Scorecard

Ashton Keynes v BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN on Sat 01 Aug 2026 at 13.00
BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB Won by 216 runs

Match report 1st team league debut for Ben Clink

Vatan has now scored 555 1st XI league runs in 2026 so this means he moves from 8th place up to 4th place for the most 1st XI league runs scored in a season. During this game Vatan passed 539 runs by Hamish Millar in 2013, 541 by Hamish Millar in 2003, 543 by Hamish Millar in 2010 and 550 approx runs by Fergus Mitchell in 2006 (unfortunately scorebook is missing for 2006).

Nirmal Singh's score of 96 is his highest score in league cricket for the 1sts beating his previous highest 1st XI score of 54.
Nirmal's score of 96 is his 2nd score of 50+ for the 1st XI in league cricket (both away, 1 in CDCA and 1st in GCL).
Nirmal's score of 96 is now the 1sts highest league score against Ashton Keynes beating Vatan Kinha's 37 at home to Ashton Keynes in 2026.
Nirmal is the 10th batter to score a 50 for the 1st XI in the GCL.

Bitu Ghangas scored his maiden fifty for the 1st XI so his score of 87no is his highest in league cricket for the 1st's beating his previous highest score of 19.
Bitu is the 11th batter to score a 50 for the 1st XI in the GCL.

Highest partnership of the season so far, 176 by Nirmal Singh and Bitu Ghangas for the 6th wicket
This partnership by Nirmal and Bitu is now the 1sts highest ever 6th wicket league partnership, beating the previous highest away partnership for the 6th wicket which was 83 by Laurie Griffiths and Liam Farmer at Hinton Charterhouse 2 in 2013 and the highest overall 6th wicket partnership which was 103un by Terry McCullough and Dave Booth at home to Roundway Hospital in 1982.
This partnership of 176 is now the 1sts highest ever away league partnership beating the previous highest away partnership which was 172 by Charlie Morgan and Aaron Court at Westbury 2 for the 4th wicket in 2019.
It is now the 1sts joint 2nd highest ever league partnership behind 216 by Hamish Millar and Rob Able for the 3rd wicket at home to Bradford-on-Avon 2 in 2013 and equal with 176 by Gavin Blundell and Devine Fernandes for the 1st wicket at home to Beckington 2 in 2021.

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 8C Nirmal Singh / Bitu Ghangas, 176 away at Ashton Keynes in 2026
GCL Div 9D Nitish Khokhar / Vatan Kinha, 123un away at Cricklade 2 in 2025

Mark Thatcher's 1st wicket in this game was his 150th league wicket for the 1sts

1st's all time league record against Ashton Keynes is now Played 4, Won 3, Lost 1

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
5nb 15w 8b 6lb 
for 6 wickets
34
277		        
Vatan Kinha b F Brooks 26 17 4 1 152.94
Sonu Kumar b G Todd 13 19 2 68.42
Nitish Khokhar ct R Harris b F Brooks 5 8 1 62.50 1
Nirmal Singh ct F Brooks b S Stubbs 96 101 17 95.05
Ben Clink ct A Scott b G Todd 0 17 0
William Thompson ct M Brooks b C Saunders 16 14 4 114.29 2
Bitu Ghangas Not Out  87 68 15 2 127.94 2
Tom Stepp Not Out  0 1 0
Mark Thatcher  
Stuart Burchett  
Will Shields   1

Ashton Keynes Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Greg Todd8.0130215.003.75
Freddie Brooks7.0059229.508.43
Adam Bradley7.004900.007.00
Charlie Saunders8.0142142.005.25
Seb Stubbs8.0059159.007.38
John Brooks2.002400.0012.00

Ashton Keynes Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1w 4b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
7
61 (26.5 overs)		     
Mark Brooks ct N Khokhar b M Thatcher 0 3 0
Seb Stubbs ct & bowled W Shields 2 5 40.0
Jacob Elliott ct W Thompson b W Shields 12 12 1 100
Adam Bradley ct W Thompson b W Shields 3 13 23.08
Alfred Scott b S Kumar 11 25 2 44.00
Rob Harris b M Thatcher 0 2 0
John Brooks ct & bowled B Ghangas 15 62 2 24.19
Charlie Saunders b W Thompson 7 18 1 38.89
Greg Todd b W Thompson 3 11 27.27
Freddie Brooks ct B Ghangas b W Thompson 0 2 0
Shaun Clifford Not Out  1 8 12.50

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mark Thatcher6.021527.502.50
Will Shields8.031836.002.25
Sonu Kumar7.0215115.002.14
William Thompson5.03632.001.20
Bitu Ghangas0.50111.001.20