Clackmannan CCC 1st XI v Marchmont CC 1^st XI

Weather; Warm, dry and very sunny!

 Season 2005

Date Saturday 20 ^th August 2005

Venue The Grazings, Doune

Innings of

 Marchmont

Points gained Clackmannan; 7pts  Marchmont: 20pts 

Batting

Bowling

No.

Name

How out

Bowler

Total

Comments

No.

Name

Overs

Mns

Runs

Wkts

Av

Ec

1

 N Chetty

Bowled

T Sultan

37

3 fours

1

Z Hussain

10

0

35

1

35

3.5

2

 J Wilman

Ct R Murray

Z Hussain

0.

.

2

G Kidd

11

2

25

1

25

2.27

3

 A Sardesai

Ct T Sultan

G Kidd

13

.

3

T Sultan

15

2

58

3

19.3

3.87

4

W Collier

Ct J Couper

M Booth

22

3 fours, 1 six

4

G.S Oliver

3

0

25

0

-

8.33

5

M Reed

LBW

T Sultan

42

6 fours

5

M Booth

4

1

27

1

27

6.75

6

M Flanagan

Ct G Kidd

T Sultan

13

1 four

6

G Bayes

7

3

11

1

11

1.57

7

S Mathers

Run Out

0

.

7

8

N Granger

Ct R Murray

G Bayes

9

1 six

8

9

J Morgan

Not Out

.

15

2 fours 1 six

10

E Granger

Run Out

.

6

.

11

P Morris

Not Out

.

0

.

 .

. 

 .

Run Out 

2

B 1 LB 4 NB 0 W 24

Extras

27

Byes & Legbyes 

5

Total

186

for 9wkts

Totals

50

8

186

9

20.6 

3.72

Innings of

   Clackmannan

Batting

Bowling

No.

Name

How out

Bowler

Total

Comments

No.

Name

Overs

Mns

Runs

Wkts

Av

Ec

1

J Thomas

Ct Flanagan

W Collier

10

2 fours

1

W Collier

11

3

20

3

6.67

1.82

2

J Couper

Ct Flanagan

E Granger

0

.

2

E Granger

9

3

23

2

11.5

2.56

3

R Murray (U-16)

Ct & Bowled

N Granger

19

2 fours

3

S Mathers

12

7

15

0

-

1.25

4

G Bayes

Ct Flanagan

E Granger

5

1 four

4

N Granger

4

0

20

1

20

5

5

G Kidd

Bowled

W Collier

3

.

5

J Morgan

5

0

17

3

5.67

3.4

6

T Sultan

St A Sardesai

W Collier

14

1 four 1 six

6

M Reed

2

2

0

1

0

0

7

A Oliver

Ct Flanagan

J Morgan

9

1 four

7

8

Z Hussain

Bowled

J Morgan

12

2 fours

8

9

G.S Oliver (U-16)

St A Sardesai

M Reed

9

.

10

K Ali

Bowled

J Morgan

4

1 four

11

M Booth

Not Out

2

.

.

Run Out 

 0

B 10 LB 3 NB 1 W 7

Extras

21

Byes & Legbyes 

13

Total

108

for 10wkts

totals

43

15

108

10

10.8

2.51

Match Report On a warm day at Doune, the relegated Clackmannan side was taking on a strong Marchmont outfit.  Marchmont only needed 7 pts to guarantee promotion so they were not going to take this game lightly. Marchmont won the toss and batted.  Opening batsmen Chetty and Wilman found scoring difficult and soon the first wicket had fallen.  Zahid Hussain had Wilman caught behind for 0 runs.  The key batsman for Marchmont, A Sardesai, was next in.  If Clackmannan wanted to chase a small total then they needed to remove Sardesai quickly.  However he was dropped twice off the bowling of Hussain, once by Booth and then by Couper.  As Sardesai survived at one end, Tipu Sultan claimed the scalp of Chetty, bowled for 37 runs in an innings that lasted 62 balls and 77 minutes.  Marchmont captain, Will Collier came to the crease and showed the positive way that Marchmont have played all year.  He scored 22 runs in 22 balls before being caught fantastically at point by James Couper off the bowling of Matthew Booth.  A catch that should be a main contender for catch of the season at the senior awards ceremony.   Sardesai was next to go and Clackmannan knew this was a big wicket.  Gordon Kidd got one to lift off the pitch, this was snatched by Sultan and Sardesai had to go for 13 runs.  Mike Reed and Matt Flanagan began consolidating the Marchmont innings and continuing the flow of runs.  Flanagan was next to go caught by Gordon Kidd (returning the favour) off the bowling of T Sultan.  S Mathers (0) faced an over then was run out by an accurate throw from Sultan whilst following through.  Neil Granger and Justin Morgan had fun in the later staged hitting boundaries galore and in doing so racking up some bonus points which helped them get closer to the elusive promotion slot.  Neil Granger was caught behind off G Bayes and his brother, Ewan Granger, was also run out.  This time by keeper, Ross Murray.  , who had kept beautifully all day.   Marchmont had batted the full 50 overs and found themselves 186 for 9.  A good score in such intense heat.

                Clackmannan opened with Jeff Thomas and James Couper.  Couper(0) was back in the pavilion quickly when he was caught by Flanagan off the bowling of Ewan Granger.  Thomas(10) was also caught by Flanagan but this time off Will Collier.  Clackmannan 12 for 2 off 7overs, not the best start to the innings. Ross Murray was defending and keeping an end up whilst his senior counterparts were falling around him.  Graham Bayes (5), Gordon Kidd (3) and Tipu Sultan (14), all going in the space of 7 overs whilst the youngster could only stand and wonder.  Alan Oliver came to the crease and supported Murray but Murray was soon to leave.  An excellent innings in trying circumstances Murray scored 19 runs from 69 balls in 97 minutes.  Oliver(9), Zahid Hussain (12) and Kashif Ali (4) scored some runs but not enough for the Clackmannan team to ever challenge the Marchmont score.  A last wicket partnership of 4 runs, involved Graham Oliver (9) and Matthew Booth (2*) and allowed Clackmannan ot pass the 100 mark. Clackmannan finishing on 108 all out giving them a total of 7 points.

                A 78 run loss and a disappointing day for the young side.  Last game off the season next week against Falkland 2 will be a game the county side wish to win and leave Division 2 with a win and a bit of pride!!!