Turriff recorded their second win of the season on Saturday at the tricky Sheddocksley venue in Aberdeen, beating Grampian by 38 runs. Winning the toss in overcast, humid conditions Turriff skipper Steve Lings opted to bat first on damp, muddy pitch. Turra had turned up with 10 men, including Ian Smart and Barry Donald both playing their first game of 2016. Smart opened the batting with Lings, and both players made a strong start against the new ball, taking the total to 31 without loss after 10 overs. Lings went on the offensive, driving two big straight sixes down the ground before bottom edging a short ball off Agidh onto his stumps for 27 in the 13th over to make the score 45-1.
The in-form Frazer Smart joined his Father at the crease and played positive cricket from the off, finding the fence twice and striking a quick fire 11. Like Lings, he also fell attempting to pull a short of a length Agidh delivery. This one just clipped his bail, reducing his 2016 batting average from 125 to a more realistic, but still exceptional 68. Smart senior pressed on in partnership with Donald before being caught for 29. He became the third batsman to get out attempting a pull shot, top edging Vinod to the keeper. With the score at 71-3 off 19 overs, Michael Soper made a welcome return, batting in the pivotal number 5 position.
Donald was next to go, adjudged lbw for 9, having helped bring the 100 up. Blair Balment joined Soper in the middle and looked to press the total onto the team target of one hundred and fifty. Both batsmen played fluently, Soper scoring 28 and Balment 24. Craig Peters made runs and supported Balment in a vital partnership of 28 after Soper departed. Phil Wrigglesworth played aggressively in the lower order, recording his first double figure score of 11 not out to see his side to 153 all out off 43 overs. With less than 4 an over needed Turra would be looking for wickets with the new ball.
Blair Balment opened the bowling with Lings, looking to make us of what swing would be available before the ball inevitably became wet. Lings struck in his first over when Mridul fell to an ambitious pull shot, skying a catch that was snaffled by Donald running from behind the stumps to backward square leg. Balment stuck again in his second over, knocking over Vinod's middle stump. Lings removed opener Naji for 12, bowing the dumbfounded batsman around his legs with a big out swinger. Balment made it two each and reduced the home side to 21-4 off 8 overs when he bowled Grampian number 5 Ashin for a duck.
Turriff were now racing against the impending rain to take 6 more wickets, while Grampian still saw a glimmer of hope as the ball got wet and there was no more swing for Turriff's bowlers to exploit. Sajan and Sachin dug in for the home side. They rotated the strike and struck the occasional boundary. Noah Balment and Michael Soper came on in the 13th and 14th over and Turriff were reduced to 9 men as one player had to make an early departure. Balment junior nearly made the breakthrough when his skipper shelled a difficult chance running back from extra cover.
By over 26, when Ian Smart came onto bowl the total had crept to 82-4, despite 6 tight overs each by Balment junior and Soper. With 20 overs to go, the home team needed 72 for victory, at just 3.6 runs an over. But Smart delivered on his fifth delivery, having Sachin caught and bowled for 30. Victory looked on again and the skipper brought himself back into the attack. The field came right up in an attempt to stop any singles and leave the batsmen no choice but to lash out. Lings and Smart bowled tight lines and lengths, aiming for the blockhole and trying their best to restrict any runs whatsoever.
The plan worked as the barrage of well-aimed yorkers saw the pressure for runs get too much for the batsmen. The final four wickets fell in close succession leaving Lings with 4-30 and Smart with 3-22. Soper bowled 7 overs for only 9 runs. Balment senior took 2-27 off 7 overs and Balment junior - who the batsmen targeted the most - bowled exceptionally well, his 6 overs going for only 23 runs. A direct hit run out by Lings throwing from a short midwicket made the 10th wicket.
Next Saturday sees a local derby when Turra travel down the road to take on Methlick 2nd team in what is probably the most pleasant fixture of the season, at the idillic Lairds cricket ground.
Showing posts with label Grampian CC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grampian CC. Show all posts
Monday, 1 August 2016
Sunday, 12 June 2016
Turriff CC v Grampian CC 2nd XI scorecards...
Date: 21st May 2016
Venue: The Haughs
Grampian beat Turriff by 5 wickets
Turriff Cricket Club Innings
1. M. Evans.......caught...b. Saji...15
2. S. Lings...................b. Vinod...31
3. N. Smith...caught...b. Kannan...31
4. I. Doss............run out.............30
5. D. Duncan...caught...b. Kannan...0
6. M. Soper........................b. Ajit...5
7. P. Wrigglesworth...st...b. Kennan...3
8. B. Woolley............not out...........2
9. C. Peters..............not out...........7
10. D. Laing........dnb
11. N. Balment....dnb
Extras: 26 (15w, 7nb, 3b, 1lb)
Total: 150-7
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Antu? 9 3 14 0
Vinod 5 1 26 1
Jinto 9 0 25 0
Kannan 7 3 17 2
Saji 6 1 14 1
Charles 1 0 11 0
Azhin 3 0 19 0
Ajit
Grampian Cricket Club 2nd XI innings
1. Ashin...caught...b. Laing...4
2. Rohin...caught...b. Smith...43
3. Rajeesh............b. Soper...14
4. Saji..................b. Laing...9
5. Mridhul.............b. Lings...45
6. Kannan....not out.............18
7. Vinodh.....not out.............1
8. dnb
9. dnb
10. dnb
11. dnb
Extras: 19 (9w, 3nb, 7b, 0lb)
Total: 153-5
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Laing 12 3 25 2
Lings 9 1 36 1
Laing 12 3 25 2
Lings 9 1 36 1
Doss 8.5 0 32 0
Soper 2 0 14 1
N. Balment 2 0 4 0
M. Evans 2 0 7 0
N. Smith 5 0 30 1
Monday, 23 May 2016
Turriff CC v Grampian CC 2nd XI match report...
