Round the Wicket http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog Information and news from Freuchie Cricket Club Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Team Selections http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/07/01/team-selections-4/ http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/07/01/team-selections-4/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:45 +0000 John Thomson http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/07/01/team-selections-4/ The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

COMPETITON 1st XI League
DATE Sat 4th July 2009
FIXTURE Corstorphine Cricket Club
VENUE Corstorphine
  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.

 

COMPETITON 2nd XI League
DATE Sat 4th July 2009
FIXTURE Corstorphine Cricket Club 
VENUE Freuchie Cricket Ground
  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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]]> http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/07/01/team-selections-4/feed/ Captain’s Corner http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/07/01/captains-corner-10/ http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/07/01/captains-corner-10/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:45:38 +0000 John Thomson http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/07/01/captains-corner-10/ 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 2nd 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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COMPETITON 1st XI Fife Cup
DATE Thu 25th June 2009
FIXTURE Dunfermline Knights
VENUE McKane Park
  1. R Birrell (Capt)
  2. D Cowan (Snr)
  3. S Gourlay
  4. S Galloway
  5. S Birrell
  6. M Jackson 
  7. S Kennedy
  8. S Gibson 
  9. R Wright 
  10. J Wallace
  11. A Sutherland 

Players meet 5:20pm at Freuchie Cricket Club or 5:50pm at Dunfermline for 6pm start.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

 

COMPETITON 1st XI League
DATE Sat 27th June 2009
FIXTURE Edinburgh Cricket Club
VENUE Edinburgh
  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 Edinburgh.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

 

COMPETITON 2nd XI League
DATE Sat 27th June 2009
FIXTURE Edinburgh Cricket Club
VENUE Freuchie Cricket Ground
  1. S Kennedy (Capt)
  2. C Balfour 
  3. R Blanchfield
  4. R Wright
  5. K Crichton 
  6. M Jackson 
  7. G Christie 
  8. G Morris
  9. B Forrester
  10. S Munro
  11. A Sutherland
  12. Res – K Khalill 

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

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

 

COMPETITON 1st XI Fife Cup
DATE Thu 25th June 2009
FIXTURE Dunfermline Knights
VENUE McKane Park
  1. R Birrell (Capt)
  2. D Cowan (Snr)
  3. S Gourlay
  4. S Galloway
  5. S Birrell
  6. M Jackson 
  7. S Kennedy
  8. S Gibson 
  9. R Wright 
  10. J Wallace
  11. A Sutherland 

Players meet 5:20pm at Freuchie Cricket Club or 5:50pm at Dunfermline.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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]]> http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/24/team-selections-3/feed/ Captain’s Corner http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/24/captains-corner-9/ http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/24/captains-corner-9/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:06:49 +0000 Robbie Birrell http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/24/captains-corner-9/ Unfortunately we were undone on Saturday by a very controversial Umpiring decision which cost us the game! Scorecard is here.

Renfrew batted first and scored 219 on a very good batting track. Some wayward bowling and fielding again gave them at least 30 runs more than they should have gotten. Myself and Stevie Rowley got off to a great start putting on 70+ for the first wicket, Stevie went on to make over 70 runs himself. However once again our batting failed to dominate the bowlers until Dave Cowan came in to change the game, very nearly taking us all the way to victory. That was until he was given a very dubious LBW with 6 runs left to win the game, well within his capability as there were 8 balls remaining.

This week will be another very hard game as we are in the capital playing Edinburgh who’s batsmen are renowned for going for their shots. Should be an interesting day!

Sunday we were on Scottish Cup duty at Dunfermline Knights, once again we came up short. Dunfermline’s professional, Alistair Gray, was a quality player and took the game away from us with an accomplished innings of 80+ not out. Freuchie won the toss and chose to bat first, we managed to make 196 in the 50 overs, probably 40 runs short of a competitive total, on a very good wicket. On the plus side the young lads, Dale Cowan and Robbie Wright, came into the side and did very well. Both bowling pretty tight spells against quality batsmen. A big learning curve for both of them. Hopefully we can get our revenge on Thursday night in the Fife Cup, which is being played again at Dunfermline.

Well done to the 2nd’s, who won their league game on Saturday against Leith. The boys are steadily climbing up the league and will be hoping for another win on Saturday against Edinburgh 2nd XI.

A wee mention to Greg Birrell, Ross McMurdo and Grant Horsburgh who will be representing Fife & Tayside under 12’s on Sunday at Freuchie, please come along and support them if you can.

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COMPETITON 1st XI League
DATE Sat 20th June 2009
FIXTURE Renfrew Cricket Club
VENUE King George V Playing Field
  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. A Sutherland 
  10. J Wallace
  11. D Harper
  12. Res – n/a

Players meet 10:00am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Renfrew.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

 

COMPETITON 2nd XI League
DATE Sat 20th June 2009
FIXTURE Leith Cricket Club
VENUE Freuchie Cricket Ground
  1. S Kennedy (Capt)
  2. A Leckie
  3. D Cowan (Jnr) 
  4. R Wright
  5. K Crichton 
  6. M Jackson 
  7. G Christie 
  8. K Khalil 
  9. B Forrester
  10. S Munro
  11. I Patterson
  12. Res – L Kelly, C Balfour 

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

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

 

COMPETITON 1st XI Scottish Cup
DATE Sun 21st June 2009
FIXTURE Dunfermline Knights Cricket Club
VENUE McKane Park
  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. A Sutherland 
  10. J Wallace
  11. D Harper
  12. Res – n/a

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

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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]]> http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/18/team-selections-2/feed/ Captain’s Corner http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/18/captains-corner-8/ http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/18/captains-corner-8/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:31:27 +0000 Robbie Birrell http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/18/captains-corner-8/ I’m very pleased to say that we got our 2nd win of the season on Saturday with a fairly comfortable win over Weirs. Scorecard is here.

