Div 1
At Town Park.
Glenrothes 223/5
C. Greaves 98*, F. Khan 50, G. Hopcroft 35, I. Dale 21
R. Worsnop 2/25, C. Ellis 2/13
Holy Cross 225/2
C. Ellis 107*, C. A. Smith 80*
F. Khan 2/45
Bimbo has been muttering about the lack of match reports....and has now decided that no one else was going to do it:
'At surely a very, very windy Hippo Park [yeah but it was a mere zephyr compared to the wind at Arbo on Sunday] the skipper chose to bowl first. Robin got the short straw and bowled uphill into the wind and completed his 10 overs with customary skill.
On a day where is was almost impossible to bowl with any fluency the standout was Charlie completing his 10 overs for a mere 13 runs and 2 wickets.
Glen's managed to capitalise on some wayward bowling with Farooq in particular finding the boundary with regular aplomb (50 off very few). Glen's OA opener carried his bat for 98* and they put on a very respectable 233.
I think it's safe to say that in the conditions this was a tough total to be looking at, your author had cheekily commented earlier in the day it was about time our batsman won us a game and lo it came to pass.
With a rain interruption KF and Spickers got us off to a good start with quick runs, both falling quite quickly and bringing first CJE and then CA to the crease.
In a display of consummate swordsmanship CJE played his way to an unbeaten 107 and CA 82 not out, both knocks were a pleasure to watch and well worth the late arrival back home.
Club historians have been poring through the record books all weekend and early indications suggest this partnership of 193 could be an all wicket record beating a 174 made in 1978. More details to follow....
Coupled with today's scores it looks like and excellent weekend for Charlie, Calum and the Cross as a whole, 4 wins: Crossgasmic'.
wins too by the 2nds
and 3rds (just!):
Div 5
Edinburgh Accies 2nd XI 107 (Samuel 3-20, Bates 2-12) : Holy Cross 2nds 109-5 (Bates 36)
Admin adds - A very good team performance against the table-topping Accies. Some good bowling and remarkably, given some of our earlier efforts, excellent fielding: three run-outs and three good catches. Andy Quinn was to the fore in the field, but perhaps the key moment was Norrie holding on to a rocket from the dangerous Aussie opener. At 72-2 we were cruising but three quick wickets gave Accies a sniff, before some composed and positive batting by the skipper and Nawaz saw us home, with Nawaz finishing the game in style with a pulled four and a line-driven six off successive balls.
Div 8
Holy Cross 3rd XI 186-4 (Nevin 50+, Butt 70+); Dunfermline 3rd XI 180 all out with 3 balls to go. (Wilkinson & Lucas scored well - a 50 and 30 I believe). HX3 beat Dunfermline 3 by 6 runs
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ReplyDeleteHoly Cross beat Irvine by 175 runs
Holy Cross 331-7 (50 overs, K Fraser 38, C Ellis 83, S Bonfield 60, C Smith 58*, S Singh 5-73)
Irvine 156 all out (S Butt 46, C Ellis 4-27)
A few extra points to reflect on - Shifty stood up to Accies' strokeplaying batsman when Vikram was bowling - causing him to hole out to Norrie.
ReplyDeleteJon's blistering attack on Accies' bowling after Paul & Brian had bored them to sleep was magnificent.
There wasn't a single wide (or no-ball) in Accies' innings. Roshan also managed not to bowl a single wide on his 1st XI debut on Sunday - quite a feat when Irvine bowled 44, and other Crossers failed to cope with the wind.
pvb is being investigated by Holy Cross' ethics committee having miscounted while buying a round last night, thus buying his skipper two pints instead of one. Norrie graciously forgave pvb and promised him a place in next week's team.
It is now all over Twitter, that pvb has bought his place in the Holy Cross 2nd XI till 2022....
ReplyDeleteA few more details from Saturdays 1's game against Glenrothes:
ReplyDeleteIn a very, very windy Hippo Park the skipper chose to bowl first. Robin got the short straw and bowled uphill into the wind and completed his 10 overs with customary skill.
On a day where is was almost impossible to bowl with any fluency the standout was Charlie completing his 10 overs for a mere 13 runs and 2 wickets.
Glen's managed to capitalise on some wayward bowling with Farukh in particular finding the boundary with regular aplomb (50 of very few). Glen's OA opener carried his bat for 98* and they put on a very respectable 233.
I think it's safe to say that in the conditions this was a tough total to be looking at, your author had cheekily commented earlier in the day it was about time our batsman won us a game and lo it came to pass.
With a rain interruption KF and Spickers got us off to a good start with quick runs, both falling quite quickly and bringing first CJE and then CA to the crease.
In a display of consummate swordsmanship CJE played his way to an unbeaten 107 and CA 82 not out, both knocks were a pleasure to watch and well worth the late arrival back home.
Club historians have been poring through the record books all weekend and early indications suggest this partnership of 193 could be an all wicket record beating a 174 made in 1978. More details to follow.
Coupled with today's scores it looks like and excellent weekend for Charlie, Calum and the Cross as a whole, 4 wins, Crossgasmic.
Nice write up for Chuckie in the Scotsman:
ReplyDeletehttp://sport.scotsman.com/cricket/Cricket-Ellis-true-to-form.6776773.jp
4 wons! sounds suspicous
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