Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 5th 2007Cumnor vs Buckingham TownBob Hutt writes:Buckingham 1st XI beat newly promoted Cumnor CC in their pre-season friendly at Cumnor. Batting first Buckingham scored an impressive 291-6. Most players were in good form with the bat. Skipper Rob Large scored 59 and James Tomlinson(50). They were supported by Leigh Tomlinson (48), Dan Harris(37),J. Cater(28) and Jimad Khan(25). In reply Cumnor were bowled out for 153 with James Gear grabbing 5 wickets. Ben Stafford took 3, and Chris Harris one and there was one run out. Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Cumnor 2nd XIAndrew Holland writes:In overcast conditions Buckingham Town II won the toss and put visitors Cumnor into bat. In the final friendly before the league games Buckingham had a very strong team out, and after two defeats wanted to gain some momentum going into the competitive division 4 of the Cherwell League. Openers Ian Belcher and Pete Burt came out and despite some tight early bowling from Bryn Jones and Richard Pengelly soon had the scoreboard moving, hitting a high majority of boundaries. 54 came from the first 10 overs, and another 51 in the second. At the half way point Cumnor where 105-0 and Buckingham were starting to look flat. Then a spectacular tumbling catch from Neville Pritchard ended Burt in full flow. He hit 53 off 63 balls with 48 off them in boundaries. Momentum then swung to Buckingham as the new batsman, Malcolm Evans, took 13 balls to get off the mark. Despite that however they still managed to reach the last 10 overs at 160-1. Cumnor then looked set to lift themselves to a big total before Evans was run out and Belcher was clean bowled by Toby O'Neil for 95. One more wicket fell as Cumnor ended on 233-4 in 40 overs. Needing nearly 6 an over was always going to be tough, but the Buckingham wickets were looking perfect for batting. Cumnor struck early however as out of form Taylor was bowled for 4. Judd and skipper Adam Izzard then rebuilt the innings adding 40 in 42 balls before Judd fell to opening bowler Cox. Izzard then had a sudden flurry of boundaries and was dropped before toe ending a half volley to mid off for 47 (40). Buckingham lost one more wicket before the last 10 overs, needing 88 from the last 60 balls with 6 wickets in hand. Robin Pritchard reached a 69 ball 50 and he shared a run a ball stand of 75 with Russell Thompson. However, when quick bowler Jeremy Douglas got Pritchard lbw for 63 Buckingham needed 48 from 5 overs. A rush of blood then did it for Thompson as he was out reverse sweeping for 40 from 33 balls. 2 more wickets fell and Buckingham needed 15 from the last over. Ryan Spragg then hit 2, 2, 2, 4, 2 to leave 3 from the last ball, which he smashed over backward square leg for 4. Innings of Cumnor 2nd XIBelcher b O'Neil 95 Burt* c N. Pritchard b Jones 53 Evans+ run out 33 Whitingham st R. Pritchard b Judd 7 Douglas not out 10 Lawrence not out 13 Extras (7lb, 14w, 1nb) 22 40 overs Total 233-4Bowling figures Jones 9-2-45-1 Pengelly 7-1-51-0 O'Neil 8-0-50-1 Spragg 5-1-22-0 Valambhia 7-1-33-0 Judd 4-0-25-1Fall of Wickets 111-1 (Burt) 189-2 (Evans) 208-3 (Belcher) 208-4 (Whitingham) Innings of Buckingham 2nd XIJudd b Cox 16 Taylor b Easterbrook 4 Izzard* c Howath b Douglas 47 R. Pritchard+ lbw b Douglas 63 Jones run out 11 Thompson lbw b Howath 40 Pengelly b Howath 4 Valambhia st Evans b Howath 2 Spragg not out 21 N. Pritchard not out 6 Extras (3b, 7lb, 10w, 1nb) 21 40 overs Total 235-8Bowling figures Easterbrook 7-0-43-1 Cox 9-0-40-1 Douglas 13-1-62-2 Howath 8-0-56-3 Whitingham 3-0-24-0Fall of Wickets 17-1 (Taylor) 57-2 (Judd) 73-3 (Izzard) 109-4 (Jones) 184-5 (R. Pritchard) 198-6 (Thompson) 207-7 (Valambhia) 208-8 (Pengelly)Buckingham Town II win by 2 wickets |