Wickets:

Eve      4

Ruari   2

Nina    1

Harry   1

Chloe 1

Partnerships:

Ruari & Ewan                   23

Harry & Chloe                   31

Callan & Prabneet           28

Eve & Nina                        22

Top marks to all the young cricketers. The team bonded really well and gave an excellent all round performance. MVP shared between 11 year old Eve for her 4 wickets and 9 year old Harry, who was top scorer and hit 2 boundaries.

 

Well done also to a young and inexperienced SMRH side, all of whom were playing their first game of hardball cricket, for playing the game in a  great spirit and for keeping going right to the end.

Many thanks to East Lothian for making the trip to play a friendly match which meant both teams managed to play a match despite losing their arranged league fixtures because opposition teams had to drop out.  This was an excellent match played in a great spirit with a lot of talent on both sides, although the home team’s greater experience showed in the end.

Match cancelled by Livingston

The Edinburgh South/Carlton team this week was in fact a Carlton-only team with our partners taking a break.  Despite their inexperience - until the start of this season 7 of the 8 had played no hardball, and the 8th had played only one match - the team put in a very good performance to maintain our winning record.

Carlton skipper (Rua Mc) won the toss and elected to field. Carlton were off to a great start with Cameron bowling some really tight overs and Shaun taking two wickets to put the home side on the back foot. Ruari S and Saachin kept the pressure on, only going for 9 runs in their four overs. Dylan and Steven turned the screws on again taking 2 wickets in their spell and for a total of -3 runs. Ewan, Shaun and Cameron bowled some really tight overs at the end leaving the home side on a total of 114. Rua Mc took a great catch behind the stumps off Shaun's bowling.

The boys batted very responsibly not losing a single wicket throughout their innings, stringing together partnerships all along the way. With some fantastic stroke play from Steven, Saachin, Ewan and Rua Mc dispatching balls to the boundary, Carlton ended on a grand total of 183 beating Livingston by 69 runs.

Well done to all the team on a great effort. Many thanks to Bruce for managing and coaching the team for the night.

Bowlers:
Cameron  3 overs 0 wkts  4 runs Shaun 3 overs 2 wkts  -5 runs Ruari S 2 overs 0 wkts  6 runs
Saachin 2 overs 0 wkts  3 runs
Dylan 2 overs 1 wkts  -1 runs
Steven 2 overs 1 wkts  -2 runs Ewan 2 overs 0 wkts  5 runs
Rua Mc  (wk)

Batting :
Cameron 13 runs Shaun 5 runs 

Dylan 4 runs Steven 12 runs

Ruari S 7 runs Saachin 19 runs

Rua Mc 18 runs Ewan 17 runs

RAINED OFF

Special mention for 9 year old Charlie Kentish who took 2 wickets with his first 2 balls in hardball cricket and as well as taking 3 for 3 in his 3 overs was also responsible for a run out with a direct hit!

Rained off

Watsonians unable to raise a side