Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 20th 2008

Town scored a useful 218-7 with Kevin D'Silva top scorer with 70.

Good support came from Dewayne Bowden retired hurt for 54 and Jonny Cater 48.

For the home sideB.Patel took 4-45. Wellingborough made a spirited reply losing by 10 runs being bowled out for 210.

Jonny Cater 3-27 and Graham Judd did the damage with 3-48.

Innings of Buckingham Town 1st XI

D. Bowden               ret.    hurt            54
S. Parker                       b Leyshaw        2
K. D'Silva                      b Leyshaw       70
J. Cater        c               b Patel         48
R. Pritchard                  c&b Patel          3
G. Judd                       c&b Patel         11
L. D'Silva                      b Patel          9
C. Cater                        b Leyshaw        5
J. Whitehead            not     out              1
H. Martin               not     out              1
R. Laird        did not bat
                                Extras          14
                                Total          218-7

Hall            6-0-39-0
Leyshaw         8-2-23-3
L.O'Reilly      5-0-2-0
P. Thrippleton  6-0-45-0
T. Ekins        7-0-54-0
B. Patel        8-2-45-4

Innings of Wellingborough Town 1st XI

210-10

H. Martin       5-0-26
L. D'Silva      5-1-7-0
J. Whitehead    5-0-14-1
R. Laird        4-0-21-1
C. Cater        2-0-24-0
J. Cater        3-0-27-3
S. Parker       1-0-7-0
G. Judd         8-0-48-3
D. Bowden       5.4-0-26-1

Brickhill put into bat scored briskly against Town's youthful bowling attack with Higgs(47) and McLoughlin(45) giving them a good start.

Their efforts were supported by T.Sibley(41),C. Westley 51n.o. and A. Bowden(34) as they reached an imposing 256-5 from 40 overs.

Darren Harland 2-50, F. Johnson 1-23, and Jake Mallett 1-24 were the wicket takers but all the young bowlers did well and a couple of dropped catches didn't help matters.

Facing a daunting task Town were bowled out for 153. Adrian Johnson batted very well for Buckingham scoring an excellent 75 as Town lost to a strong BricKhill side.

Innings of Great Brickhill 2nds

A. Higgs                        b Harland       47
M. Mcloughlin                 lbw Harland       45
T. Sibley               run     out             41
A. Sibley                       b Jake Mallett   2
C. Westley              not     out             51
A. Bowden       c Iceton        b F.Johnson     34
J. Gorton               not     out              5
                                Extras          31
                                Total          256-5

R. Bridgman     6-0-45-0
J. Payne        6-0-39-0
L. Stafford     7-0-28-0
D. Harland      7-1-50-2
F. Johnson      5-1-23-1
Jake Mallett    5-0-24-1
Josh Mallett    4-0-25-0

Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds

A. Johnson                      b Bowden        75
A. Freeman                      b G.Burrows      1
M. Iceton               run     out             11
D. Harland                      b Ward           4
R. Hutt                       lbw Sibley         9
R. Bridgman     c Ward          b Bowden         2
F. Johnson                      b Westley        7
Jake Mallett                    b D.Burrows      5
Josh Mallett    c Gorton        b D.Burrows      0
L. Stafford             run     out             10
J. Payne                not     out              0
                                Extras          24
                                Total          153-10

D. Burrows      8-4-16-2
G. Burrows      6-0-30-1
T. Sibley       5-0-15-1
M. Ward         7-1-20-1
A. Bowden       6.3-0-34-2
C. Westley      5-1-16-1

Buckingham won the toss and chose to bat. Opener Harry Martin smashed 3 fours off the first over before falling to an excellent catch at mid wicket. Will Handyside continued the run feast with a quickfire 30 runs before having to retire. Jamie Craik and Ben Gilroy ensured the home team posted an excellent 128-5 in their 20 overs. The pick of the Great Brickhill bowlers was Drew Burrows with 2 wickets.

In reply, the visitors main threat came from their hard hitting opener Kowbeka with an undefeated 30 runs, including 6 boundaries. Good support came from Robson (16) and Matthews (8). In the field Steve Cox was outstanding with 2 superb catches. All the Buckingham bowlers performed well and their were wickets for Ella Johnson, Tom Evans, David Beasley and Will Handyside. Ben Southers finished off the innings with a sharp stumping giving captain Harry Martin 3 wickets in 5 balls the home team triumphing by 14 runs.