BANBURY are in with a great chance of winning the Home Counties Premier League after a crucial win at Radlett.
Just five points separates the top five teams, with Banbury the last of these.
Their title challenge received a massive boost on Saturday, not only with the four-wicket win over Radlett, who had been top of the table before the game, but results elsewhere went their way.
Banbury had lost the reverse fixture, at White Post Road, earlier in the season and knew failing to win would be a big setback in their title challenge.
Again fielding first, Banbury’s bowlers put in an impressive display with all chipping in.
Former Hampshire player Damien Shirazi and Ed Smith grabbed three wickets apiece and Luke Ryan two as Banbury bowled out Radlett for just 162.
However, in reply, Banbury’s batsmen struggled. Chris Smith was out for just four, captain Benji Hector for 11 and Shirazi for 20.
Fortunately, though, Banbury had enough wickets in hand to complete the job.
After Craig Haupt managed 32, Luke Ryan again proved his value for Banbury with bat – at number seven – and ball as he steered his side to victory.
The win, coupled with draws for their rivals Tring Park, High Wycombe and Oxford, strengthend their position.
The state of play at the top of the league is now as follows:
Tring Park, top with 209 points
Radlett – 208
Oxford – 207
High Wycombe – 206
Banbury – 204
Source: Banbury Guardian
Banbury 25pts beat Radlett 8pts by 4 wkts
Radlett CC – 1st XI |
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| Name | How Out | Bowler | Runs | | | |
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1 | Anish Patel | Caught (Ian Hawtin) | Ryan Newhook | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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2 | Simon Randall | LBW | Damien Sherazi | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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3 | Graham Dill | LBW | Damien Sherazi | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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4 | Shane Burger * | Run Out (Nathan Hawkes) | | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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5 | Tom Jenkins + | Caught (Ian Hawtin) | Damien Sherazi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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6 | Felix Walker | Caught (Benjamin Hector) | Edward Smith | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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7 | Paul Barker | Caught (Ian Hawtin) | Edward Smith | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 | James Lewis | Caught (Craig Haupt) | Edward Smith | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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9 | Atul Sachdeva | Caught (Luke Ryan) | Luke Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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10 | Heath Paynter | LBW | Luke Ryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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11 | Rob Watson | Not Out | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Byes(2); Leg Byes(5); Wides(5); No Balls(10); | Extras | 22 | |
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| Total | 162 | |
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| Wickets | 10 | |
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| Overs | 54.1 | |
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Fall Of Wickets |
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13-1 Anish Patel (Simon Randall-2*); 54-2 Simon Randall (Graham Dill-21*);
80-3 Shane Burger (Graham Dill-27*); 86-4 Tom Jenkins (Graham Dill-29*);
103-5 Graham Dill (Felix Walker-9*); 130-6 Paul Barker (Felix Walker-24*);
145-7 Felix Walker (James Lewis-8*); 160-8 Atul Sachdeva (James Lewis-19*);
162-9 James Lewis (Heath Paynter-0*); 162-10 Heath Paynter (Rob Watson-0*);
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Bowling |
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| Name | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No Balls |
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1 | Ryan Newhook | 16 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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2 | Edward Smith | 14 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
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3 | Damien Sherazi | 13 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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4 | Nathan Hawkes | 6 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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5 | Luke Ryan | 5.1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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Banbury CC – 1st XI |
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| Name | How Out | Bowler | Runs | | | |
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1 | Damien Sherazi | Caught (Atul Sachdeva) | Felix Walker | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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2 | Christopher Smith | Bowled | Felix Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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3 | Benjamin Hector * | Caught (Heath Paynter) | Felix Walker | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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4 | Craig Haupt | Bowled | Heath Paynter | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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5 | Nathan Hawkes | LBW | Heath Paynter | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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6 | Jamie Noble | Caught (Tom Jenkins) | Atul Sachdeva | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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7 | Luke Ryan | Not Out | | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 | Ian Hawtin + | Did Not Bat | | | | | |
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9 | Edward Smith | Did Not Bat | | | | | |
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10 | Ryan Newhook | Did Not Bat | | | | | |
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11 | James Phillips | Did Not Bat | | | | | |
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| Byes(8); Leg Byes(1); Wides(2); No Balls(2); | Extras | 13 | |
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| Total | 163 | |
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| Wickets | 6 | |
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| Overs | 48.5 | |
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Fall Of Wickets |
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16-1 Christopher Smith (Damien Sherazi-12*); 35-2 Benjamin Hector (Damien Sherazi-17*);
44-3 Damien Sherazi (Craig Haupt-2*); 82-4 Nathan Hawkes (Craig Haupt-28*);
92-5 Craig Haupt (Jamie Noble-1*); 124-6 Jamie Noble (Luke Ryan-16*);
-7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
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Bowling |
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| Name | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No Balls |
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1 | Shane Burger | 14.3 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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2 | Rob Watson | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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3 | Felix Walker | 10 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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4 | Atul Sachdeva | 11 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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5 | Heath Paynter | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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6 | Paul Barker | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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