Masterton T20 tie scorecard and report vs Royal High Corstorphine

Many thanks to PVB for again putting a report together on this outstanding result, after a tough start to the League season for the 1's XI!

Holy Cross v RHCorstorphine May 13 2015

Masterton Round 1

Arbo skies - Photo: RHC Lions

 

RHC won the toss and batted.

M Yellowlees c Pervez b Worsnop     9

O Malik b Worsnop                            2
D Payne b ul Hamid                           25
A Sathiy lbw Russell                          4
R Taylor run out (Millington)             14
S Stibbs c&b Javed                             13
S Malik c Ul-Haq b Ul Hamid            10
L Cox not out                                      1
Extras                                                  12       
Total    (20 overs)                                91-7

 

R Worsnop      4-0-21-2

R Javed           4-1-18-1
J D Russell      4-0-11-1
K Pervez         4-1-16-1
A Ul Hamid    4-0-17-2
 

12-1, 12-2, 30-3, 50-4, 67-5, 84-6, 90-7

 

Holy Cross

 
R Javed c Payne b S Malik                 19       

S Pickering run out                              1        
J D Russell b Hugill                            13       
Z Ul-Haq not out                                40        (42 balls)
A Millington c Stibbs b Taylor           0        
K Pervez lbw Hugill                           7        
A Ul Hamid not out                             4        
J Bates
T Jordan         
R Worsnop
A Candlish
Extras                                                  8
Total (19 overs)                                   92-5

 

S Malik                        4-0-26-1

J Kinghorn-Gray         2-0-3-0
D Payne                      4-0-17-0
M Yellowlees              1-0-8-0
R Hugill                      4-0-20-2
R Taylor                      3-0-12-0
P Steindl                     1-0-2-0

 

13-1, 23-2, 49-3, 50-4, 76-5

 

We may have lost our three league games, but I told the team they had played really well on Saturday, and that a win would not be far away. One of the key factors is the way players step up to the plate, and Simon and Raja have shown how grateful they are to players for helping out. Last year it was Elmont throwing himself all over Roseburn in a Parks trophy match; this year Jon, Andrew and Alex all fielded excellently, with Jon sliding to field the ball on the boundary, and Milly achieving a run out from 55 yards with just one stump to aim at; Robin broke his glasses in his determination to stop a four ( which he did). Well done too the various Crossers who travelled miles to play. Good to see support from Butchie, Elmondt and Sandy as well as nail-biting twitterers in the warmth of their homes keeping tabs on our progress. And always good to see the Maliks, including Faisal, back at Arboretum.

After Robin took 2 wickets in the second over, RHC were on the back foot, and the spinners  tightened the grip. Dougie is in the form of his life having bowled 16 consecutive dot balls on Saturday, and 14 more today, with no fours in his ten overs (just a six). Kashif is wonderful – 45 of his 60 balls in the last two games have been dot balls. The well-placed field stopped everything that came their way. 91 was not a dreadful score on a cold and windy night.

Raja showed respect for Suli Malik who bowled well but Raja will not let the bad ball go by and scored four 4s off Suli which was decisive as fours were hard to come by (8 for HX / 6 for RHC). Zia then batted brilliantly – showing patience against some accurate bowling but exhibiting a range of classy shots when the ball was a fraction short/ overpitched.  Ziggy’s old acquaintance, RHC captain Pete Steindl, took a back seat, did not bat and bowled just an over.

RHC were several players short but so were we. Interestingly with Edinburgh CC having defeated the mighty Carlton, there are no Premier league teams in our half of the league. We are at home to Penicuik or Accies in the next round (they play on Thursday). The winners of that are away to SMRH or Edinburgh CC. Grange, Watsonians and Heriots are in the other half of the draw.