly 4-1-12-1 Talsania Shiv 3-0-8-2 Dinton 3rd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham 3rds drew their league match against a "strenghened" dinton side and now are second in division 8. Electing to bat Dinton made a great start with M.Patel, dropped from the 2nds, scoring a hundred in just 16 overs. C.Lee 100n.o. making his debut for the Dinton Club and A.Ripley 68 n.o. saw Dinton to a massive 297-4 dec. Pick of the bowlers was Ben Stafford with 3-69. Keeper Nev Pritchard and Stuart Helps picked up injuries which did not help the cause. Buckingham lost three cheap wickets but recovered slowly through Helps(43) and Paul Board(34) and some good batting towards the end from Krishen Talsania 62n.o. and Nev Pritchard 34 aided by 50 wides saw Buckingham close on 284-8. Innings of Dinton 3rdsM.Patel b Stafford 103 T.Berendt b K.Talsania 2 C.Lee not out 100 M.Spolander lbw Stafford 5 C.Spolander c N.Pritchard b Stafford 2 A.Ripley not out 68 Extras 17 Totasl 297-4 dec.Bowling figures K.Talsania 10-0-55-1 S.Helps 6-0-38-0 D.Pritchard 12-0-95-0 B.Stafford 10-0-69-3 M.Dipple 5-0-35-0 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rdsS.Helps b Thornton 43 T.Archdeacon c M.Patel b C.Spolander 0 P.Board c Thornton 34 R.Thompson b Thornton 0 D.Pritchard b Lloyd 1 R.Hutt c b Thornton 19 R.Pritchard lbw Thornton 5 K.Talsania not out 62 N.Pritchard c b R.Patel 34 M.Dipple not out 13 Extras 68 Total 284-8Bowling figures Lee 8-1-57-0 C.Spolander 11-0-44-1 W.Thornton 19-3-60-5 M.Lloyd 4-0-18-1 M.Bowen 1-0-17-0 R.Patel 3-0-17-1 M.Spolander 3-0-43-0 Result: Match drawn. Dinton 3rds 18pts. Buckingham 3rds 14pts |