Buckingham Town Cricket Club - August 25th 2007

In reply Buckingham made a good start. Leigh Tomlinson and Jimad Khan added 45 from just 5 overs before opening bowler Smith bowled Tomlinson for 16. Thoughts of a comfortable win were lost though as Dan Harris was lbw for 4 before Felix Hughes-Morgan had Rob Large and Jonny Cater both caught pulling. At 98-4, James Tomlinson joined Khan, needing a vital partnership. Khan reached 50 and kept the scoreboard ticking. Despite needing just one wicket to put the pressure back on, Great Tew failed to get it and the score moved closer and closer to the target. After 39 overs the score was 188-4, with Khan needing 5 for his hundred or Tomlinson 3 for his fifty. Khan took strike and launched the bowler over mid-off for 6 to get his first hundred of the season and claim victory.

Innings of Great Tew

K. Taylor       c Cater         b Pearson       16
Harris                          b C. Harris     15
Wyatt           c Cater         b Ell            0
Faulkner*       c Ell           b Khan          81
Parker          lbw             b C. Harris      0
Smith                           b C. Harris      7
J. Taylor                       b Khan          46
Brock                           b C. Harris      2
Murray                          b Pearson        6
Hughes-M        run out (Large)                  3
Gordon-L+       not out                          0
Extras          (3lb, 6w, 4nb)                  13
43.2 overs
Total                                          189 all out

Ell 7-1-32-1
Pearson 13.2-5-39-2
C. Harris 13-2-56-4
Gear 5-0-46-0
Khan 5-1-13-2

22-1 (K. Taylor)
27-2 (Wyatt)
57-3 (Harris)
57-4 (Parker)
81-5 (Smith)
154-6 (Faulkner)
158-7 (Brock)
180-8 (Murray)
187-9 (J. Taylor)
189-10 (Hughes-Morgan)

Innings of Buckingham Town

L. Tomlinson                    b Smith          16
Khan            not out                         101
D. Harris       lbw             b Brock           4
Large*          c Brock b Hughes-M               10
Cater+          c Brock b Hughes-M                0
J. Tomlinson    not out                          47
Extras          (1b, 1lb, 13w, 1nb)              16
39.1 overs
Total                                           194-4

Smith 10.1-0-72-1
Brock 10-1-35-1
J. Taylor 9-1-42-0
Hughes-Morgan 6-2-12-2
K. Taylor 2-0-15-0
Parker 2-0-16-0

45-1 (L. Tomlinson)
50-2 (D. Harris)
86-3 (Large)
98-4 (Cater)

Town in a relegation battle batted first and were skittled for only 56. Bledlowe bowlers Mould 5-23 and Shirley 5-31 were in top form as Town were crushed.

Russell Thompson batted well for his 25 and Dilshan Direkze(14) was the only other player to reach double figures. Afridi Rashed took 2-22 for Town as Bledlow strolled to an easy win.

Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds

M. Taylor                       b Mould         0
D. Direkze      c Bacon         b Shirley      14
G. Judd         c Musley        b Shirley       9
R. Thompson     c Folley        b Shirley      25
A. Rashid                       b Shirley       1
D. Pritchard                    b Shirley       0
A. Thatcher                   lbw Mould         0
R. Pengelly                     b Mould         0
R. Spragg       c Hareman       b Mould         0
L. D'Silva                      b Mould         0
J. Whitehead            not     out             0
                                Extras          6
                                Total          56-10

A. Mould        11-4-23-5
J. Shirley      10.4-2-31-5

Innings of Bledlow Village 1st XI

M. Mosley       c D'Silva       b Spragg       16
C. Downes       c Thatcher      b Rashid        0
J. Bacon                        b Rashid        4
G. Hareman      not             out            16
R. Spragg       not             out             5
                                Extras         14
                                Total          57-3

L. D'Silva      4-1-20-0
A. Rashid       6.5-2-22-2
R. Spragg       3-0-12-1

Town batting first against 10 men Mills made a steady start as Mills fielded for half the match with nine players.

Solid innings came from Nigel Norman 70 n.o. who was supported by Adrian Freeman(38) and John Talbot(21). For Mills openers S.Turner(77) and A. Oliver(47) gave them a solid start and dispite a few near misses Town couldn't get the wickets they badly needed to late on.

All Town's bowlers did quite well and perhaps on another day Town could have won.

In a tight game Mills got the vital 30 points.

Town had a couple of good lbw appeals turned down which would have changed the result in all probability.

Matt Dipple took a good outfield catch.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

N. Norman       not             out             70
J. Pengelly     c               b Claridge       5
A. Freeman                    lbw Mills         38
J. Talbot       c               b Magnusson     21
C. Cater        run             out             10
R. Laird                      lbw Magnusson      4
R. Hutt         not             out              4
                                Extras          20
                                Total          177-5

A. Claridge     13-3-28-1
M. Petty        10-1--34-0
Magnusson       13-0-61-2
B. Mills        10-0-48-1

Innings of Witney Mills 2nds

S. Turner                       b Dipple        77
A. Oliver       c Dipple        b A. Norman     47
N. Singh        run     out                      7
P. Magnusson    run     out                      4
J. Holmes               not     out              4
A. Claridge             not     out              7
                                Extras          26
                                Total          178-4

M. Dipple       9.3-0-38-1
S. Brunning     5-0-13-0
R. Laird        5-1-13-0
A. Norman       16-3-57-1
C. Cater        5-0-27-0
N. Norman       3-0-21-0