Div 1 (Arboretum)
Holy Cross 172-7
S. Pickering 25, S. Bonfield 25, A. Cydzik 25*, D. Russell 24.
A. Learmonth 3-29
M. McLeod 2-22
Watsonian 2's 173-5
A. Learmonth 100*, B. Fox 23.
R. Worsnop 2-34
C. Ellis 2-26
A tale of missed opportunities. We were 50-1 off 11 but only got to 172 thanks to a productive last 4 overs. But in truth-despite a slightly under-prepared pitch and consistent Watsonian bowling- we were at least 50 short of a par score, with far too many quiet overs in the middle part of the innings (though not cut since Tuesday... the outfield was firm enough to give the batsmen good value for their shots-we needed a lot more boundaries!). Then, after Robin got 2 good early wickets, we failed to make another breakthrough for almost twenty overs ...plus the bad miss off Learmonth at 2nd slip was very costly...though he did play well, scoring heavily in his 'zones'. We'll need to play better against an in form Marchmont side this Saturday and against the East Academy on Sunday.
Div 5 (Craiglockhart)
Holy Cross 2nd XI 145 (N Webb 50+, N Shahzad 45*, C Mcfarlane 3 wkts) : Watsonians 3rd XI 146-8 (S Counsell 71, A Borthwick 31).
Div 8
3rd XI could not play because contractors were setting up the Park for the Moonwalk...
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Russell turns the game at Arbo, 2s rained off, 3s ..... well!
Results digest:
Div 1 at Arboretum.
Grange 167 ao (48.1 overs)
K. Rae 52, W. Phillip 33, E Duboulay 24
D. Russell 3/27, S. Bonfield 2/37, R. Bainbridge 2/37
Holy Cross 169/3 (36.5 overs)
C. Ellis 65*, S. Bonfield 46*, K. Fraser 26, S. Pickering 23.
M. Enos 2/25
[cheers to Sandy R for scoring in the foul weather-and also for sending tweets from the 3rd XI and 1st XI games..!]
Div 5 (at Falkland-2nd ground): Holy Cross 2nd XI 154 (J Bates 64) : Falkland 3rd XI 32-1 Match abandoned.
Div 8 (at Campbell Park): Holy Cross 3rds lost to Mufs 4ths by a lot (108)-failing to chase down 214..
Mufs 4's perspective on this match in this thread:
http://tinyurl.com/44cpdyr
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Another Twenty: 20 Twatting
Aug 3rd at Arbo. 20 overs per side -Friendly match.
Scottish Widows 165/3 (E. Robertson 69*, R. Hannah 45, A Greigson 23).
Holy Cross 122/4 (A. Quinn 40*)
The disdain felt for this vulgar form of the game by HX players was evident in a poor performance against Scottish Widows*. The Widows' batsmen played well but were assisted by some inaccurate bowling andf***ing awful sloppy fielding. Their 165 was well over par given a fairly dead used strip.
A promising HX reply was ended in the 7th over when both openers - Nipun (unluckily) and cje (to a stupid shot)- fell to their leggie. His was not the only embarrassing dismissal-Bainbro and Vikram falling to to Scott Miller's gentle lobs. An acceptable score was attained through a good 40* from Andy Q and 20 odd from Andy K.
*Given this it was good to see that two members (EC Smith and S. Pickering) of the President's commission examining our approach to Twenty:20 cricket were in attendance-and taking copious notes.
Scottish Widows 165/3 (E. Robertson 69*, R. Hannah 45, A Greigson 23).
Holy Cross 122/4 (A. Quinn 40*)
The disdain felt for this vulgar form of the game by HX players was evident in a poor performance against Scottish Widows*. The Widows' batsmen played well but were assisted by some inaccurate bowling and
A promising HX reply was ended in the 7th over when both openers - Nipun (unluckily) and cje (to a stupid shot)- fell to their leggie. His was not the only embarrassing dismissal-Bainbro and Vikram falling to to Scott Miller's gentle lobs. An acceptable score was attained through a good 40* from Andy Q and 20 odd from Andy K.
*Given this it was good to see that two members (EC Smith and S. Pickering) of the President's commission examining our approach to Twenty:20 cricket were in attendance-and taking copious notes.
Monday, 14 June 2010
1sts back on track with win against Largo
Holy Cross sought to arrest a run of recent loses by entertaining Largo on Saturday, on what Charlie had a earlier declared a good track to bat on. EC duly won the toss and opted for a knock.
