Scorecard

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 2nd ELEVEN v Williamstrip on Sat 16 Aug 2025 at 13.00
BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB Lost by 120 runs

Match report 2nd team league debuts for Vivek Bajaj and Sarthak Bajaj (loaned from Swindon Titans).

Sarthak Bajaj took 2 wickets on debut with figures of 6-0-31-2

The 2nds bowled 40 overs without conceding any wides in the opposition total of 234-4 off 40 overs.
The last time the 2nds didn't concede a wide in a league game was away to Bibury on 24 Jun 23 when Bibury scored 98-3 off 19.2 overs (2nds bowlers were E Malik, S Kumar, G Yon , P Farmer).
Not conceding a wide when bowling all 40 overs had not previously happened for the 2nds since playing 40 over league cricket (2022 to 2025).
In 45 over league cricket (1984 to 2021) it last happened at home to Chippenham 3 on 30 Jul 05 with Chippenham scoring 281-2 off 45 overs with no wides conceded by the 2nd XI bowlers (T Watts, L Townsend, N Dixon, J Widdrington, G Else).
The last time 2nds bowled more than 40 overs in a league game without conceding a wide was away to Marlborough 3 on 31 Jul 10 with Marlborough scoring 172 all out off 41.1 overs with no wides conceded by the 2nd XI bowlers (J Gardiner, C Burgess, L Townsend, J Slack, M Heasman).

Vivek Bajaj scored 15 on debut.
Zack Cook's score of 3 equals his highest score in league cricket for the 2nds (4th innings).
Jamie Porch's score of 13 is his highest in league cricket for the 2nd's beating his previous highest score of 5 (5th innings).

2nd's all time league record against Williamstrip is now Played 5, Won 0, Lost 5.

Milestones approaching ;-
John Slack needs 5 more runs to become only the 2nd player to reach the 250 runs / 250 wickets league double for the 2nds.

Williamstrip Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
6nb 9b 1lb 
for 4 wickets
16
234 (40.0 overs)		     
D'Arcy Bond lbw  A Barron 59 13
Bruce Currie lbw  Z Cook 80 13 1
Ricardo Canestra b  S Bajaj 56 12
Toby Heycock st  A Morbey b S Bajaj 0
Jon Gardiner Not Out  17 2 1
Freddie Munday Not Out  6
Charlie Burnett  
Tom Weir  
Steve Reeves  
Jon Austin  
Michael Godwin  

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 2nd ELEVEN Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Zack Cook6.0027127.004.50
Sarthak Bajaj6.0031215.505.17
Paul Farmer4.002700.006.75
Andrew Barron6.0035135.005.83
Michael Heasman6.002200.003.67
Vivek Bajaj4.002300.005.75
Jamie Porch6.004500.007.50
Jon Slack2.001400.007.00

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 2nd ELEVEN Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
8w 2lb 
for 10 wickets
10
114		        
Paul Farmer ct  Unsure b B Currie 29 3
Michael Heasman lbw  C Burnett 9 2
Julian Brown b  J Gardiner 22 3
Vivek Bajaj b  J Gardiner 15 3
Sarthak Bajaj ct  B Currie b S Reeves 3
Alan Kembrey b  B Currie 0
Zack Cook b  T Weir 3
Jamie Porch ct  D Bond b T Weir 13 3
Jon Slack b  B Currie 0
Andy Morbey Not Out  10 1 1
Andrew Barron b  T Weir 0

Williamstrip Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jon Gardiner8.0127213.503.38
Charlie Burnett6.0039139.006.50
Bruce Currie8.021735.672.13
Steve Reeves3.0010110.003.33
Tom Weir5.301936.333.45