Turriff’s cricketers made a belated start to their season on Saturday, narrowly losing to Grampian Cricket Club’s 2nd XI in a home game at the Haughs. Both teams benefitted from a full turn out, fielding 11 players each. This in itself was a positive, as so far this year grade 4 of the Aberdeenshire competition has been marred by player shortages. Rules changes this season mean there are no longer any draws. League games are now a straight 45 overs a side, win, lose or tie contest. Other than this, the Turriff squad remained largely unchanged from last year, but with Steven Lings taking over the reins from Ian Smart for a stint as captain.
Grampian won the toss and asked Turriff to bat in bright, warm, but humid conditions that perhaps looked as if they might be favourable to Turriff’s swing bowlers. Turriff’s one new signing, right-hander Malcolm Evans, opened the batting with Lings. The pair made a solid but circumspect start, looking to safely navigate the sometimes tricky new ball period. Both batsmen looked to rotate the strike, defend the danger balls and hit the freebies. Grampian rotated their bowlers regularly, mainly making use of a bewildering array of slower bowlers and spinners, looking to catch their hosts openers out and induce a mistake. At the 20 over mark the score was 47 for no loss and the Turra batsmen looked to kick up a gear.
But momentum shifted toward Grampian and Evans was the first to depart, caught off the bowling of Joseph for 15, including one six. Lings followed soon after, bowled by Jose as he attempted to straight drive a yorker-length delivery, having made 31 including 3 sixes. Turriff stalwarts Neil Smith and Immanuel Doss looked to build on solid foundations, continuing the left-hand, right-hand combination in the middle. Both players navigated the middle overs, scoring regularly and taking the home side to 121-2 by the 35th over. Sensing the chance to get a stranglehold on the game and impose an improbable total on the visitors, Lings signalled to his batsman to go on the attack.
Again, fortune did not favour the brave. Smith was next to depart, caught off Viskrambaran and equalling his skipper’s 31 runs. Doss was run out for 30 soon after. Dod Duncan came in at five and looked to hit big but was also caught off Viskrambaran to give the bowler 2-17. Michael Soper plundered some quick runs before being bowled by Raveendran. Phil Wrigglesworth at 7 and Byron Woolley at 8 both struck out and scampered quick singles before Wrigglesworth was stumped by the visiting skipper off Raveendran who ended with 2-17 also. Woolley was joined by Craig Peters, who struck a magnificent lofted on drive for four, to end 7 not out, with Woolley also unbeaten having ably supported his partners with some athletic running and added two useful runs from well placed shots himself. Turriff’s lower order had taken the score to a par 150, leaving the game perfectly balanced.
After a typically pleasant tea, Grampian openers Valsan and R. Joseph strode out to the crease seeking 151 runs for victory. David Laing opened the bowling as usual, looking to deceive the visitors with his trademark late-inswingers. Lings took the new ball at the other end, seeking to swing the ball away from Grampians two right-handed openers. Laing made the first breakthrough, when Evans took a stunning reaction catch at short cover, diving low to his right to dismiss Valsan for 4. Lings rotated himself with the quicker Doss after three tight overs. Nandan joined his skipper Joseph at the crease, steadying the ship.
After a superb opening spell from Laing, a double bowling change saw junior Noah Balment bowl his first overs in a league match on his 15th birthday. Soper took the ball at the other end, sending down off-breaks as his skipper tried the tactic of taking pace off the ball. Balment bowled his first two overs for only four runs, and was unlucky not to claim his first wicket from a peach of a delivery that hit the seam and moved away from a befuddled Nandan. But it was Soper who made the next breakthrough, clean bowling Nandan when he a well-aimed Yorker deceived the batsman in the flight to bring S. Joseph into the middle. Lings tried some more bowling rotations, first with Evans bowling two tight overs for only 7 runs on debut. Smith hit the mark from the other end and was unfortunate not to find himself a victim.
Then Laing was brought back into the attack. As per usual he quickly delivered, bowling S. Joseph for 9, and bringing Raj to the crease to join his skipper with the visitors 67-3 and the end a long way out of sight. But not through lack of trying, Turriff could not break the partnership. Lings rotated himself with Doss at one end and Laing with Smith at the other, but the batsmen stood firm, slowly chipping away at the total. The best chance came when Raj drove at Doss, getting a leading edge into the cover region and Lings ran and dived attempting a one-handed catch with his non-throwing arm. But the ball didn’t stick and the Turra skippers spilled a hard chance. At the other end, Laing had both batsmen playing and missing regularly. When he did find leading edges, the ball landing safely between fielders.
