Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 26th 2007Buckingham Town vs Bicester & North Oxford IAndrew Holland writes:Town crush Bicester! The Bicester captain was obviously swayed by the weather conditions at the toss as he won the toss and did the unadvisable thing of inserting the opposition. It looked a good decision when out of form Rob Large was bowled for 4. Then after losing a new ball to a big 6 from Jonny Cater, Steve West had him lbw and Buckingham were 24-2. Leigh Tomlinson and Dan Harris then provided a run a ball partnership of 47 before Harris chipped in the air to go for 23. Both Leigh and James Tomlinson were out in the 40s and Adam Izzard for 29 as Buckingham moved 193-6 with 5 overs to go. The end was poor though as 2 ducks followed they finished 204-9 in 50 overs. Bicester were in the end saved by the slower bowling of Bryan (16 overs, 3-64) and Nat Watkins (15 overs, 3-43), who managed to almost finish their overs in time, losing just 1 point. Bicester got off to a slow start as Greg Pearson picked up captain Woods for 9 in the 6th over to leave them 18-1. Shiv Talsania and Nat Watkins scored 60 between them to move the score onto 68-1 after 23 overs and the game looked evenly balanced until Pearson bowled Watkins. From there the game was one sided. 4 overs later Pearson took 3 wickets in an over, followed by a 6th a few overs later to leave the score 100-6. Ben Stafford then took a sharp caught and bowled followed by a plum lbw before Jason Ell finished with 2 wickets in 3 balls (thanks to 2 sharp stumpings from Cater) to have Bicester finish 133 all out. Innings of BuckinghamLarge* b West 4 L. Tomlinson lbw b Watkinson 41 Cater+ lbw b West 14 D. Harris c Watkins b M. Woods 23 J. Tomlinson lbw b Watkins 48 Izzard b Bryan 29 Pearson not out 18 Gear st Warson b Bryan 0 Stafford c&b Bryan 0 Ell b Watkins 5 Extras (2lb, 20w) 22 50 overs Total 204-9Bowling figures West 9-1-47-2 Kalyankrisna 5-1-21-0 M. Woods 5-0-27-1 Bryan 16-1-64-3 Watkins 15-1-43-3Fall of wickets 5-1 (Large) 24-2 (Cater) 71-3 (D. Harris) 104-4 (L. Tomlinson) 153-5 (Izzard) 193-6 (J. Tomlinson) 194-7 (Gear) 194-8 (Stafford) 204-9 (Ell) Innings of Bicester & North OxfordD. Woods* lbw b Pearson 9 S. Talsania c Cater b Pearson 41 Watkins b Pearson 28 Kalyankrisna b Pearson 1 K. Talsania lbw b Pearson 0 Warson+ c&b Stafford 13 Bryan lbw b Pearson 6 Fitzsimons not out 9 Lewis lbw b Stafford 0 West st Cater b Ell 16 M. Woods st Cater b Ell 0 Extras (1lb, 4w, 5nb) 10 40.5 overs Total 133 all outBowling figures Harris 5-0-21-0 Pearson 18-7-30-6 Gear 14-2-58-0 Stafford 2-0-12-2 Ell 1.5-0-11-2Fall of wickets 18-1 (D. Woods) 78-2 (Watkins) 87-3 (S. Talsania) 87-4 (K. Talsania) 88-5 (Kalyankrisna) 100-6 (Bryan) 112-7 (Warson) 112-8 (Lewis) 133-9 (West) 133-10 (M. Woods)Buckingham win by 71 runs Bicester & North Oxford 2nd X1 vs Buckingham Town 2nd X1Neville writes:Buckingham 2nds earned a hard fought and in the end frustrating draw with their Bicester counterparts. Winning the toss Graham Judd elected to bat and Bicester soon had Buckingham in trouble at 28 for 2. Vish Valambhia (37) and Tom Jones (36) consolidated the innings well before Graham Savin removed both of them in quick succession. Savin & Clark took control for Bicester reducing Buckingham to 116 for 6 before Neville Pritchard (21) used his experience, well supported by Ryan Spragg (14), to ensure the 50 overs were used and help set a reasonable total of 170. Bicester’s reply never really got going as fine bowling from Laurence D’Silva (3-37) and Valambhia restricted them to just 38 runs off the first 18overs. D’Silva removed the stubborn Sansome and a spectacular tumbling catch by Paul Sly to remove Price gave Buckingham hope of a victory as Richard Pengelly (3-38) and Dominic Pritchard (2-17) claimed further wickets. Judd rotated his bowlers well and they were strongly supported by the exceptional wicket-keeping of Robin Pritchard and good all round fielding. Savin (33) briefly looked capable of winning the game for Bicester, though once bowled by D’Silva, Bicester closed up to bat out the draw with Clark (20) steering them to safety.
