Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 6th 2007Buckingham Town 1st XI vs Bucks -17sAndrew Holland writes:Town fight back not enough! When Jonny Cater won the toss and chose to bat many thought that a big total was going to posted. The Bucks under 17s came out full of energy however and it only took till the third over for Tom Crick to deliver the perfect yorker to opener Leigh Tomlinson, re-arranging his stumps. Although Cater came in and looked in control from the start Crick picked up 2 more wickets in his opening spell of 6 overs, 3-19 to leave Buckingham 46-3 after 11. This was followed by Simon Myatt picking up Dan Harris in a controversial lbw decision for 6. With the captain the only one so far to reach double figures, the pressure was on. Myatt and Jack Kilgannon followed up with 20 overs of economical bowling at under 3 an over, but couldn't find a break through until Cater chipped a full toss straight back to Kilgannon off his own bowling for 55. James Tomlinson and Graham Judd began the recovery process until a mix-up left Tomlinson run out, and after that resistance was little. Despite Judd's 46, no one else reached double figures and Buckingham eventually ended 180 all out. In response Buckingham got off to the worst possible start. Openers Alex Walker and Jeremy Suter hit 82 from 80 balls between them for the first wicket as Khan, Pearson and Spragg went the distance with Beck going for 8 in his first over. The batsman got careless however as they took a risky second to Ben Staffords arm and Suter was run out for 37. 10 runs later Walker got a fine edge off Beck and was caught by Cater for 47 from 34 balls. Another partnership took the score past 100 and the runs required to 52 before Beck got 2 wickets in 2 overs. First captain Ollie Haddock chipped a loose leg stump ball straight to square leg and then Webster was lbw to leave the visitors 130-4. 3 wickets followed for 27 runs as the slower bowling of Judd, Stafford and Harris took control leaving the score 157-7. Buckingham's number 2 keeper Robin Pritchard then took control for Bucks 17s with a well played 22 to move them within 3 of victory. Dan Harris then removed him caught behind, (with a lot of doubt) but Simon Myatt swatted a four to win the game in the 49th over. Innings of BuckinghamBeck c Myatt b Crick 7 L. Tomlinson b Crick 7 Cater*+ c&b Kilgannon 55 Khan b Crick 1 Harris lbw b Myatt 6 J. Tomlinson run out 32 Judd b Chapman 46 Pearson c Myatt b Hampton 7 Stafford b Chapman 1 Spragg b Crick 9 Hill not out 1 Extras (4lb, 3w, 1nb) 8 49.1 overs Total 180 all outBowling figures Crick 8-1-27-4 Hampton 10-0-51-1 Chapman 9.1-1-28-2 Myatt 10-1-29-1 Kilgannon 10-1-29-1 Aris 2-0-12-0Fall of Wickets 13-1 (L. Tomlinson) 42-2 (Beck) 46-3 (Khan) 66-4 (Harris) 90-5 (Cater) 135-6 (J. Tomlinson) 162-7 (Pearson) 163-8 (Stafford) 178-9 (Spragg) 180-10 (Judd) Innings of Bucks -17sSuter run out 37 Walker c Cater b Beck 47 Haddock+ c Hill b Beck 26 Webster lbw b Beck 12 Richards c Harris b Stafford 4 Kilgannon c Spragg b Judd 4 Aris c Cater b Harris 8 Pritchard+ c Cater b Harris 22 Myatt not out 12 Crick not out 0 Extras (4b, 3lb, 3w) 10 48.2 overs Total 182-8Bowling figures Pearson 4.2-0-26-0 Khan 5-0-35-0 Beck 10-4-30-3 Spragg 4-0-29-0 Stafford 10-3-20-1 Judd 10-3-31-1 Harris 5-4-4-2Fall of Wickets 82-1 (Suter) 92-2 (Walker) 129-3 (Haddock) 130-4 (Webster) 139-5 (Richards) 143-6 (Kilgannon) 157-7 (Aris) 178-8 (Pritchard)Bucks 17s win by 2 wickets |