Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 23rd 2005Buckingham Town vs Oxford 2nd XIAndy Bone writes:Buckingham Town are off of the bottom of the Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League Division One table after recording their first home victory of the season on Saturday. The result looked unlikely at drinks at the halfway stage of the Oxford 2nd innings as Town bowlers struggled to find their length. The only bright spots in the first 25 overs were when 15 year old Krishan Talsania found the edge of Ian Crosby's bat and Jonny Cater duly accepted a regulation catch behind the stumps before Jason Ell castled Vainker. Thomas and Williams feasted on too many shortly pitched deliveries as Oxford 2nd raced to 139 for 2 in just 27 overs. With the visitors set and ready to launch an assault, the introduction of James Gear and home debutante Sohail Nasir bowling in tandem stemmed the flow with immediate effect. Not only did the run rate slow up but Town's two slow right armers managed to build pressure, backed up by another solid fielding display, and wickets began to tumble. The improving 16 year old Cater was sharp behind the wickets as the middle order added just six runs after Thomas (45) and Williams (28) had looked like batting Town out of the game. In an amazing spell, six wickets tumbled for just 19 runs as the game changed direction completely. Claasen (17) held up Town briefly before Oxford 2nds Captain Ross Buchanan guided his side through to 197 for 9 with an unbeaten 19 at tea. Gear's 15-over stint bagged him three for 24 while Nasir's 14-over spell saw him return with three for 45. Nasir opened with Mike Taylor (7) and the pair added 28 for the opening wicket before Dan Harris came to the crease. Nasir lead the way with some quality strokeplay while Harris played a sensible supporting role as the Rawalpindi left hander reached his second half century in as many games with just 70 runs on the board. Town's batting had more confidence with Nasir increasing the tempo as dark clouds appeared around the ground and play went on through a light drizzle. Nasir was finally out just nine runs short of his century after he had added a second wicket stand worth a match winning 107 runs. Harris (28) was caught out attempting to go over the top just three runs later as Town looked to their new batsmen to lead the side home. James Tomlinson (2) edged behind before the experience of Graham Judd saw him become the ideal foyle as Rob Large excelled in the heat of battle. His aggressive knock included eleven boundaries, the last one of which gave Town victory and a vital thirty points. Large closed unbeaten on 53 while Judd's innings of 6 not out had helped steady Town's nerves.
Innings of Oxford 2ndI.Crosby ct Cater b K.Talsania 17 C.Thomas ct Cater b Nasir 45 F.Vainker b Ell 27 J.Williams st Cater b Nasir 28 W.Dobson Lbw b Gear 1 P.Stern ct Cater b Nasir 5 M.Rana ct Ell b Gear 0 J.Claasen run out 17 D.Patel Lbw b Gear 1 R.Buchanan not out 19 A.Malik not out 1 Extras 36 Total 197 for 9 in 50 oversBowling figures C.Harris 9-0-50-0 K.Talsania 6-0-33-1 J.Ell 6-2-28-1 J.Gear 15-6-24-3 S.Nasir 14-3-45-3 Innings of Buckingham TownS.Nasir c & b Claasen 91 M.Taylor Lbw b Malik 9 D.Harris ct Malik b Claasen 28 R.Large Not out 53 J.Tomlinson ct Buchanan b Claasen 2 G.Judd not out 6 Extras 11 Total 200 for 4 in 33.3 oversBowling figures M.Rana 8-0-61-0 A.Malik 8-1-36-1 W.Dobson 4-0-40-0 D.Patel 6-0-31-0 J.Claasen 7-2-27-3 J.Williams 0.3-0-5-0 Wallingford vs Buckingham Town 2nd XINick Board writes:Town 2nd X1's recent run of good performances came to a disappointing end when they lost to Wallingford on saturday. Put into bat on a pitch of variable bounce Town lost Jones(13) early on when he was bowled by veteran bowler Spindler but a partnership of eighty five runs between Shive Talsania(51) and Nick Board(30) put Town on track at the halfway stage. With five of the middle order all reaching double figures a creditable total of 215 was reached at tea but with a short boundary and bumpy outfield was always likely to be not enough. Wallingford languishing at the bottom of the table, immediately attacked and Ainsworth(87) throwing caution to the wind with some risky shots took the game away from Town. Paul Sly bowled well to collect three wickets from his eleven overs although the addition of forty nine extras, mainly due to some wayward bowling early on, did little to help Town's cause and Wallingford romped home for the loss of six wickets with overs to spare.
Innings of Buckingham TownTomlinson b Green 10 Jones b Spindler 13 Board LBW 30 Talsania c Sergeant b Smart 51 Valambhia c Ainsworth b Smart 5 Thompson b Brannon 11 Murray LBW Brannon 12 Stafford b Spindler 19 Pritchard c Ridley b Green 10 Spragg not out 10 Sly not out 1 Extras 34 Total 215 for 9Bowling figures Spindler 11-3-54-2 Green 11-3-34-2 Brannon 12-0-45-2 Smart 12-2-53-3 Innings of WallingfordAinsworth c Pritchard b Talsania 87 Emmett b Valambhia 14 Smith St Tomlinson b Sly 10 Sessions b Sly 20 Sergeant LBW Sly 6 Ridley c Stafford b Pritchard 15 Keeble not out 11 Brannon not out 4 Extras 49 Total 216 for 6Bowling figures Valambhia 12-2-60-1 Spragg 8-1-31-0 Pritchard 8-0-44-1 Sly 11-1-51-3 Talsania 2-0-19-1 Footnote: result overturnedThe defeat Buckingham II endured at Wallingford has been overturned after the home side played an unregistered player - an issue the Wallingford Chairman has written to Town to apologise for.Town has been awarded the win - an award of 15 points extra after picking up 15 points in the original defeat. Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Bourton Vale 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds suffered a heavy defeat by 161 runs against title chasing Bourton Vale 2nds. Bourton with a strong side batted first and scored a massive 311-3 and declared off of 42 overs. Buckinghamn's only wicket taker was Chris Colbourn with 3-110. Young Lawrence DeSilva bowled well for Town. Buckingham made the worst possible start crashing to 15-5 against spinners Shepherd and Masson but skipper Hutt(32) and Dilshan Direkze(23) improved matters and a good knock from Keith Rowlingson 43n.o. gave Buckingham some respectability as they were bowled for 150 to take 9 points from the match. Innings of Bourton Vale 2nds
J. Collett b Colbourn 17
P. Hawtrey c Dipple b Colbourn 89
G. Tindall not out 88
J. Watkiss c Rowlingson b Colbourn 63
T. Arkell not out 3
Extras 45
Total 311-3
Bowling figures
L. DeSilva 9-0-43-0 C. Colbourn 15-0-110-3 L. Hayes 5-0-65-0 M. Dipple 7-0-43-0 K. Rowlingson 6-0-34-0 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
T, Archdeacon c Arthurs b Shepherd 0
M. Dipple run out 1
R. Pritchard b Shepherd 0
J. Coxhill lbw Shepherd 12
D. Direkze c Masson b Shephaerd 23
A. Peshavaria c Arkell b Masson 0
R. Hutt c&b Seddon 32
K. Rowlingson not out 43
C. Colbourn b Seddon 0
L. Hayes b Seddon 4
L. DeSilva c Collett b Carlson 8
Extras 27
Total 150-10
Bowling figures
G. Shepherd 13-5-39-4 D. Masson 8-1-67-1 G. Tindall 2-0-10-0 R. Seddon 3-1-9-3 D. Carlson 1-0-13-2 RESULT: Bourton Vale 2nds(30pts) beat Buckingham Town 3rds(9pts) by 161 runs. |