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Edinburgh Accies 3rds v Edinburgh South Cricket Club 4th XI on Sat 20 May 2023 at 1pm
Edinburgh South Cricket Club Lost by 9 wickets

Match report Edinburgh Accies 3rd XI v Edinburgh South Cricket Club 4th XI on Sat 20 May 2023 at 1pm

Edinburgh South Cricket Club lost by 9 wickets

Match report
· South batting recovers from 35-5 to make a hard fought 88.
· Fahad “all out attack” Shafiq and Jack “bowler turned batter” McLuckie top score with 17 each.
· Brutal batting from Accies, including a 27-ball 50 from Ankit Sehgal, sees the total knocked off in under 9 overs.
· Rich tea biscuits declared the winner. Other biscuits are available.


After the 1st XI sides met midweek to battle it out for the Masterton Trophy, it was the turn of Edinburgh South’s “fearsome 4s” to travel to Newfield to face the Accies 3rd XI. With daunting scorecards in their first two games, Accies are the team to beat in this league, and it was always going to be an uphill battle.

After being put in to bat, Kesh and Shaman made contrasting starts – Shaman clipping one away for four in the first over, Kesh on the defensive. Very defensive. Think full set of armour complete with shield. With the Accies outfield clearly practicing their shouting for the Beyoncé concert later at Murrayfield, the warning signs for South came early, with Shaman caught out.

That brought David to the crease, who settled in nicely and looked in good nick, before being promptly run out. In the same over, Stephen followed, despite an encouraging warm up beforehand singing Crazy in Love.

Like any relationship, communication is key, and South 4s clearly need to buy each other flowers and spend time with the in-laws so that they can understand calls of “yes” and “no” from their fellow batters. With Kesh and then Anura both being caught off the bowling of Parmeshwar Kendre, South were struggling at 35-5 at the break.

In step Fahad and Jack. The first two overs after the break went for 28 runs, and swiftly silenced the Accies outfield. It turns out the boundaries are quite short at New Field. Sadly, the fun was short lived, with Fahad caught behind.

Jack and Konain put on a partnership of 20 odd runs with some solid running, before a spinning, drifting ball from Sachin Mogare bowled Konain. Like brother like brother, Shafay followed the same fate, from the same type of ball, in the same over. Jack was also bowled, before Ollie and Martin showed some grit at the death to score a few runs with some classy leg side shots and good running.
At this point, the crowd (consisting of Phil Griffiths and an out of tune piper) were all asking the same thing – can South do it, can they contain the mighty Accies batting?

Short answer, no.

With huge hitting, and despite some accurate bowling, Ollie, Shafay and Konain all felt the pain of the short New Field boundaries. Kesh and Martin stemmed the tide a little, with Kesh picking up South’s sole wicket, before the inevitable result. Accies are clearly miles ahead in Division 8, having scored 245 against Murrayfield 5s and bowled Leith 3s out for 72, so South 4s are in good company. At the time however, only the comfort of rich tea biscuits afterwards offered any solace, and even they weren’t universally received. Next week, I’ll stick to Hobnobs.

Jack – biscuit provider.


Edinburgh South Cricket Club 4th XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 2w 7b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
12
88		        
Keshav Bhatnagar ct C & b P Kendre 10 54 18.52
Shaman Kumar ct c? b G Gulati 6 9 1 66.67
David Richardson Run out  8 38 1 21.05
Stephen Willis Run out  0
Fahad Shafiq ct c A Dahiya b R Bhanushali 17 20 4 85.00
Anura Suriyapperuma ct c? b P Kendre 4 10 1 40.0
Jack McLuckie b MP Singh 17 32 2 53.12
Konain Ehsan b S Mogare 9 18 50.0
Shafay Ehsan b S Mogare 0 3 0
Oliver Henderson Not Out  2 6 33.33
Martin Richardson ct c & b MP Singh 3 5 60.0

Edinburgh Accies 3rds Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
G Gulati6.0110110.001.67
D Khade5.03600.001.20
P Kendre7.0224212.003.43
T Rajyaguru4.011000.002.50
R Bhanushali5.0019119.003.80
S Mogare4.00924.502.25
MP Singh1.31221.001.33

Edinburgh Accies 3rds Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
3w 1b  
for 1 wickets
4
89 (8.5 overs)		     
A Sehgal Not Out  50 27 185.19
A Dahiya b K Bhatnagar 28 17 164.71
M Clayton Not Out  7 9 77.78
A Poojari  
R Bhanushali  
T Rajyaguru  
MP Singh  
D Khade  
P Kendre  
S Mogare  
G Gulati  

Edinburgh South Cricket Club 4th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Oliver Henderson2.002100.0010.50
Konain Ehsan1.001500.0015.00
Shafay Ehsan1.001800.0018.00
Martin Richardson2.502100.007.41
Keshav Bhatnagar2.0013113.006.50