Scorecard

Marchmont CC v Edinburgh South Cricket Club 1st XI on Sat 13 Apr 2013 at 12:00 for a 1pm start
Edinburgh South Cricket Club Won by 7 wickets

Match report The weather Gods were finally smiling on us and we actually had some sunshine to play cricket in. The Meadows unsurprisingly provided us with a Meadows type pitch with the customary 'exciting' bounce.
Having lost the first toss of the season, new skipper Will was pleased to be asked to bowl first. All of the bowlers acquitted themselves very well, getting good movement and control. All of the seasoned 1st XI bowlers can be pleased with their first outings, but special mention should go to Kshitiz who bowled brilliantly despite not having bowled since last summer and new boy Brendon who will be a great asset to the club in every aspect of the game.
The fielding performance was excellent, especially for the first match of the season and given the tricky Meadows outfield. It would be great to keep up the same concentration levels and support for the bowlers. Durga took a ridiculous one handed catch to dismiss their well set batsmen in what was a near perfect catching performance (all chances were taken apart from one tricky one).
Akshay and Will opened up with a sensible partnership, although Will was dropped when he skied one off a top edge. The 'exciting' bounce was very evident throughout the innings, but so were some nicely struck boundaries. Paul was particularly lucky to avoid having his head taken off by a venomous drive from Ram. Having reached the target in the 20th over for the loss of 2 wickets the captains agreed to play for another 6 overs, hence the slightly unusual final score. This gave Calum the perfect opportunity to show off his excellent technique and timing and he graciously obliged.
A very pleasing start to the season and a performance to build on. A real team performance with everyone contributing.

Marchmont CC Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 2w 9lb 
for 10 wickets
12
72 (32.1 overs)		     
H. Ramachangra ct  George 4
M. Ahmed b  Durga 0
M. Loeffen ct  Durga, bowled Astley 42
N. Granger ct  Brendon, bowled Slack 0
P. Maksimcyzk ct  Slack, bowled Tiwari 5
S. Clayton run out  Durga 3
C. Durling ct  Astley, bowled Durga 2
Mohammad ct  Durga, bowled Brendon 2
J. Mcconnachie ct  George, bowled Tiwari 1
A. Mascaranus ct  Slack, bowled Durga 1
Jothi Not Out  0

Edinburgh South Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Abhishek Desai5.0012112.002.40
Nagadurgarao Rayudu6.14431.330.65
Alasdair Slack6.0313113.002.17
Ian Astley6.0123123.003.83
Kshitiz Tiwari5.01623.001.20
Brendon Hillyard4.02616.001.50

Edinburgh South Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
3w 1b  
for 3 wickets
4
90		        
Will George not out  Retired 35 6 2
Akshay Bhat ct  Clayton 13
Ramanathan Kumarappan Lbw  18 3
Alasdair Slack ct  Clayton 12 2 2
Paul Reddish Not Out  5
Abhishek Desai  
Nagadurgarao Rayudu   2 1
Ian Astley   1
Kshitiz Tiwari  
Brendon Hillyard   1
Calum Raine Not Out  3

Marchmont CC Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
S. Clayton6.021300.002.17
P. Maksimcyzk4.011400.003.50
N. Granger4.001100.002.75
Jothi2.001100.005.50
Mohammad5.0024212.004.80
Durling3.011100.003.67
M. Ahmed2.00515.002.50