Smith eventually picked up the wicket of the opposition skipper, with Doss taking a skied catch at point. With 11 needed, in a last hurrah, Doss and Lings tried their hand at some spin bowling, Lings eventually bowling Raj for 45 with the perfect off-break. The batsman attempting an ill-advised sweep shot to bring up his half century. But it was now too late. Grampian made their runs with four overs to spare and five wickets in hand to take a maximum 30 points. Turriff salvaged 13 points for batting and bowling.
Grampian won the toss and asked Turriff to bat in bright, warm, but humid conditions that perhaps looked as if they might be favourable to Turriff’s swing bowlers. Turriff’s one new signing, right-hander Malcolm Evans, opened the batting with Lings. The pair made a solid but circumspect start, looking to safely navigate the sometimes tricky new ball period. Both batsmen looked to rotate the strike, defend the danger balls and hit the freebies. Grampian rotated their bowlers regularly, mainly making use of a bewildering array of slower bowlers and spinners, looking to catch their hosts openers out and induce a mistake. At the 20 over mark the score was 47 for no loss and the Turra batsmen looked to kick up a gear.
But momentum shifted toward Grampian and Evans was the first to depart, caught off the bowling of Joseph for 15, including one six. Lings followed soon after, bowled by Jose as he attempted to straight drive a yorker-length delivery, having made 31 including 3 sixes. Turriff stalwarts Neil Smith and Immanuel Doss looked to build on solid foundations, continuing the left-hand, right-hand combination in the middle. Both players navigated the middle overs, scoring regularly and taking the home side to 121-2 by the 35th over. Sensing the chance to get a stranglehold on the game and impose an improbable total on the visitors, Lings signalled to his batsman to go on the attack.
Again, fortune did not favour the brave. Smith was next to depart, caught off Viskrambaran and equalling his skipper’s 31 runs. Doss was run out for 30 soon after. Dod Duncan came in at five and looked to hit big but was also caught off Viskrambaran to give the bowler 2-17. Michael Soper plundered some quick runs before being bowled by Raveendran. Phil Wrigglesworth at 7 and Byron Woolley at 8 both struck out and scampered quick singles before Wrigglesworth was stumped by the visiting skipper off Raveendran who ended with 2-17 also. Woolley was joined by Craig Peters, who struck a magnificent lofted on drive for four, to end 7 not out, with Woolley also unbeaten having ably supported his partners with some athletic running and added two useful runs from well placed shots himself. Turriff’s lower order had taken the score to a par 150, leaving the game perfectly balanced.
After a typically pleasant tea, Grampian openers Valsan and R. Joseph strode out to the crease seeking 151 runs for victory. David Laing opened the bowling as usual, looking to deceive the visitors with his trademark late-inswingers. Lings took the new ball at the other end, seeking to swing the ball away from Grampians two right-handed openers. Laing made the first breakthrough, when Evans took a stunning reaction catch at short cover, diving low to his right to dismiss Valsan for 4. Lings rotated himself with the quicker Doss after three tight overs. Nandan joined his skipper Joseph at the crease, steadying the ship.
After a superb opening spell from Laing, a double bowling change saw junior Noah Balment bowl his first overs in a league match on his 15th birthday. Soper took the ball at the other end, sending down off-breaks as his skipper tried the tactic of taking pace off the ball. Balment bowled his first two overs for only four runs, and was unlucky not to claim his first wicket from a peach of a delivery that hit the seam and moved away from a befuddled Nandan. But it was Soper who made the next breakthrough, clean bowling Nandan when he a well-aimed Yorker deceived the batsman in the flight to bring S. Joseph into the middle. Lings tried some more bowling rotations, first with Evans bowling two tight overs for only 7 runs on debut. Smith hit the mark from the other end and was unfortunate not to find himself a victim.
Then Laing was brought back into the attack. As per usual he quickly delivered, bowling S. Joseph for 9, and bringing Raj to the crease to join his skipper with the visitors 67-3 and the end a long way out of sight. But not through lack of trying, Turriff could not break the partnership. Lings rotated himself with Doss at one end and Laing with Smith at the other, but the batsmen stood firm, slowly chipping away at the total. The best chance came when Raj drove at Doss, getting a leading edge into the cover region and Lings ran and dived attempting a one-handed catch with his non-throwing arm. But the ball didn’t stick and the Turra skippers spilled a hard chance. At the other end, Laing had both batsmen playing and missing regularly. When he did find leading edges, the ball landing safely between fielders.
Smith eventually picked up the wicket of the opposition skipper, with Doss taking a skied catch at point. With 11 needed, in a last hurrah, Doss and Lings tried their hand at some spin bowling, Lings eventually bowling Raj for 45 with the perfect off-break. The batsman attempting an ill-advised sweep shot to bring up his half century. But it was now too late. Grampian made their runs with four overs to spare and five wickets in hand to take a maximum 30 points. Turriff salvaged 13 points for batting and bowling.
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Sunday, 23 August 2015
Turriff CC v Grampian CC corecards - Johnston Rosebowl Final...
