WHAT A NIGHT

Meal

Duck High/Low

Prize Giving

Steve Murphy Steve won various trophy's these included the Batsman of the year 1st XI, and player of the year. Steve also won the Grades trophy for the Grade 3 bowler of the year.

Stuart Kennedy Stuart won various trophy's these included both Batsmand and Bowler of the year 2nd XI team Stuart also won the Grades trophy for "Man of the Match" in the "Reid Cup", final.

Sunny Sunny won the trophy for the 1st XI team bowler

Sam Williams Sam won the trophy for 2nd XI team player of the year.

Brian Anderson Brian won the trophy for the Clubman of the year in the Methlick Cricket Club

Mark Woodhouse Mark jointly won the Grades, Wilson Cup for best wicket keeper along with Chris Clelland of AGSFP

Poem - by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

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Finally

For Methlick winning the toss was of vital importance. Earlier in the season Banchory had held out for a draw with resolute defence so, to increase the chances of winning, Methlick needed to get them in, get them out and then get the runs as quickly as possible. Once again the toss was successful. Duffy opened the bowling with plenty of swing in the conditions, ably supported by the accurate Sunny. Campbell and Pillai found the batting tough, grimly hanging on to their wickets. After 9 overs, with the score only on 12 Duffy made the first breakthrough, swinging the ball back in from outside off to take Pillai’s middle and off stumps. One over later, with only 2 more added, Duffy again bowled Hicks for a duck. Anderson and Addison  then had a spell, with Addison taking a customary wicket in his first over; Dinesh dancing down the track missed the ball and gave a simple stumping to Woodhouse. Dickenson had a brief flurry before falling bowled by Mitchell. This then bought Wilkinson to the crease, and with Cambell, and obviously knowing what batting was to come, tried to hold out for the rain to come. Eventually the heavens opened and an early tea was taken.
 

After the break, Addison, who really should have attacked the ball and taken a catch, ran out Campbell with a fine throw at the stumps.  Sunny returned to the fray, and a big looping top edge to Murphy at third man ended Wilkinson’s innings. James Buchan then accounted for Abbott without scoring, to a top edge to the keeper. After that, Sunny and Duffy mopped up the tail within 4 overs to leave Banchory all out for a disappointing 89; Duffy ending with a respectable 3 for 15 off 10 overs, and Sunny, 3 for 14 also off 10. Woodhouse and Murphy opened the batting for Methlick as the sun finally broke through the clouds. Last week’s century-maker, Murphy, was not going to hang around, and was particularly punishing on some short bowling from Pillai, dispatching him for 15 in his 3^rd over. When he finally fell to a turning ball from Wilkinson on 48, the damage had been done and only 27 runs were needed. Stuart Anderson and Woodhouse were untroubled and dealt the “coup de grace” with a 6 and a 4 to give Methlick a 9 wicket win from only 17 overs. More importantly, Banchory only managed 4 out of a possible 30 points.

The resulting league table, with all Saturday’s Grade 2 games postponed due to inclement weather, shows a big leap to 3^rd position for MCC, and a mighty fall for Banchory. Saturday’s visitors, winless Kintore, should prove easy pickings for Methlick, and struggling Queen’s Cross may find the visit of Fraserburgh a tough prospect. Promotion to Grade 1 looms for the first time in Methlick’s history.

Crathie were put into bat on a very “spongy” wicket , and the swing of Anderson and the “cutters” from Sunny made batting a very difficult prospect. In Anderson’s second over Schuneman was bowled for 4, and from then on batting was an up-hill struggle with Crathie only on 24 after the first 12 overs; Sunny finishing his spell of 6 overs wicketless, but only having conceded 4 runs.

Addison then came in to the attack and had the wicket of Shore with his second ball and in the following over took Macdonald for 2. Summers hung on grimly with McEwan, but with Addison, Carr and Mitchell using the pitch to their advantage, the scoring rate stayed alarmingly low. After moving the score on to 70 Summers finally succumbed to Mitchell and that left the tail exposed. 

McEwan eventually was taken by a simple caught and bowled from Mitchell, and then it took just 12 more runs to mop up the innings for 94. In Addison’s 11 overs he had taken 5 for only 14 runs, ably backed by Mitchell with 3 for 15 off 9. However, although being wicketless today, much praise should be given to Sunny who bowled 11 overs for only 10 runs. 

