Buckingham Town Cricket Club - September 11th 2005Buckingham Town U14 vs North Crawley U14 (Shires League Trophy Final)Anil Jethra writes:Tom Jones (pictured holding the cup) led Buckingham Town to victory in the under 14s Shires League trophy with a good team effort. Buckingham Town won the finals on September 11, 2005 played at Overstone cricket club ground. Put into bat by the opposition North Crawley Cricket Club, Buckingham Town lost an early wicket at the score of 16. However, Dilshan Direkze (54) and Nick Wilkes (46) had a tremendous partnership of 68 runs for the second wicket. With five other batsmen chipping in, Town finished the innings on 149 for 5 setting a victory target of 150 for North Crawley. Town’s opening bowlers Jonny Neeves and Harsh Jethra kept the dangerous opening pair of North Crawley quiet. The tight bowling and fielding paid off as both openers were back within the first 10 overs. Hodge was out to a stunning one-handed slips catch by Jamie Hirst off the bowling of Jonny Neeves and Walker was run out by substitute fielder Danny Hobden. The final chase was contained by some more tight spells by Stuart Powell (3 for 18) and Josh Goodey (2 for 18). In the end Town took five catches and two run outs as North Crawley were 134 for 8 and fell short by 15 runs. The umpires awarded man of the match to Direkze and champagne moment to Hobden, in honour of Ricky Ponting! |