Scores Digest:
1sts
At Cavalry Park
Marchmont 193-8 (M. Loeffen 64, P Macsimczyk 26)
S. Bonfield 10/1/34/1
S. McOscar 9/1/48/3
Killey 7/0/26/0
Trewartha 9/0/24/1
Ellis 9/1/25/1
Russell 6/0/29/2
Holy Cross 194-6 (49.5 overs)
C.Ellis 93*, S. McOscar 29, K. Fraser 23
Macsimczyk 2/27
Super game of cricket played in great spirits.
Twos won!!
vs Livingston 2nds at Arbo
Made 185/6, 58 from Ziggy, 33 from Fraser Buchanan in his first game for years. Bowled them out for 90, Usama 3/36, Lohan 3/26.
scorecard here
Threes lost...er just
further details to follow
Showing posts with label 2nds win. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2nds win. Show all posts
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Ziggy returns...
[match report by A. Cydzik]
Having resigned from skippering, banned from all websites n never discovered how to twitter....I'm back!!
The joys of a b.berry!!! :-) sorry!!!
Discovering on tuesday that the vice vice vice captain sometimes gets a shot (this is HX after all! - norrie playing pool, andy I'm a run machine quinn in the US, Smudger I'm cooler than groundsman willy Smith sipping sangria in barcelona) I decided to put the glass of wine and cigar down n tell the missus we were not going to the Loivre and that sunset over Paris was over rated! Arriving at arbo on saturday I was confronted with a text from andy q which looked nothing like the team picked that day earlier in the week in Paris - I can only assume that the wine n cigar were better than expected or remembered!
Thankfully the XI that took the pitch on saturday all stood up to the plate.
Oops, pizza has arrived....
Right, not sure I needed that, but was good, salami, peperoni, onion n sweetcorn, tasted good but the missus nicked two bits...what's all that about - get ur own! Hay ho, healthier than a kebab but not as tasty!
Right then, where was I, ah yes, the game.
The mighty HX team of 6 folk persuaded the skipper to go n toss. Thankfully skip looked at the site of those in the porta cabins n realised this wasn't a dodgy blue movie n went to the middle rather than elsewhere. Aving lost the toss we were stuck in. Thanfully the rest of the team decided to arrive - nawaz n usama being the last but living the closest!!! Brian n irfan getting us off to a good start of about 35 off the first 15 - not often we've not been 0 for a few this year. JB n ziggy then put on about 120. JB finishing on exactly 100no - lovely imperious knock as is so often. The rest swiped n smatterred, notably sandy, n took us to 222 for 7 by the end.
We took tea in good spirit then opened with amjid n usama. Good tight early overs were followed with some might swipes which meant they were 80 odd for 1 after 15. Gerry I'm too cool for school and Robin I'm too old to bowl worsnop then came on. Its wonderful being able to bowl the pair - the batsman must av been v confused in terms of the difference in pace between the two ends!!! Let's just say that by the end of their spells we were well on top with them 7 down and only on about 110 - Brian F taking 2 good catches behind the stumps. Abdul then came on and amjid too to finish his spell. Both kept it tight and amjid finally got reward. JB then came on and took a wicket with his first ball - it was meant to be!! We took the last wicket with a lovely run out when they took on nawaz's arm...mistake, game over, win by about 80, 3 out of 4 so far for the 2s - keep it going guys, all good so far this year :-)
Night night
Having resigned from skippering, banned from all websites n never discovered how to twitter....I'm back!!
The joys of a b.berry!!! :-) sorry!!!
Discovering on tuesday that the vice vice vice captain sometimes gets a shot (this is HX after all! - norrie playing pool, andy I'm a run machine quinn in the US, Smudger I'm cooler than groundsman willy Smith sipping sangria in barcelona) I decided to put the glass of wine and cigar down n tell the missus we were not going to the Loivre and that sunset over Paris was over rated! Arriving at arbo on saturday I was confronted with a text from andy q which looked nothing like the team picked that day earlier in the week in Paris - I can only assume that the wine n cigar were better than expected or remembered!
Thankfully the XI that took the pitch on saturday all stood up to the plate.
Oops, pizza has arrived....