Innings of BuckinghamG. Judd bowled Price 0 V. Valambhia bowled Savin 37 R. Pritchard ct Hall Price 10 T. Jones ct Clark Savin 36 R.Thompson bowled Savin 6 D. Pritchard ct Price Clark 5 R. Pengelly ct Price Clark 4 N. Pritchard bowled Price 21 R. Spragg bowled Conway 14 L. D’Silva Not out 8 P. Sly Not out 1 Extras (23 wide, 2 no ball, 1 leg bye) 26 Total 170-9 (50 overs)Bowling figures T. Price 11-1-37-3 A. Wade 6-1-19-0 D. England 3-0-20-0 D. Clark 14-4-42-2 G. Savin 12-4-25-3 S. Conway 4-0-26-1 Innings of BicesterS. Sansome bowled D’Silva 9 G. White bowled Pengelly 22 T. Price ct Sly Pengelly 2 G. Savin bowled D’Silva 33 R. Humphries st. R. Pritchard Pengelly 0 J. Hall Bowled D. Pritchard 8 D. Clark Not out 20 A. Wade ct. Pengelly D. Pritchard 6 S. Conway Not out 3 Did not bat C. White D. England Extras (28 wide, 3 leg bye) 31 Total 138-7 (50 overs)Bowling figures L. D’Silva 14-4-34-2 V. Valambhia 13-2-28-0 R. Pengelly 13-1-38-3 R. Spragg 4-2-17-0 D. Pritchard 6-0-17-2 Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Bicester & North Oxford 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Fielding lapses cost Buckingham Town 3rds dear in their league match against Bicester & North Oxford 3rds. Skipper Helps put the Oxon side into bat and they managed 223-10. Andy Payne scored 117 for the visitors but Town put down numerous chances and Payne took full advantage. Rod Bridgeman, Stuart Helps, Andy Norman and Callum Cater all took a brace of wickets apiece and colt Steve Brunning took the remaining wicket as there was one run out with a smart piece of fielding from Callum Cater. A much lower total should have been achieved but for dropped catches. Buckingham made a spirted reply with Anant Peshavaria(36) and Nigel Norman (35) giving them a good start after Wilkinson was adjudged to be lbw. Colt Josh Whitehead(10) batted well but Skipper Helps was in superb form cracking 55 (including 3 sixes) and whilst he was at the wicket Town looked favourites to win but he was unlucky to be caught. Davis took 6-47 for Bicester bowling well and Town held onto a draw at 195-9. Cater was bowled on the first ball of the last over and colt Steve Brunning did well to survive the last five deliveries. Innings of Bicester & North Oxford 3rds
R. Coxhead lbw Helps 15
J. Cluness b Bridgeman 5
A. Payne c Hill b Brunning 117
K. Dave c A. Norman b Helps 5
A. Azad b Bridgeman 5
M. Dixon run out (cater) 0
R. Wilkins b Cater 34
A. Hatton lbw A. Norman 1
P. Davis c Peshavaria b A. Norman 7
D. Qvelch not out 0
M. Kelly c Hutt b Cater 0
Extras 34
Total 223-10
Bowling figures
R. Bridgeman 12-0-67-2 S. Helps 13-3-52-2 A. Norman 7-0-30-2 S. Brunning 5-0-54-1 C. Cater 1-0-2-2 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
I. Wilkinson lbw Davis 6
N. Norman lbw Azad 35
A. Peshavaria b Davis 36
J. Whitehead b Davis 10
S. Helps c Wilkins b Coxhead 55
T. Hill b Davis 2
R. Bridgeman lbw Davis 12
R. Hutt lbw Coxhead 3
C. Cater b Davis 2
A. Norman not out 0
S. Brunning not out 0
Extras 34
Total 195-9
Bowling figures
P. Davis 19-4-47-6 M. Kelly 6-0-25-0 K. Dave 8-2-23-0 R. Coxhead 15-2-47-2 A. Azad 4-2-18-1 A. Payne 2-0-21-0Result: match drawn Bicester & North Oxford 3rds 19pts Buckingham Town 3rds 10pts |