Scorecard

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN v South Cerney on Sat 15 Jul 2023 at 13.30
BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB Lost by 58 runs (reduced to 35 overs each)

Match report 1st team league debut for Nikhil Chopra

Julian Brown captaining so the 1sts 4th captain of the season (Will Thompson, Liam Farmer, Paul Farmer, Julian Brown)

Mark Thatcher's 2nd wicket in this game was his 100th league wicket for Buscot Park (99 for 1st XI and 1 for 2nd XI)
Mark's 3rd wicket in this game was his 100th league wicket for the 1st XI.
Mark becomes the 9th known bowler to reach 100 league wickets for the 1sts to join Mike Heasman 567 approx, Julian Brown 312 approx, Lloyd Morgan 186, Bob Deane 164, Dave Booth 131, Iain Mills 131, Simon Minnett 121, Will Thompson 110 and Mark Thatcher 101 (a few scorebooks missing so numbers will change and 1 or 2 bowlers may be added to the list).

Best bowling figures of the season so far, 7-3-13-4 by Mark Thatcher.

The 1st XI divisional best bowling records are now ;-
WCCL Div 1 Simon Minett, 6-28 at home to Lechlade in 1993
WCCL Div 2 Neil Couling, 8-29 away at Lacock in 1995
WCCL Div 3 Richard Gardiner, 6-52 at home to Devizes 2 in 2009
WCCL Div 3N Dave Booth, 6-12 at home to Roundway Hospital in 1981
WCCL Div 4 Mike Heasman, 7-24 away at Blunsdon in 2015
WCCL Div 5 Matthew Lawrence, 6-5 away at Lacock in 2021
WCCL Div 6 Ben Batchelor, 6-41 away at Hinton Charterhouse 2 in 2018
CDCA Div 1 Mark Thatcher, 4-13 at home to South Cerney in 2023

Julian Brown's score of 45 is his highest in league cricket for the 1sts beating his previous highest score of 40no.
With Julian scoring 45 and no other batter in double figures, it may be a 1st XI league record for the highest score by a batter when no other batter scoring double figures (will have to look into that one)

Nikhil Chopra scored 6 on his league debut

Heath Stillion scored his first league runs for the 1sts so 8no is now his highest 1st XI score

1st's all time league record against South Cerney is now Played 1, Won 0, Lost 1.

South Cerney Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3nb 23w 27b 5lb 
for 6 wickets
58
158 (35.0 overs)		     
Garrick Chivers b  M Thatcher 15
B Coleman b  M Thatcher 3
James Bayliss lbw  M Thatcher 1
Chris Wearing b  M Thatcher 0
Simon Rowe b  S Kumar 24
Dan Mobley Not Out  50
Paul Humphries b  E Stillion 0
E Long Not Out  7
Mike Powell  
Ollie Brown  
Nick Walton  

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mark Thatcher7.031343.251.86
Sonu Kumar7.0123123.003.29
Heath Stillion7.003800.005.43
Ethan Malik6.002800.004.67
Euan Stillion7.0019119.002.71
Stuart Burchett1.00500.005.00

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
4nb 9w 3b  
for 9 wickets
16
100		        
Hamish Millar b  G Chivers 0
Stuart Burchett b  G Chivers 3
Sanjay Trivedi b  C Wearing 4 1
Sonu Kumar b  C Wearing 5 1
Nikhil Chopra lbw  G Chivers 6 1
Julian Brown ct  Unsure b S Rowe 45 4
Mark Thatcher ct  Unsure b B Coleman 7
Ethan Malik b  S Rowe 6 1
Alfie Millar b  S Rowe 0
Heath Stillion Not Out  8
Euan Stillion Not Out  0

South Cerney Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Garrick Chivers7.03933.001.29
Chris Wearing7.0024212.003.43
Mike Powell4.001600.004.00
B Coleman7.0019119.002.71
Simon Rowe7.001635.332.29
E Long3.001300.004.33