Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 7th 2008Gerrards Cross vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Town miss out in thrillerBuckingham lost the toss at Gerrards Cross on Saturday and on a pitch that had seen a lot of rain during the week, were inserted. Openers Rob Large and Leigh Tomlinson got the visitors off to the start they needed though as they put on 50 in the first 15 overs. Large continued the form that he had been showing all season with several 4s and a 6. But as has so often happened this year, Buckingham were subject to a collapse as 4 wickets fell for just 5 runs in 3 overs. Johnny Hughes was the main man taking 3 of the wickets and leaving the score 56-4. Jonny Cater and Dewayne Bowden began a recovery before a disastrous mix up saw both batsmen at the same end with Cater having to go. Bowden was bowled just before lunch and the score was 103-6.After lunch scoring was slow as Buckingham looked to bat the full 60 overs. Stuart Parker (14) and James Gear (20) were the main stays but wickets continued to fall. The Gerrards Cross bowlers were accurate though with skipper Jon Newell taking 2 wickets before Hughes returned with 2 to finish with 5 for 24. Buckingham were all out for 143 in the 58th over. Early wickets were needed and Greg Pearson delivered as he removed both openers in his first 4 overs before Dewayne Bowden took 2 more so that the score was 31-4. Steve Rimmer and Johnny Hughes came to the wicket with the game in the balance, and started to build a partnership. Buckingham continued to bowl well though and at tea the score was 65-4 from 25 overs. When play continued, the score moved on to 91 with the partnership past 50. The batsmen had some luck but the home side were in control. Finally the luck ran out as Bowden had Rimmer caught at slip. Gear then picked up the new batsman before a run out saw the score stand at 130-7. Hughes had reached 50 though and it seemed he would guide Gerrards Cross to victory before an attempted 6 off Gear saw James Tomlinson take a good catch right on the boundary to level the game up once more. 2 overs later another run out saw the game poised at 6 runs or 1 wicket for victory. It wasn't to be for Buckingham though as the new batsman hit a 4 to win the game by 1 wicket. Innings of BuckinghamLarge* b Wright 38 L. Tomlinson c Westaway b Hughes 12 Pearson c Westaway b Hughes 0 Harris b Hughes 1 Bowden b Shahid 27 Cater+ Run Out (Purewal) 14 Parker c Shahid b Newell 14 J. Tomlinson c Westaway b Newell 2 Gear lbw b Hughes 20 Ell Not Out 0 Churms b Hughes 7 Extras (2b, 4lb, 1w, 7nb) 14 57.2 overs Total 143 all outBowling figures Duncan 12-1-39-0 Hughes 12.2-5-24-5 Wright 6-1-28-1 Shahid 11-2-22-1 Newell 16-8-23-2Fall of wickets 51-1 (L. Tomlinson) 51-2 (Pearson) 56-3 (Harris) 56-4 (Large) 91-5 (Cater) 101-6 (Bowden) 113-7 (J. Tomlinson) 130-8 (Parker) 143-9 (Gear) 143-10 (Churms) Innings of Gerrards CrossShahid c Cater b Pearson 2 Westaway+ c&b Pearson 2 Duncan lbw b Bowden 4 Wright c Cater b Bowden 13 Rimmer c Large b Bowden 30 Hughes c J. Tom'son b Gear 55 Dhaliwal lbw b Gear 1 Purewal Run Out (Ell) 9 Graham Not Out 9 Newell* Run Out (Cater) 2 Deane Not Out 4 Extras (5lb, 2w, 6nb) 13 52.3 overs Total 144-9Bowling figures Bowden 23.3-7-70-3 Pearson 12-3-17-2 Churms 3-1-17-0 Gear 14-2-35-2Fall of wickets 3-1 (Shahid) 9-2 (Westaway) 9-3 (Duncan) 31-4 (Wright) 92-5 (Rimmer) 103-6 (Dhaliwal) 129-7 (Purewal) 130-8 (Hughes) 138-9 ( Newell)Gerrards Cross won by 1 wicket Points: Gerrards Cross - 25 Buckingham - 10 Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs StokenchurchBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds drew their home match against Stokenchurch with both sides scoring 248 in a dramatic finish. Town put into bat started well through openers Mike Taylor(98) and Matt Thatcher (56) who put on 124 for the first wicket. Both openers were in fine form. Newcomer Stephen lewis from Bicester scored a useful 23 before being unlucky to be run out. At the close skipper Dom Pritchard 27n.o.