Buckingham Town Cricket Club - August 30th 2008Buckingham Town vs Basingstoke&N.HantsAndrew Holland writes:Town stay alive with vital winBuckingham prepared for their last home game of the season knowing that a defeat would almost certainly relegate them back to the Cherwell League. They won the toss and inserted Basingstoke in overcast conditions. Opening bowlers Leo Churms and Dewayne Bowden started well with runs being restricted and the batsman looking edgy. In the 5th over Churms struck the huge blow by having Basingstoke captain Mitchell Stokes caught at cover for 3. 4 balls later he removed the new batsmen and the score was 12-2, the perfect start for the hosts. A few overs later Churms claimed his 3rd wicket before Bowden chipped in and after 10 overs Basingstoke were 19-4. The new batsman tried to rebuild the innings, and slowly started to move the score upwards. The change bowlers of Jason Ell and Greg Pearson kept the pressure on though as both took a wicket with the score on 46. Overseas player Kumaran Thirun came to the wicket and played his shots. The 7th wicket put on 30 with Thirun and extras scoring all the runs before Ell ran out Coombs for 0 with an excellent direct hit. Thirun was bowled just before lunch so that the score at the break was 94-8.With the resumption of play Williamson and Harris batted well, adding 43 in 18 overs. The last 2 wickets fell in consecutive Pearson overs though to end the innings on 130. Pearson claimed 4 for 28 from 10 overs. Buckingham seemed intent to win convincingly as openers Rob Large and Leigh Tomlinson put on 40 in 11 overs. Tomlinson was caught off Thirun though before Large hit Harris' first ball straight to mid-off. Jonny Cater and Dewayne Bowden continued to score well before Bowden padded up to Harris and Cater was caught close in for 30. After 22 overs the score was 92-4, and a touch of nerves appeared. 18 runs were scrapped off 10 overs before James Tomlinson was caught at slip for 14. At tea the score was 112-5. James Gear was lbw 2nd over after tea and with still 18 runs to win Buckingham were feeling the pressure. 13 runs came off the next 11 overs as Pearson and Ben Stafford fought hard. Stafford finally seemed to get frustrated though with 5 to win launching 2 big 4s in 3 balls to win the game by 4 wickets and keep Buckingham's Home Counties status alive. Innings of Basingstoke & North HampshireStokes* c L. Tom'son b Churms 3 Droy b Churms 2 Foxley b Churms 4 L. Nurse b Bowden 5 D. Nurse b Ell 20 Rouse lbw b Pearson 8 Coombs Run Out (Ell) 0 Thirun b Pearson 30 Williamson+ Not Out 24 Harris lbw b Pearson 21 Bradley b Pearson 0 Extras (1b, 6lb, 2w, 4nb) 13 47.5 overs Total 130 all outBowling figures Churms 10-5-18-3 Bowden 14-5-23-1 Ell 5-1-33-1 Pearson 9.5-1-28-4 Gear 9-3-21-0Fall of wickets 8-1 (Stokes) 12-2 (Foxley) 17-3 (Droy) 19-4 (L. Nurse) 46-5 (D. Nurse) 46-6 (Rouse) 76-7 (Coombs) 87-8 (Thirun) 130-9 (Harris) 130-10 (Bradley) Innings of BuckinghamLarge* c Thirun b Harris 22 L. Tomlinson c D. Nurse b Thirun 19 Cater+ c Rouse b Stokes 30 Bowden lbw b Harris 12 J. Tomlinson c L. Nurse b Thirun 14 Pearson Not Out 11 Gear lbw b Stokes 1 Stafford Not Out 13 Extras (2b, 5lb, 5w) 12 48.2 overs Total 134-6Bowling figures Thirun 17-11-24-2 Stokes 21-5-50-2 Bradley 3-0-20-0 Harris 7.2-1-33-2Fall of wickets 40-1 (L. Tomlinson) 56-2 (Large) 86-3 (Bowden) 92-4 (Cater) 110-5 (J. Tomlinson) 113-6 (Gear)Buckingham won by 6 wickets
