Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 13th 2006Buckingham Town U16 vs Stony Stratford (Hair Moda League)Andy Norman writes:Team (Alphabetical, not Batting Order): 1) Dilshan Direkze 2) Matt Faulkner 3) Dan Hassell 4) Jamie Hirst 5) Rob How 6) Tom Jones 7) Andy Norman (C) 8) Rob Pritchard (W) 9) Jack Robbins 10) Oshy Ryan-Pont 11) John SmithOn a sunny evening, Town, after winning the toss, elected to bat. With the ever growing possibility of winning the league, this match was as crucial as any other. Town started extremely brightly with openers Rob Pritchard and Jamie Hirst posting an impressive 91 runs without loss from the first 10 overs, starting to take Stony bowlers Myatt and Pollard apart explosively. However, Pritchard (44) and Hirst (39) fell in successive overs to leave Dilshan Direkze and Tom Jones at the crease with the score at 102 from 12 overs. Both then carried on where the openers left off with Jones firing a lightning 43 not out and Direkze also accelerating to finish on 32 not out. With 30 extras, Buckingham closed their 20 overs on a gigantic 189-2. Stony struggled and the run rate required increased constantly throughout their reply. For Town, Andy Norman claimed 2 wickets and Tom Jones took 1. The pick of the bowling was Dilshan Direkze with a fine 3-9 from his 4 overs. Opening seamers Jamie Hirst and Matt Faulkner kept it very tight at the start. Stony ended on 114-6, giving Town a comfortable 75 run win. Under 13s star Dan Hassell made his debut for the 16s and fielded and bowled very well. Town bagged 18 points with 10 for their victory and a further 8 bonus points (5 batting and 3 bowling). Shot Of The Night: Jamie Hirst - Perfect drive over the bowler's head for a one-bounce four. |