Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 18th 2006

Town lost the toss and were invited to field by Wolverton captain Hakim Khan. Town struck the first blow in the first over however, when under 14 Jack Deal removed the Wolverton opener, clean bowling him. Harsh Jethra continued to bowl a tight line at the other end, managing to remove one of Wolverton's danger men cheaply. Jack Robbins took a fine catch to remove another top order batsman, however Khan was still at the crease scoring freely.

A bowling change saw Dilshan Direkze and Matt Faulkner brought in to the attack. Direkze used the pitch well, getting lots of turn and bamboozling the batsman. Faulkner was unlucky however, as Khan dispatched anything short to the mid-wicket boundary. Khan looked dangerous, and it took a fine piece of work from Matt Faulkner to dismiss him. The run-out of Khan saw the game move into Town's favour.

Bowlers Cater and Gold continued to dry up the runs, and Jethra and Deal finished the job at the end, completing a fine effort in the field restricting Wolverton to 105-7 off of their 20 overs.

Buckingham's reply started slowly, however Jack Deal and Robin Pritchard managed to get on top of the bowling, putting on 89 for the first wicket. Pritchard was dismissed on 30, but the game had been won by then. Direkze finished the job with Deal (61 n.o.) who batted superbly to see the away team through for an outstanding 9 wicket win.

Town travel to MK City on Thursday, in a game which they must win to gain the League Title.