Round the Wicket

The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

1. R Birrell (Capt)
2. S Birrell
3. D Cowan (Snr)
4. D Cowan (Jnr) 
5. S Galloway
6. S Gibson
7. S Gourlay
8. M Jackson
9. S Rowley
10. A Sutherland
11. J Wallace
12. Res – n/a

Players meet 11:30am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

1. S Kennedy (Capt)
2. F Black
3. A Duncan 
4. K Crichton 
5. B Forrester
6. D Harper 
7. L Kelly 
8. J McIntosh 
9. A Paterson
10. R Wright
11. S Munro
12. Res – n/a

Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:00am for 1pm start at Stirling.

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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Not much to say about last week as the game was unfortunately rained off. Onto this week and we play SMRH at home which is a huge game for both teams, as we both fight to consolidate our positions in the league. Selection was very difficult as we have players coming back from injury and we’ve gained the services of two outstanding players in Fergus Black and Angus Paterson. Fergus has played for the club for several years but unfortunately his education takes him down south. Angus has joined the club this year and lives locally, but again his education takes him further afield so he can only attend at this time of year. Although Fergus and Angus are 15 they’ve both gained a lot of cricket experience at their respective schools. Its very exciting times at the club as there is a core of juniors playing in the 2^nd’s so hopefully we can keep them together and they can progress into the 1^st’s, if not this season then definitely next year.

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The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

1. R Birrell (Capt)
2. S Birrell
3. D Cowan (Snr)
4. D Cowan (Jnr) 
5. S Galloway
6. S Gibson
7. S Gourlay
8. M Jackson
9. S Rowley
10. A Sutherland
11. J Wallace
12. Res – n/a

Players meet 11:45am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Falkland Cricket Club.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

1. S Kennedy (Capt)
2. F Black
3. G Christie 
4. K Crichton 
5. B Forrester
6. D Harper 
7. L Kelly 
8. J McIntosh 
9. A Paterson
10. R Wright
11. To be confirmed
12. Res – n/a

Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:15am for 1pm start.

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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Firstly my apologies for not providing a Captain’s Corner last week, things were very hectic. Very briefly on last week’s games, we were beaten in the league by Corstorphine  and unfortunately were also beaten by Falkland in the last over of the Fife Cup Final. The scorecard from the Corstorphine game is here.

The very good news from Saturday last week was we won against Prestwick in a bottom of the league clash! Scorecard here.  It was very fitting due to it also being our Sponsor’s Day which was a great success. Thanks to everyone who made it possible and helped out on the day.

Everyone contributed to the game and if we can keep playing to this standard I’m sure we can survive in SNCL Division 2.

Onto Saturday this week and we’re at Falkland, we will be hoping to avenge the early season loss against them, in which Duckworth Lewis played a major part in this defeat!

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The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

1. R Birrell (Capt)
2. D Cowan (Snr)
3. S Gourlay
4. S Galloway
5. S Birrell
6. A Duncan 
7. S Rowley
8. S Gibson 
9. D Cowan (Jnr) 
10. J Wallace
11. D Harper
12. Res – n/a

Players meet 10:45am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Corstorphine.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

1. S Kennedy (Capt)
2. C Balfour 
3. A Leckie
4. R Wright
5. K Crichton 
6. M Jackson 
7. G Christie 
8. K Khalill
9. B Forrester
10. S Munro
11. A Sutherland
12. Res – L Kelly

Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:15am for 1pm start.

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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It was a bad for both XI’s on Saturday, as we were beaten by Edinburgh in corresponding fixtures. We arrived at the ground under very heavy and overcast conditions with the prospect of play looking doubtful. As the afternoon went on the skies cleared and we were able to commence play at 2pm, the game was cut down to 42 overs each. We won the toss and elected to field as the wicket was damp but this turned out to be the wrong choice, as the game went on the wicket deteriorated rapidly!!!

Edinburgh started off in their usual style, the big opener peppering the boundary at every opportunity. We eventually got him out for 60+ off 40+ balls, the rest of their batsmen continued the scoring rate with unorthodox shots and copious amounts of luck! Their innings closed with them amassing 233 from the 42 overs. Once again our slack bowling and fielding let us down, except for Scott Galloway who had 6 wickets to his name.

Our innings started off reasonably well but there was always the hint that the wicket was going to do some silly things. Good length balls were spitting of the wicket and making batting very difficult and dangerous with numerous balls rising to hit our gloves and whizzing past our noses. The guys did pretty well getting to our total of 199, myself with 58 and Dave Cowan with 42 the main run getters. Special mention must go to Dale Cowan who hit one of the best sixes by a Freuchie player in many a season.

With the 2^nd half of the season starting on Saturday we’re hoping our luck and performances will improve, starting with Corstorphine this weekend.

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