Buckingham Town Cricket Club - August 16th 2008Kidlington vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Buckingham arrived at Kidlington just above the relegation zone, and hoping that a win over the bottom side would push them towards safety. They won the toss, and inserted the 10 man Kidlington into bat. The openers got off to a steady start, and despite a chance to the slips that wasn't held, looked in control. Shazad Rana was the main stay as he set about scoring at good rate. It wasn't until the introduction of spinner James Gear that brought the first wicket with the score on 68. Richard Howiit joined Rana and kept the score moving. The 100 came up and at lunch the score was 123-1. After lunch Buckingham used the spinners and the run rate slowed. Rana moved past 50 and the hosts looked set for a big score. Gear and Stafford fought back though as they took 3 wickets for 29 runs including Rana (73) and Howiit (35) to leave the score 165-4 from 48 overs. Kidlington captain Dave Taylor came to the wicket and set into the bowling. He scored 58 from just 48 balls so that despite 2 wickets from Dewayne Bowden the score finished on 237-6 from 60 overs. Buckingham got off to a flyer as they scored 20 in the first 3 overs, only to lose 3 wickets on 20 as opener Bilmalka Liyanarachchy took 2 wickets in 2 balls. Dewayne Bowden and Stuart Parker both got starts as Buckingham rebuilt the innings, but tight bowling kept the scoring down. Bowden was caught before Parker went caught behind just before tea to leave the visitors struggling on 62-5. With thoughts of a win out of the question, Buckingham played for the draw, and both Greg Pearson and James Tomlinson did a good job. The two of them batted through 18 overs after tea adding a partnership of 50 to ensure Buckingham a batting point. With less than 10 overs to go, the draw looked sealed, but with a last throw of the dice, Taylor turned to Tim Dredge. In a 3 over spell he took 3 for 4 including the wicket of Pearson (27). Opening bowler Jamil Faruq then removed Tomlinson for 33, and the Kidlington were in search of the full 25 points. 10 and 11 Jason Ell and Leo Churms survived for 5 overs though to ensure the draw with Buckingham ending on 127-9. Innings of KidlingtonN. Ali lbw b Gear 28 Rana+ c Bowden b Stafford 73 Howiit c Pearson b Gear 35 S. Ali b Gear 12 Taylor* st Cater b Bowden 58 Kitson st Cater b Bowden 11 Faruq Not Out 10 Chaudhry Not Out 0 Extras (5b, 1lb, 1w, 3nb) 10 60 overs Total 237-6Bowling figures Bowden 8-2-28-2 Pearson 8-3-19-0 Churms 6-0-35-0 Gear 22-3-88-3 Ell 4-0-24-0 Stafford 12-2-37-1Fall of wickets 68-1 (N. Ali) 136-2 (Rana) 153-3 (Howiit) 165-4 (S. Ali) 208-5 (Kitson) 233-6 (Taylor) Innings of BuckinghamLarge* c Chaudhry b Faruq 16 Cater+ lbw b Li'chchy 2 Harris c Rana b Li'chchy 0 Bowden c Kitson b Li'chchy 14 Parker c Rana b Howiit 14 Pearson b Dredge 27 J. Tomlinson lbw b Faruq 33 Gear b Dredge 0 Stafford b Dredge 0 Ell Not Out 5 Churms Not Out 3 Extras (6b, 3lb, 2w, 2nb) 13 51 overs Total 127-9Bowling figures Faruq 15-4-46-2 Liyanarachchy 16-5-25-3 Taylor 7-2-17-0 Howiit 4-1-9-1 Chaudhry 3-1-7-0 S. Ali 3-1-10-0 Dredge 3-1-4-3Fall of wickets 20-1 (Cater) 20-2 (Harris) 20-3 (Large) 37-4 (Bowden) 62-5 (Parker) 113-6 (Pearson) 115-7 (Gear) 115-8 (Tomlinson) 115-9 (Stafford)Match Drawn
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Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Banbury20 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:In a disappointing display Buckingham's 2nd XI crashed to defeat to Banbury 20 2nds. Inserted by the Oxon side Town were always struggling as they slumped to 24-4. A partial recovery through R.Thompson(23),G. Judd(23) and A. Thatcher(19) stopped the rot but Town could only make 111 all out. Banbury reached their target losing five wickets after 44 overs with Webberburn(31) top scoring. Town's 2nds lost the top spot after this set back to their title hopes. Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds.
