Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 30th 2009Buckingham Town vs Chase Farmers (Midweek)Bob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town mid-week beat Chase Farmers by 22 runs in their friendly match. With heavy rain in the area Town were lucky to avoid the showers and had a lovely day of sunshine for the match. Groundsman Norman Wilby did a fine job in the morning to enable the match to be played. Skipper Hutt won the toss and batted and Town scored a useful 222-5 from their 40 overs. Opener Vishal Valambhia was in fine form scoring an excellent 78 surviving an early chance. Kevin D'Silva (41) and Callum Cater(35) batted well and Alex O'Dell opening also did well on a difficult wicket early on. In reply Chase put up a spirited effort reaching 200-6. Openers B. Burton(39) and Pip Webb(65) put on 113 for the first wicket and threatened to win the match but P. Webb was adjuged lbw and then Town stemmed the flow of runs. Innings of Buckingham Town Midweek
V. Valambhia b Barrett 78
A. O'Dell st Yirrell b Barrett 14
k. D'Silva b P. Webb 41
C. Cater sc J. Webb b P. Webb 35
F. Johnson not out 8
T. North c Connell b P. Critchley 5
R. Hutt not out 13
Extras 28
Total 222-5
Bowling figures
J. D'Agostino 8-3-30-0 J. Roff 8-0-37-0 T. Barrett 4-0-28-2 D. Connell 8-0-48-0 J. Webb 5-0-19-0 P. Webb 4-0-31-2 P. Critchley 3-0-15-1 Innings of Chase Farmers
B. Burton b Wigan 39
P. Webb lbw Valambhia 65
W. Yirrell b Valambhia 0
R. Rolls b K. D'Silva 22
J. Watson b Wigan 13
J. Webb not out 12
D. Connell c O'Dell b Dearlove 14
T. Barrett not out 15
Extras 20
Total 200-6
Bowling figures
L. Stafford 7-1-41-0 M. Dearlove 8-1-52-1 T. North 6-0-13-0 S. Waqas 6-0-28-0 V. Valambhia 2-1-2-2 T. Wigan 6-1-25-2 K. D'Silva 5-0-35-1Buckingham Town midweek beat Chase Farmers by 22 runs. |