Scorecard

Murrayfield DAFS v Clackmannan CCC 1st XI							Weather Cloudy wet underfoot
		Date 10th July 2004			Venue Civil service ground Silver Knowes
	Innings of	Clackmannan
	Batting						Bowling
No.	Name	How out	Bowler	Total	Comments	No.	Name	Overs	Mns	Runs	Wkts	Av	Ec
1	G C Oliver	LBW	Sorrell	7	one 4	1	R Sorrell	11.4	6	11	4	2.75	0.94
2	Z Hussain	Ct Park	Laurence	10	one 4	2	C Burne	15	5	25	3	8.34	1.67
3	A Rasul	bowled	Burne	12	0ne 6	3	K Lawrence	8	2	15	2	7.5	1.875
4	R Passe	Bowled	Burne	0		4	N Allan	3	0	9	0		3
5	M Ahmed	Ct Knight	Lawrence	0		5
6	I Davies	LBW	Burne	3		6
7	D Mudie	Bowled	Sorrell	12	one 4	7
8	K Ali	Run Out		7		8
9	D Henderson	Bowled	Sorrell	3
10	G S Oliver	Ct Park	Sorrell	0
11	G McNee	not out		1
							Run Out				1
	B LB NB W		Extras	12			b & Lb			7
			Total	67	for 10wkts		totals	37.4	13	67	67


	Innings of	Murrayfield DAFS
	Batting						Bowling
No.	Name	How out	Bowler	Total	Comments	No.	Name	Overs	Mns	Runs	Wkts	Av	Ec
1	I Shiels	Ct & Bld	Hussain	20		1	Z Hussain	9	1	31	2	15.5	3.4
2	A Knight	ct Henderson	hussain	0		2	A Rasul	4	1	13	0		3.25
3	M Vagh	Bowled	Mudie	4		3	D Mudie	7	1	18	1	18	2.57
4	Siva Sayahauthan	not out		24		4	J D Henderson	2	0	6	0		3
5	N Baikie	not out		13		5
6						6
7						7
8						8
9
10
11
							Run Out
	B LB NB W		Extras	8			b & Lb			1
			Total	69	for 3 wkts		totals	22	3	69	3


Match Report Clackmannan County 1st XI travelled to Edinburgh on a damp cloudy day to play Murrayfield DAFS. The depressing weather allied with the dismal news of first team availability, only three regular 1st XI players were available for this game. The Clackmannan vice-captain Gordon Oliver lost the toss and Clackmannan were asked to take first strike. Gordon Oliver and Zahid Hussain opened the batting for Clackmannan against the accurately effective opening Murrayfield attack of Sorrell and Burne. The hopes of a big partnership were soon dashed, however with Oliver adjudged leg before wicket for 7 off Sorrell. Ash Rasul turned up in time to bat number three, stayed at the crease to score 12 including a six before being bowled by Burne. The by now accustomed collapse collapse in the Clackmannan innings kicked in and both Richard Passe and Muktar Ahmed were back in the dressing room for naught. Ian Davies scored 3 before succumbing to an LBW call off Burne. Hussain had in the meantime scored 10 before he was caught by Park off Laurence. David Mudie (12) provided the steadying influence Clackmannan needed while Kash Ali walloped a straight six then was run out for 7. David Henderson hit three before being bowled by Sorrell. He was replaced by Graham Oliver, the twelve year old batted well to keep out the Murrayfield attack but, in the end had nothing to show for his ten overs of defiance, caught by Park off Sorrell. Playing in his first game Gordon McNee score one and retired from the fray undefeated. Clackmannan's final score 67 all out in 37.4 overs.The Murrayfield reply began badly for them when opener Knight was caught by Henderson off Hussain for nothing. Murrayfield, however, batted cautiously, aware of the large number of overs available to them. It was not until captain Rasul eventually brought on David Mudie to bowl his ever accurate spin, on this turning wicket, that the next success was achieved. Vagh bowled by Mudie for 4. This brought to the crease Jayakanth Siva, the Sri Lankan batsman who did so much damage to the Clackmannan bowling attack in this fixture earlier in the season. Siva and Baikie took the game away from Clackmannan, both finishing undefeated, Siva on 24 and Bakie on 13. The final Murrayfield total, 69 for 3 wickets in 22 overs. A valiant effort by the Clackmannan team but relegation looms unless the level of commitment of the first team players to play on a regular basis can be guaranteed. The next game for the 1st eleven is on Saturday 17th July when they are at home to Stewarts Mellville Royal High 2. The game begins at 1 pm.

Last Updated on 11/7/2004