Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 28th 2008Basingstoke & North Hampshire vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Long day ends in disappointment!After a win and a draw in their previous 2 games, Buckingham had confidence on their trip down to Hampshire. They won the toss, and inserted Basingstoke. Things got off to a bad start though as openers Russell Droy and Kevin Latouf played aggressively, dealing mainly in boundaries. For the first time in several games the opening combination of Dewayne Bowden and Greg Pearson didn't make early breakthroughs. Runs came at 5 an over as 80 were put on in 16 overs. Jason Ell brought the visitors back into the game with wickets in consecutive overs as Droy was bowled for 37 before captain Mitchell Stokes was well stumped by Jonny Cater. Latouf continued strongly bringing up his 50 from 57 balls but was stopped in his tracks when Leo Churms had him lbw in his first over. 2 overs later a good catch from Stephen Lewis claimed Basingstoke's 4th wicket with their 5th falling just before lunch. The session finished with a silly run leading to a run out so that the home side were 145-6 at lunch.After lunch nothing seemed to go right for Buckingham. The batsmen Ben Foxley and Kumaran Thirun scored at over 4 runs an over and didn't look in too much trouble. None of the bowlers could find a breakthrough and thoughts of keeping the hosts below 200 were soon gone. As the last 10 overs arrived Indian Thirun started to open his shoulders. Both batsmen passed 50 with Thirun reaching 75 from 76 balls before Foxley was stumped off James Gear for 58 prompting a declaration with the score 283-7 from 57.3 overs. Like with the ball nothing went right with the bat as Rob Large was caught at slip off Stokes in the second over prompting a collapse. Only Leigh Tomlinson managed to reach double figures out of the top 7 making 25 in over an hour of solid batting as Stokes took 4 wickets. At tea the score was 69-7 and a home win looked odds on. While James Gear (18) and Stephen Lewis (15) avoided the threat of the lowest total ever made by Buckingham in the Home Counties League and managed an extra point by bringing up the 100 the result was never in doubt with Buckingham all out for 111. Innings of Basingstoke & North HampshireDroy b Ell 37 Latouf lbw b Churms 50 Stokes* st Cater b Ell 4 L. Nurse c Lewis b Churms 13 Foxley st Cater b Gear 58 D. Nurse b Churms 18 Rouse Run Out (Tomlinson) 1 Thirun Not Out 75 Extras (12b, 6lb, 3w, 6nb) 27 57.3 overs Total 283-7 dec.Bowling figures Bowden 12-2-55-0 Pearson 12-4-49-0 Ell 9-1-51-2 Gear 13.3-1-58-1 Churms 11-2-52-3Fall of wickets 80-1 (Droy) 90-2 (Stokes) 111-3 (Latouf) 117-4 (L. Nurse) 141-5 (D. Nurse) 145-6 (Rouse) 283-7 (Foxley) Innings of BuckinghamLarge* c D. Nurse b Stokes 5 Tomlinson lbw b Stokes 25 Cater+ c Harris b Stokes 4 Bowden c L. Nurse b Thirun 7 Harris b Stokes 2 Parker c Williamson b Gardiner 0 Pearson c Latouf b Gardiner 0 Gear c Williamson b Thirun 18 Lewis b Harris 15 Ell Not Out 8 Churms b Harris 2 Extras (6b, 7lb, 5w, 7nb) 25 39.2 overs Total 111 all outBowling figures Thirun 10-3-19-2 Stokes 18-6-46-4 Gardiner 7-3-26-2 Harris 4.2-3-7-2Fall of wickets 6-1 (Large) 12-2 (Cater) 29-3 (Bowden) 36-4 (Harris) 45-5 (Parker) 58-6 (Tomlinson) 64-7 (Pearson) 84-8 (Gear) 98-9 (Lewis) 111-10 (Churms)Basingstoke & North Hampshire won by 172 runs Points: Basingstoke & North Hampshire - 25 Buckingham - 4 Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Chearsley 1st XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds had a fine 9 wicket win over lowly Chearsley 1sts at Bourton Road. Town won the toss and elected to bowl first and the visitors scored a modest 187-4 from their 52 overs. The main stay of their innings was N. Babington(83) who received good support from M.Grimsdell 39n.o. and J.Wilcox(31). For Town Dom Pritchard took 2-45 from 16 overs and G. Judd 1-58 from 14 overs. Tidy bowling spells came from Ryan Spragg, Steve Brunning and Chris Wigan. Buckingham in reply won comfortably losing just one wicket thanks to a superb innings from opener Matt Thatcher 104n.o. and James Tomlinson also batted well for his 59n.o. Innings of Chearsley 1sts
N. Babington c Coates b D.Pritchard 83
J. Wilcox c&b Judd 31
J. Veness st R.Pritchard b D.Pritchard 6
M. Grimsdell not out 39
M. Hignell run out 6
I. Campbell not out 3
Extras 19
Total 187-4
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 10-2-32-0 S. Brunning 6-0-22-0 C. Wigan 6-0-19-0 D. Pritchard 16-3-45-2 G. Judd 14-3-58-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Thatcher not out 104
M. Taylor c Hughes b Walter 10
J. Tomlinson not out 59
Extras 15
Total 188-1
Bowling figures
E. Holland 9-2-50-0 L. Walter 5-0-17-1 K. Baker 9-2-28-0 N. Babington 4-0-20-0 M. Hignell 8-0-39-0 I. Campbell 5.2-0-29-0Buckingham Town 2nds beat Chearsley 1sts by nine wickets. Chearsley 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Top of the table in Division 8b of the Cherwell League Buckingham Town 3rds had a very easy win over over ten man Chearsley 2nds by 8 wickets. Buckingham won the toss and elected to field first and Chearsley 2nds struggled all through their innings as they crashed to 88 all out. A. Lazaruk(30) top scored. For Town Rob Laird bowled a tight opening spell taking one wicket but the damage was done by all rounder Stuart Helps, in fine form this season, taking 4-13 from 11 overs. Stuart was well assisted by Paul Sly who took 4-35 from a long stint of 21 overs. Keeper Ian Wilkinson took a smart catch along with one stumping. In Reply Town made a brisk start through Stuart Helps(28) and Adrian Johnson(26) to give them a good start and the win was finished off with John Talbot 23n.o. which included three sixes. Buckingham won easily reaching their target in 16 overs. Innings of Chearsley 2nds
N. Waters b Laird 2
S. Burnham c Wilkinson b Sly 0
M. Claridge b Sly 9
A. Lazaruk st Wilkinson b Sly 30
D. Bishop b Helps 20
M. Officer c Hill b Helps 6
L. Warr c Hill b Sly 0
M. Holland b Helps 9
T. Eadsby not out 2
R. Allan b Helps 0
Extras 10
Total 88-9(all out)
Bowling figures
R. Laird 6-2-9-1 P. Sly 21-10-35-4 T. Wigan 5-0-26-0 S. Helps 11-4-13-4 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
S. Helps c Officer b Burnham 28
A. Johnson b Claridge 26
J. Talbot not out 23
M. Dipple not out 2
Extras 10
Total 89-2
Bowling figures
S. Burnham 5-0-21-1 M. Claridge 5.3-0-29-1 M. Holland 3-0-14-0 R. Allan 3-0-21-0Buckingham Town 3rds beat Chearsley 2nds by 8 wickets |