Clackmannan County Cricket Club

By Scott Malcolmson

On another glorious Saturday afternoon Clackmannan traveled to Peebles full of confidence after six straight wins. Peebles won their first coin toss of the season and inserted Clackmannan on a bowling friendly wicket.
Clackmannan pre-match confidence soon evaporated after a fine start by Peebles youngsters Scott Caddick and Kieran Ramsay left Clackmannan on 18 for 4. Caddick had Dan Smith bowled for 10 and Alan Oliver 0. While at the other end Ramsay had Neil Ramsay and Scott Malcolmson both caught for 2 and 4 respectively.
Ally Band was next out bowled for 8 and Alison Ramsay soon followed caught off the bowling of Burns for 1. Peebles now full of confidence had Clackmannan 64-6. Gordon Oliver and Greig Taylor came in and with the pressure on, batted superbly to drag Clackmannan back into the game. G Oliver soon passed 50. Taylor not to be outdone, in the 39th over, hit a 6 to bring up his 50 and along with Oliver took Clackmannan to 182 off the allocated overs. Oliver finishing on 84 not out and Taylor 52 not out.
After a fine tea Peebles got off to a good start with Clackmannans opening bowlers, Neil Ramsay and Ally Band were unable to get a breakthrough. Step forward Blair Campbell who in his first game of the season got the first breakthrough removing opener Wolfe-Murray lbw for 8. The old saying one brings two certainly was true on this day as no sooner had Clackmannan got their first wicket then some great fielding by Ally Band led to Taylor running out Waddel for 3. muktar Ahmed replaced Ramsay and Clackmannan started picking up wickets. A great spell of bowling by Ahmed put Clackmannan in a good position. Ahmed finished on 5 for 7 off 8 overs. This backed up by Blair Campbell’s 1 for 5 off 5 overs took the game away from Peebles. Alan Oliver replaced Campbell and his bowling was rewarded with a wicket, Burns out lbw for 1. With Alison Ramsay and Callum Lyons unable to finish Peebles off the skipper brought himself on and wrapped up the game picking up 2 wickets off 2.1 overs for a victory by 117 runs.
This was a terrific game that was played the way cricket is supposed to be played. Thanks to Peebles for an enjoyable game of cricket. This victory was only possible after a terrific 7th wicket unbeaten partnership of 118 by G Oliver and G Taylor.

Match Report
Clackmannan County 2nd XI v Peebles 2nd XI
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Date 7/6/2008	Venue Whiteside Park	Result Win for CCCC	Weather warm
By Scott Malcolmson On another glorious Saturday afternoon Clackmannan traveled to Peebles full of confidence after six straight wins. Peebles won their first coin toss of the season and inserted Clackmannan on a bowling friendly wicket. Clackmannan pre-match confidence soon evaporated after a fine start by Peebles youngsters Scott Caddick and Kieran Ramsay left Clackmannan on 18 for 4. Caddick had Dan Smith bowled for 10 and Alan Oliver 0. While at the other end Ramsay had Neil Ramsay and Scott Malcolmson both caught for 2 and 4 respectively. Ally Band was next out bowled for 8 and Alison Ramsay soon followed caught off the bowling of Burns for 1. Peebles now full of confidence had Clackmannan 64-6. Gordon Oliver and Greig Taylor came in and with the pressure on, batted superbly to drag Clackmannan back into the game. G Oliver soon passed 50. Taylor not to be outdone, in the 39th over, hit a 6 to bring up his 50 and along with Oliver took Clackmannan to 182 off the allocated overs. Oliver finishing on 84 not out and Taylor 52 not out. After a fine tea Peebles got off to a good start with Clackmannans opening bowlers, Neil Ramsay and Ally Band were unable to get a breakthrough. Step forward Blair Campbell who in his first game of the season got the first breakthrough removing opener Wolfe-Murray lbw for 8. The old saying one brings two certainly was true on this day as no sooner had Clackmannan got their first wicket then some great fielding by Ally Band led to Taylor running out Waddel for 3. muktar Ahmed replaced Ramsay and Clackmannan started picking up wickets. A great spell of bowling by Ahmed put Clackmannan in a good position. Ahmed finished on 5 for 7 off 8 overs. This backed up by Blair Campbell’s 1 for 5 off 5 overs took the game away from Peebles. Alan Oliver replaced Campbell and his bowling was rewarded with a wicket, Burns out lbw for 1. With Alison Ramsay and Callum Lyons unable to finish Peebles off the skipper brought himself on and wrapped up the game picking up 2 wickets off 2.1 overs for a victory by 117 runs. This was a terrific game that was played the way cricket is supposed to be played. Thanks to Peebles for an enjoyable game of cricket. This victory was only possible after a terrific 7th wicket unbeaten partnership of 118 by G Oliver and G Taylor.