| Milton Keynes Park u12's Results 2008 Season |
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| 14th May Away versus Stony Straford |
| Stony Stratford 84-1 20 overs MKP 79-8 Stony won by 5 runs |
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| A very close game, Stony batted first and were restricted to 84, good bowling from Ben Talbot |
| 4 overs for 9, Satchi Mehendren 4 overs for 12 and Hemish Patel 4 overs for 13. |
| With Park missing several of the more experienced players the early departure of Matt Shepherd |
| for 9 left Park struggling. Satchi Mehendren and Ben Talbot with 14 each battled hard as Park |
| were just edged out by 5 runs. |
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| 23rd May Home versus Buckingham |
| MK Park 110 - 2 20 overs Buckingham 89 - 8 20 overs MK Park won by 21 runs |
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| On a belting Manor Fields pitch Park put up a decent score, Matt Shephed hit a rapid 31 before |
| having to retire. Nick Barden came in a number three and hit the ball hard before he had to retire |
| on 33. John Watie and Satchi Mehendren batted and ran well with 12 & 10 respectively to keep |
| the board ticking. |
| In reply the tactic of opening with the slower bowlers paid off. Gareth Austin with 2 - 11 off three |
| overs and George Shreives 1 - 13 off three overs bowling lovely spells of off spin. Alex Coaton |
| also bowling well with 1 - 10 off three overs. A good fielding display with two runs outs ensured |
| Parks victory. |
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| 5th June Away versus Cublington |
| MK Park 112 - 7 20 overs Cublington 29 - 8 20 overs MK Park won by 83 runs |
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| An awesome display by Parks under 12's saw them to an emphatic 83 run victory over Cublington. |
| Openers Matt Shepherd with 20 and Satchi Mehendren with 30 (retired) gave Park a good platform |
| to score 112 off their 20 overs. In reply wicket keeper Nick Barden took a hatrick of stumping's off |
| the accurate Alex Coaton who took 3 - 3 off his four overs. From the other end the Ben Talbot bowled |
| with great skill to collect 2 - 4 off his four overs. Jack Lintwaite with 2 - 6 and Gareth Austin 1 - 2 also |
| bowling well to pick up the other wickets. Debutant Ben Parker got into the game bowling two tidy |
| overs. |
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| 12th May Away versus Great Brickhill |
| Great Brickhill 37 - 8 20 overs MK Park 41 - 1 8 Overs MK Park won 9 wickets |
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| Another convincing display by the ever improving under 12's. Park's opening bowlers put a strangle |
| hold on the Brickhill batsmen from the start with Satchi Mehendren taking 1 - 1 and Ben Talbot 1 - 4 |
| bowling superb line and lengths. The rest of the bowlers followed suit with Hemish Patel 1 - 6 and |
| Gareth Austin 1 - 3 both off 3 overs. The most pleasing display was from Jack Linwaite with 1 - 12 |
| and Ben Parker with 3 - 6 (both off 4 overs) his first wickets in junior Cricket. As has been in the |
| recent games the fielding and wicket keeping was superb. In reply with just 37 required John Waite |
| opened with Matt Shepherd, John lost his wicket early though. Nick Barden joined Matt at the crease |
| and they quickly knocked off the runs finishing 22 and 19 not out respectively as Park won by 9 |
| wickets. |
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| 20th June Home versus Stony Stratford |
| MK Park 137 - 3 20 overs Stony Stratford 71 - 8 20 overs MK Park won by 66 runs |
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| With Stony the only side to beat the u12's this season Park were on their guard. Matt Shepherd won |
| the toss and choose to bat, he lead from the front with his 30 from the 1st ball of the sixth over before |
| having to reitire giving Park a great start. Nick Barden steadily compiled 30 before also retiring in the |
| 18th over. Ben Talbot looked good making 12 and Keiron Forrest made 6 not out at the end. |
| In the field Ben Parker (1 / 21 off 4 overs) took an early wicket, Gareth Austin bowling 1st change |
