Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 4th 2004Banbury 20 vs Buckingham Town Sunday 1st XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town comfortably won their Sunday friendly against Banbury 20 by 9 wickets. Banbury batting first scored only 141 from their 40 overs with a tight Buckingham bowling side who bowled and fielded well. Steve Beck finished with 3-16. Buckingham in reply won easily thanks mainly to Andy Thatcher 89n.o. who showed a welcome return to form with the bat and the solid Nick Board(39). Innings of Banbury 20Singh c D.Pritchard b Patel 22 Wright b Beck 52 Hart c&b D.Pritchard 13 Connor b Beck 17 Hume b V.Valambhia 8 Wiggins not out 4 Wedderburn b Beck 2 Khaud not out 2 Extras 21 Total 141-6Bowling figures V.Valambhia 7-1-18-1 P.Heady 8-2-21-0 J.Patel 8-1-20-1 D.Pritchard 7-0-32-1 D.Harris 5-0-22-0 S.Beck 5-0-16-3 Innings of Buckingham TownN.Board c b Connor 39 A.Thatcher not out 89 Shiv Talsania not out 6 Extras 11 Total 145-1 RESULT: Buckingham Town won by 9 wickets Buckingham Town Sunday 2nd XI vs Luton NomadsBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds suffered a heavy Sunday friendly defeat to Luton Nomads. The Nomads electing to bat scored an impressive 243-6 from their 40 overs. Gary Reed with 104 led the charge and the pick of the home bowling was Simon Board 3-34 from 8 overs although all the youngsters did well. Buckingham's reply saw them close on 117-8 with two players unable to bat. Pick of the batsmen were colt Jamie Hirst and Russ Tompson who both scored 35. Innings of Luton NomadsMunt run out 15 Jones c Hirst b Direske 9 Cochrane b Board 29 Reed b B.Valambhia 104 Lavender c K.DeSilva b Board 5 Malloy b Board 4 Hull not out 46 Y.Jethwa not out 2 Extras 29 Total 243-6Bowling figures A.Cook 8-0-33-0 D.Direske 5.5-0-46-1 S.Board 8-0-34-3 N.Wilkes 8-1-55-0 B.Valambhia 6.1-0-42-1 K.DeSilva 4-0-22-0 Innings of Buckingham Town 2ndsJ.Hirst c Reed b Y.Jethwa 35 B.Valambhia c&b M.Jethwa 7 K.Talsania run out 0 T.Archdeacon b A.Jethwa 6 R.Thompson c Reed b Jones 35 K.DeSilva lbw Y.Jethwa 10 A.Cook b Lavender 5 S.Board not out 1 N.Wilkes c Jones b Lavender 6 R.Hutt absent D.Direske absent hurt Extras 11 Total 117-8(all out)Bowling figures Lavender 2-4 Y.Jethwa 2-26 A.Jethwa 1-17 M.Jethwa 1-18 S.Jones 1-33 Munt 0-9 RESULT: Luton Nomads won by 126 runs. Wolverton vs Buckingham Town U13 (Shires Under 14 League)Harsh Jethra writes:Buckingham under 13's put in a good effort to win a competitive shires league match at Wolverton by 17 runs. Town won the toss and decided to bat first. Openers Nick Wilkes (27) and Jamie Hirst (28) got a flying start with 67 runs in the first 7 overs. Then Josh Goff made a quick 11 to take the score to 88 for 3, before Harsh Jethra stabilised the innings first with Josh Goodey (9), then other partners. Jethra finished on 49 not out as Town posted 183 for 8 from their 25 overs. Wolverton got off to a good start with an opening partnership of 30 runs before leg spinner Goodey picked up the first wicket. He took the next two wickets as well, as the score moved on to 89 for 3. As the hosts were behind the run rate they went on to all out attack and lost further wickets to Jethra, Hirst and Dilshan Direkze, finishing on 166-7. Goodey took 4-32 from six overs, keeping to a good length despite the batsmen's assault. Jethra was man of the match and Direkze won the fielding award. |