Match: Strathmore
Venue: Strathmore
Date: 10 June 2010
Format: 20 overs per side
Toss: DUSCC who chose to bat
Result: Strathmore won by 5 wickets
DUSCC innings
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| S Boarder | bowled | Sturrock | 25 |
| A MacDonald | bowled | Couston | 0 |
| D Heather | bowled | McDonald | 33 |
| Shahzad | stumped | Hewitson | 2 |
| Vinesh | bowled | Ahmed | 9 |
| A Bell | run | out | 0 |
| S Rodgers | c McDonald | Ahmed | 21 |
| R Miller | not | out | 0 |
| Extras | 13 | ||
| TOTAL | 103 for 7 |
Bowling: B Ahmed 4-1-14-2; F Couston 4-0-13-1; C Hynes 2-0-14-0; A Sturrock 3-1-17-1; C McDonald 3-0-14-1; G Hewitson 2-0-3-1; E Taylor 2-0-23-0
FoW: 1-0; 2-57; 3-61; 4-65; 5-65; 6-101; 7-103
innings
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| D Sweeney | c MacDonald | Heather | 42 |
| C Howie | not | out | 31 |
| D Hedge | st Rodgers | Southalan | 0 |
| E Taylor | c MacDonald | Prakash | 14 |
| C Hynes | c Boarder | Shahzad | 0 |
| F Couston | c Boarder | Shahzad | 2 |
| B Ahmed | not | out | 0 |
| Extras | 15 | ||
| TOTAL | 104 for 5 |
Bowling: D Heather 3-0-26-1; A MacDonald 2-0-21-0; J Southalan 2-0-4-1; A Bell 1-0-19-0; K Dherwani 2-0-7-0; Prakash 3.1-0-16-1; Shahzad 2-0-8-2
FoW: 1-48; 2-49; 3-86; 4-91; 5-103
Report
DUSCC’s defeat by 5 wickets at Strathmore was an honourable one given the strength of the team put out by the opposition. After an astute decision by Alan Bell that we should bat first, a slow opening saw just 24 scored off the first 7 overs of accurate bowling. However Steve Boarder (25) and Duncan Heather (an excellent 33) raised a 50 partnership by the 11th over and were accelerating smoothly when Steve was dismissed and three more wickets followed for just 4 runs scored. Scott’s customary late hitting saw him to 21 and the total to 103.
The start to the Strathmore innings made us realise pretty sharp-ish that this was not enough, on what was a decent batting track. Their opener (a firsts player – albeit an opening bowler not batsman) biffed 42 in ultra-quick time, but no sooner had he announced his intention to retire at the end of the over when Alan MacDonald took a brilliant catch to dismiss him properly. It was over as a contest by then, but our persistence and effort in the field, along with our determination to enjoy it despite the imbalance between the two teams, were very impressive.