M. Thatcher c B.Grant b Wimbush 18
M. Taylor lbw Mahmood 3
S. Lewis b Mahmood 0
R. Pritchard c Aslam b Mahmood 0
R. Thompson c Aslam b Densham 23
G. Judd lbw Wedderburn 23
A. Thatcher lbw Densham 19
L. D'Silva c B.Griffiths b Wedderburn 1
D. Pritchard b Wedderburn 0
C. Coates b Densham 7
R. Spragg not out 10
Extras 7
Total 111-10
Bowling figures
J. Wimbush 11-5-24-1 I. Mahmood 11-3-22-3 M. Wedderburn 11-2-36-3 P. Densham 10.5-2-26-3 Innings of Banbury 20 2nds.
O. Griffiths run out 26
B. Grant c Spragg b Coates 18
I. Mahmood c Taylor b Judd 3
P. Densham c D.Pritchard b Coates 1
M. Wedderburn lbw D.Pritchard 31
A. Aslam not out 23
A. Vickers not out 1
Extras 9
Total 112-5
Bowling figures
L. D'Silva 4-0-12-0 D. Pritchard 13-7-18-1 S. Lewis 6-3-8-0 C. Coates 7.5-1-31-2 G. Judd 6-1-17-1 M. Thatcher 4-1-6-0 R. Spragg 3-0-17-0Banbury 20 2nds beat Buckingham Town 2nds by 5 wickets. Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Banbury IVBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds drew their match against Banbury IV but still lead division 8b of the Cherwell League. Buckingham were inserted and made a respectable 185-7. Openers Stuart Helps(37) and Matt Dipple(26) gave them a good start and their good work was continued by Callum Cater(39) and Chris Wigan who struck a massive six in his 40 runs. For Banbury Phillips took 4-93 from 23 overs and Berry 3-30. Banbury in reply lost wickets early on and never looked like winning the match and despite Buckingham's efforts the opposition played out a draw after Town had grabbed eight wickets. Stuart Helps took 3-44 and Tim Wigan 2-5 in a frustrating match for Buckingham in which they bowled 58 overs in an effort to win as their visitors scored just 21 runs from the last 18 overs. Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
S. Helps c T.Stephenson b C.Phillips 37
M. Dipple c Lambden b C.Phillips 26
C. Cater c T.Stephenson b C.Berry 39
C. Wigan b C.Berry 40
D. Harland lbw C.Phillips 3
S. Brunning c M.Phillips b C.Berry 9
A. Norman b C.Phillips 0
T. Wigan not out 8
H. Martin not out 1
Extras 22
Total 185-7
Bowling figures
C. Berry 10-1-30-3 C. Phillips 23-2-93-4 H. Ahmed 6-2-19-0 J. Lambden 8-0-33-0 Innings of Banbury IV
M. Phillips c Cater b Brunning 1
P. Foster b Helps 0
T. Stephenson b Helps 6
T. Frost c&b T. Wigan 30
A. Berry b Helps 10
C. Phillips c C.Wigan b T. Wigan 11
S. Reynolds c Norman b Harland 15
I. Reynolds c&b Norman 13
H. Ahmed not out 2
C. Berry not out 0
Extras 32
Total 120-8
Bowling figures
S. Brunning 8-5-7-1 S. Helps 20-9-44-3 C. Wigan 7-0-21-0 T. Wigan 4-2-5-2 H. Martin 7-1-12-0 A. Norman 9-5-8-1 D. Harland 2-0-6-1 F. Johnson 1-1-0-0 |