Date: 1st August 2015
Venue: Lairds, Methlick
Grampian beat Turriff
Turriff Cricket Club Innings
1. D. Chalmers.........b. Gibson...7
2. S. Lings.........lbw...b. Noby...0
3. I. Doss...............c&b...Bigil...30
4. D. Duncan................b. Seby 14
5. B. Balment................b. Bigil...0
6. D. Laing.........lbw...b. Noby...0
7. C. Swan..........lbw...b. Seby...1
8. C. Peters..................b. Seby...1
9. W. Wechsler............b. Seby...0
10. N. Balment...........run out......2
11. B. Wolley.............not out......0
Extras: 28 (21w, 0nb, 3b, 4lb)
Total: 83 all out
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Noby 6 0 19 2
Seby 9 2 16 4
Sonu 3 0 12 0
Johnson 3 1 8 0
Bigil 6 2 7 2
Gibson 2 0 11 1
Vaishak 2 1 2 1
Kannan 0.1 0 0 0
Grampian Cricket Club Innings
1. Jeby........................lbw...b. 4
2. Rohin....................not out...28
3. Vaishak......lbw...b. Lings...15
4. Bigil......................not out...26
5. DNB
6. DNB
7. DNB
8. DNB
9. DNB
10. DNB
11. DNB
Extras: 11 (8w, 2nb, 1b, 0lb)
Total: 85-2
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
D. Laing 9 1 42 1
S. Lings 5 0 25 1
B. Balment 3.1 0 16 0
Venue: Lairds, Methlick
Grampian beat Turriff
Turriff Cricket Club Innings
1. D. Chalmers.........b. Gibson...7
2. S. Lings.........lbw...b. Noby...0
3. I. Doss...............c&b...Bigil...30
4. D. Duncan................b. Seby 14
5. B. Balment................b. Bigil...0
6. D. Laing.........lbw...b. Noby...0
7. C. Swan..........lbw...b. Seby...1
8. C. Peters..................b. Seby...1
9. W. Wechsler............b. Seby...0
10. N. Balment...........run out......2
11. B. Wolley.............not out......0
Extras: 28 (21w, 0nb, 3b, 4lb)
Total: 83 all out
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Noby 6 0 19 2
Seby 9 2 16 4
Sonu 3 0 12 0
Johnson 3 1 8 0
Bigil 6 2 7 2
Gibson 2 0 11 1
Vaishak 2 1 2 1
Kannan 0.1 0 0 0
Grampian Cricket Club Innings
1. Jeby........................lbw...b. 4
2. Rohin....................not out...28
3. Vaishak......lbw...b. Lings...15
4. Bigil......................not out...26
5. DNB
6. DNB
7. DNB
8. DNB
9. DNB
10. DNB
11. DNB
Extras: 11 (8w, 2nb, 1b, 0lb)
Total: 85-2
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
D. Laing 9 1 42 1
S. Lings 5 0 25 1
B. Balment 3.1 0 16 0
Monday, 3 August 2015
Match report - Johnston Rose Bowl Final...
Turriff travelled to the neutral venue of Lairds, kindly catered for by Methlick CC, to play grades newcomer Grampian CC for the Johnston Rose Bowl on Saturday. With the brighter weather forecast for the first innings, with possible showers then overcast conditions in store for whoever batted second, Turriff opted to bat upon winning the toss. Without in form skipper Ian Smart, the Turriff batsmen would have their work cut out for them to post a competitive total. Turriff's left-handers David Chalmers and Steven Lings opened the innings, looking to see off Grampians hostile new ball attack and build a good first wicket stand. Noby and Seby, two nippy right arm medium pacers, opened the bowling. Both were immediately unsettled by the independent umpires who called both bowlers wide twice in their opening overs and warned Seby for running on the wicket on his follow through. With five runs on the board, four wides and leg bye, disaster struck for Turriff in the third over. Noby managed to move one back into Lings, hitting his pad and winning a lbw shout to remove him for nought.
This brought Immanuel Doss to the crease, who got off the mark from his first delivery and looked to play positively. For the next 15 overs, ably supported by Chalmers, Doss gave Turriff plenty to cheer about as he scored fluently and all around the wicket. In the 17th over Chalmers was bowled by Gibson for a hard fought seven off 48 balls. Unfortunately the old adage 'one brings two' was to prove true as a Grampian attack reinvigorated by the wicket steamed through Turra's middle order. Having found the boundary four times Doss was finally caught and bowled attempting a straight drive off change bowler Bigil. In the same over Blair Balment was bowled by Bigil, leaving the score at 53 for 4.
Dod Duncan and David Laing sought to rebuild the innings and get Turriff to some kind of total. Duncan took a liking to the bowling of Gibson, striking a six and a four in the same over to push the scoreboard onto 64. Grampian were quick to remove him from the attack in the face of this onslaught and bring back opening bowler Noby. In the 21st over Noby won his second lbw shout of the day, this time against David Laing to bring Christian Swan to the crease with the score on 64 for 5. Swan built a useful partnership with Duncan of 9 valuable runs before falling victim Grampian's other opener Seby, who got one to nip back into the right hander, striking him in the pads for an lbw. Duncan made 14 before becoming Seby's second victim, having guided the score to 75 for 7 to give Turra just a sniff of victory. Turriff's tail managed another three runs between them. Notably junior Noah Balment mad two runs in 8 balls,and had looked comfortable, before being run out as he tried to push the score ever higher. Turriff were all out for 83, knowing it would probably not be enough at Methlick with it covered wicket, fast outfield and short boundaries.
