Buckingham Town Cricket Club - August 6th 2005

Banbury XX vs Buckingham Town

Missing key all rounder and captain James Gear, along with seamers Jason Ell and Chris Harris - players who had bowled 33 of the 50 overs the previous week - Town's stand-in skipper Rob Large lost the toss and was invited to field.

Town started brightly against an experienced Banbury XX line-up who saw Richard Hawkins (55), Martin Thomas (46) and a late order flurry by Dave Clark (52) see the home side post potentially too large a total to chase with 282 for 7.

Rob Large claimed two for 34 and Sohail Nasir two for 60, while Graham Judd and youngsters Dom Pritchard and Krishan Talsania grabbed a wicket each. Town's inexperienced attack also conceded 32 runs in bowling extras, although on a positive note they did claim seven points for their efforts.

At tea, Town's first priority was to reach 220 runs and claim the maximum ten batting points as they fight against relegation.

Nasir and Dan Harris set about the Twenty Club attack and soon raced to 70 in just eleven overs.

Harris (21) was then well caught by a full-length dive by John Wright, while Khalid caught Nasir (47) on the boundary before James Tomlinson was trapped in front all in the space of seven runs.

Large and Graham Judd steadied the innings as they took Town past the century mark.

Large reached a fine half century from just 45 balls before being bowled one run later, while Judd's straight six saw him depart next ball for another solid knock of 38.

When Anthony Romaine was adjudged leg before, Town had stuttered again and were still 42 runs short of their main aim.

Jonny Cater, batting with experience beyond his 16 years, and Bryn Jones looked very solid as they batted out the remaining ten overs and, more importantly, took Town past maximum batting points.

Cater finished undefeated on 27, while Jones made an unbeaten 29 as Town closed on 231 for 6 at stumps.

Town made 17 points to Banbury XX's 16 points.

Innings of Banbury XX

J.Wright       c Tomlinson b Judd         9
D.Burbidge     b Nasir                   28
R.Hawkins      c Harris b Pritchard      55
M.Thomas       ct Nasir b Large          46
N.Harrison     Lbw b Nasir               24
D.Clark        c Large b K.Talsania      52
F.Khalid       c Tomlinson b Large       13
B.Grant        not out                   13
A.Goodway      not out                    0
Extras                                   42
Total 282 for 7 from 50 overs

K.Talsania  11-2-60-1
G.Judd      11-0-1-56
B.Jones     3-0-21-0
S.Nasir     14-3-60-2
D.Pritchard 7-0-41-1
R.Large     4-0-34-2

Innings of Buckingham Town

S.Nasir           c Khalid b Hart         47
D.Harris          c Wright b Hart         21
J.Tomlinson       Lbw b Hart               0
R.Large           b Hart                  51
G.Judd            c Hawkins b Hart        38
J.Cater           not out                 27
A.Romaine         Lbw Harrison             1
B.Jones           not out                 29
Extras                                    17
Total 231 for 6 from 50 overs

F.Khalid 5-1-33-0
M.Thomas 13-3-64-0
S.Hart 20-7-52-5
A.Shah 1-0-16-0
D.Clark 6-0-34-0
N.Harrison 5-0-27-1

Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Brackley

Brackley were asked to bat first and due to unavailabilities, found themselves facing an unusual opening attack of Maggs Thatcher and Richard Pengelly. But, these two bowled well and got the early breakthrough when they took the wicket of Cartwright in the fourth over caught by Russ Thompson at slip.

Hedger(66) played the anchor role for Brackley and was about to increase the momentum when the wily Paul Sly (3-39) had him caught at mid off. Wickets then began to fall at regular intervals and Vish Valambhia bowled his best spell of the season taking two for twenty three from 12 overs. A classy stumping by Andy Thatcher to remove Mounsdon and a brilliant run out by Tomlinson to dismiss Van Rensberg restricted the visitors to 162-8 from their fifty overs.

