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Gordonians Cricket Club Gordonians 1st XI v Falkland on Sat 30 Jun 2018 at 13.00
Gordonians Cricket Club Lost by 4 wickets
Match report
A glorious day at Countesswells saw both teams a bit below strength, Swapnil Rane being a notable absentee for the home side having just become a father. With the pitch looking good and the outfield dry and fast, Arora won the toss and elected to bat. Hamilton opened the bowling for Falkland and Devadas restricted his spell to 3 overs by pinging him to the boundary twice in each over. At the other end Pearce went for 16 off his first 3 overs as ASI Gordonians galloped to 42 off 6 overs. Strachan had taken 6 for 20 to destroy the Gordonians innings at Falkland, and he instantly looked a threat as he generated pace and bounce, but he went for 14 off his first 2 overs. Pearce sorted his line and length and bowled a couple of maidens on the trot. The downfall of the Gordonians batting this season has been a regular inability to curb their attacking instincts, and having got to 26, Devadas gave Cooray a simple catch as he played at a lively bouncing ball from Strachan. Next over and Arora was caught reaching at a wider one that he could have comfortably left. Strachan took a break after 5 overs and was replaced by the spin of Meikle who picked up a wicket in his first over as Sandy Richards decided to sweep across the line, and missed, an easy lbw for umpire Murphy. Saraswat and Pol batted well for 39 and 42 respectively, and Abrar edged behind to a good delivery from Watson for 10. Bhandari also edged behind off Watson attempting to drive through the covers, and with Bhalani lbw to Robertson for a duck, Gordonians had slumped to 165 for 8 in the 37th over. Credit to Perera, Aayush Das and Jamie Richards for batting out the overs and taking the total to 192 for 9.
220 looked a par score in the circumstances, and Meikle and Pearce gave Falkland a good start putting on 30 in the first 6 overs. Saraswat got the breakthrough to remove Meikle thanks to an excellent diving catch by Das at mid on. Perera came on and bowled Pearce to open with a wicket maiden. Langlands and Cooray were quick to pick up on any fumble or casualness in the field as they scampered through for runs, and the turning point of the game hinged on Cooray coming back for a second run to a throw from Abrar. Gordonians celebrated as you would expect when you think you have run out the Pro, but the decision wasn't given by the Falkland umpire at square leg. It is unfortunate that a second independent umpire wasn't able to stand in the match, as I'm sure both sides would have preferred that they didn't have to adjudicate on such tight runs. The score had advanced to 100 when Arora cleaned up Langlands for 34, and this brought the injured Strachan in to bat, although not for long as Arora bowled him for 4. Next man in Waterston looked solid and added 40 with Cooray before becoming another victom for Arora. 5 runs later, and Arora had Cooray caught behind for 63, and Gordonians pondered how strong the Falkland lower order might be. With Arora bowled out, Gordonians found that Robertson and Nellies were no slouches in the batting department as they added 33 to take Falkland over the line after 37 overs.
Gordonians will be left wondering what might have been if Cooray had been run out relatively early in his innings, but equally, they gave away a lot of runs through slack ground fielding, albeit not an easy skill on a rock hard outfield. They really needed someone to crack on past 50 rather than have numerous batsmen having to play themselves in, but they certainly gave Falkland a run for their money.
Gordonians Cricket Club Gordonians 1st XI Batting
Player Name
Runs
M
B
4s
6s
SR
Ct
St
Ro
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 22w 5b 1lb
for 9 wickets
30
192
Sreedish Devadas
ct Strachan
26
35
21
6
123.81
1
Aman Arora
ct Pearce
17
41
43
3
39.53
Sandy Zz_Richards
lbw Meikle
3
28
16
18.75
Himanshu Saraswat
ct Watson
39
52
49
6
1
79.59
Arya Zz_Pol
ct Robertson
42
83
58
5
1
72.41
Abrar (AB) Ahmed
ct Watson
10
17
10
2
100
Mayank S Bhandari
ct Watson
4
23
14
28.57
1
Jay Bhalani
lbw Robertson
0
5
7
0
Chamila N Perera
ct Strachan
12
26
24
1
50.0
Aayush zz_Das
Not Out
8
24
24
33.33
1
Jamie Zz_Richards
Not Out
1
6
5
20.0
Falkland Bowling
Player name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
A Hamilton
3.0
0
26
0
0.00
8.67
D Pearce
9.0
4
24
1
24.00
2.67
B Strachan
9.0
0
30
2
15.00
3.33
S Meikle
6.0
0
39
1
39.00
6.50
C Watson
9.0
3
32
3
10.67
3.56
L Robertson
9.0
1
35
2
17.50
3.89
Falkland Batting
Player name
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 7w 5b 4lb
for 6 wickets
18
193 (37.0 overs)
S Meikle
ct Saraswat
13
28
19
3
68.42
D Pearce
b Perera
13
32
24
2
54.17
C Langlands
b Arora
34
54
37
4
91.89
H Cooray
ct Arora
63
116
71
7
1
88.73
B Strachan
b Arora
4
14
8
1
50.0
H Waterston
ct Arora
13
26
20
2
65.00
L Robertson
Not Out 
21
38
26
1
1
80.77
C Nellies
Not Out 
14
24
17
1
1
82.35
G Gallagher
 
A Hamilton
 
C Watson
 
Gordonians Cricket Club Gordonians 1st XI Bowling
Player Name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
Himanshu Saraswat
9.0
0
37
1
37.00
4.11
Jay Bhalani
6.0
0
35
0
0.00
5.83
Chamila N Perera
3.0
1
16
1
16.00
5.33
Arya Zz_Pol
8.0
0
43
0
0.00
5.37
Aman Arora
9.0
1
39
4
9.75
4.33
Aayush zz_Das
2.0
0
14
0
0.00
7.00
Umpire :
Steve Murphy
Scorer :
PAUL GREY
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