Buckingham Town Cricket Club - August 30th 2007Buckingham Town Midweek vs Harborough HamtuneBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town Midweek beat Harborough Hamtune by 3 wickets in an exciting finish in their midweek friendly match. Harborough scored an impressive 247-3 from their 40 overs which included "45" extras. C. Knowles was the star for Harboro with 142 not out. Town's young bowlers Robbie Laird, Luke Stafford, Steven Brunning and Callum Cater all bowled well. Ben Stafford(48) batted well and along with Dilsan Direkze(18) Town made a good steady start. The star for Buckingham was Jonny Cater who scored a superb 119 not out to see Town home with one over nine balls left in the game. Jonny's hard hitting in the latter stages was very impressive. Important runs came from Jimad Khan(20) and Steve Brunning(10) and Matt Dipple scored an important 18 not out and starred in a 90 run match winning partnership with Jonny and both players also ran very well between wickets in the run chase. Innings of Harborough Hamtune
K.Patel lbw Dipple 12
J. Walters c B. Stafford b Khan 27
C. Knowles not out 142
R. Wickson b Khan 5
P. Rogers not out 16
Extras 45
Total 247-3
Bowling figures
M. Dipple 8-1-49-1 R. Laird 5-0-33-0 S. Brunning 6-1-33-0 L. Stafford 6-0-39-0 J. Khan 5-0-20-2 C. Cater 5-0-27-0 B. Stafford 5-0-39-0 Innings of Buckingham Midweek
B. Stafford st Rogers b Allen 48
D. Direkze c A. Patel b Steff 18
C. Cater b Allen 0
J. Khan b Allen 20
J. Whitehead st Rogers b Allen 0
J. Cater not out 119
S. Brunning st Rogers b Hickson 10
R. Hutt c Rogers b Hickson 0
M. Dipple not out 18
Extras 18
Total 251-7
Bowling figures
D. Sharman 5-1-23-0 A. Patel 7-0-34-0 M. Allen 8-0-31-4 D. Steff 8-0-37-1 P. Lane 2-0-23-0 R. Wickson 4.3-0-43-2 C. Knowles 1-0-17-0 J. Walters 3-0-33-0Buckingham Town Midweek won by 3 wickets. |