Buckingham Town Cricket Club - April 29th 2007Buckingham Town vs WalthamAndrew Holland writes:In a complete contrast to the previous week, this Cockspur Cup tie was played under overcast conditions. Buckingham lost the toss and were stuck in. Events began badly when, in the second over Leigh Tomlinson was adjudged run out. It was a foolish run, but both scorers saw the keeper drop the ball! Then skipper Rob Large was given out lbw to quick bowler Sohaib and the score was 6-2. Johnny Cater began a reply, but when two more wickets fell Buckingham were struggling at 42-4. This brought Graham Judd to the wicket, fresh from a hundred the day before, and finally a partnership developed. Cater took command, getting to 49 from 69 balls, before missing one from slow left armer Azhar and was out lbw. 2 starts to partnerships followed but when Judd was caught for 47 Buckingham were 7 down with only 144 on the board. It was then that Bryn Jones and Greg Pearson got to the wicket. They put on 31 in 25 balls to lift Buckingham into a winning situation, improved more still when Ben Stafford hit 10 from 9 balls at the death. Buckingham finished 199-9 in their 45 overs. In reply Buckingham were on fire. Pearson bowled accurately and fast, but it was Bryn Jones who took Waltham apart. He took 4 wickets in 4 overs including 2 in consecutive balls to reduce them to 15-4 from 8 overs. From there the result looked inevitable, and despite a very composed 43 from 58 balls by Naseer, wickets continued to fall. Only two other players reached double figures in the innings as James Gear and Ben Stafford both chipped in before Vish Valambhia bowled 3 overs, 2-21 at the end to leave the visitors 129 all out, and facing a long trip back to Essex. So a good day for Buckingham Town against a side who bowling attack suggested trouble, but in the end didn't have the batting to provide any sort of challenge. Innings of BuckinghamLarge* lbw b Sohaib 1 L. Tomlinson run out 3 Cater+ lbw b Azhar 49 J. Tomlinson lbw b Sohaib 2 Pritchard c Azhar b Z. Khan 4 Judd c Sohaib b Amjad 47 Gear b Azhar 9 Jones b M. Khan 21 Pearson b M. Khan 19 Stafford not out 10 Valambhia not out 3 Extras (5b, 5lb, 21w) 31 45 overs Total 199-9Bowling figures Sohaib 9-1-37-2 Umair 5-0-23-0 Z. Khan 1.2-0-7-1 Tanveer 8.4-0-21-0 Azhar 9-2-30-2 Iftkhar 4-0-27-0 Amjad 6-0-33-1 M. Khan 2-0-11-2Fall of Wickets: 6-1 (L. Tomlinson) 6-2 (Large) 20-3 (J. Tomlinson) 42-4 (Pritchard) 92-5 (Cater) 119-6 (Gear) 144-7 (Judd) 175-8 (Pearson) 193-9 (Jones) Innings of WalthamIftkhar* lbw b Jones 0 Tanveer c Large b Jones 6 M. Khan b Jones 6 Z. Khan b Jones 0 Naseer b Stafford 43 Amjad run out 15 Sohaib c&b Gear 0 Usaim c Cater b Valambhia 16 Butt not out 9 Azhar b Valambhia 9 Umair c&b Stafford 5 Extras (1b, 11lb, 8w) 20 33.2 overs Total 129 all outBowling figures Pearson 7-1-14-0 Jones 9-1-25-4 Gear 7-1-19-1 Stafford 7.2-0-38-2 Valambhia 3-0-21-2Fall of Wickets 2-1 (Iftkhar) 12-2 (M. Khan) 12-3 (Z. Khan) 15-4 (Tanveer) 61-5 (Amjad) 62-6 (Sohaib) 101-7 (Naseer) 110-8 (Usaim) 120-9 (Azhar) 129-10 (Umair)Buckingham won by 70 runs Southam vs Buckingham Town 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham 2nds lost their sunday friendly against Southam in the last over of the match. Buckingham batting first scored a useful 197-4 from their 40 overs. Openers I.Wilkinson(47) and Adrian Johnson(42) gave them a good start. Adam Bone scored a fine 30 and Tom Hill chipped in with a useful 21n.o. Kevin D'Silva looked good with 26. Southam in reply were 101-5 with Buckingham looking likely to win but Bromwich and S. Upton saw them home. Adam Bone took a superb catch in the deep and Buckingham with 6 players aged 14 or under did well. Chris Guy(13) made his senior debut for Town. All the young bowlers did well with A. Bone taking 2-30 well supported by C.Cater, L. Stafford, T. Hill, Frank Johnson. Rod Bridgman had a tidy spell 2-30. Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
I. Wilkinson st Upton b Sadler 47
A. Johnson b Sadler 42
Ad. Bone lbw Calcutt 30
K. D'Silva c Upton b Calcutt 26
T. Hill not out 21
C. Guy not out 2
Extras 29
Total 197-4
Bowling figures
J. Calcutt 8-1-42-2 F. Neale 4-0-11-0 A. Heath 6-2-26-0 T. Smith 4-0-20-0 P. Burnell 6-0-29-0 D. Sadler 8-0-46-2 T. Horley 4-0-16-0 Innings of Southam 2nds
B. Land c Wilkinson b Bridgman 15
P. Burnell lbw Bridgman 46
T. Smith b Bone 0
P. Fell b Bone 0
T. Horley c Bone b Hill 20
T. Bromwich not out 60
S. Upston not out 40
Extras 20
Total 201-5
Bowling figures
C. Cater 7-0-54-0 L. Stafford 6-1-21-0 R. Bridgman 8-1-30-0 A. Bone 8-2-27-2 T. Hill 4.1-1-13-1 F. Johnson 6-0-45-0Southam 2nds won by 5 wickets |