Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 23rd 2007Buckingham Town vs Great TewAndrew Holland writes:Town back to the top after thrilling drawWhen Buckingham arrived at Great Tew on Saturday the weather was cloudy, but the rain was staying away, and a game looked like it was on the cards. Great Tew won the toss and went for the aggressive option of inserting the visitors. This was good news for Buckingham who had to start with 10 men due to skipper Rob Large being delayed. Buckingham made a bright start going at 5 an over in the first 10 overs but unfortunately lost the wickets of James Tomlinson and the out of form Jonny Cater. After that the wickets dried up though. Leigh Tomlinson and Jimad Khan batted well, never playing stupid shots but always keeping the scoreboard ticking. When the 30 over mark was reached the score was 115-2 and Great Tew were scratching their heads. Then Khan had a rush of blood and lofted a ball down deep midwickets throat off the bowling of youngster Jack Taylor for 41. Taylor got another wicket in similar style a few overs later and the score stuttered. The return of Aussie quick Anthony Smith changed things though as, after a tight first spell, Leigh Tomlinson took his first over for 14, including a hooked 6. Tomlinson's 50 came up and with the last 10 approaching Buckingham were planning 230-250. Then Steve Murrey had Tomlinson caught behind first ball for 71, and Buckingham reached 40 overs at 156-5. 20 runs came off the next 5 overs with Taylor claiming another wicket before Buckingham let loose. Rob Large and Greg Pearson hit 40 in 4 overs before Taylor's last over conceded just 2 with a run out and a catch off the last ball. Buckingham ended 218-8.In reply Steve Clayton made an aggressive start, hitting 18 off 21 before being clean bowled by Greg Pearson. After that scoring was tough, as both Sam Catling and Justin Parker dug in. Pearson then got Parker caught by debutant Tom Jones at mid off to bring captain Shane Faulkner to wicket. His batting then increased the rate, and Buckingham were on the back foot. At 30 overs they reached 117-2, and Great Tew were looking comfortable. Catling's long ordeal of 23 off 80 balls then came to an end when Ben Stafford bowled him, before James Gear had the new batsman caught at silly mid off and Khan ran out Faulkner. The score was then 123-5, and the pressure had switched. At the start of the last 10, Great Tew were 151-5, almost identical to Buckingham. Gear took another wicket and with 6 overs to go, Buckingham needed 4 wickets. Rob Large brought himself on, and his 3rd ball full toss did the trick. Jack Taylor hit it straight to midwicket for 27, and suddenly the win was on. The game took another turn though as Steve Murrey hit 18 off 16 balls with 2 fours and a big 6. 19 off 12 balls was the stat when James Gear took two wickets in the 49th over and Great Tew's victory looked finished. Rob Large bowled the last over, but couldn't find the last wicket and the innings ended on 213-9, a fantastic draw. Innings of BuckinghamJ. Tomlinson b Smith 5 L. Tomlinson c Faulkner b Murrey 71 Cater+ b Harris 10 Khan c Parker b J. Taylor 41 Izzard c Parker b J. Taylor 5 Large* run out (Catling) 37 Jones b J. Taylor 3 Pearson c K. Taylor b J. Taylor 22 Gear not out 0 Extras (2b, 4lb, 16w, 1nb) 23 50 overs Total 218-8Bowling figures Smith 11-0-51-1 Harris 5-0-29-1 K. Taylor 12-3-36-0 J. Taylor 16-0-64-4 Murrey 6-0-32-1Fall of wickets 20-1 (J. Tomlinson) 37-2 (Cater) 118-3 (Khan) 145-4 (Izzard) 154-5 (L. Tomlinson) 172-6 (Jones) 216-7 (Large) 218-8 (Pearson) Innings of Great TewClayton b Pearson 18 Catling b Stafford 23 Parker c Jones b Brain 16 Faulkner*+ run out (Khan) 39 Brock c L. Tomlinson b Gear 0 J. Taylor c Gear b Large 27 Powles b Gear 10 K. Taylor lbw b Gear 23 Murrey st Cater b Gear 18 Smith not out 7 Harris not out 0 Extras (5b, 10lb, 16w, 1nb) 32 50 overs Total 213-9Bowling figures Khan 4-0-24-0 Pearson 13-2-40-2 Ell 4-1-17-0 Gear 17-5-55-4 Stafford 8-0-42-1 Large 4-0-20-1Fall of wickets 32-1 (Clayton) 69-2 (Parker) 117-3 (Catling) 123-4 (Faulkner) 123-5 (Brock) 152-6 (Powles) 168-7 (J. Taylor) 201-8 (Murrey) 206-9 (K. Taylor)Match drawn Bledlow Village vs Buckingham Town 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds lost by 8 wickets to Bledlow Village in their saturday league fixture. On a damp wicket Town were inserted and struggled and were bowled out for just 89. Top scorer was Stuart Helps(24) who later damaged a calf and was taken to hospital and will be out for a few weeks. Only two other players G. Judd(11) and M. Taylor(13) reached double figures in a poor batting display against a useful bowling attack. A. Mould 3-44 and J. Shirley 4-18 ripped the Buckingham batting apart. Bledlow romped home losing just two wickets. For Town Dom Pritchard took 2-45. Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
R. Pengelly c Bacon b Mould 0
M. Taylor c&b Shirley 13
R. Pritchard b Shirley 6
G. Judd b Mould 11
R. Thompson c Bacon b Shirley 6
D. Pritchard c Floyd b Shirley 6
S. Helps c Mould b Witney 24
A. Peshavaria c Downes b Mould 0
N. Pritchard c Bolton b Chapman 9
R. Spragg not out 0
Extras 14
Total 89-9(all out)
Bowling figures
A. Mould 12-1-44-3 J. Shirley 12-5-18-4 R. Chapman 3-0-9-1 A. Witney 2.2-1-12-1 Innings of Bledlow Village 1st
M. Bolton not out 40
G. Keens c&b D. Pritchard 10
A. Mould st R. Pritchard b D. Pritchard 29
A. Floyd not out 1
Extras 10
Total 90-2
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 7-0-22-0 D. Pritchard 10-2-45-2 G. Judd 3-0-19-0Bledlow Village 1st's(30pts) beat Buckingham Town 2nds(5pts) by eight wickets. Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Witney Mills 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rd XI match against Witney Mills was abandoned after 34.5 overs because of rain. Town batting first were 102-5 at the time. Dilshan Direkze was in fine form with the bat scoring 56 and Tom Hill did well before being run out for 16. Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
I. Wilkinson b Petty 0
M. Dipple c Miller b Sudan 0
A. Norman b Petty 9
D. Direkze b Harvey 56
T. Hill run out 16
C. Cater not out 8
R. Bridgman not out 0
Extras 13
Total 102-5
Bowling figures
N. Sudan 10-1-27-1 M. Petty 15-1-45-2 D. Harvey 7.5-2-22-1 A. Srinivasarag 2-0-7-0Match abandoned. Each side 10pts. |