Buckingham Town went down to a six-wicket defeat at Burnham on Home Counties Premier League, Matchday 4 on Saturday (8th August 2020).
Report: Andrew Holland
Buckingham batted first and lost the early wicket of Haris Syed to Adnan Malik. Skipper Leigh Tomlinson and Sikandar Rizwan rebuilt the innings, putting on 76 for the second wicket. Farhaan Khan broke the partnership when he picked up the wicket of Tomlinson, and later on followed that up with the wicket of Rizwan for 45 as he took 2 for 23 from his 8 overs. Jack Deal rediscovered his early season form, scoring an unbeaten 52 with support from Joe Clark (12) and Joe Butcher (14 not out) as Buckingham closed on 190 for 4.
In reply Burnham made a quick start, putting on 48 for the first wicket before Jack Deal broke made the breakthrough dismissing Fahad Raja for 18. Adam Bone followed that up with the wicket of Syed Bukhari for 33. Karan Kumar made 31 before becoming Deal’s second victim followed by Pat Barry dismissing the Burnham skipper to claim his maiden wicket for the first team. Shaan Khan saw the hosts home though with an unbeaten 67 from 57 balls as they won by 6 wickets. Deal finished with 2 for 26 from his 8 overs.
Buckingham
H. Syed c Nadeem b Malik 0 (11)
L. Tomlinson* b F. Khan 17 (51)
S. Rizwan b F. Khan 45 (97)
J. Deal Not Out 52 (63)
J. Clark b S. Khan 12 (11)
J. Butcher Not Out 14 (9)
Extras (5b, 2lb, 39w, 4nb) 50
Total 190-4
40 overs
FoW: 9-1 (Syed); 85-2 (Tomlinson); 133-3 (Rizwan); 166-4 (Clark)
S. Khan 8-1-41-1 (12w, 2nb)
A. Malik 8-1-44-1 (2w)
S. Javed 8-2-30-0 (15w)
S. Bukhari 6-0-30-0 (9w, 2nb)
F. Khan 8-1-23-2 (1w)
K. Kumar 2-0-15-0
Burnham
S. Bukhari c Ell b Bone 33 (29)
F. Raja c Ell b Deal 18 (23)
K. Kumar c Rizwan b Deal 31 (44)
S. Khan Not Out 67 (57)
R. Nadeem* c Ell b Barry 6 (15)
N. Nadeem Not Out 19 (21)
Extras (7lb, 6w, 4nb) 17
Total 191-4
31.4 overs
FoW: 48-1 (Raja); 56-2 (Bukhari); 107-3 (Kumar); 127-4 (R. Nadeem)
J. Butcher 4-0-38-0
J. Ell 2-0-18-0 (2w)
A. Bone 6-0-26-1 (1w)
J. Deal 8-1-26-2
P. Barry 5-0-43-1 (2w, 2nb)
S. Rizwan 5-1-23-0
G. Liebenberg 1.1-0-10-0 (1w, 2nb)
Burnham won by 6 wickets.