After the fantastic lunch put on by Methlick CC, Turriff set about trying to restrict Grampian to an improbable 82 runs. David Laing made the perfect start when he removed aggressive opening pinch hitter Jeby for just 4 runs, pinning him lbw off just the third ball of the match. This left Romin at the crease with number three Vaishak. Steven Lings opened at the other end and bowled a tidy first over, repeatedly finding the block hole and going for just one run. After another tight over from Laing, with just one run conceded from a wide, the batsmen pounced on a moment of weakness as Lings erred in his length from plenty of yorkers to plenty of low full tosses, giving away 9 runs. The batsmen then attacked both bowlers, taking the score to 37 after 9 overs. On the last ball of another expensive over from Lings, the bowler drew some inspiration and rapped Vaishak on the pads with an accurate away swinger and was awarded the fifth lbw of the day.
Balment replaced Lings, and bowled with gusto while Laing continued from the pavilion end. Romin and Bigil made no mistakes for Grampian and guided them over the line in the 17th over to complete a convincing win. Grampian player Bigil was awarded man of the match for his 2 top order wickets for 7 runs and 26 not out with the bat. Turriff made it into this cup final and despite the short notice fielded eleven players, albeit a mixed age and mixed ability team including two promising juniors. This in itself was an achievement as the club, which lost a lot of core players between 2013 and 2014, was almost in crisis last year. Turriff still have three league games, and next week go back to Lairds to play Methlick CC, so will be pleased to have had sight of their pitch this year which is a typical low and slow, but true, wicket. Victory on 8th August should keep Turra in 4th place behind Grampian.
This brought Immanuel Doss to the crease, who got off the mark from his first delivery and looked to play positively. For the next 15 overs, ably supported by Chalmers, Doss gave Turriff plenty to cheer about as he scored fluently and all around the wicket. In the 17th over Chalmers was bowled by Gibson for a hard fought seven off 48 balls. Unfortunately the old adage 'one brings two' was to prove true as a Grampian attack reinvigorated by the wicket steamed through Turra's middle order. Having found the boundary four times Doss was finally caught and bowled attempting a straight drive off change bowler Bigil. In the same over Blair Balment was bowled by Bigil, leaving the score at 53 for 4.
Dod Duncan and David Laing sought to rebuild the innings and get Turriff to some kind of total. Duncan took a liking to the bowling of Gibson, striking a six and a four in the same over to push the scoreboard onto 64. Grampian were quick to remove him from the attack in the face of this onslaught and bring back opening bowler Noby. In the 21st over Noby won his second lbw shout of the day, this time against David Laing to bring Christian Swan to the crease with the score on 64 for 5. Swan built a useful partnership with Duncan of 9 valuable runs before falling victim Grampian's other opener Seby, who got one to nip back into the right hander, striking him in the pads for an lbw. Duncan made 14 before becoming Seby's second victim, having guided the score to 75 for 7 to give Turra just a sniff of victory. Turriff's tail managed another three runs between them. Notably junior Noah Balment mad two runs in 8 balls,and had looked comfortable, before being run out as he tried to push the score ever higher. Turriff were all out for 83, knowing it would probably not be enough at Methlick with it covered wicket, fast outfield and short boundaries.
After the fantastic lunch put on by Methlick CC, Turriff set about trying to restrict Grampian to an improbable 82 runs. David Laing made the perfect start when he removed aggressive opening pinch hitter Jeby for just 4 runs, pinning him lbw off just the third ball of the match. This left Romin at the crease with number three Vaishak. Steven Lings opened at the other end and bowled a tidy first over, repeatedly finding the block hole and going for just one run. After another tight over from Laing, with just one run conceded from a wide, the batsmen pounced on a moment of weakness as Lings erred in his length from plenty of yorkers to plenty of low full tosses, giving away 9 runs. The batsmen then attacked both bowlers, taking the score to 37 after 9 overs. On the last ball of another expensive over from Lings, the bowler drew some inspiration and rapped Vaishak on the pads with an accurate away swinger and was awarded the fifth lbw of the day.
Balment replaced Lings, and bowled with gusto while Laing continued from the pavilion end. Romin and Bigil made no mistakes for Grampian and guided them over the line in the 17th over to complete a convincing win. Grampian player Bigil was awarded man of the match for his 2 top order wickets for 7 runs and 26 not out with the bat. Turriff made it into this cup final and despite the short notice fielded eleven players, albeit a mixed age and mixed ability team including two promising juniors. This in itself was an achievement as the club, which lost a lot of core players between 2013 and 2014, was almost in crisis last year. Turriff still have three league games, and next week go back to Lairds to play Methlick CC, so will be pleased to have had sight of their pitch this year which is a typical low and slow, but true, wicket. Victory on 8th August should keep Turra in 4th place behind Grampian.
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Turriff CC v Grampian CC scorecards...
