Glasgow Accies Midweek XI 119-5 (3 pts) beat Queen's Park 2XI 103 all out (1 pt) by 16 runs.
Match played at New Anniesland, Glasgow on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 18:00.
Western Evening League Division 2, 20 overs-a-side.
Toss won by Glasgow Accies Midweek XI, who elected to bat.
The Glasgow Accies Midweek IX started the evening well, with young skipper Dick, finally winning a toss! He elected to bat, wisely.
Leading by Example
Guiding the team with a solid 49 opening partnership, were 18-year olds Roddy Kelso and Ross Beattie- two contrasting players who match each other rather well I feel.
Roddy, the more aggressive batsman of the pair opened the innings with his customary big boundary to midwicket, following it up with another couple of boundaries before he was unfortunately dismissed on 20, bowled by one of Saqib’s ill-bouncing pacers. (Did I neglect to mention he was dropped on 6 and 7? :P)
Ross Beattie was left to play the iron-man role for a while, while Anthony Revell and 16-year old Dick tried their hand, the latter not exactly leading by example…
When Ross was eventually dismissed for the top-score of 24, Jim claimed his post and totted up a healthy 20 before being bowled by yet another non-bouncing delivery on the stumps- time to invest in a relaying of that artificial perhaps?
Alex Cochrane and Nik Stone ended well both finishing not out, and adding a handy eight to the total from the last over.
119, a score less than average in Evening League cricket, definitely felt defendable and Accies’ spirits were high!
Promising Youngster!
Midweek regular Nik Stone, and, on his Midweek XI debut, George Clark opened the bowling. Nik’s left-arm bowling tied down the Queen’s Park side tremendously, and left opportunity for George to capitalise with his hypnotic right-arm in-swingers- he took two wickets in his first over!
By George’s 4th over he had taken all five wickets, for only 13 of the 40 runs QP had scored.
Roddy Kelso then tried his arm at some in swingers, going for only 11 in his first spell of three overs.
Dick replaced Clark in over number 12, and bowling in tandem with Tom Bonnington (a promising young leggy and batsman) and Revell (who bowls some crazy new kind of delivery that’s rather good… well, it takes wickets, dunnit?) enticed the Queen’s Park batsmen to have a swing, taking two worthwhile wickets cheaply.
What Energy!!!
Allow me to change to a 1st person point of view…
I thought the attitude/energy/work ethic today was bloody fantastic!
Anthony and Alex impressed me with their races to the ball, piling pressure on the QP batsmen, there was a fair bit of chat for a nine-man squad, and the fielding was tight to the extent that the lack of two players seemed not to be a handicap.
Jim McLaren’s efforts with the gloves were at least as good as any other Midweek keeper I’ve played with and I thank him for giving it a shot. Well, that and taking a great catch off my bowling.. then stumping him just to make sure within about zero nanoseconds (to the nearest nanosecond.)
That was my most enjoyable Evening League match ever, and thanks for making it so, lads.
Coz