Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 14th 2007Banbury 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 1st XIAndrew Holland writes:Town cruise back to the top!With the top two sides meeting at Banbury on Saturday there seemed to be a good game in the offing. Banbury's Captain Wayne Hazell won the toss, and to many peoples surprise, batted first. Opening batsman Andrew Sabin and Ed Phillips made a solid enough start however; able to give respect to the accurate Greg Pearson as youngster Lawrence D'Silva struggled, conceding almost 6 runs an over in his 6 over spell. James Gear found the first wicket though when he came on and had Sabin caught for 25. Pearson followed that up by knocking the number 3's stumps over and Banbury were 62-2 after 19 overs. This brought Chris Board who went about the re-building process with Phillips. Although the partnership was slow starting, they both increased the rate as the score rose and as the last 10 overs began had almost reached a 100 stand at 160-2. The platform was set for a decent last 10 overs and the batsman didn't disappoint with 43 coming from the next 5 overs. It was then that Buckingham finally hit the stumps though as skipper Rob Large ran out Phillips for 99. Gear then claimed 2 more run outs to leave Banbury 220-5 after 48 overs. Board was then stumped off the pad of keeper Rob Pritchard for 62 before James Gear took a second wicket to leave Banbury 227-7 from their 50 overs.In reply Buckingham couldn't have had a worse start as a terrible "yes/no" mix up between Rob Large and Leigh Tomlinson left them both in the middle of the pitch and Banbury completed the run out. Having made 4 fifties in a row Leigh Tomlinson out for 9 was just what Banbury needed. After that the bowling never really threatened though. Large and new batsman Dan Harris both scored quickly and added 104 from just 20 overs before Harris chipped down the throat off the fielder in the deep for 47 from 57 balls. Although Rob Large reined himself in and concentrated in not giving the home side any more points Jimad Khan was again in fantastic form as he hammered the ball all around the ground. He made 80 from just 71 balls, including a huge 6 to end the game. Large ended on 75 not out, his second 50 of the season and showing that he was back to form. Innings of BanburySabin c Khan b Gear 25 Phillips+ run out (Large) 99 Marshall b Pearson 1 Board st Pritchard b Pearson 62 Hazell* run out (Gear) 3 Blanchard run out (Gear) 10 Newhook not out 2 Gregory b Gear 1 White not out 3 Extras (3lb, 18w) 21 50 overs Total 227-7Bowling figures Pearson 15-2-59-2 D'Silva 6-0-35-0 Gear 19-1-71-2 Ell 6-0-29-0 Stafford 4-0-30-0Fall of wickets 55-1 (Sabin) 62-2 (Marshall) 199-3 (Phillips) 207-4 (Hazell) 220-5 (Blanchard) 222-6 (Board) 223-7 (Gregory) Innings of BuckinghamLarge* not out 75 L. Tomlinson run out 9 Harris c Sabin b Hill 47 Khan not out 80 Extras (4lb, 12w, 3nb) 19 43.5 overs Total 230-2Bowling figures Newhook 11-1-53-0 Hazell 3-0-22-0 White 5-1-23-0 Hill 12.5-0-83-1 Blanchard 12-0-45-0Fall of wickets 13-1 (Tomlinson) 117-2 (Harris)Buckingham win by 8 wickets Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Princes Risborough 1st XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds lost to Princes Risborough 1sts by 34 runs. With injuries and players not available many changes were made from the previous week and Nev Pritchard took over from the unavailable Graham Judd. Town had 10 men and whilst waiting hoping he would arrive later, inserted Risborough who scored a modest 188-6. For Town Richard Pengelly took 4-57 from 13 overs. Also from 13 overs Dom Pritchard took 2-39. Ryan Spragg bowled tidily with 0-20 from his 12 overs. Town made a steady start through Mike Taylor(20) and Afridi Rashid(34) and whilst Dom Pritchard(16) and Dilshan Direkze(10) score useful runs Town slumped and apart from Ryan Spragg(24) batting well at No. 10 they generally struggled with the bat and being a player short probably cost Town victory.
Innings of Princes Risborough 1sts
Witney b Pengelly 25
G. Evans not out 48
Thomas b Pengelly 6
Morton c Whitehead b Pengelly 8
Strecker c Direkze b D.Pritchard 31
Greaves b D. Pritchard 18
Hitchcock c D. Pritchard b Pengelly 20
Griffin not out 5
Extras 26
Total 188-6
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 12-4-20-0 A. Rashid 10-1-44-0 R.Pengelly 13-1-57-4 D. Pritchard 13-4-39-2 D. Direkze 2-0-12-0 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Taylor C b Hitchcock 20
R. Thompson b Hitchcock 3
D. Direkze b Hitchcock 10
A. Rashid c b Thomas 34
D. Pritchard c b Green 16
J. Whitehead b Hitchcock 5
R. Pengelly c b Hitchcock 5
J. Pengelly lbw Hitchcock 6
N. Pritchard not out 8
R. Spragg c b Green 24
Extras 22
Total 154-9(all out)
Bowling figures
P. Green 11-2-34-2 A. Hitchcock 22-6-45-6 A. Sheldon 4-0-20-0 S. Greaves 3-0-23-0 N. Thomas 5-0-27-1Princes Risborough 1sts(30pts) beat Buckingham Town 2nds(5pts) by 34 runs. Cropredy 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds lost by 8 wickets to Cropredy 2nds. Town batted first after being inserted and made a steady start through A. Freeman(52) and then John Talbot (63) improved matters before a collapsed saw Town close on a reasonable 180-8. Cropredy lost a couple of quick wickets but ran out comfortable winners. With players not available Town were short in the bowling department and replied on four -15's mainly who all did well. Robert Davis made his debut and showed promise whilst Callum Cater was the pick of the bowling. 36 wides and 4 no-balls from Town's bowlers did not help matters. Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
I. Wilkinson c Glazier b Starkey 8
A. Freeman b Glazier 52
C. Cater c Twynham b Hussian 9
J. Talbot c b Glazier 63
A. Peshavaria b Twynham 3
T. Hill run out 5
A. Johnson b Starkey 3
J. Scarr b Starkey 6
R. Hutt not out 2
R. Davis not out 5
Extras 24
Total 180-8
Bowling figures
M. Starkey 13-1-36-3 J. Glazier 11-0-44-2 A. Hussain 12-0-49-1 P. Manger 5-0-30-0 Twynham 5-0-15-1 Innings of Cropredy 2nds
P. Manger c Hill b Talbot 11
H. Simmons c Johnson b Talbot 0
A. Radford not out 51
A. Hussain not out 77
Extras 42
Total 181-2
Bowling figures
C. Cater 10-2-31-0 J. Talbot 6-0-39-2 R. Davis 7-1--47-0 L. Stafford 7-0-31-0 T. Hill 5-0-27-0 A. Peshavaria 1-0-4-0Cropredy 2nds(30pts) beat Buckingham Town 3rds(10pts) by 8 wickets. |