Turriff’s cricketers recorded their first win of 2016, defeating Methlick 2nd XI at the Haughs by 68 runs. Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Turriff skipper Steven Lings resumed his opening partnership with Malcolm Evans. Lings made a positive start, attacking the Methlick opening bowlers and striking four sixes and two fours. He was dismissed for 33 when opposing captain Rob Fryer bowled him out in the 10th over with a leg stump yorker. This brought new player Chris Barclay to the crease in the 10th over. In a partnership of 32 with Evans he struck a boundary of his own before being bowled for 10 by Rice in the 22nd over. This brought Frazer Smart to the crease for his first outing of 2016.
Evans was dismissed for 34 in the 32nd over, stumped off the bowling of Gordon, to leave the home side 123-3. Callum Duncan joined Smart at the crease and looked to make use of the remaining overs. By now Smart was playing his shots, finding the boundary and had amassed a decent tally next to his name. Stepping up a gear, he flayed the respectable Methlick attack, finding the rope 15 times in a personal best knock of 82 not out. Duncan made 19 runs of his own before being dismissed in the last over. Byron Woolley, promoted to bat at number 6 after an impressive cameo in his last match, never even got to a face a delivery. Smart had guided Turriff to 197-4.
Laing and Lings opened the bowling for Turriff. Methlick all rounder Choudry opened the batting with Barrack. Lings had Barrack caught and bowled in the second over to bring Fryer to the crease. With their two best batsmen at the wicket, Methlick looked to overturn an imposing total. Choudry attacked both bowlers and got the better of them, regularly finding the rope. After 12 overs the score was 56-1 and Methlick were looking on course to make their run chase. A double bowling change saw Callum Duncan and 15 year old Noah Balment come into the attack.
Balment almost struck immediately, inducing a mistake from the aggressive Choudry, who drove a ball straight up the in the air, but unfortunately the catch was not taken. Then three balls later, he clean bowled him for a brilliant 41 off 35 balls to take his first wicket for Turriff. Five overs later, Duncan was next to strike, getting the price scalp of the Methlick skipper caught and bowled when another attempted drive went straight up. Next over Balment struck again, inducing a leading edge from Methlick number 4 Colley-Davies, which Lings took running and diving at midwicket. It wasn’t long before Duncan stuck the fatal blow, as Craig Peters took an excellent catch at mid on looking into the late afternoon sun. At 83-5 it looked all over for Methlick.
Pinch hitter Rice, coming in at number 6 had different ideas and proceeded to dispatch both bowlers to the boundaries. Lings brought himself and Laing back onto bowl to Rice, hoping someone would bowl a delivery that was just too good for him sooner or later. It wasn’t long before Laing obliged, bowling his out for 27 off just 18 deliveries. Both bowlers struck once more each, leaving all four bowlers on 2 wickets. Playing with just 10 men, Methlick only had more wicket to lose, Lings brought Evans on to try and finish the inning and he obliged first ball, bowling Hyde for one run.
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