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Bucks, who top the Minor Counties Championship table with a 100 per cent record after two matches, hope to keep the run goling in their three-day match against Cambridgeshire, which starts in March on Sunday.
Tring Park seamer George Harper and Slough opener Fahim Qureshi, who missed the convincing victory over Lincolnshire last week, are included in a squad of 12 for the match.
Bucks v Cambridgeshire Sunday 5th to Tues 7th July at March from:
J Harrison (Oxford) Capt, F Qureshi (Slough), R Hopwood (Tring Park), M Hardinges (Frocester) , P Sawyer (High Wycombe) , N Robinson (High Wycombe), D Cranfield-Thompson (High Wycombe) , M Watson (Chorleywood) , S Cherry (Dunstable Town) , G Harper (Tring Park) ,L Cherry (Tring Park), S Stanway (Tring Park)
.Eastern Division Table
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied Draw Aban Pts
Bucks 2 2 0 0 0 0 48
Norfolk 2 1 0 0 1 0 36
Northumberland 2 1 1 0 0 0 26
Hertfordshire 2 1 0 0 1 0 33
Suffolk 2 1 0 0 1 0 34
Staffordshire 2 0 0 0 2 0 21
Cambridgeshire 2 0 0 0 2 0 19
Cumberland 2 0 1 0 1 0 14
Bedfordshire 2 0 2 0 0 0 8
Lincolnshire 2 0 2 0 0 0 8
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Hopwood makes history as Bucks win again |
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Tring Park opener Ricky Hopwood became only the second Bucks batsman to score two centuries in a Minor Counties Championship to help them to a convincing 151-run victory in their Eastern Division match against Lincolnshire at Tring.
The result maintains Bucks' 100 per cent record at the top of the table after two games.
But the 20-year-old former Durham Academy player's feat was only achieved amid confusion at the end of the second day's play.
Following his first-innings' 131, which helped Bucks gain an 85-run first innings lead, Hopwood was dismissed for 99 in the second, much to the dismay of himself and Bucks supporters.
But after the close of play, the umpires agreed with the scorers and the opponents that a leg bye scored during the final session should have been a run to Hopwood.
So he was eventually out for 100 and became the second Bucks man to achieve the feat following Malcolm Roberts's two centuries against Northumberland at Beaconsfield in 1996.
The match was also notable for a ten-wicket display by young Dunstable off-spinner Sam Cherry and an excellent all-round display by former Gloucestershire player Mark Hardinges.
Apart from Hopwood's first century, the feature of the opening day was a hat-trick by Lincolnshire's former Notts seamer Gareth Clough, who dismissed Warren Miller, Jason Harrison and Paul Sawyer in successive balls.
Thanks to Hopwood's 113 of 253 balls with 14 fours, Bucks recovered to 348 all out.
Sam Cherry, whose fast-bowling brother Luke made his championship debut along with High Wycombe's Nick Robinson, took 5-57 on the second day to earn Bucks a first-innings lead of 85.
At the end of the second day, Bucks were 210-4 - an overall lead of 295 - thanks to Hopwood's second century.
Hardinges completed his maiden Championship century (113) before the declaration at 312-6, which gave Lincolnshire a massive victory target of 398.
There were times when they looked like saving the match, but Sam Cherry's second innings haul of 5-76 for match figures of 10-133, and four wickets for Hardinges ensured they were always facing a losing battle.
The final wicket, a run out, came with 20 minutes left, much to the delight of the Bucks supporters, who saw their side lose by innings to Lincolnshire only 12 months ago.
Hopwood was made the Buckinghamshire Advertiser man of the match.
Before the match veteran Tring bowler Simon Stanway was presented with a cut-glass bowl in recognition of his 100th Championship appearance for Bucks. The presentation was made by Bucks chairman Stuart York. Full Scorecard |
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On Sunday 28 June Buckinghamshire U11 played Dorset U11 at Great Brickhill CC
Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat, scoring 178 runs for the loss of 5 wickets declared in 42 overs
Woody Bowcock 34 runs Amersham CC and The Beacon School
AJ Woodland 68 runs Gerrards Cross CC and Davenies School
Saif Zaib 37 runs not out High Wycombe CC and Crown House School
11s
Following the loss of two early wickets when the opening batsmen were of the impression that we were playing a 20/20 game. Woody Bowcock and AJ Woodland added 53 for the third wicket. Followed by AJ Woodland and Saif Zaib adding 64 runs for the fifth wicket
In reply Dorset scored 154 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 46 overs
Harry Sutherland 8 overs 1 maiden 20 runs 4 wickets Chalfont St Giles CC and Gayhurst School
Ed Robinson 7 overs 1 maiden 25 runs 1 wicket Long Marston CC and Swanbourne House School
Brandon Ridgley 8 overs 2 maidens 20 runs 2 wickets Wendover CC and Wendover C of E School
At no time did Dorset really seriousely challenge the required target, brief flourishes in the run rate were restrained by good bowling and fielding
This performance was a vast improvement by Buckinghamshire. The running between the wickets was good, with singles being taken on a regular basis to keep the board ticking over and enabling an early declaration. Which was to early as far as the management were concerned. |
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