Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 12th 2006

Openers Josh Goff (20) and Nick Wilkes (17) played themselves in and were threatening to run away with the game until both went to balls that nipped back through the gate. Then Dilshan Direkze (48) kept up the momentum in partnerships with Jack Deal (13) and Harsh Jethra (30), before Tom Jones and Stuart Powell took the total to a daunting 150 for 5 from their 20 overs.

When opening bowlers Adam Bone and Callum Cater reduced the visitors to 2 for 2 after 3 overs, the match was effectively over as a contest. The drama then switched to the darkening sky, lit up by copper coloured flashes of lightening. A result would be obtained in the event of an abandonment for rain as long as Wolverton completed 10 overs, allowing the match to be decided on scoring rate.

Jones organised his team to rush through the overs, interrupted only by waiting for a succession of incoming batsmen making the long walk from the pavilion. Light rain arrived in the 10th over but heavy rain held off long enough for Wolverton to be all out for 52 in the 13th over. The bowlers all took wickets - Bone, Cater (2), Josh Goodey (2), Max Jarman and Powell (3, in his only over) - and were well supported by the fielders, who contributed four catches, a stumping and a run out.