The day got off to a good start when Weirs lost the toss so I had the choice to bat or bowl, so bat I did choose. In the end it proved to be the right choice as Freuchie posted a very good total of 249, a total that is well within our grasp if we put our minds to it. The key to this total was a good start by myself and Steve Rowley, putting on 80+ for the first wicket, a great platform for the rest of the guys coming in to play their shots. Big Dave Cowan pressed the accelerator at the right time with a quick fire 30+ to push us up to 249 as well as very useful contributions from the rest of the guys.

Once again we got off to a great start in the bowling with a good opening spell from Scott Gourlay and Dave Cowan. Stewart Gibson on his debut for the 1st XI this year did very well under the circumstances as we were under the cosh for a while when Razza Butt as he was dispatching the ball to all parts of the ground. We eventually got him out on 80 and effectively that was their run chase over. Once again Steve Rowley was the pick of the bowlers with 5 wickets.

As for this weekend, its another big game for us as Renfrew are below us in the league so we really need to make this game count. On Sunday we are relieved by the pressures of league cricket as we are playing in the Scottish Cup against Dunfermline Knights who are doing very well since being promoted to the first division, it will be a very big test for us.

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COMPETITON 1st XI League
DATE Sat 13th June 2009
FIXTURE Weirs Cricket Club
VENUE Freuchie Cricket Ground
  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. A Sutherland 
  10. J Wallace
  11. D Harper
  12. Res – n/a

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

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

 

COMPETITON 2nd XI League
DATE Sun 14th June 2009
FIXTURE Grange Cricket Club
VENUE Grange Cricket Ground
  1. S Kennedy (Capt)
  2. A Leckie
  3. D Cowan (Jnr) 
  4. R Wright
  5. K Crichton 
  6. M Jackson 
  7. G Christie 
  8. G Morris
  9. K Glen
  10. S Munro
  11. I Patterson
  12. Res – L Kelly

Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 10:30am for 1pm start at Grange.

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

Good luck once again to both teams

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]]> http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/11/team-selections/feed/ Captain’s Corner http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/11/captains-corner-7/ http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/11/captains-corner-7/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:39:39 +0000 Robbie Birrell http://www.freuchiecricketclub.com/blog/2009/06/11/captains-corner-7/ Sorry to say we were totally outplayed by Dumfries on Saturday, unfortunately it was the same as most games lost this season, not enough runs on the board and wayward bowling. The scorecard on the Cricket Scotland website says it all! There’s nothing more to say on this subject, we will now look ahead to this Saturday’s game against Weirs, which is a must win as they are currently below us in the league. We had to make a few changes this week again, Stewart Gibson and Alan Duncan make their debut for the 1st XI this year, we’ve brought them in for their vast experience. Andy Sutherland comes back in after having a good weekend with 2nd’s last week.

Well done to the 2nd XI who had another good win again on Saturday against Marchmont. The highlight of the day was Blair Forrester scoring the first century for the club this season. Keep up the good work lads.

They play Grange this week which will be another tough challenge for them, but once again they have a very strong side to travel to Edinburgh.

And finally, well done to the Under 11’s who beat Dunfermline last night. They played very well with all of them contributing to the win. Friday nights coaching is really starting to pay off and we are noticing a great improvement in the kids.

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COMPETITON 1st XI League
DATE Sat 6th June 2009
FIXTURE Dumfries Cricket Club
VENUE Dumfries Sports Club
  1. R Birrell (Capt)
  2. D Cowan (Snr)
  3. S Gourlay
  4. S Galloway
  5. S Birrell
  6. M Jackson
  7. S Rowley
  8. G Christie
  9. D Cowan (Jnr)
  10. K Crichton
  11. D Harper
  12. Res – n/a

Players meet 8:30am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Dumfries. .

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

 

COMPETITON 2nd XI League
DATE Sat 6th June 2009
FIXTURE Marchmont Cricket Club
VENUE Freuchie Cricket Ground 
  1. S Kennedy (Capt)
  2. A Leckie
  3. J Wallace
  4. R Wright
  5. B Forrester
  6. A Sutherland 
  7. R Blanchfield
  8. G Morris
  9. L Kelly
  10. K Glen
  11. S Munro
  12. Res – Ian Patterson and Gordon Mutch

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

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

The 2nd XI have a game against Stenhousemuir in the Plate Trophy on Sunday 7th June, the team will be finalised on Saturday night pending availability.

Good luck to both teams.

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The scorecard is available for inspection from the Cricket Scotland website.

This week we have the long journey to Dumfries, where we will find another tough test of our resilience. Its been a few years since we played them but history tells us that these games are usually tight affairs.

Due to work commitments, Jock Wallace has dropped down to the 2nds as has Andy Sutherland. Their replacements are Dale Cowan and Graeme Christie, who makes his 1st XI debut this season.

Congratulations to the 2nds who won their game against Livingston on Saturday.

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