| bowled a decent spell of off spin to take 2 / 5 off three overs. Ashu Ravi on debut bowled three overs |
| for only five runs and Euen Copeland took 1 / 4 off two overs as Park got on top. Everyone bar the |
| keeper had at least an over , with Ben Talbot 2 / 1 and Matt Shepherd 1 / 3 picking up the other |
| wickets to bowlers as Park won by 66 runs. |
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| 24th June Away versus Buckingham |
| MK Park 121 - 2 20 overs Buckingham 58 all out 19.3 overs MK Park won by 63 runs |
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| Park visited Buckingham for the top of the table clash, Park lost the toss and were asked to bat. |
| Satchi Mehendren opening with Euen Copeland put on a steady 19 for the 1st wicket before Euen |
| was dismissed for 5. Satchi and Nick Barden then played some nice shots to take Park to 45 - 2 at |
| the end of the tenth over as Satchi was dismissed for 15. Park now started to motor, Matt Shepherd |
| quietly played himself in as Nick smashed it to all parts before retiring on 30. Matt then took over as |
| he quickly got to his 30 before retiring with some nice cover drives and tucks off his legs. Luke Yates |
| and Alex Coaton impressed with 17 not out and 6 not out from the dying overs. In reply Buckingham |
| needed a good start but Alex Coaton and Satchi Mehendren bowled their openers to put Park in |
| control. Hemish Patel with 2 - 9 off three overs and George Shrieves 1 - 3 off two overs made sure |
| Park stayed on top. Most players got a bowl and Euen Copeland 1 - 3 and Luke Yates 2 - 4 off four |
| balls picked up wickets at the end , Gareth Austin also bowled a tidy spell of off spin as Park won |
| by 66 runs. |
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| 3rd July Away versus Great Brickhill |
| Great Brickhill 101 - 7 20 overs MK Park 102 - 1 16.3 overs MK Park won by 9 wickets |
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| Park needing a win to ensure victory of conference four of the Buck's junior league lost the toss and |
| were asked to field. A superb opening spell by Ben Talbot and a tidy start by Ben Parker saw |
| Brickhill score only six runs off the 1st four overs, the pressure told as Talbot and Parker (1 - 13 off |
| three overs) took early wickets. Park now lost concentration as the change bowlers came on and |
| runs came at an alarming rate. Satchi Mehendren saw his 1st two balls edged for four, but ended up |
| with 2 / 18 off fours overs. Matt Shepherd bowled a tight spell at the other end with 3 - 20 off four |
| overs. John Waite at Mid Off taking a stunning catch off a full blooded drive off Matt Shepherd, then |
| Ben Talbot who has bowled a superb line and length all season returned to finished off the innings with |
| 1 -5 off four overs. Brickhill amassed a quite decent score of 101 off their 20 overs, a target that could |
| be tricky. In reply Matt Shepherd scored quickly and retired in the 7th over with 32, as park posted |
| 45 by the end of the 7th over. Euen Copeland was playing the anchor role running his singles well as |
| Nick Barden settled in. Nick got to 15 before being out and Keiron Forrest came in with 18 required |
| from 35 balls. Keiron settled any nerves will a couple of big hits as he finished the match with a |
| four to finish ten not out. Euen Copeland carried his bat for 20 not out as Park won by nine wickets. |
| Victory means Park take on Dinton the winners of conference one in the County League semi-final |
| on Wednesday 9th July at Manor Fields. |
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| 13th July Home versus Dinton (Semi final of the Bucks CB league play off) |
| MK Park 75 - 3 15 overs Dinton 71 - 7 15 overs MK Park won by 4 runs |
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| With all the bad weather the semi final of the Bucks Cricket board play off had to be played on Sunday |
| with the winner taking on The Lee in the afternoons final. Park lost the toss and were put into bat, |
| which suited Park as Satchi Mehendren was on his way back from a school trip. Park were missing |