After tea, under the watchfull gaze of the royal family ensconced in Balmoral, Woodhouse and Addison opened the innings and much was expected of the latter’s big hitting. However, after scratching around for a couple of overs, Woodhouse was bowled by Bestwick from a ball with no pace and turning on the soft wicket. This was definitely no place for pace bowling and Addison, and then Sunny, soon followed having to create shots from nothing. 

Nerves started to jangle as Methlick were 3 down with only 30 on the board, and a long tail to follow. Stuart Anderson continued to play like a man completely at ease with the surroundings and, after a fitful start, Carr soon started to enjoy himself and the runs began to flow from the bat. Crathie’s heads were collectively down and when Carr finally went to a caught and bowled from Bell, only 16 more runs were needed. Anderson finally brought up his half century to steer Methlick to a 5 wicket win. 

The Grade 2 table could not be more competitive. Saturday’s result means that six teams have a chance for the coveted second place promotion spot with Methlick probably having the easiest run in to the end of the season, although next week’s visitors, Banchory, tend to be something of a bogey team.

Cults won the toss and, as is usual, put Methlick into bat, and all looked promising when Woodhouse on-drove the first ball of the innings for four. With the return of both Cox and Stuart Anderson to bolster the batting, a lively start to the innings was expected. However Cox gloved a lifter to first slip with the score only on 13, and Woodhouse soon followed going for a third boundary but failed to lift it over mid-on. Anderson scratched around for 8 before also being caught and all now depended upon the middle-order.

Mitchell had already proved his resilience on several occasions this season and stuck around whilst those around thrashed the ball to the boundary. Sunny hit a quickfire 26 followed by a similar innings from Addison with  21 until both were bowled going for one big hit too many. However, 100 had come and gone on the scoreboard.

Steve Buchan, Methlick’s man-of-the-match, joined Mitchell at the crease, with the latter going soon after playing down the wrong line to Singh. Whilst wickets were falling around him, Buchan managed to farm the strike reaching 50 in a very short space of time, 34 of those coming off boundaries. Unfortunately another drive was mistimed and another victim fell to Singh’s bowling.

Methlick closed their innings on 164 after only 32 overs and surely more would have come from some more circumspect batting, with plenty of wasted wickets. Singh finished with 6 for 29; five clean bowled and one caught and bowled.

MCC faced the prospect of bowling minus Acton who had decided not to show up, and with Mitchell injured needed a lengthy spell from a part-timer to fill in. In his first over, Brian Anderson had Spearman caught behind for 4, and with P. Singh making liberal use of the edges of his bat, more wickets looked on the cards. However, the batsmen progressed and no further wickets fell until the 23 rd over, with the score on 76. The skipper turned to the spin of Addison and the slow swing of Cox. Cox tempted P. Singh slightly forward and he was smartly stumped. The next over produced a fine catch from the bowling of Addison, but then Cult’s captain,Gill, came to the crease to steer his team home with a fine 42 not out and a win by 6 wickets.

The result meant that Cults leapfrog Methlick and a win away at Fraserburgh next Saturday is vital in getting back into the promotion places. The return of Steve Murphy further strengthens the bowling and batting line-up.

Saturday’s game was played on another hot sunny day, and a usual ragged-looking Harlaw wicket was sure to harbour some surprises for the batsmen. Methlick won the toss and, as usual, put the opposition in to bat. Murphy was missing from the line up, but MCC again benefited from having Doug Duguid present, and Jason Peet visiting from Spain. Duguid opened the bowling alongside  Acton  and the batsmen were soon treated to some erratic movement off the pitch.

However, after his second over, Duguid pulled up with an ankle injury and had to pull out of the attack. In the first ball of his second over Acton made the breakthrough and had Russell LBW for only one. Sunny came on to replace the injured Duguid and immediately set about mesmerising the batsmen with unplayable deliveries, getting exaggerated turn and bounce off the surface. A nervous Findlay attempted to keep the scoring going with the edge of the bat, and accompanied by Wood the score crept up to 30 off 15 overs. The first run from Sunny’s bowling only came after 4 overs and 4 balls. Peet came into the attack to add to the batsmens’ misery and after two maidens Wood, attempting to defend, stepped back onto his stumps and was out hit wicket. Sunny then took his first wicket in the next over with Findlay skying another edge and Peet positioned himself perfectly to take a steepling catch.

