Wins for Bucks and Beds on opening day

By Paul Bolton

Newly-promoted Buckinghamshire opened their National Counties Championship Eastern Division One campaign with a perfectly-paced run chase that brought them a six-wicket victory over Norfolk at Tring.
A composed second half-century of the match from opener Alex Woodland (91) and useful contributions from down the order saw Buckinghamshire to a target of 244 and secured them 22 points in their first match in the top flight.
It was slow left-armer Conner Haddow who first gave Buckinghamshire the chance of victory by claiming his second five-wicket haul of the match to dismiss...

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