Date: 27th June 2015
Venue: The Haughs, Turriff
Grampian beat Turriff by 46 runs
Grampian Cricket Club Innings
1. D. Varghese...caught...b. Balment...20
2. Seby.........c. N. Balment...b. Lings...0
3. Sonu..................caught...b. Laing...0
4. Noby..................caught...b. Laing...2
5. Saju..............caught...b. Balment...26
6. Johnson..........caught...b. Balment...8
7. Seby...................caught...b. Doss...3
8. G. Gibert........not out...................20
9. Charles...........................b. Laing...3
10. Kannan.............caught...b. Laing...0
11. Zac.................c. Lings...b. Laing...0
Extras: 9 (5w, 2nb, 1b, 1lb)
Total: 92 all out
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
D. Laing 9.5 7 7 5
S. Lings 11 2 28 1
B. Balment 9 0 41 3
I. Doss 7 3 16 1
Turriff Cricket Club Innings
1. I. Smart............caught...b. Saju...3
2. D. Chalmers...................b. Saju...0
3. S. Lings...caught.....b. Varghese...14
4. I. Doss.....................run out.......11
5. B. Balment.................run out.......0
6. C. Duncan.....................b. Seby...0
7. F. Smart.....caught...b. Varghese...3
8. D. Laing........................not out...3
9. C. Peters.......................b. Seby...3
10. F. Gowan.....................b. Seby...3
11. N. Balment.......caught...b.Sonu...0
Extras 10 (7w, 0nb, 1b, 2lb)
Total: 46 all out
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Noby 8 5 4 0
Saju 9 4 7 2
Johnson 3 0 7 0
Davis 8 3 12 2
Seby 7 3 8 3
Sonu 2.5 2 1 1
Kannan 2 1 2 0
Venue: The Haughs, Turriff
Grampian beat Turriff by 46 runs
Grampian Cricket Club Innings
1. D. Varghese...caught...b. Balment...20
2. Seby.........c. N. Balment...b. Lings...0
3. Sonu..................caught...b. Laing...0
4. Noby..................caught...b. Laing...2
5. Saju..............caught...b. Balment...26
6. Johnson..........caught...b. Balment...8
7. Seby...................caught...b. Doss...3
8. G. Gibert........not out...................20
9. Charles...........................b. Laing...3
10. Kannan.............caught...b. Laing...0
11. Zac.................c. Lings...b. Laing...0
Extras: 9 (5w, 2nb, 1b, 1lb)
Total: 92 all out
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
D. Laing 9.5 7 7 5
S. Lings 11 2 28 1
B. Balment 9 0 41 3
I. Doss 7 3 16 1
Turriff Cricket Club Innings
1. I. Smart............caught...b. Saju...3
2. D. Chalmers...................b. Saju...0
3. S. Lings...caught.....b. Varghese...14
4. I. Doss.....................run out.......11
5. B. Balment.................run out.......0
6. C. Duncan.....................b. Seby...0
7. F. Smart.....caught...b. Varghese...3
8. D. Laing........................not out...3
9. C. Peters.......................b. Seby...3
10. F. Gowan.....................b. Seby...3
11. N. Balment.......caught...b.Sonu...0
Extras 10 (7w, 0nb, 1b, 2lb)
Total: 46 all out
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Noby 8 5 4 0
Saju 9 4 7 2
Johnson 3 0 7 0
Davis 8 3 12 2
Seby 7 3 8 3
Sonu 2.5 2 1 1
Kannan 2 1 2 0
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Grampian CC v Turriff CC match report ...
Click here for scorecards
Turriff, now playing in grade 4, began their season away to Aberdeenshire grades cricket newcomer Grampian CC. Two weeks of warm air and glorious sunshine had given way to a rather winter-like weather front or two. Heavy rain moving in from the west coast overnight had turned Sheddocksley's grassy park pitch into a muddy, sticky wicket. While the exposed location provided no respite from the nasty north winds sweeping into the north east from Iceland. Turriff managed to field 10 men, including three juniors, against a full strength Grampian side that looked to have another half dozen keen cricketers in reserve. With Turriff put into bat, the game was delayed for a few minutes as a brief shower of hail stones paid a visit to the proceedings.
Play got underway with Skipper Ian Smart opening the batting with Steven Lings, facing the Grampian new ball pair of Noby and John Varghese. Noby, a young, tall, quick and skiddy medium pacer, could swing the ball away from the right handed Smart and into the left handed Lings. Bowling a tight line and length on a pitch with variable pace and bounce he gave little away. John Varghese was an older bowler sporting a sort of medium pace off-cutter that spat, turned at least a foot and reared up from a good length. In fact no Turriff player could remember seeing a bowler turn it as much. It wasn't easy going and after the first 11 overs Turriff had crept to just 11 runs for no loss.
Change bowlers Davis Varghese and Saju Matthews were next up, as Smart and Lings looked to change gear and get some runs on the board. Davis Varghese immediately removed Lings, catching him off his own bowling for just one run as he mis-timed his stroke and an attempted drive was skied straight up in the air. This brought classy right-hander Immanuel Doss to the crease, who looked in good touch, getting off the mark with a boundary off Matthews in his first over. Smart sought to step up the run rate, and hit two fours before Matthews bowled him for 14, which ended the day as the third best score on either team.