Wickets then fell with alarming speed with Sunny taking 3 in 4 balls to leave the Harlaw team on 39 for 7 and Sunny finishing his spell with 11 runs and 4 wickets from 12 overs. Addison came on to remove the eighth wicket with the score on 56 and then, with Taylor and Wright at the crease, came a rally from the batsmen, who managed to put on 51 for the ninth wicket until the partnership was bought to an end with a sharp catch by McHardy from Mitchell. Acton then returned to take the final wicket with a great caught and bowled, to leave the innings closed on 112, probably worth 160 on a decent batting strip.

Woodhouse and Addison opened and were soon subject to some fiery bowling from Jamieson, the ball leaping dangerously from the wicket. Batting helmets in place and confidence restored, the plan was for Woodhouse to defend against the quicker bowling and Addison to attack the more forgiving pace of Taylor, who was soon despatched with a couple of fours and one enormous six.. Addison fell to Jamieson with the score on 32 and Mitchell came to the crease and the score was taken up to 70 until Mitchell, surprised by the pace between the stumps of his captain, was run out from a direct hit.

Sunny came to the crease and after a big 6 was stumped with the score on a nervous 81. A rusty looking Peet came and went, quickly followed by Acton, playing rashly, and then Gerrie was completely outdone bowled for a duck. Suddenly 6 wickets were down with eight still needed,
Duguid, masterful in defence, left Woodhouse to face the returning Jamieson who, in desperation and looking for extra speed and bounce, bowled a wide which ran away for 4. Two balls later and with the end in sight, another one slipped down the leg side and ran away to the boundary giving Methlick a fine win to open the second half of the season, Woodhouse carrying his bat unbeaten on 40, and a victory by 4 wickets.

As the Caley innings progressed it became increasingly obvious that the minds of the  Methlick attack were elsewhere with loose, leg-side bowling and short-pitched deliveries serving up boundaries to the batsmen, and it was 10 overs, with the score on 38, before the first wicket fell; Arul going LBW to Brian Anderson.

Two fantastic catches from Johnson and Anderson took the score to 54-3 and with the middle order looking unsteady, the tide began to turn and at the 20 over point Caley stood at 76 for 5. Sherva and Cordiner then came in to steady the innings and the latter ended unbeaten on 44 with the innings closing on 172 all out; Acton taking 3 for 39 and Sunny 2-29. That gave Methlick 52 overs to bat on what has always been a good wicket.

Woodhouse and Murphy opened and with the score on 14 Murphy drove down the wrong line and was bowled for 2. After last weeks heroics Addison came in at 3 and the innings settled down, despite some tight bowling from Arran with a very suspect throwing action, and the bad balls were picked off. Addison went for 16 and then a dramatic collapse commenced.

Despite being warned about Arran’s off-cutters, Mitchell watched as his stumps were knocked back for a duck, quickly followed by Sunny for nowt. The valiant Woodhouse then fell for 34 and after that the innings dribbled away, the last 8 wickets falling for 13 runs. The innings ended all out for 83 after 23 overs. The result of the game being that Methlick, over the space of two weeks have fallen from 2^nd to 5^th in Grade 2. However, with missing players returning next week and an occasional visit from Jason Peet, next Saturday’s game against Queen’s Cross at Harlaw should prove to be the two side’s usual ding dong battle.

Grammar lost the toss and were put in to bat in the hope of restricting them to a manageable total. The opening bowlers, Duffy and Murphy, were up to the job in hand and after 5 overs only 2 runs had been scored. However, it wasn’t long before the batsmen got into their stride and Knudson in particular started the scoreboard ticking over.

Murphy continued to bowl a very tight line and after his opening spell had ended after 6 overs had only conceded 5 runs from 1 scoring shot for 4 and a wide. Mitchell and Buchan then came on to bowl. After an uncharacteristically expensive start, Buchan fell into his routine of tight bowling, but it was Mitchell who struck first, tempting Lord out of his crease to be taken by a sharp stumping by the keeper with the score on 34 from 15 overs.

A long partnership then ensued between Knudson, going on to reach his half century, and Clelland, until Buchan finally trapped the opener leg-before for 57. Eagles  came out to form another punishing partnership, particularly at the expense of Addison and Bremenesen, both going for 7 an over. Duffy was bought back into the attack and in his second over had Clelland stumped 3 short of his 50, and in the very next ball had Macdonald caught behind for a golden duck.
Eagles was finally bowled by Buchan for 32 in the last over of his spell, but Miller had done further damage scoring 47 and the innings closed at 225 for 5, possibly too many to tempt a run chase.

