Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 31st 2008Buckingham Town vs Thame TownAndrew Holland writes:Town not good enough for ThameAfter recording a first win last week there was plenty of confidence in the Buckingham dressing room. Thame won the toss though and inserted Buckingham in bowler friendly conditions. Runs flowed at the from the start as the batsmen found some early boundaries but Michael Beard bowled a good spell taking to wickets so that after 8 overs the score was 33-2. In form player Rob Large set about the bowling though and in Dan Harris found a good partner as runs came and Buckingham looked set for a huge total. After 21 overs the score was 95-2 before an 11 over spell up to lunch saw 5 wickets fall for 20 runs with overseas bowler Jaydeep Bhatti taking 4 for 11.Bhatti took his fifth wicket soon after lunch but the last 3 batsmen hung around for 16 overs to add 26 runs as the home side set a target of 146 to win. Bhatti finished with 7 for 22. Town's bowlers were in good form and gave the batsmen nothing with Dewayne Bowden bowling a very quick spell and removing both openers in the first 9 overs with the score only 9. Soon after Buckingham suffered a blow however as Leo Churms had to pull up after 3 balls of his first over and couldn't bowl again, but when Jason Ell took 2 wickets in 2 balls the score was 26-4 and the game was there for the home side to win. Bhatti and Thame captain Rob Brooks put up a strong defence though. The run rate hardly got above 2 an over in the first 25 overs, with only 1 boundary being scored. Just before tea though Brooks began to take control and lifted the run rate so that at tea the score was 79-4 with Thame back in the driving seat. After tea the score passed 100 before the return of Bowden saw the end of Bhatti to a good slip catch from Rob Large. Luke Merry sealed the game though as he hit 34 from 29 balls to take the score to 141 before being stumped by Cater off Greg Pearson, and although he then took a second wicket the winning runs were hit in the next over to seal a three wicket victory. Innings of BuckinghamLarge* c Meredith b Bhatti 43 L. Tomlinson lbw b Beard 10 Bowden b Beard 4 Harris b Bhatti 42 Cater+ b Beard 7 J. Tomlinson c Mitty b Bhatti 0 Parker lbw b Bhatti 0 Pearson lbw b Bhatti 0 Gear c&b Bhatti 9 Ell lbw b Bhatti 13 Churms Not Out 8 Extras (1b, 3lb, 5w) 9 50.4 overs Total 145 all outBowling figures Merry 7-2-32-0 Beard 10-4-32-3 Meredith 3-0-18-0 Bhatti 18.4-8-22-7 Higgs 12-4-37-0Fall of wickets 24-1 (L. Tomlinson) 33-2 (Bowden) 95-3 (Large) 109-4 (Harris) 113-5 (Cater) 113-6 (J. Tomlinson) 114-7 (Parker) 119-8 (Pearson) 134-9 (Gear) 145-10 (Ell) Innings of Thame TownBeard lbw b Bowden 7 Parmar lbw b Bowden 1 Krol c Bowden b Ell 3 Bhatti c Large b Bowden 23 Robinson b Ell 0 Brooks* Not Out 57 Merry st Cater b Pearson 34 Carr b Pearson 0 Higgs Not Out 0 Extras (1b, 5lb, 9w, 8nb) 23 54.3 overs Total 148-7Bowling figures Bowden 14.3-2-55-3 Pearson 18-6-29-2 Churms 0.3-0-3-0 Ell 5-1-14-2 Gear 10.3-2-30-0 Harris 6-3-11-0Fall of wickets 8-1 (Parmar) 9-2 (Beard) 26-3 (Krol) 26-4 (Robinson) 102-5 (Bhatti) 141-6 (Merry) 143-7 (Carr)Thame Town won by 3 wickets
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Challow & Childrey 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds recorded an excellent 2 wicket win over Challow & Childrey 2nds. Challow won the toss and batted and made a steady start and after reaching 150 for the loss of just four wickets were in a good position. However Matt Thatcher 3-21 saw them reach a modest 178 all out on a damp wicket. Ben Stafford 2-35 and Ryan Spragg 2-41 bowled well and Richard Pengelly 1-39 were the wicket takers as Challow also had two stupid run outs. In reply Buckingham lost Taylor cheaply but Matt Thatcher and Andy Thatcher(26) improved matters before a middle order collapse saw Town in trouble at 117-8. However opener Matt Thatcher 60not out batted superbly and was well assisted by Ryan Spragg 38not out also in good form and they took Town to victory. Innings of Challow & CHildrey 2nds
R. Popberry c D. Pritchard b Spragg 23
S. Pritchard c Taylor b Spragg 17
J. Penrose b Stafford 10
L. Jones run out 57
R. Gordon lbw Stafford 4
P. Cox run out 27
D. Wooloff c D. Pritchard b Pengelly 14
R. Duplessis not out 11
P. Atkinson b M. Thatcher 0
D. Rey b M. Thatcher 2
C. Jones st R.Pritchard b M. Thatcher 2
Extras 11
Total 178-10
Bowling figures
L. D'Silva 9-1-19-0 R. Spragg 12-2-41-2 D. Pritchard 9-1-22-0 B. Stafford 9-2-35-2 R. Pengelly 8-0-39-1 M. Thatcher 5-0-21-3 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Thatcher not out 60
M. Taylor lbw Rey 2
A. Thatcher c S.Pritchard b Jones 26
R. Pritchard lbw Duplessis 4
G. Judd b Duplessis 5
R. Thompson c Atkinson b Duplessis 7
B. Stafford run out 1
D. Pritchard lbw Wooloff 5
R. Pengelly lbw Duplessis 0
R. Spragg not out 38
Extras 31
Total 179-8
Bowling figures
D. Woploff 6-2-29-1 R. Duplessis 20-3-64-4 D. Rey 3-0-18-1 L. Jones 7.4-1-30-1 C. Jones 4-0-22-0Buckingham Town 2nds beat Challow & Childrey 2nds by 2 wickets. |