HIGH Wycombe's upturn in form continued on Saturday with their unbeaten run remaining in tact two weeks after two of their star players quit the club.

The Thames Valley Division One club seem to have suffered few ill effects from the departure of Bucks bowler Anatole Thomas and South African batsman Hilton Ackerman, if anything it appears to have invigorated them.

On Saturday, Wycombe recorded their second win since the double exit with a six wicket victory over Basingstoke.

Adam Cole, the High Wycombe bowler who had such a good outing with Bucks last week - taking six wickets for two runs - had a quiet day by his standards.

But, with his Wycombe team-mates producing some inspired play in the field it hardly mattered to the strugglers.

Put in to bat, Basingstoke were always under pressure from the accurate Wycombe bowling attack. Their only real resistance came from Ray Pavesi (24).

Wycombe captain Jason Harrison collected four for 52, Tim Scriven, three for ten, and Brad Hyde, two for 39, to make light work of the Hampshire outfit.

While the Basingstoke bowlers tried hard, the game was all but over as they tried to defend their 115 total.

Wycombe cruised to victory with Paul Sawyer (33) and the experienced Tim Russell (28 not out) seeing them home with ten overs remaining.

Beaconsfield and Chesham had to settle for a draw in their Division One derby clash.

The shared points saw Beaconsfield's run of draws continue when they had the better of their Chesham rivals but were just unable to bowl out the home side.

Batting first, Beaconsfield soon lost Paul Strong who was out first ball against his former club.

The early part of the innings was held together by Charles Lloyd, who made 58 on his seasonal first team league debut.

At 129 for five Beaconsfield were in trouble but skipper Mickey Farnon then slammed 57 off 38 balls, with nine fours, to enable him to declare at 226 for eight after 49 overs.

Seamer Stephen Ayres took five wickets for Chesham, who were hampered by the departure to hospital of spinner David Porter. He picked up a finger injury taking a catch.

With former Derbyshire batsman Tim O'Gorman going well, Chesham were in with a chance at 94 for one but a brilliant spell by Denzil Owen - who captured five wickets - including a smart caught and bowled to dismiss O'Gorman for 64 turned the match around.

When Chesham's eighth wicket fell at 136 there were still 11 overs to go but the talented ninth wicket pair suffered few alarms and survived - which meant that the injured Porter did not have to bat one-handed.

Marlow enjoyed a four wicket victory over second placed Finchampstead after their rivals had posted 178 for nine.

At one stage Finchampstead stood at 60 for five, but some brilliant hitting from Lickley saw them stage a recovery. He eventually fell for 85.

Marlow started well with Colin Banton and promising youngster Barney Hogg, who suffered a set-back when he fell for seven.

However, Marlow recovered with Bragg and Banton building an innings as Marlow began to assert themselves and gain control of the match, before Stelling clean bowled Banton for 24.

When Finchampstead brought on Shaw the game seemed to swing in their favour as he took four wickets in quick succession leaving Marlow on 131 for six.

But with Stuart Peacock and Bragg on the case, Marlow began to repair the damage, with Bragg finishing on 90 not out to see them to the target.

Amersham had a disappointing day against Reading.

Reading posted a relatively low 137 all out, but Amersham found they couldn't match it. They were skittled out for just 80.

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