Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 2nd 2007

Town Second Despite Defeat

Things began badly for the visitors as the openers attacked the new ball and some lack of control saw some early wides, (14 in the first 5 overs!). One ray of hope was Greg Pearson taking a caught and bowled to make the score 28-1. James Nielson and New Zealander Andrew Robertson then carried on the good work. Both soon reached 50, and all the bowlers continued to spray the ball around.

Ben Stafford and James Gear's slower bowling limited the wides for a while and eventually Nielson was caught at long on for 54. A third wicket was taken with the score on 183, but Robertson remained, and so when the score was 204-3 with 10 overs to go, Cumnor looked set for a huge total. Robertson smashed his way to a 114 ball 100, but captain Geoff Walford was the star as he hit a 26 ball 50 before finishing 67 from 36 balls with 5 big sixes.

Despite some good overs under the circumstances from Dan Harris, Cumnor were able to declare with an over to go on 303-3.

Buckingham never got going in response. James and Leigh Tomlinson were both bowled in the first 7 overs and Jonny Cater soon followed. Hopes were raised slightly as Dan Harris smashed his way to 32 from 23 balls before chipping straight into the air. Two more wickets fell quickly and Buckingham were 97-6.

Captain Rob Large, having dropped down the order, offered some resistance with a very well made 47, but continued to lose partners and was adjudged caught behind in the 38th over to leave 10 and 11 Ben Stafford and Jason Ell 13 overs to survive. They both batted bravely as they slowly edged towards the draw, with Stafford putting two big sixes over the bowlers head. It all ended though when Stafford edged to slip for 25, 14 balls short of the draw.

Innings of Cumnor

Scott                          c&b Pearson       11
J. Neilson      c Izzard        b Stafford       54
Robertson+      not out                         112
Gaunt           st Cater        b Gear           20
Walford*        not out                          67
Extras          (8lb, 30w, 1nb)                  39
49 overs
Total                                           303-3 declared

Khan 3-0-15-0
Pearson 12-1-82-1
Ell 6-0-40-0
Stafford 12-0-63-1
Gear 13-0-70-1
Harris 2-0-14-0
Large 1-0-11-0

28-1 (Scott)
135-2 (Robertson)
183-3 (Gaunt)

Innings of Buckingham

J. Tomlinson                    b Thompson       1
L. Tomlinson                    b Khan          14
Cater+          c Robertson     b Khan          19
Khan            c Scott         b Brown         15
D. Harris       c M. Neilson    b Thompson      32
Large*          c Robertson     b M. Neilson    47
Izzard          c Robertson     b Thompson       3
Pearson         lbw             b Douglas       14
Gear                            b Douglas        1
Stafford        c Gaunt         b Thompson      25
Ell             not out                         16
Extras          (3lb, 14w, 2nb)                 19
48.4 overs
Total                                          206 all out

Khan 11-4-53-2
Thompson 12.4-2-63-4
Brown 7-0-22-1
M. Neilson 10-3-39-1
Douglas 5-1-25-2
Morteza 3-2-1-0

7-1 (J. Tomlinson)
27-2 (L. Tomlinson)
40-3 (Cater)
83-4 (D. Harris)
86-5 (Khan)
97-6 (Izzard)
140-7 (Pearson)
151-8 (Gear)
176-9 (Large)
206-10 (Stafford)

Lawrence D'silva bowled well for 4-42 well supported by Ryan Spragg, Paul Sly, Richard Pengelly and Dom Pritchard.

Buckingham won with six overs left. Keeper Robin Pritchard(39) batted well along with skipper Graham Judd(32) and useful runs came from Richard Pengelly, Russell Thompson, Dom Pritchard and Ryan Spragg 16n.o. saw Town home to victory. A total 0f 46 "extras" cost Didcot dear and included 29 wides !.

Innings of Didcot 1st XI

M. Jones                        b D'silva       0
A. Spindler                     b D'silva       7
A. Ireson                       b sLY           28
A. Broughton                    b D'Silva       59
S. Pritchard                    b Pritchard     46
V. Perera               not     out             10
T. Kennedy                      b D'Silva       4
R. Prior                run     out             1
S. Gate                 run     out             0
R. Cooke                not     out             0
                                Extras          21
                                Total           176-8

L. D'Silva      15-2-42-4
R. Spragg       10-3-26-0
P. Sly          10-0-36-1
R. Pengelly     7-2-28-0
D. Pritchard    8-0-33-1

Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds

M. Taylor                       b Jones         4
R. Pengelly     c Cooke         b Jones         12
R. Pritchard                  lbw Jones         39
R. Thompson                     b Kennedy       10
G. Judd                         b Kennedy       32
A. Peshavaria                   b Jones         3
D. Pritchard    c Ireson        b Kennedy       13
R. Spragg               not     out             16
M. Dipple                       b Jones         0
L. D'Silva              not     out             0
                                Extras          46
                                Total           178-8

M. Jones        16-1-57-5
S. Pritchard    4-1-10-0
T. Kennedy      12.2-1-59-3
R. Cooke        5-1-22-0
J. Morrison     4-0-11-0
V. Perera       3-1-8-0

Skipper Helps won the toss and batted on a surprisingly wet wicket. Town lost three cheap wickets but recovered with some excellent batting from Skipper Helps(26) and colt Callum Cater(19).

Then they collapsed to only 84 all out.

With such a small total to defend Helps gambled with spin at one end from the start and was rewarded with a fine spell from off spinner Andy Norman 6-41 from 17 overs. With Motors on 65-8 Town were favourites as Motors then went to 74-9.

However catches went down and a very good lbw appeal was turned down as Motors scraped home. Skipper Stuart Helps took 2-12 from his 10 overs. A disappointing result for the 3rds.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

I. Wilkinson     c              b Arfan          6
N. Norman                       b Arfan          1
J. Talbot                       b Mohammad       7
J. Whitehead                    b Mohammad       4
S. Helps                        b Danish        26
C. Cater                      c&b Ajid          19
R. Bridgeman                    b Ajid           5
T. Hill         c               b Ajid           0
S. Brunning                     b Danish         0
C. Colbourn                     b Danish         1
A. Norman               not             out      0
                                Extras          15
                                Total           84-10

Arfan           10-1-24-2
Mohammad        9-3-19-2
Danish          6.1-0-18-3
Ajid            6-2-19-3

Innings of Morris Motors 2nds

Afzul           c N. Norman     b Colbourn       0
A. Hussain                      b A. Norman      0
Danish                          b A. Norman     35
Hanif                           b A. Norman     10
Tauseff         c Brunning      b S. Helps       9
Shauquat        c N. Norman     b A. Norman      0
Abbas                   not     out             13
Arfan                           b A. Norman      2
Mohammad        c Colbourn      b Helps          0
Ajaz            c N. Norman     b A. Norman      6
Wajid                   not             out      5
                                Extras           5
                                Total           85-9

C. Colbourn     7-1-29-1
A. Norman       17-6-41-6
S. Helps        12-4-12-2