As the weather got worse and showers set in, Davis Varghese took full advantage, producing an inspired spell of bowling to remove three of Turriff's middle order without them troubling the scorers. Immanuel Doss, left batting with the tail, farmed the strike superbly to reach a fluent and quickfire 35 before being caught off the bowling of Davis Varghese as he looked to attack the Grampian strike bowler, who had just completed his five-for. Grampian decided to let their spinners have a go. Turriff's increasingly impressive junior, Findlay Gowan, found the leg side rope and struck two more singles from sweetly timed pull shots. A frustrated Grampian decided to go for the kill and brought back opening bowler John. Startled by a cutter that gripped and spun into his hips from nearly two feet wide of his off stump, Gowan fended to the well placed short midwicket fielder and Turriff were all out for 85, probably 40 or so short of a winning total on this pitch.
Conditions cleared up a bit after lunch and the sun was out. assisting the batsmen. But the wind had picked up, making one end rather tricky to bowl from. Senior new ball bowler David Laing draw the short straw and Grampian opener Saji found the fence with a pull shot in the first over. Lings bowled with the wind behind him from the other end to left-hander Seby, who got a jaffer first ball, and played onto his stumps bringing Johnson to the crease. Johnson made 8 before being bowled as one of Lings' outswingers took his off stump bail. In his next over Lings bowled Saji for 8 with a similar delivery and an unlikely Turriff win was looking possible. Grampian veteren number 4 batsman, and demon off cut bowler, John Varghese had different ideas. As he started freeing up his arms, attacking the Turriff bowlers he scored freely and generally looked in a different class to anyone else on the field.
Turriff quicky Immanuel Doss had replaced Laing, but was bowling wrist spin as the wind was making bowling seam up just too tricky for the bowlers and far too easy for the batsman. Grampian middle order batsmen Davis Varghese and Noby both perished hitting hard spun leg breaks straight to new recruit Callum Duncan at backward point for scores of two and five. But the bowlers were struggling to contain John Varghese's strokeplay, and struggling to keep him off strike. He struck a brilliant 54 not out, including four sixes and six fours, to see Grampian home with a lot of overs to spare. His talent and experience proved to be the difference between the two grade 4 teams. In 2014, the average winning score in grade 4 was 127, and with another 40-odd runs on the board Turriff might have had a competitive total on a tricky Sheddockley wicket. Turriff also shelled two difficult catches and can take a lot of positives into their first home game against Portcullis on 2nd May.
Turriff, now playing in grade 4, began their season away to Aberdeenshire grades cricket newcomer Grampian CC. Two weeks of warm air and glorious sunshine had given way to a rather winter-like weather front or two. Heavy rain moving in from the west coast overnight had turned Sheddocksley's grassy park pitch into a muddy, sticky wicket. While the exposed location provided no respite from the nasty north winds sweeping into the north east from Iceland. Turriff managed to field 10 men, including three juniors, against a full strength Grampian side that looked to have another half dozen keen cricketers in reserve. With Turriff put into bat, the game was delayed for a few minutes as a brief shower of hail stones paid a visit to the proceedings.
Play got underway with Skipper Ian Smart opening the batting with Steven Lings, facing the Grampian new ball pair of Noby and John Varghese. Noby, a young, tall, quick and skiddy medium pacer, could swing the ball away from the right handed Smart and into the left handed Lings. Bowling a tight line and length on a pitch with variable pace and bounce he gave little away. John Varghese was an older bowler sporting a sort of medium pace off-cutter that spat, turned at least a foot and reared up from a good length. In fact no Turriff player could remember seeing a bowler turn it as much. It wasn't easy going and after the first 11 overs Turriff had crept to just 11 runs for no loss.
Change bowlers Davis Varghese and Saju Matthews were next up, as Smart and Lings looked to change gear and get some runs on the board. Davis Varghese immediately removed Lings, catching him off his own bowling for just one run as he mis-timed his stroke and an attempted drive was skied straight up in the air. This brought classy right-hander Immanuel Doss to the crease, who looked in good touch, getting off the mark with a boundary off Matthews in his first over. Smart sought to step up the run rate, and hit two fours before Matthews bowled him for 14, which ended the day as the third best score on either team.
As the weather got worse and showers set in, Davis Varghese took full advantage, producing an inspired spell of bowling to remove three of Turriff's middle order without them troubling the scorers. Immanuel Doss, left batting with the tail, farmed the strike superbly to reach a fluent and quickfire 35 before being caught off the bowling of Davis Varghese as he looked to attack the Grampian strike bowler, who had just completed his five-for. Grampian decided to let their spinners have a go. Turriff's increasingly impressive junior, Findlay Gowan, found the leg side rope and struck two more singles from sweetly timed pull shots. A frustrated Grampian decided to go for the kill and brought back opening bowler John. Startled by a cutter that gripped and spun into his hips from nearly two feet wide of his off stump, Gowan fended to the well placed short midwicket fielder and Turriff were all out for 85, probably 40 or so short of a winning total on this pitch.