After tea, Woodhouse and Stuart Anderson opened the batting but Anderson, playing down the wrong line, was soon out for not much with the score on 14. After last week’s heroics, Murphy was soon dispatching the ball to the boundary, with Woodhouse square cutting freely. All was going well until Woodhouse chased a very wide ball outside off and got the faintest nick to Miller and was out for 24 with the score on 45.

Bremanesen was bowled on 6 by the youngster, Knudson, and trying to avoid a run-out, Murphy gave a “graceful” diving belly-flop and damaged ligaments in his shoulder, and was out stumped soon afterwards to another floater from Eagles. This injury ultimately led to Murphy missing the following day’s cup tie. Addison came to the crease and lasted only 3 balls; out for a duck to the wily Eagles.

With the score on 85 for 5 and still 21 overs left in the day, Mitchell and Buchan were left to try and save the innings, whilst still looking to push the score along in the search for batting points. With the draw seemingly in the bag, overs were eaten up until with 9 to play Buchan, going for an impossible single was easily run out. The experienced Duffy came to the crease and was caught at slip, again off Eagles, for a Golden Duck. Allan came and went without scoring, bringing out the injured “captain courageous”, Gerrie, to save the match with 7 overs still remaining.

With 3 balls remaining, and all seemingly safe, Gerrie was bowled by Eagles, leaving the very inexperienced McHardy 2 balls to face. The first of these was cut like a master, leaving the heroic Mitchell one ball to bat out and the draw, albeit low on points for Methlick, was saved.

Grade 2 this season has proved to be a tough league, and the men from Lairds have shown excellent fortitude in defence when the requirement has been there. If this can be carried through the season, and the weaker teams rolled over, then promotion can be a real possibility.

Report by  Mark Woodhouse. 

On a much better day, Methlick won the toss and decided to bat bringing together Woodhouse and Addison to open, the latter keen to extinguish yesterday’s memory of his duck. Addison, in particular, set about the bowling with relish and was particularly severe with his treatment of Taylor. After 9 overs and the scoreboard ticking along nicely at 5 an over, another lazy shot from Woodhouse saw him caught at point for 14.

Addison and Buchan then added another 38 for the second wicket with all but one coming from Addison’s bat, until he was bowled by Jamieson after notching up 63 majestic runs, putting the score at 83 from 17 overs. Highlighting the cruelty of the game, yesterday’s hero Mitchell came to the crease and went for a duck followed closely by Buchan. Duguid, returning from exile, came and went cruelly when the umpire mistakenly gave him out caught behind.

Methlick were seriously faltering but youth was at hand to steady the ship. Powerful hitting from Acton brought a quickfire 33 and then the youngster, Sam Williams, came together with Anderson and took the score along to 162 until Anderson was caught out. Williams then combined with the tail to take the score on to 184 all out from 38 overs, and was caught on 29.

Duguid opened the bowling from the Beaton Hall end and quickly had Findlay for a duck with a fine catch from Sam Williams at extra cover. As always seems to be the case with Queens Cross, they have a player to spoil the party for Methlick, this time in the shape of batsman Rae, scoring a fine 50, ably accompanied by Grant Jamieson taking the score to 71 until Jamieson edged to the keeper off Williams.

Wood then added 19, falling to a catch by Buchan off Acton, and then Rae finally succumbed to another Buchan catch from Addison. Suddenly the runs started to dry up and with Duguid returning for a second spell, wickets started to tumble. With 5 overs left and 22 runs needed with only 3 wickets standing the match was desperately poised. Two expensive overs tipped the game in the visitors favour, and although Duguid took another wicket, the damage done by Rae and Jamieson proved too telling and Queens Cross limped home with 2 overs and 2 wickets to spare.

Another exciting game between the two sides but once again Methlick suffered.

The toss lost we were put into bat on what has to be the best ground in the league, even beating the magnificent Lairds. Sonny seemed to know half the opposition and was chatting to them as much as he was us, but Sonny was able to warn the openers (Stuart and Ian) that one bowler had some pace about him, however it was the taller of the two bowlers Rowell who had the greater pace and accuracy.

Delighted by being able to bat on a firm track, despite the rain, and with a fast outfield Stuart was straight into his shots hooking a short delivery for 4 then playing an off-drive all along the carpet through the covers for another. Despite the pace of the ball we had 11 from the first over, without any fielding restrictions involved. The next bowler (Sonny’s mate) was less well directed and not so quick and Ian played a beauty of a leg glance to fine leg for 4. Rowell’s second over was tighter than the first, with only a single. In the 4^th over Stuart smacked a full toss through mid-on and then pulled again for two further boundaries. But with the ball coming on to the bat and everything hitting the middle Stuart pulled one too many and went aerial to deep square leg, (just moved round from fine leg), where a simple catch was taken 29-1.

