Scorecard

West Lothian 3 v Stuart & Stuart Penicuik Cricket Club 2nd XI on Sat 25 May 2013 at 12 noon
Stuart & Stuart Penicuik Cricket Club Lost by 98 runs

Match report West lothian 3 v penicuik 2, at gyle public park, 25/05/13

After losing the toss we fielded first on what was a glorious day for cricket. Unfortunately for us the two openers put on a healthy partnership which was not broken until shortly after drinks. The rest of the west lothian innings carried on in much the same vein with chances hard to come by (but largely being missed when they did occasionally come), as they posted a total of 225-4 from their 40 overs. Their skipper Norris smashed an unbeaten ~80.

Highlights in our bowling attack came courtesy of Ali Wilson who earned his 8 overs taking one scalp, and generally bowled very well, and young mikey brown who claimed two wickets and looks a promising prospect. Overall though it was a disappointing performance, especially in the field where we looked disinterested and disjointed at times (as an inexperienced captain i can probably take some blame on this front)

Our reply got off to a flying start with their opening bowler offering us some tennis shots early on which i was more than happy to tuck away. However wickets soon began to fall and it quickly became a struggle to see how we would reach the target. Run rate was good but regular loss of wickets was proving an Achilles heel as is so often the case. In the end we posted a total of 117 all out, with George liddle top scoring with 38, myself with 30 mainly comprising boundaries but no one else really getting into their stride.

Overall I had a great feeling of disappointment from the day's proceedings as I felt they were there for the taking, however not taking any credit away from them, their skipper Norris not only top scoring with the bat but also claiming four scalps with the ball - perhaps the difference, not to mention we did battle with just ten men. With that said, I felt our overall attitude and performance was poor and we must look to address this in the coming weeks.

West lothian won by 108 runs.

West Lothian 3 Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
9nb 2b 2lb 
for 4 wickets
13
225 (40.0 overs)		     
N. Halliday ct  Thomson b Wilson 41
J. Miller b  Kingsbury 73
R. Thomson ct  Charleson b Brown 19
M. Norris Not Out  51
R. Corner b  Brown 1
K. Thomson Not Out  27
A. Gurr  
G. Kellet  
D. Brown  
J. Szkudlarek  
S. Holdsworth  

Stuart & Stuart Penicuik Cricket Club 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Peter Kingsbury8.0126126.003.25
Mikey Brown8.0049224.506.12
Nauman Hafiz8.014500.005.63
Stephen Thomson6.003900.006.50
Ali Wilson8.0039139.004.88
Richard Charleson2.001900.009.50

Stuart & Stuart Penicuik Cricket Club 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 8w 6b 2lb 
for 10 wickets
18
117
(29.1 overs)		    
David Ainslie ct  b G. Kellet 11
Martin Juson b  M. Norris 30
Stephen Thomson ct  b S. Holdsworth 0 1
George Liddle Run out  38
Jim Fraser lbw  b M. Norris 4
Peter Kingsbury ct  b M. Norris 11
Nauman Hafiz lbw  b M. Norris 0
Richard Charleson Run out  1 1
Ali Wilson b  J. Szkudlarz 1
Mikey Brown Not Out  2
A.N. Other  

West Lothian 3 Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
D. Brown2.002400.0012.00
G. Kellet5.0114114.002.80
S. Holdsworth5.0015115.003.00
J. Szkudlarz5.1217117.003.29
M. Norris8.022746.753.38
R. Thomson4.001300.003.25