SATURDAY

Eastern Premier League

Grange v Carlton (Noon)

ESCA Championship

Carlton 2 v Musselburgh (Grange Loan, 1pm)

ESCA Division 2

St Boswells v Carlton 3 (1pm)

ESCA Division 5

Carlton 4 v OCCC (Inch, 1pm)

ESCA Division 8

Marchmont 3 v Carlton 5 (1pm)

SUNDAY

Women's National Premier League

Carlton v Edin South / Stew Mel (Grange Loan, 1pm)

An inability to capitalise on several good batting partnerships cost Carlton dear as Arbroath United halted Carlton's 12 month unbeaten league run at Grange Loan.

Although, the 2s and 5s were also defeated, there were impressive wins for both the 3s and 4s. On Saturday, a Chris McAllister 50 helped the 4s to a 7 wicket win at Livingston, while Sunday saw the 3s see off the challenge of Westquarter & Redding at Grange Loan.

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Aussie import Michael Castle arrived in Scotland late on Wednesday evening and within 24 hours was out in the middle as Carlton took on ESCA Championship side Edinburgh CC in a T20 clash.

90 minutes later Michael was walking off with an unbeaten 181 to his name. The all-rounder, who has played the last 5 years in the Sydney first grade competition, has previously played two summers in the UK, playing for Addington Village in the Kent league.

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A young Carlton side had to dig deep to win a tough Scottish Cup 1st round tie at Drumpellier, the day after losing out to Heriot's in the league. An Ali Shah 50 and a fine spell from Rory Allardice proved just enough for Sunday's win.

There were also wins at Grange Loan for the 2s, skippered by Gordon Drummond, and the 4s, although unfortunately. the 3s suffered a last over defeat and the 5s lost out heavily in the Borders against Gala/Hawick 2s.

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All 6 senior sides were in action over a packed and sunny weekend. Carlton started their league season with a 72 run win over Watsonians, thanks to a century from Rory McCann and a fivefer for league debutant Shiv Gupta.

There were also wins for the Women, the Twos and the Fours, and the u15s earned an impressive ECB cup win over Poloc. Sunday also saw the launch of the new All Stars cricket initiative at Grange Loan.

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Although the 1st XI had their match at Glenrothes called off, and the 5th XI don't start their season until next week, there was no shortage of cricket action at the weekend.

There were wins for the 2nd & 3rd XIs on Saturday and season debuts on Sunday for both the 4th XI (playing to new, experimental rules) and the women. The junior season got underway on Friday and Sunday morning saw the first fiercely-contested parents v players kwik cricket contest of the summer.

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