Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 28th 2005

Shipton-under-Wychwood vs Buckingham Town

Oxford Times Cherwell League

Chris Harris returned with his best performance for Buckingham Town although his side went down to a 126-run defeat at high-flying Shipton-under-Wychwood in their Oxford Times Cherwell league encounter on Saturday.

With five players unavailable, it gave some of Town's promising youngsters a chance to step up to the mark.

After inserting the home side, Harris trapped Steve Bates in front in the first over to give his side a great start.

Simon Hole and Paul Hemming had other ideas as they added a 209-run second wicket partnership. They were aided by a dropped catch as Hole made a century while Hemming played an anchor role.

Gear had Hole caught by Russell Thompson for 113 before Jason Constable entered proceedings with twelve overs remaining.

The left-hander launched in to Town's bowling as Harris returned and immediately had Hemming (86) caught behind by Jonny Cater.

While Constable flayed with the willow, Harris took wickets in each of his four overs while Matt Arnull chipped in with a wicket at the end.

Constable smashed 62 runs from just 26-ball, including 15 fours and two sixes, before Harris bowled him.

Shipton posted 325 for 9 from 50 overs with Chris Harris taking six for 75 in seventeen overs while Arnull and Gear chipped in with a wicket each.

In reply Town set off at a quick pace as Dan Harris (20), Jonny Cater (38) and Leigh Tomlinson (20) all made starts but were unable to convert these into big scores.

James Tomlinson (26) and Shiv Talsania (22) followed suit in the middle order before Town lost five wickets for just eighteen runs.

Arnull and Vish Valambhia then had a 40-run last wicket stand as they took their side to 199 before Valambhia (24) was caught. Arnull finished unbeaten on 24 from his number nine berth.

Innings of Shipton

S.Bates            Lbw b C.Harris                    0
P.Hemming          c Cater b C.Harris               86
Si Hole            c Thompson b Gear               113
J.Constable        b C.Harris                       62
J.Hartley          b Arnull                         12
St Hall            b C.Harris                        2
C.Panter           b C.Harris                        0
I.Lewis            c D.Harris b C.Harris             9
S.Miller           Run out (Talsania)                1
D.Morris           Not out                           3
C.Brain            Not out                           3
Extras                                              34
Total                                              325 for 9 from 50 overs

C.Harris    17-2-75-6
M.Arnull    15-2-82-1
D.Harris    5-0-29-0
V.Valambhia 8-0-67-0
J.Gear      5-0-48-1

Innings of Buckingham Town

L.Tomlinson            Run out (Morris)            20
D.Harris               c Hartley b Lewis           20
J.Cater                b Constable                 38
R.Large                c Bates b Constable         12
J.Tomlinson            c Brain b Morris            26
S.Talsania             b Panter                    22
J.Gear                 c & b Morris                 1
R.Thompson             b Panter                     0
M.Arnull               not out                     24
C.Harris               b Panter                     2
V.Valambhia            c Panter b Lewis            24
Extras                                             10
Total                                             199 all out in 48.4 overs

I.Lewis 6.4-0-57-2
J.Constable 10-1-39-2
S.Miller 11-4-28-0
D.Morris 13-4-33-2
C.Panter 8-0-41-3

Result: Shipton won by 126 runs

Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Oxford & Bletchingdon 3rd XI

Buckingham Town 3rds drew their league match against Oxford & Bletchingdon 3rds.

The Oxford side won the toss and elected to bat and scored 204-8. Chris Colbourn 4-59, Lawrence DeSilva 3-40 and Will Roberts all bowled well.

In reply after a steady start Buckingham finished on 187-4 thanks to an excellent knock from Tom Murray(94) with Dilshan Direkze 35 n.o. and with a bit of luck could easily have won the game.

Innings of Oxford & Bletchingdon 3rds

A. Smith           b Colbourn              51
J. Hawthorne       b DeSilva                4
A. Haynes          b Colbourn               4
D. Bennett         c Direkze b Colbourn    23
I. Gregor          not out                 53
K. Ahmed           lbw Colbourn             0
A. Stevens         c Rowlinson b DeSilva   12
D. Nellis          b DeSilva                0
D. Dyer            run out                  5
N. Atif            not out                 19
                   Extras                  33
                   Total                  204-8

C.Colbourn      16-4-59-4
L. DeSilva      10-1-40-3
M. Dipple       6-1-41-0
K.Rowlinson     5-0-21-0
W.Roberts       9-0-34-0

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

T.Archdeacon            b Haynes          18
T. Murray               c b K. Ahmed      94
A. Peshavaria           lbw Haynes        19
J. Pengelly             b Haynes           1
D. Direkze              not out           35
R. Hutt                 not out            4
                        Extras            19
                        Total            187-4

A. Haynes       23-4-79-3
I. Gregor       8-22-39-0
J. Hawthorne    11-3-29-0
M. Atif         1-0-4-0
K. Ahmed        3-0-25-1

Result: Match drawn

Buckingham Town 3rds 16 pts Oxford & Bletchingdon 3rds 13pts