Scorecard

Edinburgh South Cricket Club 3rd XI v Preston Village 2nds on Sat 09 Jul 2011 at 1300
Match was Abandoned due to heavy rain.

Match report Rain forced the abandonment of the 3rds match against Preston Village 2nds. Having only narrowly defeated their opponents in Prestonpans, South expected a tough return fixture. The home side lost the toss, and were put into bat on a Meadows pitch that was surprisingly playable despite several inches of rain in the previous 48 hours.

Top-scorer Kingsley, and later Chris tried to build innings, but a succession of wickets - from a mixture of ill-advised strokes and good bowling meant South were quickly in trouble. Loud thunderclaps could by now be heard across the Meadows. For those with especially acute hearing, a thin edge down the leg side to the wicketkeeper from the South captain was also audible, as he was dismissed for 19. Ian did well to hustle the tail, but South were eventually dismissed for a below par 78. As if to presage the aquatic conditions that would follow, five batsmen were dismissed for ducks.

After tea, the skies rapidly darkened, and only 19 balls of the Preston Village reply were possible. During this time, the opposing skipper Kenny Black was dismissed by the fit-again Vishnu, well caught behind by Ian, suggesting that an unlikely South victory was not altogether out of the question. Nonetheless, when heavy rain set in, the prevailing feeling was that the 3rds were fortunate to preserve their unbeaten league record, and that better batting will be required next week to continue the run.

Edinburgh South Cricket Club 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
78		        
Pete Kingsley ct behind, b. E Smith 19
Peter Fyfe ct Forsyth, b. Fabrechi 0
Paul Murphy b Fabrechi 8
Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Vanam b Fabrechi 0
Chris Griggs ct b. E. Smith 15
Ross Welsh ct b. A. Smith 0
Tanny Gill ct b. A. Smith 6
Ian Ross ct Black, b. Henderson 10 1
Calum Raine b A. Smith 0
Peter Russian b J. John 0
Bill Polson Not Out  1

Preston Village 2nds Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
M. Fabrechi8.011936.332.37
J. Joseph5.011300.002.60
E. Smith8.031628.002.00
A. Smith8.021735.672.13
J. John4.00818.002.00
R. Henderson1.40515.003.00

Preston Village 2nds Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 1 wickets
0
3 (0.0 overs)		     
K. Black ct Ross, b. Vanum 2
G. Wickstead Not Out  0
M. Forsyth Not Out  0
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Edinburgh South Cricket Club 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Vanam2.01111.000.50
Tanny Gill1.10200.001.71