Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 14th 2008

Batsmen find form in win

After lunch the sun was out and batting appeared to be getting easier. Pearson added two more wickets to his tally to reduce Kidlington to 141-8. Ali remained at the wicket though and was joined by Faisal Chaudhry. Ali reached 50 but it was Chaudhry who took the attack to the bowlers as he hit 55 from 37 balls with 4 sixes. Greg Pearson finished off a marathon 25 overs with the wicket of Chaudhry, his fifth, but Ali finished the last few overs off ending 72 not out with the score 239-9 in 60 overs.

With the Buckingham batsmen out of form 240 was a tough ask, especially when captain Rob Large was caught for 10 in the third over. With the batting order reshuffled once again Jonny Cater joined Leigh Tomlinson in the middle. They batted sensibly and managed to get through to tea at 58-1 from 15 overs, 182 needed from 35 overs.

Straight after tea Cater was bowled for 23 which brought Bowden to the wicket. Leigh Tomlinson continued to battle and brought up a second 50 of the season from 95 balls, as Buckingham passed the half way mark only 2 down. A mix up between the batsmen sent Tomlinson on his way for 52 and Dan Harris came to the wicket with 117 needed from 19 overs. 6 overs later the game had slowed down and the draw was the most likely result before Bowden found 5 boundaries in one Shazbah Ali over. After that the runs flowed and the two batsmen shared a partnership off 117 in 91 balls to win the game with 4 overs to spare. Bowden made 87 from 81 balls and Harris 47 from 43 balls.

Innings of Kidlington

N. Ali          c Large         b Bowden         4
Rana+           lbw             b Bowden        13
Buckingham      c Large         b Pearson        2
Taylor                          b Churms         9
S. Ali*         Not Out                         72
Pearson lbw                     b Pearson        0
Kitson          c Bowden        b Gear          23
Faruq           lbw             b Pearson       14
Oliver          c Tomlinson     b Pearson       28
Chaudhry        c Parker        b Pearson       55
Lakab           Not Out                          0
Extras          (5b, 5lb, 2w, 7nb)              19
60 overs
Total                                          239-9

Bowden 13-0-44-2
Pearson 25-5-104-5
Churms 11-4-40-1
Gear 5-1-19-1
Ell 6-2-22-0

18-1 (N. Ali)
21-2 (Buckingham)
33-3 (Rana)
34-4 (Taylor)
35-5 (Pearson)
80-6 (Kitson)
105-7 (Faruq)
141-8 (Oliver)
219-9 (Chaudhry)

Innings of Buckingham

Large*          c Pearson       b Taylor        10
Tomlinson       Run Out                         52
Cater+                          b Faruq         23
Bowden          Not Out                         87
Harris          Not Out                         47
Extras          (1b, 3lb, 5w, 12nb)             21
45.5 overs
Total                                          240-3

Taylor 11.5-0-84-1
Faruq 13-1-59-1
Chaudhry 14-1-50-1
S. Ali 7-0-43-0

13-1 (Large)
65-2 (Cater)
123-3 (Tomlinson)

Banbury won the toss and batted and made a reasonable 170-9 thanks to the only player who did well with the bat for them B. Grant(90). It turned out to be a match winning knock. Grham Judd 4-29 cleaned the tail up.

Ben Stafford and Ryan Spragg had a brace of wickets apiece and Lawrence D'silva one. Russell Thompson took a couple of catches one of which was excellent. Town lost openers M. Taylor and A. Thatcher cheaply as Buckingham slumped to 64-5 with only Graham Judd(31) in good nick. Ben Stafford crashed a quick 32 but Town could only make 117 all out.

R. Spragg (16) was third top scorer as too many of Town's batsmen had a poor day.

M.Wedderburn 5-20 led Banbury 20 to victory.

Innings of Banbury 20 2nds

B. Griffiths                    b Spragg         5
B. Grant        c A. Thatcher   b Judd          90
A. Aslam        c Thompson      b D'Silva        5
A. Hussain      c R.Pengelly    b Spragg         6
S. Partington                 lbw Stafford      15
M. Wedderburn   c Judd          b Stafford       4
F. Khalid                     lbw Judd          24
I. Mahmood      c Thompson      b Judd           5
J. Lloyd                not     out              1
A. Shah         c R.Pengelly    b Judd           0
J. Wimbush              not     out              1
                                Extras          14
                                Total          170-9

L. D'Silva      9-1-40-1
R. Spragg       11-5-15-2
B. Stafford     10-3-38-2
D. Pritchard    8-2-25-0
R. Pengelly     7-0-23-0
G. Judd         7-0-29-4

Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds

A. Thatcher     c               b Khalid         0
M. Taylor       c               b Mahmood        9
G. Judd                       lbw Wedderburn    31
R. Pritchard                  lbw Mahmood        0
R. Thompson                     b Khalid         1
B. Stafford     c               b Wedderburn    32
C. Cater                        b Wedderburn     6
D. Pritchard                  lbw Wedderburn     4
R. Pengelly             not     out              9
R. Spragg       c               b Partington    16
L. D'Silva                      b Wedderburn     2
                                Extras           7
                                Total          117-10

F. Khalid       8-2-25-2
I. Mahmood      7-1-32-2
A. Shah         3-0-22-0
M. Wedderburn   9.3-2-20-5
S. Partington   7-1-17-1

Town won the toss and fielded and dismissed Banbury for a modest 149 all out. T.White(30) and M. Salmon(30) gave them a solid start but only C. Phillips 34n.o.offered any resistence later on.

Paul Sly impressed with 5-50 from his 22.2 overs and Chris Wigan 1-17 from 9 overs did likewise. Town won easily thanks to impressive knocks from James Tomlinson 62 not out and Anant Peshavaria(56).

Innings of Banbury IV

M. Phillips     c Wigan         b Sly     7
T. White                        b Wigan  30
M. Salmon                     c&b Sly    30
I. Thomas                     c&b Sly     9
P. Foster               run     out       0
C. Phillips             not     out      34
C. Lynes                run     out      12
C. Berry        st Wilkinson    b Sly    10
C. Hill         c Tomlinson     b Sly     0
H. Ahmed        c Brunning      b Helps   0
S. Paxton               run     out       0
                        Extras           17
                        Total           149-10

S. Brunning     6-1-29-0
P. Sly          22.2-5-50-5
C. Wigan        9-2-17-1
T. Hill         5-0-24-0
J. Tomlinson    2-0-21-0
S. Helps        1-0-2-1

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

J. Tomlinson            not     out       62
S. Helps        c Phillips      b Paxton   8
A. Peshavaria   c Ahmed         b Paxton  56
C. Wigan                not     out       14
                                Extras    12
                                Total    152-2

S.Paxton        12-1-50-2
C. Berry        7-4-23-0
H. Ahmed        5-0-23-0
C. Hill         3-0-25-0
C. Phillips     7-0-25-0