Visitors Buckingham lost the toss and were put into bat.

They started strongly with Rob Large scoring a run-a-ball 26 before he was caught off the bowling of Martin Wilson. After that, run scoring was slow.

Wokingham brought on Simon Myles and Dan Doran who bowled wicket to wicket. Leigh Tomlinson (30) and Jonny Cater (14) both batted well, but when they went the score was 88-3. Two more followed in the next 10 overs and the score was 105-5 at lunch from 42 overs with Dewayne Bowden 20 not out.

Thoughts of Bowden batting on after lunch were gone when he clipped the first ball of the session to mid-wicket off Wilson.

Greg Pearson and James Tomlinson chanced their arms a little and added 43 in the next nine overs as the score moved up towards 150. Tomlinson went for 18 when he mistimed one in the air, and that opened the door for the last three wickets to fall in five overs. Pearson finished on 36 not out from 55 balls. Doran took 4-35 from 22 overs as Buckingham were all out for 172.

In reply Buckingham got off to the best of starts as Bowden had Doran caught behind in the first over for just four. Wokingham skipper Martin Bushell came in and started playing his shots, but Town hit back as Pearson bowled Appiah for seven.

Dan Reddyhough came in at number four and between them he and Bushell began to rebuild the innings. The Buckingham bowlers failed to get the same out of the pitch as the home side and the run rate moved along at well over five. Ben Stafford, playing in his first game of the season, finally got the breakthrough as, with the help of an excellent catch from Leigh Tomlinson, Bushell went for 47 from 49 balls. Reddyhough continued though, passing 50 and making a win by tea look highly likely.

With five minutes to go until tea, 19 runs were needed and Chris Beales took 18 from a James Gear over, before Reddyhough hit the winning runs.

Buckingham Town II beat league leaders Twyford I to regain top spot in Division Four of the Cherwell League last Saturday as they completed a league double over the newcomers.

Twyford won the toss and elected to field. Town lost two early wickets to Roberts, but their fortunes were turned round by a superb innings from Stephen Lewis (85), who received good support from Graham Judd (26).

Important runs also came from L.D'Silva(19), A.Thatcher(16) and Chris Coates(14) at the end as Town posted 199 all out.

For Twyford J. Hessington shined with the ball taking 5-49 and Rory Lyon, 3-52, also bowled well.

Twyford lost two early wickets with two run outs but Nadeem(37) and Jack Deal(20) improved matters but they slumped to 88-6.

B.Elkington(36) batted well and J.Hesslington (21) and T.Cook(12) scored useful runs, but eventually Twyford were dismissed for 154.

For Town, Dom Pritchard did well with 3-22 and Chris Coates took 2-32 including the important wicket of Nadeem. Graham Judd picked up 2-5 at the end.Lawrence D'Silva and Stephen Lewis also bowled well. A brilliant slip catch by Lewis dismissed the dangerous Elkington.

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