Right, not sure I needed that, but was good, salami, peperoni, onion n sweetcorn, tasted good but the missus nicked two bits...what's all that about - get ur own! Hay ho, healthier than a kebab but not as tasty!
Right then, where was I, ah yes, the game.
The mighty HX team of 6 folk persuaded the skipper to go n toss. Thankfully skip looked at the site of those in the porta cabins n realised this wasn't a dodgy blue movie n went to the middle rather than elsewhere. Aving lost the toss we were stuck in. Thanfully the rest of the team decided to arrive - nawaz n usama being the last but living the closest!!! Brian n irfan getting us off to a good start of about 35 off the first 15 - not often we've not been 0 for a few this year. JB n ziggy then put on about 120. JB finishing on exactly 100no - lovely imperious knock as is so often. The rest swiped n smatterred, notably sandy, n took us to 222 for 7 by the end.
We took tea in good spirit then opened with amjid n usama. Good tight early overs were followed with some might swipes which meant they were 80 odd for 1 after 15. Gerry I'm too cool for school and Robin I'm too old to bowl worsnop then came on. Its wonderful being able to bowl the pair - the batsman must av been v confused in terms of the difference in pace between the two ends!!! Let's just say that by the end of their spells we were well on top with them 7 down and only on about 110 - Brian F taking 2 good catches behind the stumps. Abdul then came on and amjid too to finish his spell. Both kept it tight and amjid finally got reward. JB then came on and took a wicket with his first ball - it was meant to be!! We took the last wicket with a lovely run out when they took on nawaz's arm...mistake, game over, win by about 80, 3 out of 4 so far for the 2s - keep it going guys, all good so far this year :-)
Night night
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Russell Regime Diktat #0002
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| JC, he say OMG |
This remarkable achievement is believed to be the first time that the use of 2 (two) nets has ever been exceeded by our venerable institution. The astonishing show of club unity is also a powerful vindication of the demanding new standards of Captain Russell.
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| Four Lanes |
At one point Lord Admin was overheard to mutter that there were "too many people here", but his office have since retracted this as "mis-speak" after a subsequent update of the weekly accounts showed a marked increase in revenue.
Legends in attendance at Le Galleon included the very dishonourable Coco McGogo, Jerry 'Lohan' Garcia & both Sir Shanton John AND his new bride Dame Bimbo Furnish.
There are now only 2 (two) nets remaining this pre-season on the next two Saturday's, 17th & 24th March.
The Russell Regime hereby urges a note of caution. We cannot get carried away with this amazingness and must ensure that a high attendance is maintained. See you next Saturday, normal rules apply.
Monday, 27 June 2011
KF....on the Twos
[By KF]
Morton (not the Greenock crew) arrived at ‘Fortress Arbo’ sitting proudly atop Division 5 with an unblemished record hoping to slay Nozzer’s New Model Army. With one squint eye looking over their shoulder at the relegation fight, HX, as is often the case, had a decent team on paper and worryingly, spirits were high. In what turned out to be a very even game for the duration, once the dust had settled, a top class innings from King Jon (129 no) proved decisive.
That’s not to say it was a one man show, I thought Andy G (9-3-18-0) and Usama (9-3-47-1) in particular looked handy with the ball, the fielding was thoroughly decent (despite IIRC, three difficult drops; me, Andy G, Usama), an ‘experienced’ 3rd wicket partnership of 91 kept us ahead of a ‘rain result’ before a super smooth Nawaz (30 no) helped JB see us through to maximum pointage.
Canny skipper Webb, who didn’t put a foot wrong all day, drew first blood losing a ‘great toss to lose’ and accepting the request to bowl first. The conditions were perfection for June in Caledonia, dull, muggy, drizzle almost hanging in the air, although the outfield was quicker than appearances suggested. Despite the recent rain, the wicket was in good shape, with some green for the bowlers and enough pace and bounce to keep both clubbers & chuckers happy.
Andy G & Usama opened the bowling against the positive Morton openers (Sehwag impersonator included). Any loose ball was severely punished, Usama particularly harshly dealt with, taking the visitors total along nicely at around 4 an over for the first 10 or so. Their taste for the aerial route was their initial downfall. First to fall was Karthik, pouched with aplomb on the long off boundary by Nawaz. Lancashire at 3 got busy, but with Sehwag (Sannah) sitting on his bat at the non-striker's end, he failed to heed the obvious warning from an aborted quick single the ball before and called again to Badback at midwicket. Hurling the throw directly over the stumps, albeit 8 feet above them, that man Norrie, in a whirl of fluoro pink, had the bails off with Lancashire still at the bus stop on Ferry Road.
