Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 9th 2009Oxford 2nd XI vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Town off to Winning StartSkipper Jason Ell won the toss and chose to bowl first at Oxford on Saturday. He immediately vindicated his decision by removing the Oxford II's opener for a duck in the first over. That was the only success in the first 15 overs however as Mehmood and Perkin put on 47 against Ell and fellow opener Gear. With the introduction of Vish Valambhia and 2 alert run outs Town fought back to turn 47-1 into 78-5 after 29 overs. It was left to Oxford skipper Ian Evans and Greg Stern to rebuild the innings as they slowly ticked the scoreboard along. Both moved into the 40s as they added 88 to take the score up to 166. The introduction of Towns new overseas player Brook Hatwell broke the partnership as he bowled Evans for 49. Hatwell took 2 more wickets to finish with 3 for 26 as the Oxford innings closed on 192-9 from their 53 overs.In reply Oxfords opening bowler gave the hosts the perfect start as he removed Thatcher for 2 in the second over. Jonny Cater came in and began briskly in partnership with Tomlinson before Beer had Tomlinson caught at square leg for 17. Brook Hatwell joined Cater and the two of them put on a strong partnership to put Buckingham in strong control. Caters 50 came up from 49 balls and at the drinks the score had reached 114-2. The introduction of Oliver at the drinks break did for Cater though as he was caught at mid-on for 67 (72 balls). Steve Lewis came in to join Hatwell and built another partnership as the Oxford bowlers struggled to even produce half chances. Hatwell followed up his 3 wickets with a 50 as Buckingham won by 7 wickets in 44th over. Innings of OxfordMarcon+ b Ell 0 Mehmood Run Out (Hatwell) 31 Perkin lbw b Valambhia 25 P. Evans Run Out (L. Tomlinson) 10 I. Evans* b Hatwell 49 Oliver b Valambhia 5 Stern c Thatcher b Hatwell 46 Lawton-Smith c Stafford b Hatwell 9 Mohammed Run Out (Gear) 0 Picknett Not Out 6 Beer Not Out 4 Extras (4b, 2w, 1nb) 7 Total 192-9 53 oversFall of wickets 0-1 (Marcon) 47-2 (Mehmood) 64-3 (Perkin) 66-4 (P. Evans) 78-5 (Oliver) 166-6 (I. Evans) 178-7 (Lawton-Smith) 178-8 (Mohammed) 183-9 (Stern)Bowling figures Ell 8-2-25-1 Gear 18-2-69-0 Valambhia 14-6-48-2 Stafford 6-1-20-0 Hatwell 7-0-26-3 Innings of BuckinghamL. Tomlinson c b Beer 17 Thatcher c Marcon b Beer 2 Cater+ c Mehmood b Oliver 67 Hatwell Not Out 76 Lewis Not Out 28 Extras (1b, 2lb, 1w, 1nb) 5 Total 195-3 43.1 oversFall of wickets 7-1 (Thatcher) 44-2 (L. Tomlinson) 115-3 (Cater)Bowling figures P. Evans 10-0-54-0 Beer 10-2-30-2 I. Evans 5-1-35-0 Mohammed 7-1-18-0 Oliver 5-0-19-1 Mehmood 6.1-1-36-0 Buckingham won by 7 wickets. Buckingham - 25pts Oxford II - 6pts Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Leighton Buzzard 1st XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds(6pts) lost their league match against Leighton Buzzard 1sts(14pts) by six wickets. Mike Taylor took over as captain in the absence of Dom Pritchard away at university. Buckingham batted first but could only make a modest 141 all out. Callum Cater (40) again batted well supported by Chris Wigan(25) as Buckingham failed to post a worthwhile total. Leighton reached their target for the loss of four wickets. Chris Coates took 2-39 and Rob Laird and A. Hawkins one apiece. Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
A. Johnson c Kempster b Mistry 5
M. Taylor c O'leary b Priestley 11
C. Wigan b Kempster 25
A. Thatcher lbw Scott 18
C. Cater lbw Francis 40
A. Peshavaria b Francis 15
C. Coates lbw Francis 0
J. Whitehead b Selfe 3
A. Hawkins c O'lEARY B Francis 5
R. Spragg not out 5
R. Laird lbw Francis 0
Extras 14
Total 141-10
Bowling figures
A. Priestley 10-3-28-1 Y. Mistry 8-1-21-1 J. Kempster 6-1-18-1 D. Scott 6-1-23-1 A. Francis 11.5--1-34-5 L. Selfe 10-3-14-1 Innings of Leighton Buzzard 1sts
T. O'leary c Thatcher b Coates 20
P. Whatmore c Wigan b Hawkins 43
J. Kempster lbw Coates 11
D. Scott c Coates b Laird 18
C. Thompson not out 11
K. Brazier not out 14
Extras 28
Total 145-4
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 8.5-2-34-0 R. Laird 7-2--31-1 A. Hawkins 7-1-35-1 C. Coates 5-0-39-2 Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Oxford 4th XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds started their league season with a draw (5pts) against a strong Oxord V side(14pts) after a creditable display with a under strength side. Town had seven youth players in the side and they all did well. The visitors batting first scored a useful 255-1. Buckingham used five youth bowlers who all performed well and deserve praise. Olly Shipman and Matt Foster made their senior debut for Town. James Underwood took Town's sole wicket. In reply Buckingham held onto a draw with 130-6 thanks to John Talbot(65) and Nigel Norman(30). Innings of Oxford 5ths
J. Alderson c&b Underwood 102
B. Chamberlain not out 86
C. Biel not out 22
Extras 44
Total 255-1
Bowling figures
O. Shipman 11-0-62-0 Jake Mallett 10-2-43-0 F. Johnson 8-0-30-0 Matt Foster 7-0-43-0 N. Pritchard 5-0-21-0 J. Talbot 5-1-24-0 J. Underwood 2-0-20-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
N. Norman c b Leach 30
A. Odell c b Lia 3
J. Talbot b Hassa 65
J. Underwood b Hassa 8
O. Shipman c Lia b Leach 0
Lottie Scarr c Biel b Hassa 1
A. Freeman not out 2
F. Johnson not out 1
Extras 20
Total 130-6
Bowling figures
M. Lia 8-2-13-1 C. Walia 8-3-11-0 E. Barker 5-1-12-0 Wajid 3-0-13-0 A. Leach 14-3-43-2 S. Dogar 5-0-19-0 M. Hassa 5-4-5-3Match drawn. |