Scorecard

Cirencester 4ths v BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN on Sat 08 Jun 2024 at 13.30
BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB Won by 259 runs

Match report Luke Roche's score of 41 is his highest in league cricket for the 1sts beating his previous highest score of 31.

Nirmal Singh scored his maiden fifty for the 1st XI so his score of 54 is his highest in league cricket for the 1st's beating his previous highest score of 47.
Nirmal is the 4th batter to score a 50 for the 1st XI in the CDCA.

Highest partnership of the season so far, 124 by Luke Roche and Nirmal Singh for the 2nd wicket.

The 1st XI divisional record batting partnerships are now ;-
WCCL Div 1 Neil Phillips / John Morton, 134 at home to Winsley in 1999
WCCL Div 2 Neil Phillips / Bob Deane, 150un away at Swindon Civil Service in 1989
WCCL Div 3 Unfortunately unknown as scorebooks for 2009,2011,2012 missing
WCCL Div 3N Des Williams / John Booth, 138 at home to Burbage & ER in 1981
WCCL Div 4 Tom Dutton / Louis Bouwers, 159 away at Beckington in 2015
WCCL Div 4.7 Stuart Burchett / Ronny Fernandes, 90 away at Wilcot in 2020
WCCL Div 5 Hamish Millar / Rob Able, 216 at home to Bradford-on-Avon 2 in 2013
WCCL Div 6 Hamish Millar / Daniel Batchelor, 141 at home to Wilcot in 2018
CDCA Div 1 Hamish Millar / Alex Gilbert, 107 away at Cirencester 3 in 2023
CDCA Div 2 Luke Roche / Nirmal Singh, 124 away at Cirencester 4 in 2024

Highest score of the season so far, 69 by Alex Gilbert.
Alex scored his maiden fifty for the 1st XI so his score of 69 is his highest in league cricket for the 1st's beating his previous highest score of 40.
Alex is the 5th batter to score a 50 for the 1st XI in the CDCA.

The 1st XI divisional batting highest scores are now ;-
WCCL Div 1 Ronny Fernandes, 121 at home to Avebury in 2007
WCCL Div 2 Ronny Fernandes, 194 at home to Cooper Avon Tyres in 2006
WCCL Div 3 Gary Thompson, 102 away at Devizes 2 in 2009
WCCL Div 3N Bob Deane, 139no at home to Avon Sports in 1982
WCCL Div 4 Louis Bouwers, 179no away at White Horse in 2016
WCCL Div 4.7 Ronny Fernandes, 76 away at Wilcot in 2020
WCCL Div 5 Ronny Fernandes, 156 at home to Hinton Charterhouse 2 in 2019
WCCL Div 6 Ronny Fernandes, 115no at home to Wilcot in 2018
CDCA Div 1 Hamish Millar, 72no away at Cirencester 3 in 2023
CDCA Div 2 Alex Gilbert, 69 away at Cirencester 4 in 2024

Tom Stepp's score of 23 is his highest in league cricket for the 1sts and his first runs as 1st XI captain.

305-8 off 40 overs is the 1sts highest ever score in the CDCA, beating 195 for 4 off 40 overs away at Cirencester 3 in 2023 and 195 all out off 39 overs at home to Buscot Park 2 in 2024.
305-8 off 40 overs is the 1sts second highest ever league score in an away game. The 1sts highest away league score is 310-3 off 45 overs at Erlestoke in 2019 (lost by 9 wickets). It is therefore the 1sts highest ever winning score in an away league game.
It is the 5th time the 1sts have scored 300 or more and the 5th highest ever score for the 1sts in the league (highest is 373-6 off 45 overs at home to Cooper Avon Tyres in 2006).

Mark Thatcher's 5-13 is the 2nd time he has taken 5 or more wickets in a 1st XI league game (1 at home and 1st away).
Mark's figures of 8-2-13-5 are now the 1sts best away bowling figures in the CDCA beating Sonu Kumar's 7.5-2-16-4 at Fairford 2 in 2023.
Mark's figures of 8-2-13-5 are now the 1sts best 8 over bowling spell in the CDCA beating Ekam Khaira's 8-1-23-4 at Cirencester 3 in 2024.
Mark conceding only 13 runs off 8 overs (8-2-13-5) equals the CDCA 1st XI record for the most economical 8 over bowling in an away game, equal in runs conceded with 8-2-13-2 by Roan Stillion away at Fairford 2 in 2023 and 8-3-13-0 by Sonu Kumar away at Charlton in 2024.

46 all out off 17.3 overs is the 3rd lowest score by the opposition in an away league game. The lowest two scores are 38ao off 21.5 overs by Lacock in 2021 (Buscot Park won by 72 runs) and 44ao off 23.3 overs by Avon Sports in 1996 (Buscot Park won by 134 runs).

Winning by 259 runs is the 1sts highest ever league winning margin by runs, beating the previous highest winning margin which was 236 runs at home to Blunsdon in 2006 (1sts scoring 299-4 off 45 overs, Blunsdon 63 all out off 18.2 overs). The previous highest winning margin in the league in an away game was winning by 161 runs at Amesbury in 1986 (1sts scoring 271-7 off 45 overs, Amesbury 110 all out off 39 overs).

Despite the 1st XI league records and stats spanning 44 seasons from 1981 to 2024, the 1sts have now gone from their smallest ever winning margin (1 run) to their largest ever winning margin (259 runs) within their last 4 games

Five wins in a row for the 1sts in the league for the first time since 23 Jun 18.

1st's all time league record against Cirencester is now Played 3, Won 2, Lost 0, Abandoned 1.

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
4nb 37w 20b 13lb 
for 8 wickets
74
305		        
Luke Roche ct J Jones b M Alphonse 41 4
Deepu Singh ct J Jones b M Whitman 1
Nirmal Singh lbw M Alphonse 54 10
Alex Gilbert b M Alphonse 69 5 6
Gavin Blundell run out M Alphonse 11 2
Tom Stepp ct M Alphonse b J Jones 23 4
Arron Afonso lbw M Alphonse 6 1
Sonu Kumar Not Out  20 3 1
Ekam Khaira b S Sarath 5 1
Louis Harrison Not Out  1
Mark Thatcher  

Cirencester 4ths Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
M Alphonse8.002638.673.25
M Whitman2.00717.003.50
G Gowtham8.0036136.004.50
P Power5.006000.0012.00
O Bayliss5.005900.0011.80
S Sarath8.0047223.505.88
S Power2.001200.006.00
J Jones2.0025125.0012.50

Cirencester 4ths Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
14w 4lb 
for 10 wickets
18
46 (17.3 overs)		     
Moses Alphonise ct S Kumar b M Thatcher 14 2
Gowtham Gowtham b M Thatcher 1
Oliver Bayliss run out  (S Kumar) 2
Sarath Sarath b E Khaira 0
Shreyas Prabhakaran b M Thatcher 1
Mark Whitman lbw M Thatcher 4 1
Paul Power lbw A Afonso 5 1
Stan Power b M Thatcher 0
Jack Jones b E Khaira 1
Lucas Scotford b E Khaira 0
Roger Peill Not Out  0

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mark Thatcher8.021352.601.62
Ekam Khaira8.002638.673.25
Louis Harrison1.00300.003.00
Arron Afonso0.30010.000.00