League Weekend 1 (Sat 26/Sun 27 April)

[mggw]

Good luck to all!

1s - AWAY Vs Heriots 2
2s - HOME Vs Marchmont, Roseburn
3s - AWAY Vs Grange 4, Fettes Sunday
4s - AWAY Vs Musselburgh 2

[melv]

Hi Everyone,

Here is the 1st team, in no particular order:

Mufs 1st XI away vs Heriots 2nd team, Sat April 26th at Goldenacre

1 - Melvyn Clench (Capt)
2 - Ian Shiels (Vice)
3 - Paul Hubbard (Wkt)
4 - Jean-Pierre Cruz Rocha
5 - Raj Sampath
6 - Mangesh Akerkar
7 - Danny Abraham
8 - Vimal D'Souza
9 - Rafic Settu
10 - Tom Wheeler
11 - Siva Jeyahanthan

Meet at 12 noon at Goldenacre. The entrance to the ground is on Warriston Gardens, just off Inverleith Row, very near to the Royal Botanic Gardens and also to Ferry Road.

[raj]

The team for the Sat game (26th April'08)

1. Rajnish Singh (C)
2. Chris West (wk)
3. Ankeet Vora
4. Siva Sivasamy
5. Manan Patel
6. Reagan Black
7. Nadeem Amjid
8. Mark Williamson
9. Chris Banks
10. Adam Scott
11. Usman Saleem

Venue : Roseburn
Opponent : Marchmont
Start : 13.00

PLEASE REACH ROSEBURN BY 12.00.

Cheers

[mggw]

[glow=red,2,300]Mufs 3s[/glow] to play Grange 4 at Fettes on Sunday 27 April:

1> Martin Ward (c)
2> Somnath Banerjee
3> Dave Bishton
4> Chris Donaldson
5> Darryn Kidd
6> Marcus Lyall
7> Sutha Rangaswamy
8> Adeel Raza
9> Tony Simpson
10> Lindsay Towns
11> Neil Yelland

Division 5 match so 45 overs per innings, with a 9 over limit per bowler.

Please aim to be at the ground no later than 12.15 for a prompt 13.00 start.

The game is at Fettes School on Carrington Road. Map here:
www.eastleague.org.uk/index.php?option=com_joomleague&func=showPlayground&pgid=50&p=4&Itemid=82

Please confirm!

[paull]

Team for Saturday game (26th April'08):-

1. Graham Watson
2. Ali Amjid
3. Asif Mohammed
4. William Sneddon
5. Ed Long
6. Neil Cummings (wk)
7. Don Wilkie
8. Paul Leonard (C)
9. Henry Collin
10. Andy Piggott
11. Sunny

Venue : Musselburgh
Opponent : Musselburgh 2s
Start : 13.30

For those not travelling direct, please meet at the Murrayfield Hotel at 12:20
The Game is at Lewisvale, map available here: www.musselburghcc.co.uk/ground.html
Also, for those travelling direct the changing rooms at the ground burned down over the Winter – facilities are available for use at the nearby Musselburgh Sports Centre (see map above).

Cheers

Paul

[daddy]

Best of luck to all 4 teams this weekend. Fingers crossed the weather holds, and I hope to be reading reports of victory beer and MUFS being top of the league on Monday morning!

[mggw]

Come on chaps, where are the results??

Grange 4 Vs Mufs 3

D. Kidd	b	1
S. Rangaswamy	ct	17
M. Lyall	ct	27
L. Towns	ct	1
D. Bishton	b	7
C. Donaldson	b	0
N. Yelland	b	4
P. Yelland	st	18
M. Ward	ct	7
A. Raza	b	0
T. Simpson	--	0
	EXTRAS	7
		89ao

[/td][/tr][/table]
F.O.W. 2-1 46-2 50-3 53-4 53-5 57-6 65-7 76-8 76-9 89-10
N. Peet 5-29, J. Collister 3-9, R. Campbell 2-13

T. Simpson	5	0	21	-
M. Ward	4	0	23	1
A. Raza	3.5	0	24	2
D. Bishton	2	0	18	-
S. Rangaswamy	1	0	6	-

[/td][/tr][/table]
R. Campbell 37*, I. Potter 25, N. Peet 22*

[glow=red,2,300]Div 5[/glow]
Murrayfield-Dafs 3s 89ao from 24.2 overs (3 points) (M. Lyall 27, P. Yelland 18, S. Rangaswamy 17; N. Peet 5-29, J. Collister 3-9, R. Campbell 2-13)
lost to
Grange 4s 92 for 3 from 15.5 overs (20 points) (R. Campbell 37*, I. Potter 25, N. Peet 22*; A. Raza 2-24, M. Ward 1-23)

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Thanks especially to Melv for being our guest scorer, and to The Doninator, Willie Richie, Reagan, JNB, and also Marcus' and Dave's girlfirends for their support. Between them all a fine combination of bellies and glamour. And Don.

[melv]

Mufs 1's Salvage Small Measure Of Dignity After Dismal Batting Display At Goldenacre

On a breezy and cloudy afternoon at Goldenacre, Heriot's 2's won the toss and put Mufs 1's in to bat on a well-prepared wicket that promised much for both batsmen and bowlers willing to apply themselves in a professional manner.

