Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 15th 2004

Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League, Division One

Buckingham Town vs Shipton-Under-Wychwood

An unbeaten match winning stand of 95 runs between Jeetan Patel and James Gear secured Buckingham Town a six-wicket victory over the Cricketer National Village Champions, Shipton-Under-Wychwood, on Saturday.

With the game finely poised, Patel and Gear eased Town to victory with a display of sensible strokeplay in a game sponsored by Buckingham Colour Press.

Patel, who reached his half century from 56 balls in 64 minutes, found Gear a solid support.

The Kiwi finished 65 not out from his 90 minute stay at the crease, while the former Town Skipper ended his knock unbeaten on 38 runs.

Earlier in the day, Town started their campaign brightly on a damp track after losing the toss.

Paul Streater 2 for 28 and Chris Harris 1 for 14 did the early damage, despite the damp pitch causing foot hole problems. This was supported by some excellent work in the field.

Jason Ell exploited the conditions to swing the ball and cause the opposition batsmen problems. His ten overs were economical as he finished with 2 for 27 with Shipton reaching the century mark with seven wickets down.

Gear picked up 2 for 47 in 8 overs while Patel bowled well on his debut as his 15.5 overs returned with 3 for 38.

Shipton were bowled out for 157 from the penultimate ball of their innings.

Innings of Shipton-Under-Wychwood

 1. S.Bates     b Streater             26
 2. A.Hemming   b C.Harris              0
 3. S.Hole      c Romaine b Streater    4
 4. J.Kingston  b Ell                  17
 5. P.Hemming   c Romaine b Ell         9
 6. C.Panter    b Gear                 16
 7. I.Lewis     c Harris b Patel       14
 8. S.Miller    c Jones b Gear         17
 9. C.Brain     st Romaine b Patel     14
10. J.Hartley   b Patel                23
11. N.Goucher   not out                 1
Extras                                 16
TOTAL                                 157 all out

Bowling figures

C.Harris   7-1-24-1
P.Streater 9-2-28-2
J.Ell     10-3-27-2
J.Patel   15.5-4-38-3
J.Gear     8-0-47-2

1 - 8
2 - 31
3 - 35
4 - 53
5 - 76
6 - 92
7 - 97
8 - 117
9 - 156

Innings of Buckingham Town

 1. B.Jones     b Panter         7
 2. M.Thatcher  LBW b Panter     6
 3. R.Large     b Miller        16
 4. A.Romaine   b Miller        17
 5. J.Patel     not out         65
 6. J.Gear      not out         38
 7. A.Izzard
 8. C.Harris
 9. J.Ell
10. P.Streater
11. V.Valambhia
Extras                           9
TOTAL                          158 for 4 wickets

Bowling figures

C.Panter  11-2-28-2
N.Goucher  8-0-38-0
S.Miller  11-1-33-2
P.Hemming  6-1-26-0
J.Kingston 3-0-26-0
I.Lewis    1.1-0-7-0

Fall of wickets:

1 - 10
2 - 15
3 - 44
4 - 63

RESULT: Buckingham Town (30 pts) beat Shipton-Under-Wychwood (10 pts) by six wickets

Buckingham 3rd XI vs Kingston Bagpuize 2nd XI

Buckingham 3rd's debut in division 8 of the Cherwell League saw them crash to a 10 wicket defeat to a strong Kingston Bagpuize 2nd XI who won the toss and put Buckingham into bat

Buckingham with a young side with only three players older than 22 struggled from the start. They were dismissed for only 63 with only acting skipper Bob Hutt(11) reaching double figures !!

14-year old Krishen Talsania showed promise with the bat. Kingston won easily without losing a wicket with young bowlers L.DeSilva, D. Direkze, and K. Talsania showing promise.

Buckingham's youngsters showed a lot of promise for the future but were no match for a very experienced Kingston side who will be promotion favourites this season.

Buckingham Town 3rds

T.Archdeacon    b               Oakley          0
K.Talsania      b               Oakley          9
Su.Talsania     b               Oakley          2
R.Thompson      b               Oakley          8
R.Pritchard     c       b       Hickman         6
R.Hutt          c       b       Stockwell      11       
N.Pritchard     c       b       Oakley          0
D.Direkze       st      b       Temple          1
M. Dipple       ct      b       Temple          6
S. Board        not out                         0
L.DeSilva       c       b       Temple          4
Extras                                         14
Total                                          63

R. Oakley       10-1-23-5
P. Hickman      11-3-18-2
M.Stockwell     4-2--8-1
Temple          3-5-0-17-2

Kingston Bagpuize 2nds

P. Temple       not out 20
V. Bush         not out 28
Extras                  16
Total                   64-0

Su.Talsania     5-2-10-0
K.Talsania      2-0-17-0
L.DeSilva       2-0-11-0
S.Board         3-0-8-0
M.Dipple        1-0-10-0
D.Direkze       1-0-2-0