Tristan came in at 3, but his lack of form continued bowled for another duck 30-2. Sonny came in at 4 and though he struggled initially with his timing he struck some lusty blows and the score board started to tick over again.

Unfortunately Methlick then lost quick wickets with Ian (6), Sonny (26), Brian (0) then Cameron (1) all parting in quick succession 66-6.   This meant Sean Kennedy, in his first match for Methlick and Bremner were now at the crease and potential our last hope of some sort of score. Having not played cricket for some 18-20 years Sean dug in and kept the straight ones, out whilst trying to tick the board over. Initially Sean kept the score board moving by nicking it and having the keeper or slip either drop it or miss it completely. Bremner was his usual self and played some shots, which again meant the run rate increased. His four scoring shots being - 4, 4, 4, 6. Having just hit a beauty to long on for 6 he then repeated the shot with the same elegant swing, only forgetting to make contact with the ball, which went on to hit the stumps and he was gone for 18.

This bought the other Methlick new boy Graham Brown to the crease and I think this was Graham’s first ever game of cricket. He avoided a golden duck and laid bat on ball several times, but unfortunately he was bowled for 0 and this meant the two Sean’s were now together. Sean Kennedy made 9 in total and the final pairing of Sean J and Mark managed to get the total up to 97. Mark breaking 2 toes in the cause.

A fabulous tea then followed and with the sunshine almost breaking through the clouds we took to the field. With a small score to defend a team huddle emphasised the need to stay alert, sharp and to make the opposition work for every run. Early wickets would be key and if we got those who knew what might happen. As captain I have to say this was without doubt the best fielding display I’ve seen from Methlick 2nds. The energy levels and commitment from everyone throughout were first class.

The bowling started well with Stuart and Sonny in tandem. With only 1 from the first over and 2 on the board in only the second over Sonny took the first wicket, clean bowling the opener Selkirk for a duck. With every run crucial the field was a tight ring and easy runs were not to be had. Three pieces of fielding stand out: Graham at mid-wicket literally throwing himself on to the ball to save runs, Cameron at square leg with a fine one handed stop and Sean Johnson at point putting his body in the way to stop the ball breaking through.

In the third over the other opener, Petit, open his shoulders and lifted Stuart 4 over mid-on for 4. Sonny though continued his tight line and in the 8^th over picked up the second wicket of the innings this time a simple catch at short extra cover 18-2. With the first ball of the 9^th over Petit was LBW to one that swung and then straightened. Gordonians were now 18-3 and a wobbling.

 The pressure was somewhat lessened by a short, but effective knock from Adarsh who without necessarily being technically correct with every stroke put bat to ball and scored a rapid 12. At the other end though runs weren’t coming so quickly and Stuart picked up another LBW Sharam (5) 33-4. Then when Sonny bowled Adarsh on 12 the score was 37-5 and it really was anyone’s.

Nirav though was at the crease at looking to stay put and for a while he and Rowell batted well. Then in the 15^th over Rowell was bowled for 10 and we were 48-6. Then followed 6 overs for only 15 runs, but as Stuart and Sonny’s spells were drawing to a close we really needed a break through, the Gordonian batsmen though held fast and the score had moved on to 63-6. In Sonny’s penultimate over he had a sharp caught and bowled chance that he just couldn’t cling on to, while Mark dropped a more straight forward chance at mid-off, but then just as things looked to have slipped away completely Sonny in his last over, got his man LBW and Gordonians were 7 down for 75, needing 23 to win with only 3 wickets left.

 This bought their skipper (Jamie) to the crease and with Stuart and Sonny bowled out Brian and Mark took the challenge to them. Needing less than 20 to win Jamie started as though he wanted to finish things in an over with some mighty swings, but the swinging deliveries of Brian was too good. Shouts of calm came from the boundary and it was starting to get tense. Both teams realising that the match could rest on one more wicket. Now every run really was crucial and despite the fields best efforts we just couldn’t block the gaps and the luck rode with the batsmen as Brian had a couple of edges disappear over the slip/gully area for runs, when on another day they might have gone to hand.