Opening the batting, Ian and JP got off to a steady start, reaching 23 before JP got a leading edge to square leg for 12. Jeya was next in and promised much, reaching double figures before getting bowled playing a characteristically badly-chosen shot off a new bowler. Vimal was in at 4 and set about the Heriot's attack with some crashing boundaries including a big flat 6 over backward square. Together they put on 62 for the third wicket, batting sensibly and working us into a position of great strength at 102 for 2 after 23 overs.

Sadly, that's where the wheels fell off as Dougie Hamilton's usual menu of tempting airborne pies proved too much to resist for our middle order who hungrily swallowed his bait like suicidal mackerel, getting themselves out in an increasingly depressing sequence of ill-advised and badly executed shots that brought much delight to the Heriot's 1st team spectating from the pavilion.

When Ian finally fell for a determined 47, all hope of amassing a respectable score was lost as the last 7 batsmen failed to score more than 5 runs, with one solitary boundary between the lot of them. The limp tail eventually capitulated on 144 all out with 8 overs still to bat. There was an equally disappointing performance from the National League umpire who awarded 4 lbw decisions and 19 wides with rabid zeal, 3 of the lbw's reputedly coming off the bat.

Bowling figures of note were Hamilton with 3 for 16 and Hardwick also with 3 for 16. Ian Shiels top scored with 47 with Vimal the only other batsman earning a mention with 25. The atmosphere at the tea interval resembled a wet funeral in January.

Mufs took to the field in improving conditions and were able to take to quick wickets thank to some tight threatening bowling from Melvyn and Raj. Heriot's rallied with an aggressive 3rd wicket partnership as stand-in skipper Thomson brought the attack to the bowlers with a series of boundaries before eventually being caught in the deep by Jeya for 41 with the score on 85 for 3 off JP's bowling.

Wickets began to tumble regularly as Heriot's slowly ground their way closer to the target of 145 runs. JP bowled the opener Bruce for a gritty 40 while Vimal and Raj also weighed in with valuable wickets, reducing the home side to 132 for 7 with 7 overs remaining.

Then, Rafic Settu came on for a second spell and promptly took 2 wickets in 2 balls, setting up the possibility of one of the most unlikely victories in Mufs history. Alas, Hamilton slowly and sensibly picked off the remaining runs to give Heriot's victory by 1 wicket, ably supported by their no.11 McCraw who showed a straight bat, steady nerves and a total unwillingness to give his wicket away with a stupid shot at a time when his team were depending on him to produce a good performance. Enquiries will be made to find out if Mr McCraw is interested in the position of Mufs 1st team batting coach, starting on Monday.

The vote for Mufs Man of the Match went to Ian Shiels for his standout knock of 47, earning him a tidy £5.50.

Moron of the Week went to the australian Heriot's spectator who asked if Ian would be getting fined for batting so slowly. When asked if Ian should be fined for not getting out and top scoring, our Moron shut up and walked off back to the pavilion. Hurray for our inaugural Moron of the Week.

Scorecard

Mufs
Ian Shiels 47
JP Cruz Rocha 12
Jeya 10
Vimal 25
Raj Sampath 0
Danny 1
Mangesh 3
Tom 2
Rafic Settu 5
Paul H 1
Melvyn 4no
Extras nb9,w19,lb6

J Shepherd-Burgess 4 0 19 0
P McCraw 7.1 1 12 2
M Butcher 2.2 0 10 0
S Reddy 9.4 0 39 2
N Barron 3 0 26 0
D Hamilton 10 0 16 3
T Hardwick 5 0 16 3

Heriot's
Bruce 40
Reddy 5
Case 2
Thomson 41
Hardwick 13
Shepherd-Burgess 9
Barron 9
Butcher 0
Hamilton 10no
Hogarth 0
McCraw 3no
Extras w12, lb3

M Clench 10 3 18 2
R Sampath 10 4 15 1
M Akerkar 9.2 1 35 0
JP Rocha 9 0 32 2
V D'Souza 5 0 24 1
R Settu 4 0 22 2

[paull]

Musselburgh 2nd XI v Murrayfield DAFS CC 4th XI


Mufs 59 all out, lost by 2 wickets


Won the toss, chose to bat, 2 down for 9 after 10 overs and 59 all out after 33 – a textbook start for the new 4s skipper…
Batting highlights included a solid knock from Graham Watson (12) and a brisk innings from Billy Sneddon (16) including a 6 launched over long on. However, the Musselburgh bowlers dominated and after a mean start from the openers (5 maidens in the first 12 overs) Khamal’s quality leg spin and some accurate stuff from R. Tufail brought the innings to a halt in a hurry. Mufs last 6 conjured 6 runs from the bat between us as Khamal took 4 wickets in 4 overs and R. Tufail 2 in 3 at a cost of 1 run. Khamal caused all sorts of problems, bowling Graham round the back of his pads with a fiercely spun leg spinner (the first ball of his spell), and picking up 2 more wickets in his next 6 balls.
The match became an unexpectedly close-fought encounter thanks to some excellent new ball bowling from Billy (9-3-12-3) and Henry Collin (7-3-9-1). Tufail (15) and Burton (10) got Musselburgh back on track before falling to Paul, and 2 wickets from Asif reduced them to 47-8. However, Mufs couldn’t take the last 2 wickets and Musselburgh eased home in the 30th over. The odd chance and half-chance missed, but generally a good fielding display, just not enough runs to play with on a pitch which offered plenty to the bowlers.
Full scores to follow.