Cricket: Struggling Bucks give themselves a lifeline
Published Date:
18 July 2008
Lovewell Blake Norfolk Allaince, Premier Division, Old Buckenham 169-7 Norwich & Coltishall Wdrs 140: Old Buckenham won a crucial game against fellow strugglers Wanderers, in a fiercely competitive game at the Hall.
Having lost the toss, Buckenham were asked to bat first and openers Terry Perry (30) and Jon Fudge (23) got Buckenham off to a good start, scoring 52 in 16 overs.
The introduction of South African Lyndon Brown removed Fudge and the spin of Darren Jackson slowed the scoring, as Wanderers took control of the Bucks innings.
Darren Savage (37) and Nisar Abbas (28) pushed the score to more than 100 with 14 overs left, before a late flurry of runs from the lower order and James Heaney in particular, to push Bucks up to 169-7.
Nigel Youngs finished with 3- 61 and Darren Jackson 2-27.
In reply, Bucks struck in the first over as Youngs was bowled by his opposing skipper Rob Austin for 0.
A key partnership between Will Stebbings (40) and Lyndon Brown (25) was broken by the left-arm spin of Nisar Abbas, trapping Brown LBW.
When Will Stebbings was caught at deep square, the game was evenly poised at 70-3.
A fourth wicket partnership of 51 between Elliot and Ingram took Wanderers to 121-3 before a major collapse. They lost seven wickets for 19 runs in 13 overs.
All the damage was done by the a spin trio of Austin (3-13), Abbas (4-33) and Craig Savage (2-34).
There was a run out as number 11 got confused in the last over and Bucks took the points with three balls to spare.
It was an amazing game and a win by 29 runs for Buckenham.
They are now within touching distance of about three clubs, as there battle for survival continues.
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Division Three
East Harling 149-8 Hales 150-6
Harling lost to second-placed Hales by four wickets.
Harling won the toss and batted and found it very hard work against some tight bowling.
Openers Crickmore (18) and Wyatt (18) made a slow start, and then James Alexander (34) and Jon Briggs (28) took the score to 82.
But then Harling lost wickets regularly, with only Hilton (17) reaching double figures as they finished on 149-8.
Hales made a confident start and Harling were never able to exert enough pressure early on, as Harmer (37) and Squires (38) scored freely.
Although Harling picked up some late wickets with Mark Leeder taking 3-54, Matt Lovick's unbeaten 42 saw Hales comfortably home
* Diss' top-of-the-table clash with second-placed Bradenham in Division One was cancelled on Saturday after an overnight downpour.
The full article contains 454 words and appears in Diss Express newspaper.
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Last Updated:
17 July 2008 3:00 PM
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Source:
Diss Express
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Location:
Diss