Jamie hit the winning runs, to his and the Gordonians obvious delight, but despite only having 97 runs to defend we’d fielded well, picked up 11 points and left the field with our heads high. We then departed for home, assuming Sonny was with his mates, only to find out subsequently that he ended walking back to central Aberdeen. Mind you after posting the match top score and bowling 12 overs straight he probably needed the exercise!!!

James was his usual wicket to wicket line, most of the time but as soon as width was offered the batsmen try to punish the ball, but also played and missed at their fair share as well. The first wicket came in the 9^th over, after 29 minutes with the score on 27, James got the left hander to play wide of his body and a regulation edge was snuffled at first slip.

Tim was now on for Stuart and his extra height was causing some problems for the batsmen. The new man in seemed determined to come down the track to smack Tim back over his head, but each time he ended up dropping his bat on the ball rather than going through with the full drive. James continued with his tight line and the runs started to dry up with neither batsmen really putting bat to ball.  On 41 the 3^rd bat finally decided Tim had to go, but he missed timed the straight drive and Stuart, running round from mid-off, was able to take a one handed diving catch to his right. The new bat, Chamal, was keen to up the tempo and hit some lusty boundaries, but with the heave to leg his preferred option Tristan was pushed out to the deep mid-wicket boundary and Tim threw down a juicy half volley on middle and Chamal kindly clipped on the up and Tristan did the rest - 63 for 3.

By now James had already warned the opener about backing up from the non-strikers end, but on 27 he did it again and James removed the bail and appealed. At this point, upset by the dismissal the number 3 bat, who was now umpiring at square leg, suggested Crescent walked off the park, they didn’t, but he did. The Crescent team had a discussion on the boundary and as a result they continued with their skipper coming in at 6, however by this time their number 3 had left the ground and the atmosphere was, like the weather, not so warm. With the very next ball Gary Nicholson nicked to gully and Bremner took the catch of the day one handed sharp and low to his left.

James finished his 12 overs with figures of 2 for 31 and was replaced by David. Uncharacteristically for David he bowled a touch short throughout his spell of 3 overs and allowed the batsmen to rock back and pull him trouble free through midwicket and long on. Still it kept Mark warm in the deep.

From the other end Tim clean bowled the new bat for 1 and Crescent were rocking with 6 down. Tim’s spell of 8 overs finished with his figures of 3-24. Sam came on and started in fantastic fashion, moving the ball away from the right handers who played and missed several times. So good was Sam’s line he now had two slips and was rewarded by bowling the Crescent skipper for 8. In the next over Dave’s persistence was rewarded when Tim took a regulation catch at mid-on. Sam then wrapped the innings up with 2 wickets in 2 balls and so he’ll be on a hat-trick next time he bowls. Sam’s explosive spell, 10 balls 3 wickets for 4, left the Crescent innings on 95 from 30 overs bowled.

So for the second week we faced chasing down a small target, but though we achieved the objective last week there was no guarantee we could do it again.

Ian and Stuart took to the crease and Ian played out a maiden first up, the second over went for 8 while the 3^rd was another maiden. In fourth Stuart hit 6 more, while the 5^th was Gary’s 3^rd straight maiden. In the 5^th over Stuart was superbly caught after driving a fierce one straight at the bowler who, on his follow through in the act of ducking stuck out a hand and as he fell to the ground held on, 14-1. Tristan and Ian dug in and though runs didn’t flow, 4 maidens on the trot, wickets didn’t tumble. Ian was the next man out, for the second week via an LBW decision with David again the umpire – have these two fallen out? 15-2

This bought Cameron to the crease who liked Tristan, appeared unsure and uncomfortable at the wicket. He did though nurdle singles and manage a strong cut into the covers for 2 before chipping up an easy catch and we looked rocky on 26-3.

Tim came to the wicket and while Tristan continued to struggle, Tim, facing the easier of the bowling hit several bad balls to the boundary and the pressure started to drop. Tristan finally managed to get bat on ball, but unfortunately for him it was a nick straight through to the stand-in keeper who took it well 52-4.

Bremner, being Bremner has his usual swipe at the ball and could of gone for 0, as it was he rode his luck and though Tim was bowled round his legs for 27, with the score on 82-5 the end was in sight. It was left to Sam and Bremner, plus a large number of wides (26 extras in total) to take us through to the end 98-5 and another 30 points.

After back to back wins we now sit 4^th in the table on 75% behind Anchorians 94%, 2^nd Ellon 84% and next weeks opposition 2^nd Gordonians 80%.