Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 16th 2004Cublington v Buckinghamshire U15Stuart Beck writes:This Bucks under 15 league game was played at Cublington and due to fixture congestion was a double points game. Cublington batted first and made a brisk start 44 from their first 8 overs, with Buckingham bowlers unable to find line or length. The introduction of Benjamin Stafford changed the game and at one point he had taken 4 wickets for no runs. Ben finished his spell with 4 overs 4 wickets for 13. Cublington rallied in the final overs and set a target of 104. In reply Buckingham also got away to a quick start with Jonathan Cater and Krishan Talsania taking 24 off the first 3 overs before Jonny was caught for 19. Both Benjamin Stafford and Robin Pritchard lost their wickets with the score on 31. This brought Sam Deal to the wicket with Krishan Talsania, who together consolidated, before Sam set about the Cublington bowling and scored 45 not out, 24 coming from one over. Krishan fell for 30 and Buckingham won by 6 wickets. Buckingham U15 are through to the semi-final of the Bucks Cup and the next game is to be arranged at Ballinger CC (Chesham) North Crawley vs Buckingham U13Nick Wilkes writes:Buckingham Town's U13s travelled to North Crawley for a crucial Bucks U13 league match. Buckingham won the toss and elected to bat. They got off to a steady start with openers Nick Wilkes and Toby O'Neill making an unbeaten partnership of 39, before Wilkes retired on 30 and O'Neill went for 24. Buckingham's middle order continued the good work with Josh Goff (15) and Dilshan Direkze (23) making valuable runs. Buckingham finished with a defendable score of 110-6. After the break Buckingham's bowlers got to work with an excellent display, bowling the home side out for just 73. Josh Goff (3-17) and Harsh Jethra (1-24) bowled very well but the Pick of the bowlers was Man of the Match Josh Goodey who finished with a fantastic display of 4 wickets for only one run. The fielding was also tight with 2 run-outs from Wilkes and excellent catches by Goff, Tom Jones and Direkze. Buckingham looked the better team in all aspects of the game and were deserving winners by 37 runs, with everyone chipping in. Well done lads. Buckingham U12 vs WinslowKaren Cater writes:Playing at home Buckingham Town U12's faced Winslow in the Bucks League. Winning the toss & electing to bat Buckingham posted a fine total of 151-2 from their 20 overs. Jack Deal batted with flair & made 33no, other fine displays came from Alex Walters 30no, Adam Bone 30no, George Stephenson 15no & Tom Hill 16. In reply Winslow made 55-9 from their 20 overs. Town got off to a flyer when Steven Brunnings first ball rewarded him with a wicket. Pickof the bowlers were Adam Bone taking 4-0 from 2 overs & Steven Brunning 2-3 from 3 overs. Other wicket takers were Luke Stafford(1) Ben Sutton(1) & Antonio Aguloa-Rohan(1). |