Conditions cleared up a bit after lunch and the sun was out. assisting the batsmen. But the wind had picked up, making one end rather tricky to bowl from. Senior new ball bowler David Laing draw the short straw and Grampian opener Saji found the fence with a pull shot in the first over. Lings bowled with the wind behind him from the other end to left-hander Seby, who got a jaffer first ball, and played onto his stumps bringing Johnson to the crease. Johnson made 8 before being bowled as one of Lings' outswingers took his off stump bail. In his next over Lings bowled Saji for 8 with a similar delivery and an unlikely Turriff win was looking possible. Grampian veteren number 4 batsman, and demon off cut bowler, John Varghese had different ideas. As he started freeing up his arms, attacking the Turriff bowlers he scored freely and generally looked in a different class to anyone else on the field.
Turriff quicky Immanuel Doss had replaced Laing, but was bowling wrist spin as the wind was making bowling seam up just too tricky for the bowlers and far too easy for the batsman. Grampian middle order batsmen Davis Varghese and Noby both perished hitting hard spun leg breaks straight to new recruit Callum Duncan at backward point for scores of two and five. But the bowlers were struggling to contain John Varghese's strokeplay, and struggling to keep him off strike. He struck a brilliant 54 not out, including four sixes and six fours, to see Grampian home with a lot of overs to spare. His talent and experience proved to be the difference between the two grade 4 teams. In 2014, the average winning score in grade 4 was 127, and with another 40-odd runs on the board Turriff might have had a competitive total on a tricky Sheddockley wicket. Turriff also shelled two difficult catches and can take a lot of positives into their first home game against Portcullis on 2nd May.
Grampian CC v Turriff CC scorecards...
Date: 25th April 2015
Venue: Sheddocksley
Grampian beat Turriff by 5 wickets, match report here.
Turriff Cricket Club Innings
1. I. Smart .......... b. Matthew ................14
2. S. Lings .......... c&b. D Varghese ...... 1
3. I. Doss ... caught ... b D Varghese ..... 35
4. F. Smart .......... b. Matthew ............... 2
5. D. Laing .......... b. D Varghese ........... 0
6. C. Duncan ....... b. D Varghese ........... 0
7. B. Woolley ...... b. D Verghese ........... 0
8. F Gowan ... caught ... b. J Varghese ... 6
9. W. Wechsler ... caught ... b.Vaisak ..... 1
10. N. Balment ....not out ....................... 0
Extras. 26 (13w, 1nb, 11b, 1lb)
Total: 85 all out.
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Noby 6 2 4 0
J Varghese 5.1 1 7 1
D Varghese 8 1 18 5
Matthew 7 1 32 2
Vaisak 1 0 4 1
Vinod 2 0 6 0
Charles 1 0 6 0
Grampian Cricket Club Innings
1. Saji ................. b. Lings ..................... 8
2. Seby ............... b. Lings .................... 0
3. Johnson ........... b. Lings .................... 8
4. J Varghese .............. not out ............. 54
5. D Varghese ... c. Duncan ... b. Doss ..... 2
6. Noby ...... c. Duncan ... b. Doss ......... 5
7. Bijil ...................... not out .............. 1
8. Vaisaka ............................. dnb
9. Matthew ............................ dnb
10. Vinod ............................... dnb
11. Charles ............................. dnb
Extras. 12
Total: 90-5
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Laing 1 0 7 0
Lings 7 1 18 3
Doss 6 0 40 2
Duncan 1 0 11 0
Venue: Sheddocksley
Grampian beat Turriff by 5 wickets, match report here.
Turriff Cricket Club Innings
1. I. Smart .......... b. Matthew ................14
2. S. Lings .......... c&b. D Varghese ...... 1
3. I. Doss ... caught ... b D Varghese ..... 35
4. F. Smart .......... b. Matthew ............... 2
5. D. Laing .......... b. D Varghese ........... 0
6. C. Duncan ....... b. D Varghese ........... 0
7. B. Woolley ...... b. D Verghese ........... 0
8. F Gowan ... caught ... b. J Varghese ... 6
9. W. Wechsler ... caught ... b.Vaisak ..... 1
10. N. Balment ....not out ....................... 0
Extras. 26 (13w, 1nb, 11b, 1lb)
Total: 85 all out.
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Noby 6 2 4 0
J Varghese 5.1 1 7 1
D Varghese 8 1 18 5
Matthew 7 1 32 2
Vaisak 1 0 4 1
Vinod 2 0 6 0
Charles 1 0 6 0
Grampian Cricket Club Innings
1. Saji ................. b. Lings ..................... 8
2. Seby ............... b. Lings .................... 0
3. Johnson ........... b. Lings .................... 8
4. J Varghese .............. not out ............. 54
5. D Varghese ... c. Duncan ... b. Doss ..... 2
6. Noby ...... c. Duncan ... b. Doss ......... 5
7. Bijil ...................... not out .............. 1
8. Vaisaka ............................. dnb
9. Matthew ............................ dnb
10. Vinod ............................... dnb
11. Charles ............................. dnb
Extras. 12
Total: 90-5
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Laing 1 0 7 0
Lings 7 1 18 3
Doss 6 0 40 2
Duncan 1 0 11 0
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)