Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 5th 2010Oxford 2nd XI vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Ben Stafford leads town to first winIn desperate need of a win, Buckingham lost the toss on a green, cracked pitch at Oxford and were put into bat. Leigh Tomlinson and Rob Large got them off to a steady start with a solid 50 partnership before Large was bowled by Brad Sutherland. Jonny Cater came in and built another partnership with Tomlinson, with the score passing 100. Tomlinson reached his third 50 of the season and looked comfortable. With the score on 119 Oxford skipper Ian Evans took 2 wickets in 2 balls before picking up Tomlinson for 62 in his next over. Another wicket fell soon after and the score was 136-5. Dan Harris and Ben Stafford came together and both played against their natural games to begin the recovery. The partnership went past 50 before they cut lose to launch 41 from 4 overs. Stafford was lbw for 43 from 44 balls and Harris reached his 50 from 80 balls. Buckingham declared on 224-6 from 50 overs.Buckingham's seam bowlers received some tap early on as Oxford II's got off to a quick start. Josh Nix took the early wicket off Brad Sutherland, but the run rate still went along at over 4 an over. Vish Valambhia broke the partnership with a caught and bowled but skipper Ian Evans came in and continued to score quickly. Ben Stafford was introduced into the attack and first ball snared a sharp caught and bowled to remove Evans and immediately the game changed. Next over James Gear removed opener Rendell for 34 before Stafford bowled Morgan. At 126-5 a brief shower took the players off, but only 2 overs where lost. On the resumption Stafford carried on where he left off picking up 3 more wickets and completing an excellent five wicket haul as the score slid to 145-8. Nick Hands and Harry Porter where playing for the draw, batting for 10 overs to get to within 15 minutes of the 7:30 cut off. Josh Nix was brought back into the attack and had Porter brilliantly caught by Judd in the gulley to bring the final man to wicket. Valambhia returned to bowl a maiden before Nix had Leach caught by another superb Judd catch to win the game by 52 runs. Innings of BuckinghamTomlinson c Sutherland b Evans 62 Large b Sutherland 17 Cater+ c Sutherland b Evans 27 Judd b Evans 0 Harris Not Out 51 Gear Run Out (Sutherland) 4 Stafford lbw b Sutherland 43 Valambhia Not Out 1 Extras (12lb, 1b, 5w, 1nb) 19 Total 224-6 declared 50 oversFall of wickets 61-1 (Large) 119-2 (Cater) 119-3 (Judd) 126-4 (Tomlinson) 136-5 (Gear) 218-6 (Stafford)Bowling figures Geeson-Brown 6-0-29-0 Hamid 4-0-20-0 Sutherland 10-2-46-2 Evans 19-1-73-3 Leach 11-1-43-0 Innings of Oxford IISutherland c Ell b Nix 9 Rendell b Gear 34 Stein c& b Valambhia 22 Evans* c& b Stafford 26 Morgan+ b Stafford 13 Hands Not Out 36 Geeson-Brown lbw b Stafford 11 Sheehan b Stafford 0 Hamid b Stafford 2 Porter c Judd b Nix 4 Leach c Judd b Nix 0 Extras (5b, 7lb, 3w) 15 Total 172 all out 49.1 oversFall of wickets 28-1 (Sutherland) 67-2 (Stein) 95-3 (Evans) 105-4 (Sutherland) 113-5 (Morgan) 131-6 (Geeson-Brown) 139-7 (Sheehan) 145-8 (Hamid) 172-9 (Porter) 172-10 (Leach)Bowling figures Ell 6-0-34-0 Nix 7.1-26-3 Valambhia 6-2-20-1 Gear 17-3-28-1 Stafford 13-1-52-5Buckingham won by 52 runs
Oxford II - 5 points
Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Banbury20 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town's 2nd XI league match turned out to be a complete non-event. Banbury 20 2nds put into bat were bowled out for just 34 runs and Town knocked them off in 8 overs without loss. Ryan Spragg 5-18 and Matt Thatcher 4-11 did the damage and the whole game lasted just 30 overs. Innings of Banbury 20 2nds
B. Griffiths st A. Thatcher b Spragg 0
D. Best c Coates b Spragg 11
A. Reeman c Lewis b M. Thatcher 0
B. Aamed lbw M. Thatcher 1
S. Khan c&b Spragg 0
B. James c A. Thatcher b M. Thatcher 1
E. Frape not out 7
S. Muhammed c J. Tomlinson b M. Thatcher 0
S. Ali c J. Tomlinson b Spragg 5
A. Azhar lbw Spragg 4
J. Wimbush b Dipple 0
Extras 5
Total 34-10
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 11-6-18-5 M. Thatcher 11-7-11-4 M. Dipple 0.1-0-0-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
J. Tomlinson not out 11
S. Lewis not out 19
Extras 6
Total 36-0
Bowling figures
S. Muhammed 4-0-12-0 A. Azhar 3-0-11-0 B. James 1-0-13-0Buckingham Town 2nds beat Banbury 20 2nds by 10 wickets. Banbury IV vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds drew their league match away to Banbury IV. The lack of bowling didn't help their cause. Banbury made a respectable 221-7. Skipper Stuart Helps bowled throughout taking 4-104 from 23 overs, young Jack Wilkins took 2-44 and Harry Martin 1-67 as Town were without key bowlers for the match. Buckingham made a solid start through Alex O'Dell(22) and Ade Johnson(10) and their efforts were backed up by Harry Martin(25) and Russell Thompson(21). A slight middle order collapse saw Town get a draw with Stuart Helps in fine form with 39 not out as Buckingham closed on 151-7. Innings of Banbury IV
T. Frost b Helps 3
J. Mitchelmore c Peshavaria b Helps 60
M. Salmon c Pritchard b Wilkins 37
R. Lambden c O'Dell b Helps 15
T. White lbw Wlikins 19
A. Jones c O'Dell b Helps 14
A. Iqbal b Martin 35
J. Lambden not out 11
L. Collins not out 12
Extras 18
Total 221-7
Bowling figures
S. Helps 23-2-104-4 J. Wilkins 10-1-44-2 H. Martin 12-0-67-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
A. O'Dell c Jones b J. Lambden 22
A. Johnson c Scott b Iqbal 10
R. Thompson c Salmon b Iqbal 21
H. Martin c James b Pallett 25
A. Peshavaria b Pallett 0
J. Wilkins c&b Jones 2
N. Pritchard b J. Lambden 6
S. Helps not out 39
D. Beesley not out 0
Extras 25
Total 151-7
Bowling figures
A. Iqbal 13-3-46-2 J. Mitchelmore 10-3-28-0 M. Pallett 7-2-19-2 J. Lambden 9-2-23-2 L. Collins 4-0-15-0 A. Jones 3-0-8-1Match drawn. |