We started well with Chuckie and Spickers hitting regular boundaries assisted by a few extras. Going against KF's pre match prediction of three, Si was only dropped twice this week but didn't quite capitalise as he has done previously this season and was eventually caught, bringing the skipper to the crease. To their credit Largo's youngsters came on, tightened up the bowling and proved difficult to get away. Charles fell next after scoring a 54 of classy shots, bringing KF to the fore in about the 35th over, (no book I'm afraid) too late to break club records but he added a good 21 followed up by a quick 19* from Dougster. When the skip fell for a gritty, nuggety, determined 58 the late flourish failed to appear thanks in no large part to a hat trick from Thomason. A change of ends worked wonders for the Largo OA producing three good deliveries to remove EC, Bonfield and Bainbridge. After our quick start certain commentators thought 215 might have been a touch light but the skipper's view that the pitch was a bit tricky and that 215 should be fine proved to be true.
Shanton and Charlie were the pick of the bowlers with Bonfield producing some superb deliveries and Chuckster on the spot for 10 overs. Both were rewarded with 2 wickets. The match was finely poised for quite some time but the required run rate gradually increased and when Spickering removed Thomason with a quickfire stumping things appeared to be going our way. Kinnear batted through with a good 66* and despite a good few catches going down ourselves Largo wickets fell and tight bowling from Dougie, Andy K, The Doctor and occasionally from Bainbridge left the Fifers needing 8 - 10 an over from the last 10 overs. It wasn't to be and we ran out victors.
I haven't got the figures but between the wides and no balls there must have been a huge amount of extras in the game. Credit to Largo for a good game played in the right spirit and some tight bowling from their youngsters (a couple of 16/17 year olds). It's always enjoyable to play against them and I'm sure we look forward to our visit to the Kingdom later in season.
We started well with Chuckie and Spickers hitting regular boundaries assisted by a few extras. Going against KF's pre match prediction of three, Si was only dropped twice this week but didn't quite capitalise as he has done previously this season and was eventually caught, bringing the skipper to the crease. To their credit Largo's youngsters came on, tightened up the bowling and proved difficult to get away. Charles fell next after scoring a 54 of classy shots, bringing KF to the fore in about the 35th over, (no book I'm afraid) too late to break club records but he added a good 21 followed up by a quick 19* from Dougster. When the skip fell for a gritty, nuggety, determined 58 the late flourish failed to appear thanks in no large part to a hat trick from Thomason. A change of ends worked wonders for the Largo OA producing three good deliveries to remove EC, Bonfield and Bainbridge. After our quick start certain commentators thought 215 might have been a touch light but the skipper's view that the pitch was a bit tricky and that 215 should be fine proved to be true.
Shanton and Charlie were the pick of the bowlers with Bonfield producing some superb deliveries and Chuckster on the spot for 10 overs. Both were rewarded with 2 wickets. The match was finely poised for quite some time but the required run rate gradually increased and when Spickering removed Thomason with a quickfire stumping things appeared to be going our way. Kinnear batted through with a good 66* and despite a good few catches going down ourselves Largo wickets fell and tight bowling from Dougie, Andy K, The Doctor and occasionally from Bainbridge left the Fifers needing 8 - 10 an over from the last 10 overs. It wasn't to be and we ran out victors.
I haven't got the figures but between the wides and no balls there must have been a huge amount of extras in the game. Credit to Largo for a good game played in the right spirit and some tight bowling from their youngsters (a couple of 16/17 year olds). It's always enjoyable to play against them and I'm sure we look forward to our visit to the Kingdom later in season.
Thursday, 3 June 2010
Cross crash out of Activcity 20:20
On a sun drenched Newfield the Cross succumbed to Accies in the the newly named Activcity 20:20 (formerly Cow Corner).
Haven't got the book so details are scarce but on a very good batting track Accies posted 186 batting first mainly thanks to a very good innings of 73* from the wicket keeper No3, which included a big straight 6 off the advice of KF. 40 odd from the no4/5 and some very ropey ground fielding also helped them on their way to a decent but not impossible total.
Cross started well in reply with EC and Pickering making 20/30 odd each and we were in touching distance of the run rate after 10 overs. Wickets fell regularly and despite a 30 odd from Calum we needed a good partnership to emerge to keep in the mix. Unfortunately this didn't happen and we were all out for 150 odd.
Our midweek hopes now rest with the upcoming Masterton 2nd round and hopefully our luck will change.
Haven't got the book so details are scarce but on a very good batting track Accies posted 186 batting first mainly thanks to a very good innings of 73* from the wicket keeper No3, which included a big straight 6 off the advice of KF. 40 odd from the no4/5 and some very ropey ground fielding also helped them on their way to a decent but not impossible total.
Cross started well in reply with EC and Pickering making 20/30 odd each and we were in touching distance of the run rate after 10 overs. Wickets fell regularly and despite a 30 odd from Calum we needed a good partnership to emerge to keep in the mix. Unfortunately this didn't happen and we were all out for 150 odd.
Our midweek hopes now rest with the upcoming Masterton 2nd round and hopefully our luck will change.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Holy S**t
You may have heard about Sachin Tendulkar's remarkable innings yesterday: 200 not out in a ODI. Though our 1st XI also play 50 over cricket, it's hard to believe that such an innings could be played in the East League especially against bowlers of the class found at HX.
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