There were opening day defeats for Buckingham town’s second and fourth teams in the Cherwell League.
Buckingham Towns 2nd travelled to Banbury and lost to their 2nd XI by nine wickets.
Batting first Buckingham scored a modest 176 all out. Most players reached double figures but failed to build upon this. Top scorers
were Stuart Parker(35) and David Barnes(33). For Banbury Richard Simpson took 4-39.
Banbury won easily with opener Thomas Bartlett scoring 102 not out and fellow opener Ollie Morgan made 43. Joe Clark was Buckingham’s only wicket taker.
SCORECARD: Banbury II v Buckingham Town II
2020 season Table 1B after Matchday 1
Buckingham Town 4ths suffered a heavy defeat to Kimble 2nds in their first match of the reduced 2020 season.
Kimble 2nd batting first lost two quick wickets to Ryan Spragg who eventually finished up with 4-52. Late order batsmen
Skeggs(43) and Nisar Ahmed(73) saw Kimble to a massive 275-9 from their 40 overs. For Town Alex Jendon had 2 wickets and there was one
apiece for Elliot King and Will Jendon.
Buckingham never threatened such a huge target and opener Mike Taylor made 73 and fellow opener Oscar Bones(23) as Anant Peshavaria finished on 30 not out and Alex Jendon 9 not out as Town closed on 173-2.
SCORECARD: Kimble II v Buckingham Town IV
2020 season Table 5B after Matchday 1
