Scorecard

Cricklade 2nds v BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN on Sat 16 Aug 2025 at 13.00
BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB Won by 10 wickets

Match report 1st team league debuts for Nitish Khokhar and Vatan Kinha

Sonu Kumar's bowling figures of 8-2-18-3 are now the 1sts best bowling away at Cricklade 2 beating Ethan Malik's 7-0-33-2 at Cricklade in 2024.
Sonu's 3rd wicket in this game was his 27th league wicket of the season for the 1sts so this means Sonu moves into the Top 25 league wicket takers in a season for the 1sts, in at 22nd place (27 wickets, averaging 8.19). Sonu is equal on 27 wickets with Duncan Clarke in 2013 (av 11.11), Lloyd Morgan in 1984 (av 13.33), Mark Thatcher in 2018 (av 14.37) and Neil Couling in 1996 (av 14.44). The most league wickets in a season by the 1sts is 48 by Julian Brown in 1992.

Nitish Khokhar scored 59no on debut.
Vatan Kinha scored 59no on debut.
Nitish and Vatan are the 6th and 7th batters to score a 50 for the 1st XI in the GCL.
Nitish's and Vatan's scores of 59no are now the highest league scores away at Cricklade 2 beating the 1sts previous highest score away at Cricklade which was 52 by Scott McNeil in 2024.
Highest partnership of the season so far, 123un by Nitish Khokhar and Vatan Kinha for the 1st wicket.
The 1st XI's highest ever 1st wicket away partnership in the league is 133 by Hamish Millar and Duncan Clarke at Westinghouse 2 in 2013. The 1st XI's highest ever unbroken partnership in the league is 150un by Neil Phillips and Bob Deane for the 2nd wicket at Swindon Civil Service in 1989. Nitish's and Vatan's 123un partnership is now the 23rd highest ever league batting partnership for the 1st XI (14th highest ever away partnership) and the 3rd highest ever unbroken league partnership for the 1sts (2nd highest ever away unbroken partnership).

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
GCL Div 9D Nitish Khokhar / Vatan Kinha, 123un away at Cricklade 2 in 2025

This is the only the 3rd time overall and first time away in 45 league seasons that the 1sts have won by 10 wickets. Scoring 123-0 is now the 1sts highest winning score by 10 wickets beating 120-0 off 38.3 overs at home to Urchfont (119ao off 43.5 overs) on 15 May 04 (Hamish Millar 63no and John Morton 35no). The other game winning by 10 wickets was at home to Roundway Hospital on 15 Aug 81 (Roundway Hospital 87ao off 36.4 overs, 1sts scoring 90-0 off 20 overs).
With Cricklade 2 scoring 119ao off 31.5 overs, it is the oppositions equal highest score with Urchfont's 119ao off 43.5 overs when the 1st XI have won a game by 10 wickets.

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

Cricklade 2nds Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
9w 3lb 
for 10 wickets
12
119 (31.5 overs)		     
Unsure ct  M Thatcher b A Capper 29 4
Rob Reeve b  E Malik 3
Daniel Heads b  E Malik 0
Unsure ct  M Palha b A Capper 42 7
Brandon Dewsbury b  A Capper 0
Mitchell Reeve ct  N Singh b S Kumar 10 2
Adam Townsend b  S Kumar 1
Danni Dewsbury run out  (V Kinha) 2
Rio Reeve b  S Kumar 11 2
Unsure b  E Malik 9 1
Danielle Palmer Not Out  0

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mark Thatcher8.012700.003.38
Ethan Malik7.5050316.676.38
Andy Capper8.022137.002.63
Sonu Kumar8.021836.002.25

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 4b  
for 0 wickets
5
123		        
Nitish Khokhar Not Out  59 7 2
Vatan Kinha Not Out  59 8 1 1
Myron Palha   1
Sonu Kumar  
Nirmal Singh   1
Liam Farmer  
Andy Capper  
Tom Stepp  
Ethan Malik  
Mark Thatcher   1
Stuart Burchett  

Cricklade 2nds Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Danni Dewsbury6.004500.007.50
Unsure3.001900.006.33
Danielle Palmer7.032100.003.00
Adam Townsend3.001600.005.33
Unsure2.501800.006.35