On Saturday, Dumfries travelled up to Accies for a match which was scheduled
to begin at 1PM, but was delayed by the school's victory over Heriots. When
the match did begin, morale in the Accies line-up was low, the bowling was
average, the fielding was awful and the heads began to sink lower as the
Dumfries openers coasted to over 80-0 before Vedam Hariharan broke their
partnership. After this breakthrough, Accies seemed to be reborn and
Dumfries were rolled over for 153. V. Hariharan took 2-29, Andy Smith 2-24
and there was a 5-for for the great man, the hero and surely fantasy
cricket's pick of the season: Nigel Campbell!
Accies chased the mediocre total set inside 42 overs, with Siddarth
Hariharan batting in his second half century of the season (79*), and solid
performances from Stuart Matthews and Fraser Murray. As most of you know,
the 1XI can be fined for their errors during a game, and at 50p per fine,
one is "maxed out" at £2.50. The "maxing out" rule served a certain first
1XI captain very well this Saturday, saving him at least £4! His crimes were:
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Lateness
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Not knowing what to do upon winning the toss
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4 x Dropped catches
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A one handed catch behind his head, having not run backwards quickly enough
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2 x contact lens debacles
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Diving through the stumps attempting a run out (+fine of the day)
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Being caught out by an 11 year old (or younger) scorer, as a substitute
fielder.
The 2XI continued their highly successful season with a victory away from
home at Moorcroft, and the 3XI batted their allotted overs (for the second
time this season - already more times than last season!) to get a losing
draw against Crow Road.
On Sunday, and Accies "1XI" which more closely resembled a Development XI
travelled to face Irvine in the SCU Trophy. Accies were comprehensively
beaten, although a positive came from the match in the form of Thomas
Fleming's excellent spell.
The U18s got their season underway on Monday night, and were beaten by
Ferguslie after bowling very well to restrict the visitors to 96 runs from
20 overs - the batting was poor and wickets fell regularly as Accies notched
up less than 75 in reply.
Scorecard:
1XI v Dunfries
Scorecard: 3XI v Crow Road
Scorecard: U18 v Ferguslie