Scorecard

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN v Andoversford 1sts on Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 13.00
BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB Won by 30 runs

Match report Vatan Kinha's score of 68 is his 7th score of 50+ for the 1st XI in league cricket (1 hundred and 6th fifty, 4th at home and 3 away, all in GCL).

Vatan has now scored 623 1st XI league runs in 2026 so this means he moves from 4th place up to 3rd place for the most 1st XI league runs scored in a season. During this game Vatan passed 585 runs by Hamish Millar in 2000.

Vatan has now hit 91 fours in 2026 which is a new known record for most 4's in a 1sts league season. The previous known most was 83 4's by Hamish Millar in 2013. Unfortunately the scorebook is missing for a number of 1sts seasons including 2006 when Wade Foley scored 728 runs so not known how many 4's.

Will Thompson's wicket in this game was his 32nd league wicket of the season for the 1sts (av 12.34) so this means Will moves from 13th to 11th for the most 1st XI league wickets in a season. In this game Will has passed 32 wickets by Mike Heasman in 2015 (av 14.84) and 32 wickets by Mike Heasman in 1997 (av 14.59).

Nitish Khokhar's figures of 4-38 are his best 1st team league bowling figures beating his previous best of 2-14.

Vatan now has 11 league catches for the 1sts in 2026 which equals the 1sts league record for most outfield catches in a season, equalling 11 by Hamish Millar in 2013. A few scorebooks missing for the 1sts so not known how many catches for a number of seasons.

1sts all time league record against Andoversford is now Played 2, Won 2, Lost 0.


Season stats ;-

Won 11, Lost 4, Abandoned 2, Cancelled 1
Most runs = Vatan Kinha, 623
Most wickets = Will Thompson, 32
Highest score = Vatan Kinha, 108no
Hundreds = 1
Most hundreds = Vatan Kinha, 1
Fifties = 13 by 8 batters
Most fifties = Vatan Kinha, 4
Best bowling = Will Thompson, 4-7
5-wickets in a game = 0
Most '5-wickets' in a game = none
Highest batting partnership = Nirmal Singh / Bitu Ghangas, 176
Most outfield catches = Vatan Kinha, 11
Most WK dismissals = Guy Dawson, 4
Most stumpings = none
Most 6's = Vatan Kinha, 28
Most 4's = Vatan Kinha, 91
Ducks = 23 by 14 batters
Most ducks = Alfie Millar, 6
Most appearances = Tom Stepp, 17
Most overs = Will Thompson, 94.3
Most maidens = Mark Thatcher, 20
Captains = Tom Stepp 17
Players used = 25

Overall for the 1sts and 2nds the club used 49 players in the league for 2026.
In total the 1sts and 2nds finished with 57 league ducks which is a new club league record beating 55 in 2008.

Averages qualifications ;-
16 completed batting innings by 1sts so therefore 8 completed innings or 300 runs to qualify.
16 completed bowling innings and 573.1 overs bowled by 1sts so therefore 50 overs or 30 wickets to qualify.

The end of the 46th season for 1st XI in league cricket.
The record so far in 46 seasons is played 683, won 305, tied 1, lost 348, abandoned 29 (actual games, not including forfeits).

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
6nb 6w 14b 10lb 
for 8 wickets
36
205		        
Vatan Kinha ct N Dharmasiri b S Fernando 68 12 2 2
Sonu Kumar ct S Fernando b N Chatambarara 10 2
Nitish Khokhar ct N Dharmasiri b A Abeygunawardane 5 1
Ronny Fernandes b A Abeygunawardane 0
Nirmal Singh ct N Dharmasiri b S Fernando 19 2 2
Arron Afonso Not Out  39 5
William Thompson b R Davies 23 1 1
Bitu Ghangas b A Abeygunawardane 0 1
Tom Stepp b A Abeygunawardane 4 1
Will Shields Not Out  1 1
Mark Thatcher  

Andoversford 1sts Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Nigel Chatambarara5.0031131.006.20
Sohan Handaragamage5.012300.004.60
Anuda Ranasinghe4.001900.004.75
Amila Abeygunawardane7.003649.005.14
Sunith Fernando6.0022211.003.67
Jamie Perkins3.001500.005.00
Rhys Davies7.0036136.005.14
Jay Brown3.001100.003.67

Andoversford 1sts Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
3nb 4w 5b 4lb 
for 10 wickets
16
175 (38.0 overs)		     
Tom Mather ct N Singh b W Shields 15
Rhys Davies ct N Khokhar b N Khokhar 80
Nigel Chatambarara b M Thatcher 6
Amila Abeygunawardane ct W Shields b W Thompson 16
Yohan Dharmathileka run out  B Ghangas 26
Anuda Ranasinghe ct V Kinha b N Khokhar 10
Nuwan Dharmasiri ct N Singh b V Kinha 5
Sohan Handaragamage b N Khokhar 0
Sunith Fernando ct V Kinha b V Kinha 1
Jay Brown Not Out  0
Jamie Perkins b N Khokhar 0

BUSCOT PARK CRICKET CLUB 1st ELEVEN Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mark Thatcher8.0319119.002.37
Will Shields8.0230130.003.75
Sonu Kumar4.011500.003.75
William Thompson6.0035135.005.83
Vatan Kinha7.0029214.504.14
Nitish Khokhar5.003849.507.60