Muir like it

After the horrors of last week's crushing defeat at Selkirk, the 2nds got back on track with a comfortable win over a depleted Boroughmuir at Arbo.

Smudge won the toss and put Muir in on an initially chilly, windy afternoon. Just over 30 overs later they were all out for 59 with the wickets shared by Smudger, Amjid, Gerry and Abdul. Dom deserved to join them but had to be content with a good catch to add to his midweek fielding hat-trick. In all we held four out of five chances and engineered a run-out - a good performance in the field.

With some dark clouds hovering, we went straight back out, too soon for one of our usual opening pair who was mid-prayer at the time. Faisal bowled an excellent opening spell, removing Brian with a beauty with the score on nought. Irfan also fell along the way, but JB, who was opening for the first time in years, and Praveen saw us home off the first ball of the thirteenth over, helped along by five leg-byes off an unused helmet.

Another early finish, this time an eight wicket victory rather than a nine wicket defeat. I know which result I preferred, but I also know which one I'll remember longer.