Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 17th 2004Winslow vs Buckingham U13Nick Wilkes writes:Buckingham travelled to Winslow for the quarterfinal of the County U13 Cup. Buckingham lost the toss and were put in. After the loss of an early wicket Toby O'Neill (23) and Josh Goff (33 not out) got Buckingham's innings off to a flyer, but there were five wickets down and nearly half the overs remaining when joint men of the match Jack Deal (26) and Tom Jones (28 not out) came together for a crucial partnership. They played themselves in safely before resuming the momentum to ensure Town posted a big total. Town kept up the 7 runs per over scoring rate and ended their innings with an impressive 143-6. Winslow got off to a good start with Callum Price (30 not out) hitting two huge sixes and sharing in an opening stand of 37. Town's bowlers did not get disheartened and kept bowling a good line and length. Goff had an excellent spell of 2-1 and Harsh Jethra also got a well deserved wicket. Callum Cater also bowled very well with three tight overs and Jack Thompson had another good day in the field, taking a catch and stopping everything that came his way. Pick of the bowlers was Nick Wilkes who, with the assistance of three stumpings by Jones, finished off the Winslow tail with 5 wickets for 1 run including four in a row! Buckingham are now through to the semi-final and with more excellent all round performances like this one, they could easily go all the way. |