1st XI Secure Championship Status

A bit better... with the 1sts ensuring they will (barring another league reconstruction!) definitely play in the ESCA Championship in 2015 with a solid win over Penicuik. Though the pitch had some mixed bounce, 125 was always likely to be comfortable total to chase. It certainly was after Saideep Kc & Raja's early onslaught - 60 off the 1st 6 overs! 4 wickets from Shannon (should have been a five-for...) and a perfect 'spell' by Rob Bainbridge were the highlights of the bowling effort. It also featured one of the slowest opening bowlers in ESCA history... The match may also have featured GT's retirement-but we hope not. 

Scorecard here:
http://www.cricketstats.org.uk/esca/2014/1/0509.html


Meanwhile the 2's lost (by a margin) on D/L as driving rain brought their match with Grange 3's at Fettes to an early conclusion. Despite some nice driving from JB & some biffing from Andy Graham, Grange's 238 always looked beyond the HX 2's.
The 3rds' promotion chances ended with a bad loss at St Andrews vs Largo. We believe it was bad... Alex Candlish wasn't prepared to divulge any details...