Glasgow Accies Development XI 164 all out lost to Kelburne XI 251-7 by 87 runs.
Match played at The School Ground, Glasgow on Saturday 27th May 2023 at 12:00.
Friendly, 40 overs-a-side.
Toss won by Kelburne XI, who elected to bat.
The Sunday XI played on Saturday this week with the 2s league match taking place on Sunday. We welcomed a Kelburne XI to the school ground, which was looking magnificent.
Hats off to our groundsman Robert Cheape for curating a lovely hard true pitch without the benefit of covers.
Kelburne elected to bat and racked up 251-7, abetted by a quick outfield, 102* for their number 3 Miller and 61 for their number 4 and captain Silvin.
Naveed was the pick of our bowlers with an unplayable (although necessarily short) spell of 3-1-1-2. Fahd bowled nicely and also picked up 2, with 1 each for Waleed and Sohrab. Well fielded Accies.
An excellent tea then followed.
Batting, Mustafa (54) and Naveed (33) got us off to a flyer. Murray chipped in with a rapid 8, and Aaron (36) kept up the impetus.
At drinks, we were 152-4…well ahead of the asking rate but needing to treasure our wickets as Sohrab had been called away, so we were batting with 9.
Unfortunately a collapse ensued and our innings came to an end in the 24th over.
In conclusion:
- The match felt, for long periods, much closer than the headline score might have suggested.
- Closely fought, competitive, but good humoured throughout, and with all 20 participants thoroughly enjoying a good day's cricket.
- We played well but ended up losing to a slightly better team.
Next week we host the XL club, on Sunday, which should be a cracker!