Post by mggw on May 19, 2008 10:59:30 GMT
Div 5
Murrayfield-Dafs 3 Vs Edinburgh Academicals 2
Mufs 117ao from 36.5 overs (S. Dahiya 30, A. Lacey 25, M. Boyd 12; M. Schubert 4-15, S. Cavaliere 2-14, A. Hermens 2-18)
Accies 118-9 from 43.1 overs (M. Williamson 23*, M. Stewart 23, M. van Wijk 12; T. Simpson 3-14, S. Dahiya 2-16, J. Kapila 2-25)
Mufs (8 points) lost to Accies (20) by 1 wicket
Hats off to Accies who played a really tough game with great spirit, in the way it really should be played.
A real touch nail-biter of a game that went to the wire. Mufs top order were batting really well with Sunny and Jai putting on 38 for the first wicket in 10 overs, 20 overs seeing the score advance to 66-2. Then three quick wickets saw us fall to 89-5, but a vital partnership saw us to the dreaded Nelson of 111. From 111-5 we then lost our last 5 wickets for 6 runs, with the only runs off the bat being Neil Cummin's 3. A strong position thrown away by a combination of good fielding and bowling, but largely poor batting.
That collapse arguably proved the difference as the opening bowlers, Tony and I, both took early wickets with the first falling to Tony with the score on 6, then I claimed an lbw at 18-2, and Tony contributing a further two wickets to have Accies on 38-4. Jai entered the attack and immediately claimed two lbws in his first over to further reduce Accies to 51-6. Sunny bowled exceptionally well and claimed 2 wickets, and Accies were 87-9 and looking a long way off. But sensible, intelligent batting from Williamson and David Black (11*) took them home, realising that they had plenty of overs to spare to see out the good balls.
This was a game where we threw away a winning position in both innings. First with the collapse when batting, where another 10 runs would arguably have made the difference. Accies batted seven overs more than us, so scoring rate was not the difference, but length of innings. This is a 45 over game, and we haven't batted out the full innings yet! And then again in the field we had a winning position, but permitted the last pair to see Accies home. We missed a couple of chances in the field, with an easy catch dropped of me in the gully and a second harder chance missed at the wicket. And finally a run out chance missed very near the end. We bowled far too many poor balls and extras in such a tight game, conceding 25 extras in total, more than Accies top scorer managed.
We simply cannot afford to give so many second chances and freebies to the opposition, we need to bat with a bit more nouse and discipline. And to do this, we really need as many people as possible to make the effort to attend training sessions on Mondays and Thursdays.
Murrayfield-Dafs 3 Vs Edinburgh Academicals 2
Mufs 117ao from 36.5 overs (S. Dahiya 30, A. Lacey 25, M. Boyd 12; M. Schubert 4-15, S. Cavaliere 2-14, A. Hermens 2-18)
Accies 118-9 from 43.1 overs (M. Williamson 23*, M. Stewart 23, M. van Wijk 12; T. Simpson 3-14, S. Dahiya 2-16, J. Kapila 2-25)
Mufs (8 points) lost to Accies (20) by 1 wicket
Hats off to Accies who played a really tough game with great spirit, in the way it really should be played.
A real touch nail-biter of a game that went to the wire. Mufs top order were batting really well with Sunny and Jai putting on 38 for the first wicket in 10 overs, 20 overs seeing the score advance to 66-2. Then three quick wickets saw us fall to 89-5, but a vital partnership saw us to the dreaded Nelson of 111. From 111-5 we then lost our last 5 wickets for 6 runs, with the only runs off the bat being Neil Cummin's 3. A strong position thrown away by a combination of good fielding and bowling, but largely poor batting.
That collapse arguably proved the difference as the opening bowlers, Tony and I, both took early wickets with the first falling to Tony with the score on 6, then I claimed an lbw at 18-2, and Tony contributing a further two wickets to have Accies on 38-4. Jai entered the attack and immediately claimed two lbws in his first over to further reduce Accies to 51-6. Sunny bowled exceptionally well and claimed 2 wickets, and Accies were 87-9 and looking a long way off. But sensible, intelligent batting from Williamson and David Black (11*) took them home, realising that they had plenty of overs to spare to see out the good balls.
This was a game where we threw away a winning position in both innings. First with the collapse when batting, where another 10 runs would arguably have made the difference. Accies batted seven overs more than us, so scoring rate was not the difference, but length of innings. This is a 45 over game, and we haven't batted out the full innings yet! And then again in the field we had a winning position, but permitted the last pair to see Accies home. We missed a couple of chances in the field, with an easy catch dropped of me in the gully and a second harder chance missed at the wicket. And finally a run out chance missed very near the end. We bowled far too many poor balls and extras in such a tight game, conceding 25 extras in total, more than Accies top scorer managed.
We simply cannot afford to give so many second chances and freebies to the opposition, we need to bat with a bit more nouse and discipline. And to do this, we really need as many people as possible to make the effort to attend training sessions on Mondays and Thursdays.
