Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 21st 2008Thatcham Town vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Weakened Town secure drawIn wet and overcast conditions Buckingham lost the toss and were inserted. Openers Rob Large and Leigh Tomlinson got the visitors off to a steady start and against the opening seamers, Large looking in good touch as he recorded his 50 from 51 balls. When the spinners came overs began to disappear as the over rate leapt up. With the score on 84 the first wicket fell as Tomlinson was run out for 21. Jonny Cater joined his skipper and between them the score passed 100 and by the lunch had moved on to 131-1 from an incredible 41 overs.With 19 overs left after lunch Buckingham put their foot on the gas as they added 49 in 6 overs. Large passed 100 and Cater 50 before Large was caught for 101. Dewayne Bowden went for 12 and with 10 overs to go the score was 199-3. Dan Harris came to the wicket and with Cater added 45 from 38 balls. Cater scored 73 from 79 balls before Harris was stumped for 43 from 35. With 1 over to go the score was 271-5 before one of the most extraordinary overs ever seen. The first ball saw a run out before opening bowler Ali Navqi removed 3 batsmen 1st ball for his hat-trick. Fifth ball was a quick single before the last ball had the 3rd run out of the innings. 5 wickets had fallen for 1 run in the 60th over so that Buckingham ended 272 all out. After a brief rain delay Greg Pearson took a wicket in the 4th over to give the visitors the start they wanted. That was the only success before rain brought about early tea as Thatcham moved to 60-1 from 13 overs. In an attempt to get the over rate above the required 17 an hour part-time bowlers Dan Harris and Rob Large were bowled in tandem. Little success came through this strategy as Jim Ettridge and Steve Wyatt didn't allow the run rate to fall below 5. Harris did claim the wicket of Wyatt for 44 (42 balls) but after 30 overs the score was 151-2 and Thatcham were looking at the victory target of 273. Ettridge passed 50 as the return of openers Pearson and Bowden didn't slow the run rate. Navqi fell for 39 and wicket-keeper Stone made 33 from 27 balls. When Bowden removed Stone Thatcham still needed 58 runs with less than half an hour left before 7. 2 more wickets fell before the end including an excellent catch on the boundary with Leigh Tomlinson alert enough to pass the ball to Chris Wigan as he went over the rope. Thatcham finished 249-6 from 47 overs.
Innings of BuckinghamLarge* c Barth'mew b Johnson 101 L. Tomlinson Run Out (Bartholomew) 21 Cater+ c Jenkins b Navqi 73 Bowden c Johnson b Navqi 12 Harris st Stone b Johnson 43 Parker Run Out (Johnson) 7 J. Tomlinson Not Out 0 Pearson b Navqi 0 Lewis b Navqi 0 Wigan lbw b Navqi 0 D'Silva Run Out (Navqi) 1 Extras (9b, 4lb, 1w) 14 60 overs Total 272 all outBowling figures Harland 11-2-56-0 Navqi 13-2-55-5 Bishop 15-1-47-0 Bird 8-3-18-0 Johnson 13-0-83-2Fall of wickets 84-1 (L. Tomlinson) 180-2 (Large) 199-3 (Bowden) 244-4 (Cater) 271-5 (Harris) 271-6 (Parker) 271-7 (Pearson) 271-8 (Lewis) 271-9 (Wigan) 272-10 (D'Silva) Innings of Thatcham TownMacDonald c L. Tom'son b Pearson 5 Ettridge Not Out 92 Wyatt lbw b Harris 44 Navqi c J. Tom'son b Pearson 39 Stone+ c Cater b Bowden 33 Johnson c Wigan b Pearson 11 Harland* b Bowden 3 Jenkins Not Out 5 Extras (2b, 10lb, 2w, 3nb) 17 47 overs Total 249-6Bowling figures Bowden 15-0-78-2 Pearson 14-0-68-3 Harris 9-2-45-1 Large 9-0-46-0Fall of wickets 18-1 (MacDonald) 110-2 (Wyatt) 165-3 (Navqi) 215-4 (Stone) 228-5 (Johnson) 234-6 (Harland)Match Drawn
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