Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 7th 2006Buckingham Town vs Stony StratfordAndy Bone writes:Captain Jonny Cater gave a spirited performance with a match winning innings as his side opened their F.G.Watts League campaign with a victory at Stony Stratford on Sunday. Cater lost the toss as the home side elected to bat first. New signing Greg Pearson bagged three for 26 while his opening partner Vish Valambhia returned with three for 36 as Town enjoyed the better of the early exchanges. The slow right arm of Ben Stafford, returning after injury, saw him remove Stony's top scorer, Peterious (54) before James Tomlinson's leg spin removed the tail as he finished with three for 14. The home side only batted 33.4 overs as they were dismissed for 151. Town struggled early on as Chaplin removed three of the top order to leave the visitors reeling at 29 for 4. Town's seventeen year old Captain showed great maturity as he and sixteen year old Rob Pritchard (12) shared a stand of 42 runs. Pearson joined Cater in the middle as the pair added 59 runs with the Town Captain reaching a fine half century during the stand. Pearson (22) edged behind after a great knock and it was left to Cater to guide his side home to a three wicket victory as he finished undefeated on 76 runs. Innings of Stony Stratford CC - 1st XIShannon Tubb b Greg Pearson 36 Graeme Carter b Greg Pearson 0 Mike Smith ct Jonny Cater b V Valambhia 13 Unsure LBW b Ben Stafford 54 Michael Avery + b V Valambhia 0 Chioke Payne b V Valambhia 4 Ryan Packer Stumped b J Tomlinson 10 Steven Osborne * Stumped b J Tomlinson 4 Simon Myatt b Greg Pearson 16 Unsure ct Jonny Cater b J Tomlinson 0 James Chaplin Not Out 0 Extras ( ) 14 Total ( all out , 33.4 overs) 151Bowling figures
O M R W Nb Wd
Greg Pearson 6.4 2 26 3 0 0
V Valambhia 9 1 36 3 0 0
Jason Ell 3 1 11 0 0 0
Ben Stafford 6 0 30 1 0 0
Shiv Talsania 2 0 30 0 0 0
J Tomlinson 6 1 14 3 0 0
Innings of BTCC 1st XILeigh Tomlinson ct Unsure b James Chaplin 0 J Tomlinson ct Unsure b Unsure 12 Steve Beck ct Unsure b James Chaplin 12 Jonny Cater * + Not Out 76 Andy Thatcher ct Unsure b James Chaplin 0 R Prichard b Simon Myatt 12 Greg Pearson ct Michael Avery b James Chaplin 22 Shiv Talsania Not Out 9 Jason Ell Did Not Bat V Valambhia Did Not Bat Ben Stafford Did Not Bat Extras ( ) 12 Total (7 wickets, 36.3 overs) 155 Result: Buckingham Town CC - 1st XI Won by 3 wickets Full Scorecard |