(2 sixes) and Ben Stafford 16no scored quickly as Town made a useful 248-5. Stokenchurch lost a wicket in the first over after tea and then they dug in through Langford(35) and Murton (39). The backbone of their reply came from P. Maddock with 101 n.o. For long periods in the game neither side looked like winning but as Town bowled their overs briskly the end of the game ended dramatically. Carpenter(21) and S. Read(23) scored quickly and the visitors almost won the game as Town bowled four more overs but the game ended with the scores level at 248. For Town Dom Pritchard took 3-36. Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Thatcher st Carpenter b Pound 56
M. Taylor b Maddock 98
A. Thatcher c Carpenter b Pound 0
S. Lewis run out 23
B. Stafford not out 16
R. Pritchard b Latif 0
D. Pritchard not out 27
Extras 28
Total 248-5
Bowling figures
S. Read 10-1-33-0 K. Penhale 6-1-23-0 E. Ulhaq 8-1-25-0 G. Pound 13-1-59-2 A. Latif 12-0-64-1 P. Maddock 3-0-22-1 Innings of Stokenchurch 1sts
A. Latif b Spragg 0
P. Langford b Stafford 35
G. Murton lbw D.Pritchard 39
P. Maddock not out 101
E. Ulhaq lbw D.Pritchard 0
T. Carpenter c Coates b M.Thatcher 21
K. Penhale b D.Pritchard 10
S. Read b M.Thatcher 23
R. Kellher not out 3
Extras 14
Total 248-7
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 6-0-26-1 S. Lewis 10-0-53-0 B. Stafford 10-0-32-1 G. Judd 4-1-18-0 D. Pritchard 13-3-36-3 C. Wigan 6-0-22-0 M. Thatcher 6.5-0-37-2 C. Coates 1-0-15-0Buckingham Town 2nds 14 pts drew with Stokenchurch 1sts (5pts). The visitors were deducted 5 pts as they had no umpire. Stokenchurch 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds continued their fine early season league form with a five wicket win away to Stokenchurch 2nds. Town won the toss and elected to field and Stokenchurch crashed to 60-6. The later batsmen improved the scoring as the home side crawled to 136 all out. Richard Pengelly was the pick of the bowling taking 3-17 from 10.3 overs. L. D'Silva and Steve Brunning picked up a brace of wickets and Paul Sly and Stuart Helps one apiece. Town in reply crawled along and after 35 overs were 80-2 and the match winning batting performances came from Russell Thompson 37n.o. and Richard Pengelly who completed a fine all round performance with 41 valuable runs. In a low scoring match Town won with 8 balls left grinding out a win. Innings of Stokenchurch 2nds
R. Brown b L.D'Silva 0
J. Brown c Pritchard b L D'Silva 14
B. Robinson b Pengelly 14
A. France c Norman b Helps 1
D. Knight c L.D'Silva b Pengelly 12
J. Cockerill b Pengelly 1
M. Hedger b Brunning 27
C. Lees b Brunning 11
T. Plows not out 19
S. Duffy b Sly 3
R. Gurton run out 4
Extras 30
Total 136-10
Bowling figures
L. D'Silva 8-2-16-2 S. Helps 16-7-45-1 R. Pengelly 10.3-4-17-3 S. Brunning 5-1-20-2 P. Sly 6-1-20-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
N. Norman lbw R. Brown 10
S. Helps run out 27
C. Cater b R. Brown 12
R. Thompson not out 37
A. Peshavaria b R. Brown 0
R. Pengelly b Plows 41
L. D'Silva not out 0
Extras 11
Total 138-5
Bowling figures
T. Plows 13-3-42-1 R. Brown 16-8-22-3 R. Gurton 10-1-43-0 S. Duffy 6-1-23-0 M. Hedger 0.4-0-2-0Buckingham Town 3rds beat Stokenchurch 2nds by 5 wickets. |