Any time the Cross took a wicket, Morton replied in a positive fashion and the teams went head to head, toe to toe, neck and neck, blow by blow (ran out of those now). At one stage the visitors looked good for 260+, then we might have kept them to around 210 as Milly (9-0-53-2) nibbled on their tail and the final 229 was a fair and respectable total from 45 overs. Nathan (64) top scored for Morton. He looked good until around 55 when he injured himself and required a runner. Smudger (7-0-48-2) apparently with his radar signal a bit scrambled & Nawaz (2-0-12-1) were our other bowlers.
Tea was well received, Mandy doing her usual madnificent (sic) stint providing pizza and cans, although skipper Webb ensured his team stayed focussed and positive with rousing one-on-one’s all around the lounge.
Cool-headed PVB and a somewhat out of sorts Nipun began the Cross reply in the increasing gloom. Nipun (6) was triggered by Andy G (keep this one in mind for the Awards night) and just as the rain forced the teams off, PVB (16) was bowled. Not missing a trick, Webb jiggled the order during the rain break, promoting your lame scribe to 4. With heavy skies and a wet pitch and outfield, conditions weren’t ideal for batting. But they were worse for bowlers, enough bad balls slipping from the bowlers' grasp to help us along. While I baseballed one of my beamers for 6 (+1 nb, behind square, leg side, where else?), JB rather comically wore one (in his trademark sunny style) after trying at least twice to play a proper shot at it. It must be said that this was sandwiched between two typically dismissive 4’s. In an innings dripping with power, positivity and class, the highlight was probably a lofted Ferry Road bound maximum which dropped just short of the wall. Any width was clattered and anything full got blootered.
Amusingly, after another beamer was dispatched for 4, Smudger at square leg called no ball, and PVB, oblivious, proclaimed ‘over’ and set off to square leg at the other end. Fortunately it didn’t matter in the end. My share of our 91 partnership was an almost whimpering 27. The consolation being I had the best seat in the ground.
With 3 down, we still required 78 from 72 balls, but Nawaz was able to continue the supporting role I’d assumed for the middle of the innings adding a few really lovely shots of his own. Long before the end, as the gloom dissipated and the sun began, almost surreally, to beat down, the league leaders became resigned to their fate, the wickets we still had in hand stacking the odds in our favour and no end in sight to Psycho’s brutality. Their last hope faded late on when the centurion was dropped, HX strolling home with 13 balls to spare.
An excellent result against a very decent side. I thought their positive attitude while batting was impressive and they’ll surely do well in Div 5 this season. Through green & gold specs, an excellent team performance with what will surely be a season’s best knock by an in-form Jonny (look, I wasn’t going to mention, but he bowled quite well too (9-0-42-1), I thought he got enough of a mention with the bat). All that’s left to say is…
Crosstastic, Crossalicious and Crossmungous!!!
brief report from the Morton perspective here.
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Crosstastic Saturday but don't celebrate too much as we've got a cup game on Sunday!
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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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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Saturday, 14 August 2010
2nds Complete Consecutive Crucial Victory
1sts-East Drive, Largo
Holy Cross 84ao: Largo 85/3
I could try and produce a Ziggy style rant but simply we weretotally shit a bit below par .
Largo's view of proceedings here
2nds-Arboretum
Holy Cross 2nd XI 143 (J Bates 75):Stirling 3rd XI 109 (C Smith 4-21)
3rds-Inverleith Park
Drummond Trinity 2nd XI 156 : Holy Cross 3rd XI 135 (11 pts)
Holy Cross 84ao: Largo 85/3
I could try and produce a Ziggy style rant but simply we were
Largo's view of proceedings here
2nds-Arboretum
Holy Cross 2nd XI 143 (J Bates 75):Stirling 3rd XI 109 (C Smith 4-21)
3rds-Inverleith Park
Drummond Trinity 2nd XI 156 : Holy Cross 3rd XI 135 (11 pts)
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