Scorecard

Alloa XI v Edinburgh select
Weather Dry,
      Venue The Arns
  Innings of  Edinburgh  
  Batting   Bowling  
No. Name How out Bowler Total Comments   No. Name Overs Mns Runs Wkts Av Ec
1
asad
LBW
Couper
88
fourteen 4's
   1
M Friedlander
 6 1 17 1 17 2.84  
2
Mahmood
Ct Ramsay
Friedlander
4
  2
M Booth
 8 1 34 1 34 4.25  
3
Faisal
 bowled
Booth
0
  3
N Ramsay
 3   27 0   9  
4
Ifran
Run out
0
  4
Z Rasul
 3   21 0   7  
5
Raja
not out
70
ten 4's one 6
   5
M Cunningham
 5   34 0   6.8  
6
Navid
not out
29
two 4's
   6
A Rasul
 3   19 0   6.34  
7
Gagan
did not bat
  7
G Jones
 1   16 0   16  
8
Shan
did not bat
  8
J Couper 
2 
27 
1 
27 
 13.5   
9
G Taylor
did not bat
  9 
G S Oliver 
4 
 
22 
0 
   5.5 
10
D Mearns
did not bat
                 
11
Z Hussain
went to work
                 
       
 
                    
  B9 LB3 NB6 W21   Extras 39                    
      Total 235       totals            
                             
                             
  Innings of  Alloa                        
  Batting             Bowling            
No. Name How out Bowler Total Comments   No. Name Overs Mns Runs Wkts Av Ec
1
G Jones
ct
Raja
54
six 4's
   1
Iasad
7
39
2
19.5
5.57
2
M Cunningham
ct
Iasad
2
  2
Shan
6
51
0
8.5
3
A Rasul
bowled
Irfan
56
one 4
   3
Raja
8
38
3
12.67
4.75
4
M Friedlander
bowled
Faisal
24
four 4's
   4
Irfan
3
23
1
23
7.67
5
J Couper
LBW
Raja
0
  5
Faisal
8
33
2
16.5
4.125
6
N Ramsay
ct
Raja
6
  6
Gagan
2
22
0
11
7
M Javed
ct
Iasad
53
six 4's one 6
   7
 D Mearns
 1
 
10 
1 
10 
10 
8
A Oliver
not out
11
  8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
Z Rasul
bowled
Faisal
1
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
M Booth
bowled
Mearns
3
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
G S Oliver
run out
2
                 
       
 
                    
  B4 LB4 NB6 W2 Extras
16
                    
      Total 228       totals            
                             
Report                  

The start of this friendly game was delayed while the Edinburgh team did a sightseeing tour of the Stirling area. Captain Rasul "superman to the rescue" guided them to the Arns. "keep heading towards Stirling Castle"?? So the game started at 2.45 and it was decided to play 35 overs a side. Since it gets dark about ten thirty, it seemed like a good idea that the Edinburgh guys got home before they had to navigate in the dark. No doubt superman's directions would be "keep heading for Edinburgh Castle" otherwise known as the tenement on the hill. Edinburgh batted first, Matt Friedlander and Matthew Booth opened for Alloa and had the Edinburgh side 3 for 41 in twelve overs. Asad however kept his cool and crafted a thoughtful 88 before falling LBW to Couper. Other scorers were Raja with 70 and Navid with 29. Best of the bowlers was, well none really they were all carted about the park as Edinburgh finished on 235 for 4 in 35 overs. Alloa batted after tea and saw a return to the Arns of Mark Cunningham, opening with Greg Jones. The first wicket fell at 18 with Mark being caught in his usual place on the boundary. Greg went on to make 54 before being caught in a similar position. Ash Rasul sporting his new "nae hair" style sweated his way to 56 with only one four and two pint glasses of water. Madasar Javed's appearance at the crease signalled a quick fire 53 including six 4's and one 6. The total was within reach and it was left to the Oliver brothers to charge to the finishing line. With twelve to get from the last ball Graham was run out valiantly going for the runs. A special mention to Matthew Booth who worked hard at winter nets improving his batting. He forget all he had learned took a head up howf at the ball and was bowled. That in itself was bad enough but the bowler was Booger Mearns, Matthews close mate, who was making an appearance for Edinburgh. Will Matthew ever hear the end of this? Will it be worth a special gong at the end of season awards ceremony? A game lost but 459 runs scored on the strip in 70 overs should help Hendo come to terms with his grass pitch being used for a friendly.