| other regulars due to football and basketball competitions. Matt Shepherd and Nick Barden opened |
| the batting and comfortably saw off the Bucks County opening bowler Humza on what was a good |
| wicket for bowling. With only 6 on the board from three of the fifteen overs, Matt and Nick batted |
| intelligently and hit the bad ball, and ran well between the wickets. The fifty partnership was brought |
| up in the eleventh over, and Matt had to retire in he thirteenth having scored his 30. Nick was out in |
| the last over for a well played 28, Satchi finished five not out as Park made 75 - 3. With five an over |
| the target Dinton set off frantically with five coming of the first over. But Ben Talbot bowled his usual |
| good opening spell and put Park right on top. With Nick Barden not able to field as he headed off to |
| play for Northants Matt had to keep wicket and Park fielded one short. Dinton though crashed to |
| 12 - 5 as Talbot picked up 3 - 5 off of his three overs. Satchi Mehendren picked up a wicket and |
| Hemish Patel 2 - 12 as Dinton further slipped to 25 - 6. Ben Parker started with a maiden over as the |
| pressure began to mount. George Shreives came on to bowl and immediately bowled well but Dinton |
| staged a come back. A quick run out saw the score now 41 - 7 with 35 needed to win from just |
| four overs. Matt handed the keepers gloves to Satchi and bowled a good over for just six runs to |
| leave Dinton requiring 16 off the last over for victory. George was called for two front foot no balls to |
| make the game closer than it really was , but he held his nerve well to bowl the last ball full and |
| straight with Dinton requiring 6 to win. A great win by Park who fielded superb , a great catch by |
| John Waite and excellent fielding by nine year old Keiron Turner setting the standard. Also a note of |
| thanks to Jamie Galvin who came on for the last eight overs as a substitute fielder. |
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| 13th July versus The Lee The Final of the Bucks CB league played at Stowe School |
| The Lee 98 - 7 20 overs MK Park 77 - 9 20 overs The Lee won by 21 runs |
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| With the excitement of winning in the morning the boys headed off to Stowe school to play their final |
| versus The Lee from Great Missenden. Matt won the toss and elected to field, Ben Talbot and Satchi |
| Mehendren bowled good spells, both bowling their four overs. Ben taking 0 - 12 and Satchi 1 - 11 |
| including a wicket in his last over. Hemish Patel and Ben Parker came into the attack and quickly |
| made inroads as The Lee slipped to 38 - 4. Hemish taking 2 - 25 and Ben P an excellent 2 - 9 off |
| of three overs each. Both the bowlers were helped by stunning catches from Luke Yates, Ben Talbot |
| and George Shreives with two caught at cover. Matt gave the gloves to Satchi again and took 1 - 16 |
| off three overs , the same figures as George Shreives as Park restricted The Lee to 98 - 7 off of the |
| 20 overs. Matt gave Park a great start as ten came of the first over, with the outfield very lush it needed |
| power in the stroke to piece the field. Ben Talbot departed for two with the score on 28, Matt Shepherd |
| then was bowled by a good delivery from J.Hutt for an excellent innings of 25 with the score on 38 in |
| the eighth over. Park were up with the rate but the remaining batsmen played some good shots but |
| they couldn’t get the ball past the fielders. Satchi Mehendren and Luke Yates with eight each and |
| George Shreives with seven tried hard but perished in search of quick runs as Park fell behind the |
| rate. John Waite, Jack Lintwaite and Keiron Turner also were dismissed leaving last Park of Ben |
| Parker and Hemish Patel the impossible take of scoring 27 to win off the last over. Both batsmen |
| played out the over to ensure Park were not bowled out a feat they have managed all season. But |
| The Lee were deserved winners by 22 runs. All the players gave their best and should be proud of |
| their achievement in reaching the final and putting up such a good performance. |
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