Scorecard

Charlton v BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN on Sat 23 Aug 2025 at 13.00
BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB Won by 141 runs

Match report Vatan Kinha's score of 55 is his 2nd score of 50+ for the 1st XI in league cricket (both away / both in GCL).
Vatan's score of 55 is now the 1sts highest league score away at Charlton beating the 1sts previous highest score at Charlton which was 51no by Arron Afonso in 2024.

Nitish Khokhar and Vatan Kinha scored 211 runs as an opening partnership before either was dismissed (123-0 at Cricklade 2 last week and 88-1 in this game).
Clem Davies score of 26 equals his highest score in league cricket for the 1sts (3rd innings) - his other score of 26 was not out so 26no will remain as his best 1st XI score so far.
Ethan Malik's score of 6no equals his highest score in league cricket for the 1sts, scoring 6no and 6 as his previous highests for the 1sts.

Nitish took his first league wickets for the 1sts with figures of 6-1-14-2.

Clem's figures of 6-1-20-3 are his best 1st team league bowling figures beating his previous best of 8-1-30-2.

Ethan Malik's bowling figures of 6-1-14-3 are a new 1st XI best bowling away at Charlton beating Mark Thatcher's 8-2-15-2 at Charlton in 2024.

Sonu's 2nd wicket in this game was his 29th league wicket of the season for the 1sts so this means Sonu moves from 22nd to 16th on the Top 25 league wicket takers in a season for the 1sts. In this game Sonu (29 wickets, av 7.93) has passed 28 wickets by Mike Heasman in 1996 (av 19.04), 28 wickets by Julian Brown in 1994 (av 15.36), 28 wickets by Mike Heasman in 2018 (av 15.21), 28 wickets by Simon Minett in 1992 (av 15.07), 29 wickets by Mike Heasman in 1992 (av 12.34) and 29 wickets by Ben Batchelor in 2018 (av 12.17).

Sonu's 2nd wicket in this game was his 50th league wicket for the 1sts. His figures are now 202.4-43-625-50, bb 4-10, rpo 3.08, av 12.50

Craig Cook becomes the 18th known wicket keeper in 45 league seasons to take a league wicket keeping catch for the 1sts - there are a few scorebooks missing so could be one or two more to add to the list.

Eight wins in a row for the 1sts in the league, first time winning 8 in a row since 2013.

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

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 13w 6b 1lb 
for 9 wickets
22
220		        
Nitish Khokhar b J Norman 44 5 1
Vatan Kinha ct P Kalansooriya b A Norman 55 11 1
Craig Cook b W Tidmarsh 0 1
Myron Palha b P Kalansooriya 5 1 2
Nirmal Singh b A De Silva 24 5
Sonu Kumar b P Kalansooriya 3
Arron Afonso b A Norman 8 1 1
Clem Davies b A De Silva 26 3
Tom Stepp b J Norman 21 1 1 1
Ethan Malik Not Out  6 1
Alex Watt Not Out  6 1

Charlton Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
James Norman8.0154227.006.75
Aravinda De Silva8.0056228.007.00
Allan Norman8.0039219.504.88
Will Tidmarsh8.0044144.005.50
Pubudu Kalansooriya8.031829.002.25

Charlton Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
14w 16b 5lb 
for 10 wickets
35
79 (25.0 overs)		     
Gary Phillips b N Khokhar 3
Will Tidmarsh ct V Kinha b C Davies 5
Jack Dobie b C Davies 1
Allan Norman ct M Palha b C Davies 1
Andy Brown ct A Afonso b N Khokhar 11
Martin Bridge Not Out  13
Pubudu Kalansooriya ct T Stepp b E Malik 5
Aravinda De Silva ct C Cook b E Malik 0
James Norman b E Malik 0
Rohan Koenig ct M Palha b S Kumar 1
Harry English b S Kumar 3

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Nitish Khokhar6.011427.002.33
Clem Davies6.012036.673.33
Sonu Kumar7.03924.501.29
Ethan Malik6.011434.672.33