Needing a run rate of just over three per over, Brackley started with the old ball to take the pace off but Maggs Thatcher (39) and Ed Jones (51) kept up with the required rate before they were both out, but by then had taken the game away from Brackley. As the game progressed, Town umpire John Pengelly found himself at the centre of a heated discussion with some of the Brackley players who had become frustrated and had to call on the opposition captain to help calm the situation down. In the hope of securing wickets, the bowling was rotated and M Cartwright picked up both Ben Stafford and Andy Thatcher, whilst Nick Board(31no) batted through to ensure the win and maximum points with eight overs remaining.

Innings of Brackley

Stapleton              run out Valambhia                27
Cartwright M           c  Thompson  b  Thatcher          5
Hedger                 c  Board  b  Sly                 66
Van Rensberg           run out Tomlinson                11
Mounsdon               st Thatcher  b  Sly               1
Wilson                 b  Valambhia                      5
McKenzie               not out                          15
Horton                 b  Valambhia                      8
Cartwright K           c  M Thatcher  b  Sly            11
Newby                  not out                           1
Extras                                                  12
Total 162-8

Pengelly    13-1-49-0
Thatcher    14-2-38-1
Valambhia   12-3-33-2
Sly         11-3-39-3

Innings of Buckingham Town

Thatcher M           c&b  Mounsdon                       39
Tomlinson            c  Cartwright K  b  Cartwright M     1
Jones                c  Mckenzie  b  Jones               51
Board                not out                             31
Thatcher A           c  Cartwright K  b  Cartwright M    21
Stafford             lbw Cartwright M                     8
Thompson             not out                              6
Extras                                                    9
Total 166-5

Cartwright K   8-1-34-0
Cartwright M   11-4-33-3
Ayres          5-0-24-0
Horton         4-1-21-0
Newby          8-3-30-1
Mounsdon       5-0-24-1

Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Morris Motors 2nd XI

Buckingham elected to bat and after R.Pritchard(27) and T.Archdeacon(24) had given them a steady start they slumped to 79-5.

Skipper Hutt(26) along with Nev Pritchard(25) scored valuable runs along with K. Rowlingson(20) and A. Peshavaria(14) as a respectable total of 176-9 was made.

Morris Motors made a steady start but at 101-6 Buckingham were in with a chance but the visitors reached their goal without further loss.

Jon Merrill took 3-27 but the highlight of the day was a remarkable catch by colt Harsh Jethra, a truly superb catch.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

T. Archdeacon   c       b Ar. Younis    24
J. Hirst              lbw Ar. Younis     9
R. Pritchard    c       b Rashid        27
J. Merrell      c       b Ar. Younis     8
D. Direkze      c       b Rashid         0
A. Peshavaria           b Rashid        14
R. Hutt                 b Ar. Younis    26
K. Rowlingson   c       b Rashid        20
N. Pritchard    c       b Ar. Younis    25
H. Jethra       not     out              4
A. Norman       not     out              5
                        Extras          13
                        Total          176-9

Ar. Younis      16-5-34-5
N-Harper        11-2-49-0
H. Rashid       10-0-43-4
A. Ali          7-0-36-0
Samiullah       2-0-13-0

Innings of Morris Motors 2nds

Ab. Younis      c Jethra        b Rowlingson    14
I. Younis       c Merrell       b Rowlingson     3
S. Ullah                    c&b   Merrell       44
T. Khan         c Hutt          b Jethra        18
R. Angrish                      b Merrell        0
N. Ahmed        c Jethra        b Merrell       15
Samiullah               not     out             19
Ar. Younis              not     out             36
                                Extras          29
                                Total          177-6

A. Norman       9-2-37-0
K. Rowlingson   10-1-40-2
H. Jethra       5-1-22-1
J.Merrell       7-0-27-3
J. Hirst        6.4-0-28-0
A. Peshavaria   3-0-21-0