Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 1st 2010Buckingham Town vs TwyfordAndrew Holland writes:Town Win Final FriendlyBuckingham batted first in their final run out before the start of the new league season. Both Leigh Tomlinson and Graham Judd picked up early boundaries against some wayward opening bowling. Both fell within 7 overs however as the score moved to 44-2. Nick Cadman and Ashley Pearson came together and began to build a partnership. The bowling became more consistent and the run rate slowed. The Buckingham 100 came up after 24 overs, before spinner Sagel drew the false shot from Pearson just before drinks, and he was out for 35. Straight after drinks Cook bowled Cadman and a mini collapse followed as the score slumped to 119-7. James Gear and Jason Ell stopped the wickets as they defended for 10 overs, adding 20. Gear went for 12 before Ell (24), Pengelly (6 not out) and Nix (13) added 32 from 5 overs before Buckingham were bowled out for 171 in the 51st over.Josh Nix gave Buckingham the perfect start after tea as he picked up a wicket in the second over. Opening bat Islam played and missed at plenty of deliveries early on, but failed to make any connection. Nix took his second wicket in his fifth over with a fine catch by Judd before Ell had Cook caught at mid off. With the score at 46-3 Buckingham turned to the spin attack of Gear and Stafford, with immediate effect as Stafford took a wicket in his first over. Islam continued to play his shots, reaching his 50 with a huge 6 down the ground off 58 balls. Next ball he was lbw to Gear as 3 wickets fell in 15 balls to leave the score 94-7. Mahmood (19) and Amjad (11 not out) both tried to push Twyford towards victory but Gear (4-26) and Stafford (3-42) finished off the innings 44 runs short. Innings of BuckinghamTomlinson+ c T. Cook b Perna 14 Judd lbw b Roberts 15 Cadman b A. Cook 26 Pearson c Roberts b Sagel 35 Harris c T. Cook b Sagel 5 Gear c Shav b Mahmood 12 Stafford lbw b Sagel 0 Wigan c Hawker b Shav 4 Ell* lbw b Islam 24 Pengelly Not Out 6 Nix c Hussain b Islam 13 Extras (5b, 6lb, 2w, 4nb) 17 Total 171 all out 50.4 oversFall of wickets 22-1 (Tomlinson) 44-2 (Judd) 104-3 (Pearson) 105-4 (Cadman) 109-5 (Harris) 110-6 (Stafford) 119-7 (Wigan) 139-8 (Gear) 152-9 (Ell) 171-10 (Nix)Bowling figures Roberts 7-0-38-1 Perna 7-3-14-1 Amjad 3-0-19-0 A. Cook 10-3-16-1 Sagel 13-1-36-3 Shav 5-2-4-1 Islam 2.4-0-14-2 Mahmood 3-1-19-1 Innings of TwyfordIslam lbw b Gear 50 Shav c Gear b Nix 0 Sagel c Judd b Nix 16 T. Cook+ c Cadman b Ell 7 Hussain* c Cadman b Stafford 3 Mahmood b Stafford 19 Perna lbw b Gear 0 A. Cook b Gear 4 Roberts c&b Gear 8 Amjad Not Out 11 Hawker c Judd b Stafford 4 Extras (3b, 1w, 1nb) 5 Total 127 all out 31 oversFall of wickets 7-1 (Shav) 29-2 (Sagel) 46-3 (T. Cook) 61-4 (Hussain) 84-5 (Islam) 84-6 (Perna) 94-7 (A. Cook) 112-8 (Mahmood) 114-9 (Roberts) 127-10 (Hawker)Bowling figures Ell 8-2-31-1 Nix 6-0-25-2 Gear 9-2-26-4 Stafford 8-0-42-3Buckingham won by 44 runs Thame Town vs Buckingham Town 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds lost to Thame 2nds in a close game with just one over remaining in their pre-season friendly. It was a game that served its purpose well for both teams as players prepare for the league this weekend. Buckingham lost the toss and were inserted on a very slow and difficult wicket. Matt Thatcher batted very well for a patient and skilful innins of 59 being well supported by James Tomlinson(30) and Russell Thompson who finished on 46 not out. In the second half Buckingham had their chances to win-dropping or missing seven chances, three of which enabled first xi player Manoj Parmar to hit 76 and take advantage of his chances. He was finally caught by Russell Thompson off the bowling of Dom Pritchard. Matt Le Grice, Matt Thacher and Chris Coates again bowled well and bowled Buckingham back into the game. However, Jeffcott batted very well at the end to see Thame win by just 2 wickets. |