Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 23rd 2008Wizards vs Olney Town ABeverley Helps writes:A fantastic team performance saw the Wizards come out winners in a top of the table clash against Olney in the under 10's Shire's League. Olney batted first and despite their strong batting line up were always kept in check by some excellent Wizard bowling with captain Ryan Marsden, Vikram Pandit, Oliver Plummer Clark and James Holmes all taking important wickets. The pick of the bowlers was Joe Robey closely followed by eight year old Adam King who was making his first appearance each taking a wicket a piece. The glove work of Alistair Martin was faultless behind the stumps and the Wizards fielding was outstanding, the highlight being Jordan Helps and Oliver Plummer Clark combining to complete a brilliant run out with the Wizards restricting Olney to a total of 48. The opening pair of Marsden and King gave their team a solid start. Holmes and Plummer Clark edged the Wizards closer to their total with some brave batting. The stroke play of Robey and Pandit seemed to have made the game safe for Buckingham. When last pair Martin and Helps came to the crease they only required three runs to win, Martin was in fine form with some lovely backfoot strokes. When the game looked to have been won Helps played two rash shots to lose his wicket, but the youngster kept his nerve and in the last over against some hostile fast bowling hooked two of the last three balls for four to win the game for the Wizards.
This game was sponsored by N & J Hannah Landscaping.
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