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Chearsley vs Buckingham Town 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds had a 5 wicket win away to Chearsley 1sts to keep up their challenge for the Div 4 Cherwell League Title with one round of matches left. Skipper Dom Pritchard won the toss and put Chearsley into bat and they struggled to 109 all out. M.Hignall(31) top scored as the Town's bowlers were well on top and keeper Robin Pritchard kept superbly throughout the innings(three stumpings) in a very polished display supporting the bowlers all day. After a slow start thanks to tidy bowling from Steve Brunning 1-31 and Ryan Spragg 1-23, Skipper Dom Pritchard 2-22 from 10 overs and Stephen Lewis 3-13 from 6 overs kept up the good work abd Chris Coates grabbed the last two wickets for 12 runs. With Matt Thatcher away on holiday Mike Taylor(23) and Ade Johnson(12) gave Town a steady start and their good work was carried on by Stephen Lewis who batted very well for a match winning 45 runs. Town's allrounder had a good day with the bat and the ball. With five wickets down Russell Thompson 12n.o. and Graham Judd 6 not out saw Town home to a vital win. For Chearsley E. Holland took 3-34. Innings of Chearsley 1sts
J. Veness st R.Pritchard b S. Brunning 15
A. Lazaruk run out 5
M. Hignall lbw R. Spragg 31
N. Grimsdell c S. Lewis b D. Pritchard 0
N. Babbington c G. Judd b D. Pritchard 0
J. Hubert b S. Lewis 14
S. Nurnham lbw S. Lewis 20
E. Holland st R.Pritchard b S. Lewis 0
B. Lazaruk st R.Pritchard b Coates 11
L. Warr b Coates 1
K. Baker not out 3
Extras 9
Total 109-10
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 13-2-23-1 S. Brunning 6-0-31-1 D. Pritchard 10-3-22-2 S. Lewis 6-2-13-3 C. Coates 2.1-0-12-2 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Taylor b E. Holland 23
A. Johnson c L.Warr b E. Holland 12
S. Lewis c Baker b E. Holland 45
A. Thatcher c A. Lazaruk b Babbington 3
R. Pritchard c Veness b Babbington 2
R. Thompson not out 12
G. Judd not out 6
Extras 10
Total 113-5
Bowling figures
M. Hignell 5.2-0-30-0 E. Holland 13-2--34-3 B. Lazaruk 2-1-1-0 K. Baker 2-0-15-0 N. Babbington 8-1-28-2Buckingham Town 2nds beat Chearsley 1sts by five wickets. Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Chearsley 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds clinched the division 8b Cherwell League Title beating lowly Chearsley 2nds by nine wickets. The 3rds have had a superb season losing just one match and skipper Neville Pritchard was delighted. Neville unfortunately was umpiring the 2nd XI match this weekend. Acting skipper Stuart Helps won the toss and inserted Chearsley and they struggled from the off and from their 47 overs reached a meagre 108-7. M. Claridge(42) batted well for Chearsley. Paul Sly returned 3-49 from 24 overs and tidy spells also came from Rob Laird, Richard Pengelly 1-25,Chris Colbourn 1-8 and Stuart Helps 1-4. Town's 3rds reached their target for the loss of one wicket with Stuart Helps 74 not out in excellent form. Stuart returning from injury a few weeks ago has shown tremendous form with both bat and ball once again this season when fit. A tremendous effort from the 3rds this season. Innings of Chearsley 2nds
J. Wilcox c Dipple b Sly 0
A. Hubert c Dipple b Sly 9
M. Claridge c Cater b Colbourn 42
C. Weston b Pengelly 4
L. Walter run out(C.Wigan) 17
J. Hubert not out 9
D. Bishop lbw Sly 1
M. Holland b Helps 8
R. Allan not out 0
Extras 19
Total 108-7
Bowling figures
P. Sly 24-7-49-3 R. Laird 3-2-5-0 R. Pengelly 7-1-25-1 C. Colbourn 9-3-8-1 S. Helps 4-2-4-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
N. Norman c b A. Hubert 17
S. Helps not out 74
C. Cater not out 5
did not bat
C. Wigan
M. Dipple
R. Pengelly
I. Wilkinson
R. Laird
P. Sly
C. Colbourn
A. Norman
Extras 15
Total 111-1
Bowling figures
L. Walter 4-0-20-0 C. Weston 5-0-36-0 M. Claridge 4-0-6-0 M. Holland 3-0-20-0 J. Wilcox 3-2-7-0 A. Hubert 2.4-0-19-1Buckingham Town 3rds beat Chearsley 2nds by 9 wickets.
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