8 wins out of 8 games and Buxton Ladies Hard Ball 1st XI are top of Division 3 of the Cheshire Womens Cricket League.
On Sunday Buxton played Didsbury 2nd XI. Didsbury won the toss and elected to put Buxton in to bat and Buxton started well with a nice little partnership between F Smith & G Howarth. After a solid innings and some great partnerships F Smith 33, L Phipps 15, D Morris 17 not out and L Slack 44 not out, Buxton finish strong on 148/6 giving them a defendable total.
Buxton started strong in the field with Buxton’s captain taking 2 big wickets, the captain and wicket keeper both in the second over setting the wheels in motion for Buxton to win. Buxton continued to take wickets at a good rate and with 4 catches in total and 2 run outs Buxton managed to bowl out the opposition for 91 in 25 overs. H Szostakowicz 3-6, K Bunting 2-6. Buxton won by 57 runs with a good turnout of supporters.
Lydia Slack hit 44 off 35 balls to help Buxton to victory.
Taking to the crease again on Monday night this week in a rearranged game against Lindow Ladies 2nd XI. Buxton bowled out Lindow for 56 runs off 15.1 overs (5 wickets for 9 runs for F.Smith) and in reply scored the required runs off 13.5 overs and the loss of only two wickets (F. Smith 29 not out). A win by 8 wickets.
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