Buckingham Town Cricket Club - September 12th 2009Buckingham Town vs TiddingtonAndrew Holland writes:Town disappoint in Cup SemiAs the final Division 1 side left in the draw, Buckingham started their semi-final against Tiddington as favourites. They won the toss and bowled first. Cooper and Goodman got the visitors off to a good start as runs were scored at close to 5 an over. They put on 60 before the introduction of Graham Judd brought the breakthrough. He had both openers caught by Jason Ell off their legs. The new batsmen continued where the openers left off, with a partnership of 72 to reach the last 10 overs at 162-2. Krynauw fell to Ben Stafford for 25 but Habib continued to score quickly. He had some chances, but kept going. Wickets fell regularly at the end of the innings, including Habib (90 off 99 balls) as Tiddington closed their 45 overs on 228-7. Stafford the pick of the bowlers with 2-29 from 8 overs.In an attempt to start quickly Dan Harris was promoted to open the batting, and added 51 in 8 overs with Leigh Tomlinson before being bowled for 25 (18 balls). Jonny Cater joined Leigh Tomlinson and the 2 set about giving Buckingham a platform. They added 43 before Tomlinson fell for 39. Graham Judd came in to put on 65 from 71 balls with Cater as Buckingham set themselves up for the victory. Cater reached his 7th 50 of the season before Judd was bowled for 30. At 159-3, 70 were needed from 13 overs. Cater continued to bat well, but lacked support. The slow bowling of Pykett claimed 3 wickets before Cater was bowled for 87 in the 44th over to leave Buckingham 6 runs short. Innings of TiddingtonCooper c Ell b Judd 35 Goodman c Ell b Judd 32 Habib c Valambhia b Gear 90 Krynauw b Stafford 25 N Pykett* c D'Silva b Gear 5 Talbot Not Out 17 Maule lbw b Stafford 1 Manning+ b Valambhia 6 Extras (4b, 3lb, 8w, 2nb) 17 Total 228-7 45 oversFall of wickets 60-1 (Cooper) 90-2 (Goodman) 162-3 (Krynauw) 192-4 (N Pykett) 205-5 (Habib) 215-6 (Maule) 228-7 (Manning)Bowling figures Ell 5-0-29-0 D'Silva 5-1-18-0 Valambhia 9-1-39-1 Judd 9-0-51-1 Gear 9-0-55-1 Stafford 8-0-29-2 Innings of BuckinghamTomlinson c Goodman b Krynauw 39 Harris b Clarke 25 J Cater+ b Krynauw 87 Judd b Habib 30 Stafford c Cooper b P Pykett 3 C Cater c Cooper b P Pykett 10 Lewis st Manning b P Pykett 2 Valambhia Not Out 0 Gear Not Out 4 Extras (2b, 4lb, 14w, 2nb) 22 Total 222-6 45 oversFall of wickets 51-1 (Harris) 94-2 (Tomlinson) 159-3 (Judd) 179-4 (Stafford) 211-5 (C Cater) 214-6 (J Cater) 218-7 (Lewis)Bowling figures Hollinshead 9-1-46-0 Clarke 6-0-31-1 Maule 9-0-31-0 Krynauw 8-0-45-2 Habib 6-0-37-1 P Pykett 7-0-26-3Tiddington won by 6 runs Stoke Hammond vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds had a comfortable 5 wicket win over Stoke Hammond in their end of season friendly. In a 45 over per side match Stoke Hammond made 227-5 thanks mainly to Yogi Patel 78 not out supported by Joe D'Agostino (38) and Mark Parrott 38 not out. In reply Buckingham reached their target thanks mainly to Adrian Johnson opening the innings. He went on to score 100 not out and batted very well. He was supported by Tom North, who survived a couple of early chances, and then went on to hit a 70. Innings of Stoke Hammond
V. Gosai c A.Johnson b Lee Grice 12
C. Watt c O'Dell b Stafford 4
J. D'Agostino lbw Dipple 38
A. Patel c A.Johnson b Cater 23
Y. Patel not out 78
R. Hutt c Cater b S. Helps 7
M. Parrott not out 38
Extras 23
Total 227-5
Bowling figures
T. North 5-1-34-0 L. Stafford 5-0-24-1 M. Lee Grice 5-1-17-1 D. Pritchard 5-1-18-0 B. Cater 5-0-19-1 F. Johnson 5-0-24-0 M. Dipple 5-0-14-1 S. Helps 5-2-24-1 J. Helps 3-0-23-0 A. Johnson 2-0-14-0 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
F. Johnson b Bentley 7
A. Johnson not out 100
A. O'Dell b H. Patel 0
M. Dipple c D. Patel b Watt 5
T. North c Watt b H. Patel 70
D. Pritchard not out 12
Extras 38
Total 230-4
Bowling figures
K. Patel 3-0-13-0 N. Bentley 5-1-15-1 A. Patel 3-1-16-0 H. Patel 5-1-24-2 C. Watt 5-1-31-1 D. Patel 3-0-24-0 J. D'Agostino 5-0-40-0 R. Hutt 4-0-17-0 M. Parrott 2-0-20-0 T. Tooth 3-0-13-0Buckingham Town 3rds beat Stoke Hammond by 5 wickets. |