Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 2nd 2009Great Tew vs Buckingham Town (OTCL Cup)Andrew Holland writes:Town struggle into finalsSkipper Jason Ell won the toss and inserted Great Tew into bat on Saturday. Hopes of early pressure soon faded though as Tews openers Garrett and Powles set about building a solid opening partnership. Jason Ell bowled a tight spell of 9 overs for 24 but after 20 overs the score had moved to 69-0. The introduction of Richard Pengelly brought about the break through as he had Garrett caught at mid on for 33. He followed this up with 2 more wickets as the score moved to 90-3 after 27 overs. Although runs continued to come, wickets also fell as the score moved to 126-6 with 10 overs left. Sam Catling guided the hosts through the last 10 overs with 19 as they scored 55 to finish with a competitive 181-8.In reply things could't have started worse for Buckingham as the Great Tew opening bowlers started accurately and removed both opening batsmen for ducks. They were followed in the 12th over by Lewis for 9 and the score was 25-3. Jonny Cater and Graham Judd began the fight back, focusing on the singles and keeping the scoreboard ticking. They added 63 together before, in an attempt to up the run rate Cater was caught on the boundary off skipper Kevin Taylor for 40. Taylor then picked up a second wicket in his next over so that the score was 100-5 from 31 overs. With the rate touching 6 an over Judd continued to rotate the strike and new batsmen Ben Stafford took the attack to the bowlers. They put on 58 in 53 balls with Judd moving to 50 before he fell for 57 and Stafford for 26 in consecutive balls. 2 more wickets fell before a no ball gave Buckingham victory by 1 wicket with 9 balls left.
Innings of Great TewGarrett c Judd b Pengelly 33 Powles c Lewis b Pengelly 32 Gordon Lennox c Cater b Pengelly 16 Harris lbw b Valambhia 9 A. Darby Run Out (Pengelly) 22 P. Catling b Stafford 1 S. Catling Not Out 19 Taylor* c Parker b Gear 13 M. Darby lbw b Gear 3 Selwood+ Not Out 12 Extras (2lb, 19w) 21 Total 181-8 45 oversFall of wickets 69-1 (Garrett) 84-2 (Powles) 90-3 (Gordon-Lennox) 114-4 (Harris) 126-5 (P. Catling) 126-6 (Harris) 149-7 (Taylor) 156-8 (M. Darby)Bowling figures Ell 9-1-24-0 Valambhia 9-1-40-1 Gear 8-2-23-2 Pengelly 5-0-34-3 Stafford 9-2-26-1 Judd 5-0-32-0 Innings of Buckingham TownL. Tomlinson lbw b Harris 0 Parker lbw b Myatt 0 Cater+ c G-Lennox b Taylor 40 Lewis c G-Lennox b S. Catling 9 Judd b Harris 57 J. Tomlinson c Harris b Taylor 5 Stafford c G-Lennox b M. Darby 26 Gear Not Out 5 Pengelly Run Out 1 Valambhia lbw b M. Darby 6 Ell Not Out 1 Extras (3lb, 17w, 12nb) 32 Total 182-9 43.3 oversFall of wickets 0-1 (L. Tomlinson) 9-2 (Parker) 25-3 (Lewis) 88-4 (Cater) 100-5 (J. Tomlinson) 158-6 (Judd) 158-7 (Stafford) 163-8 (Pengelly) 176-9 (Valambhia)Bowling figures Harris 9-2-27-2 Myatt 9-2-48-1 S. Catling 9-1-28-1 M. Darby 8.3-0-44-2 Taylor 8-1-32-2Buckingham won by 1 wicket. Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Great Brickhill 2nd XI (OTCL Cup)Bob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds beat Great Brickhill 2nds by 7 wickets to progress into the 3rd round of the OTCL knock out Cup. Town are now away to Bledlow Village on Bank Holiday Monday 25th May. Skipper Dom Pritchard won the toss and elected to field. Brickhill made a solid start reaching 133 before the second wicket fell. Robbie Laird bowled well with 1-15 from 6.2 overs but when Dom came onto bowl the game turned Buckingham's way as the visitors to Bourton Road closed on a modest 192-9. Andy Higgs(40) top scored for Brickhill and Dom Pritchard again did the damage taking 4-28 from his nine overs, bowling very well. In reply Buckingham made a steady start but at 65-3 the match was evenly balanced. The two match winning knocks came from young Callum Cater who batted superbly for 64 not out and from Andy Thatcher 55 not out. Callum's innings was impressive. Both players were excellent and showed a lot of patience and determination. Town won by 7 wickets with five overs left in the match. Innings of Great Brickhill 2nds
A. Higgs c M. Thatcher b Hawkins 40
C. Jones retired hurt 23
M. Sibley c Hawkins b Coates 26
R. Riles c&b Pritchard 22
P. Little c Coates b Pritchard 4
G. Burrows run out 11
K. Lloyd lbw Laird 13
S. Chapman run out 8
A. Bowden b Pritchard 2
M. Ward b Pritchard 0
T. Sibley not out 3
Extras 39
Total 192-9
Bowling figures
S. Brunning 4-0-30-0 R. Laird 6.2-2-15-1 R. Spragg 9-0-45-0 A. Hawkins 7-0-25-1 Dom Pritchard 9-0-28-4 C. Coates 9-0-41-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Thatcher lbw Chapman 16
M. Taylor lbw Burrows 24
C. Wigan lbw Burrows 5
A. Thatcher not out 55
C. Cater not out 64
Extras 29
Total 193-3
Bowling figures
S. Chapman 9-1-32-1 T. Sibley 5-1-11-0 G. Burrows 9-0-48-2 K. Lloyd 9-1-30-0 M. Ward 6.1-0-44-0 A. Bowden 3-0-24-0Buckingham Town 2nds beat Great Brickhill 2nds by 7 wickets. |