Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 29th 2006

Town's stand-in skipper Jason Ell lost the toss and Dinton invited Town to bat with Matthew Thatcher (26) and Leigh Tomlinson (41) giving their side a 69-run opening partnership before both players departed without a run being added.

Jonny Cater (12) chipped in before Khan and Harris combined good shot selection and quick running between the wickets as they added a 166-run partnership for the fourth wicket in 16 overs.

The pair upped the tempo of Town's game as Khan reached a 53-ball half century in 57 minutes while Harris played with controlled aggression as his half century came in 46 minutes and just 38 balls.

Harris eventually fell for 68 in an innings that contained 7 fours and one six. He batted 52 minutes and faced just 49 balls.

Khan was bowled nine runs later for 75 from 64 balls in his 87 minute stay at the crease. His innings contained 7 fours and 3 sixes.

Adam Izzard's late order aggression saw him hit 27 from just 16 balls as Town posted 266 for 5 from their 50 overs. Richard Scott claimed three for 87 for the visitors.

Paul Atkins and John Purcell opened for Dinton and they made a steady in adding 64 runs before the introduction of Greg Pearson saw him claim the wickets of Purcell (31) and Ashley Smith (0) courtesy of a catch behind by Cater and a slip chance by Dan Harris.

Ben Stafford's slow right arm tempted Phil Scott (3) to hit out and skipper Ell somehow held on to the skier at the third attempt.

With Atkins pacing the innings, Rob King hit a whirlwind 64 before he was caught in the deep by Chris Harris' running catch.

With Town needing wickets, Ell made the innovative decision to hand Dan Harris his first bowl of the season and it worked wonders.

Harris had Atkins (84) stumped by Cater before Izzard took an outstanding one handed chance at slip to remove Richard Scott (4). Shaun Smith (0) was bowled before Chris Harris took another catch, this time to remove Scott Bowler (6), as Dan Harris' seven over stint had bagged him excellent final figures of four for 31.

Dinton closed on 220 for 8 with Town gaining eighteen points in the draw.

Greg Pearson finished with two for 53, while Stafford, one for 47, and Ell, one for 25, chipped in.

Buckingham won the toss and batted and scored an impressive 241-7 declared. James Tomlinson(63) was in good form and some hard hitting came from Dom Pritchard(53). Both skipper Helps(37) and Robin Pritchard(20) wre batting well but both were run out. Didcot in reply started poorly and never recoverd.

Richard Pengelly 3-31 did the early damage and H. Jethra, A. Norman and D. Pritchard grabbed a brace of wickets apiece the other going to Matt Dipple.

Robin Pritchard, skipper Helps and Dom Pritchard all took fine catches and Direkze fielded well as Didcot crashed to 104 all out giving Town a victory by 137 runs.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

J. Tomlinson    c Kandandi        b J. Hunt         63
N. Norman                         lbw Slade          3
R. Pritchard    run               out               20
S. Helps        run               out               37
D. Pritchard                      lbw Kandandi      53
D. Direkze                        b Kandandi        17
H. Jethra       not               out               11
R. Pengelly     run               out                2
                                  Extras            33
                                  Total            241-7 dec

M. Slade         12.1-1-73-1
A. Taylor        10-1-47-0
D. Allen         8-0-46-0
J. Hunt          7-0-32-1
P. Kandandi      6-0-36-2

Innings of Didcot 2nds

J. Casson                         b Pengelly        1
D. Green       c R.Pritchard      b Dipple          4
D. Allen       c N.Pritchard      b Pengelly        6
J. Taboada     c Direkze          b Pengelly       21
G. Cass        c N.Norman         b Jethra         33
G. Hunt        c D. Pritchard     b Jethra         19
A. Taylor      c Helps            b A. Norman       2
P. Kandandi                       lbw A. Norman     5
J. Hunt                           b D.Pritchard     1
D. Lloyd       c Helps            b D.Pritchard     6
M. Slade       not                out               0
                                  Extras            6
                                  Total           104-10

R. Pengelly     10-3-31-3
M. Dipple       6-1-27-1
H. Jethra       5-1-20-2
A. Norman       5-0-12-2
D. Pritchard    4-2-6-2