Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 3rd 2008Buckingham Town vs CumnorAndrew Holland writes:Town Finish Friendlies UnbeatenThe final friendly before the league season saw Buckingham put out close to their strongest side. After some early confusion which saw the game start an hour late Cumnor won the toss and inserted Buckingham. Scoring started slow and when the first wicket fell the score was 12-1 from 7 overs. Leigh Tomlinson and Dan Harris battled through to the 16th over before both fell in consecutive overs to leave the score 46-3. New overseas player Dewayne Bowden looked in control of the situation straight away as he struck several boundaries including a flick of the legs for 6. Wickets continued to fall though and with the score 126 Bowden became the 6th man out for 41. James Tomlinson and Greg Pearson came together and began to rebuild the innings. With runs coming mainly in ones and twos the score crept up and after their 52 overs Buckingham finished 196-9 with Tomlinson 37 and Pearson 29 not out.After tea Buckingham's new opening bowling attack of Bowden and Leo Churms bowled quickly and accurately. Morteza tried to attack but was caught behind off Churms for 26 while Bowden took 2 wickets. Change bowlers Greg Pearson and Jason Ell also chipped in with a wicket apiece to leave Cumnor 65-5 after 27 overs. Being a friendly however, skipper Rob Large released the pressure by using the slower bowlers and slowly Sam Jones and Jamie Douglas build a partnership. Jones took 38 balls to get off the mark while Douglas looked in fine touch scoring at nearly a run a ball. They added 91 from just 100 balls to put Cumnor within touching distance before Douglas fell for 59 as Dan Harris took 3 late wickets. Ghazali tried to win the game with an entertaining 25 from 19 balls but the score finished on 192-8 for an exciting draw. Innings of BuckinghamLarge* b Khan 6 L. Tomlinson b Morteza 15 Harris c Ghazali b Mohsin 12 Bowden c Khan b Morteza 41 Cater+ run out 12 Parker lbw b Mohsin 4 J. Tomlinson run out 37 Pearson Not Out 29 Stafford c Robertson b Douglas 2 Ell c Milne b Douglas 4 Churms Not Out 7 Extras (10b, 2lb, 8w, 7nb) 27 52 overs Total 296-9Bowling figures Khan 8-1-25-1 Thompson 7-0-14-0 Mohsin 7-0-35-2 Morteza 9-1-32-2 Ghazali 7-0-24-0 Jones 9-2-25-0 Douglas 5-0-29-2Fall of wickets 12-1 (Large) 39-2 (Harris) 46-3 (L. Tomlinson) 76-4 (Cater) 91-5 (Parker) 126-6 (Bowden) 170-7 (J. Tomlinson) 173-8 (Stafford) 179-9 (Ell) Innings of CumnorMilne lbw b Bowden 0 Morteza c Cater b Churms 26 Robertson b Bowden 7 Gaunt b Pearson 1 Jones lbw b Harris 30 Alam+ c Large b Ell 13 Douglas lbw b Harris 59 Khan b Harris 4 Ghazali Not Out 25 Mohsin Not Out 5 Extras (8b, 6lb, 5w, 3nb) 22 48 overs Total 192-8Bowling figures Bowden 10-4-20-2 Churms 7-4-19-1 Pearson 12-3-38-1 Ell 5-3-7-1 Stafford 5-0-34-0 Large 4-0-23-0 Harris 5-0-37-3Fall of wickets 5-1 (Milne) 35-2 (Morteza) 44-3 (Robertson) 46-4 (Gaunt) 65-5 (Alam) 156-6 (Douglas) 160-7 (Khan) 177-8 (Jones)Match Drawn Cumnor 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds had an easy 10 wicket win in their friendly against Cumnor 2nds. Cumnor were put into bat by skipper Dom Pritchard and were bowled out for just 122. Pick of the Town bowlers was Richard Pengelly 3-37 from a long spell whilst Paul Sly took 3-19 and Chris Coates 2-25. Openers Mike Taylor 34n.o. and Matt Thatcher 70n.o. were in fine form as Town won easily. Innings of Cumnor 2nds
S. Bell c D. Pritchard b Coates 7
J.Metcalfe c D. Pritchard b R.Pengelly 0
M. Hunter c Thompson b R. Pengelly 6
I. Belcher c Taylor b P. Sly 30
G. Clew c Sly b Coates 4
R. Lawrence c Judd b Sly 25
C. Ricks b D. Pritchard 4
J. Meill c Judd b Sly 5
P. Spokes b R.Pengelly 13
J. Easterbroke run out 0
S. Hawarth not out 5
Extras 19
Total 122-10
Bowling figures
L. D'silva 6-0-13-0 R. Pengelly 16.4-7-37-3 C. Coates 9-2-25-2 D. Pritchard 9-1-24-1 P. Sly 11-3-19-3 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Taylor not out 34
M. Thatcher not out 70
Extras 21
Total 125-0
Bowling figures
J. Easterbroke 8-0-38-0 J. Meill 5-1-34-0 S. Howarth 5-0-21-0 C. Ricks 4-0-16-0 J. Metcalfe 1.3-0-9-0Buckingham Town 2nds beat Cumnor 2nds by 10 wickets |