Buckingham Town gave three youth players a debut in their game on Sunday.
Buckingham Town CC Sunday friendly side lost by 5 wickets to Stoke Hammond CC, reports Bob Hutt.
Town took the opportunity to field some new youth players. Ben May, Freddie Walker and Will Rogers all made their senior debuts for the Town and they all did well and showed a lot of promise. Rogers was delighted to take 1-8 from his four overs.
Town batting first scored a useful 165-9 from their 40 overs.
Top scorers were Tom Argles with 61 not out and Ade Freeman with 40 not out.
Anant Peshavara(20) and Joe Clark(14) also reached double figures.
Ching and Armstrong both grabbed a brace of wickets each for Stoke Hammond.
In reply, Stoke Hammond reached their target with five overs left thanks to Alex D’Souza 56 not out and skipper Raza Amin(43). Ching remained 18 not out.
Town’s cause was not helped by a lot of extras. Young Josh Stigar took 2-30 and there was a wicket a piece for Amit Chauhan, Rogers and Chris Petrie.
The result of the game could have gone either way but Town’s cause was not helped with an injury to a main spin bowler Joe Clark, who had to leave the field of play after bowling just 1.1 overs.
