Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 28th 2008Buckingham Wizards vs Old NorthamptoniansBeverley Helps writes:Top Marks for Wizards 10 out of 10!The Buckingham Town Wizards travelled to Northampton to try and make it a perfect record in the Under 10's Shire's League. On a thundery evening BTCC won the toss and asked the Old Northamptonians to bat. Ryan Marsden (Capt) and Albert Oswald opened the bowling for the Wizards, Marsden taking one wicket and both bowling tightly, Oliver Plummer-Clark, Jordan Helps and Joe Robey struggled to find their best form. Old Northamptonians batted well with most of the boys being under 9's and started to set a challenging total, good bowling from Soloman Janecki and an outstanding spell by Vikram Pandit taking 3 wickets for 5 runs kept the lid on the ON's total, even Alistair Martin behind the stumps was not on his A1 game. Chasing a total of 31 Marsden and Janecki gave the Wizards the perfect start with 23 run opening partnership for 1 wicket lost. Helps, Clarke and Pandit all found it hard going with the bat, Oswald and Robey worked hard to keep the Wizards in charge, the star of the show was Alistair Martin who returned to his very best form with the bat to score an excellent 20 not out helping BTCC to secure a perfect 10 out of 10 league record. Although not on their best form the Wizards showed great team spirit and commitment to each other and are a credit to Buckingham Town Cricket Club.This game was sponsored by D & S Helps Builders. The Wizards now face an excellent Westbury team in the Under 10's Shire's League Semi Final at BTCC on Tuesday 2nd September. The game commences from 5pm the clubhouse will be open and all spectators are welcome. |