Arbroath United Cricket Club

United made a promising start through Ross McLean and Ryan Plomer reaching 20 in the seventh over before Plomer was trapped lbw by Lauder who however then quickly claimed the wicket of Bryce Carnegie.  McLean (20 from 40 balls) and Jack Plomer added 22 before a wicket fell in three successive overs to leave United on 58 for 5 in the 17^th over with Lauder taking 4 for 35.   David Bridges (36 from 78 balls) remained unbeaten but only Fraser Anderson (13 from 8 balls) of the other batsmen reached double figures as United were dismissed in the 39^th over for 129 with Zahid Imran taking 3 for 16.   After a delay of 54 minutes it was decided to start the Rossie Priory innings in the rain.   United had early success when Bruce Stephens was run out in the sixth over with the total on 17.   There then followed a period of inactivity as Rossie reached 25 after 15 overs.    United claimed a further two wickets when Andrew Caddick was caught by Gavin Swan from Michael Elliott’s bowling and in the following over Carnegie had Devlin caught by Ross McLean to leave the total on 38 for 3 in the 19^th over.   Raymond Lynch was joined by Andrew Lynch (19 from 44 balls) and as the rain became heavier the bowlers found difficulty with the wet conditions and the batsmen took full advantage to add 60 before Andrew Lynch was bowled by Jack Plomer in the 31^st over.   Raymond Lynch (unbeaten 69 from 91 balls, 4 fours) was joined by Peter Stewart and they took Rossie Priory to a six wicket victory with 9.4 overs remaining.

Result:  Arbroath United X1lost by 6 wickets.  (Dukes Strathmore & Perthshire Second  Division– 45 overs)

Strathearn made a good start as Gordon McKinnie (20 from 35 balls) and Fraser Mearns reached 35 in the 11^th over before the former was caught by Gavin Sinclair from Jamie Bowick’s bowling.   Mearns was joined by Richie Kirkman (19, from 39 balls) and they added 53 before Kirkman was caught by Bowick from Craig Ramsay’s bowling.    Ramsay (4 for 18) claimed a further three wickets and with Mearns (51 from 108 balls) falling to Euan Small caught by Mark Edwards, Strathearn were 137 for 6 in the 37^th over.   Stirling Fenton and Tony Dellaquaglia both reached double figures as Strathearn were dismissed in the 44^th over for 171 with Small (2 for 24) and Ross McLean (2 for 27) both claiming further wickets.     United made a steady start through McLean (15) and Ramsay with an opening partnership of 56 which was ended in the 21^st over when McLean was bowled by Dellaquaglia.   United were unable to build on this start as Dellaquaglia (3 for 31), joined by Shabaz Hussain (3 for 29) took control, Ramsay (50 from 114 balls) completed his half century before being fifth out with the total on 99 in the 32^nd over.   Sinclair and Duncan Malpass both reached double figures but United slumped to 124 for 9 in the 40^th over before a final wicket partnership of 30 between Michael Elliott and Small took United to 154, ended when Elliott was stumped by McKinnie from the bowling of Calum Laing, United losing by 17 runs.

Result:  Arbroath United X1 lost by 17 runs.  (Dukes Strathmore & Perthshire Second Division – 45 overs)

United made a promising start reaching 31 before Richard Kirkman (3 for 23) claimed two wickets in the ninth over.     With the exception of Alan Pedgrift the United batsmen struggled and when he was eighth out, caught by Kirkman from the bowling of Simon Edwards,  with the total on 111, he had contributed 72 (9 fours).   Duncan Malpass (28, 2 fours, 1 six) scored quickly in the closing stages before United were dismissed in the 35^th over for 139.     In response Alex McKay and Steven McDonald took the total to 39 from ten overs before the tea interval.   Euan Small finally broke through in the 15^th over with the total on 47 when he bowled McDonald (20) and Ian Reid had Alan Mearns caught by Alan Pedgrift in the following over.    United claimed a third wicket when Kirkman was bowled by Malpass with the total on 82 and came back into the game when Reid (2 for 40) bowled McKay (41) with the total on 93 in the 26^th over.   Arun Trivedi (16) however had partnerships of 17 with Edwards and 21 with Freddie Mearns before he was run out eight short of giving Strathearn victory.   United however could not gain any more wickets and Strathearn won by 4 wickets with 3.5 overs remaining.

Result:   Arbroath United X1 lost by 4 wickets.  (Dukes Strathmore & Perthshire Second Division – 45 overs)

United claimed three early wickets through Jamie Bowick (3 for 13) and although Euan Small (2 for 19) gained another two wickets the Rossie middle order brought the home side back into the game, Peter Stewart hitting 21 and Caddick 26.    The latter was dismissed by Ryan Plomer (4 for 31) who took four wickets but with Lauder unbeaten on 21 Rossie were dismissed in the 42^nd over for 134.   In reply United although losing two wickets in the third over started briskly with 23 from the opening four overs however Jack Plomer (17, 3 fours) was dismissed by Lauder in the next over.   Only Bowick (unbeaten 16) of the remaining batsman reached double figures and Lauder (5 for 19) and Milne (5 for 34) bowled throughout to dismiss United for 54 in the 17^th over, United losing by 80 runs.

Result:   Arbroath United X1 lost by 80 runs.  (Dukes Strathmore & Perthshire Second Division – 45 overs)

Due to other commitments United were unable to raise a team for this fixture and had to concede.

United opened their Second Division season against Strathmore and reached 23 for 2 from the opening ten overs with Adil Ali claiming both wickets.   There then followed a partnership of 56 between Chris Shepherd (23) and Euan Small (48, 6 fours) which was ended when Shepherd was dismissed by Alan McKay.   Small was fourth out, the second of six victims for Craig McDonald (6 for 24) as only Fraser Anderson (43, 5 fours) reached double figures of the later batsmen and he was last out bowled by McKay (2 for 19), sharing a last wicket partnership of 26 with Ian Reid as United were dismissed in the 39^th over for 169.   United kept Strathmore in check in the opening stages and Michael Elliott (2 for 23) dismissed both openers, McDonald and Matthew Simpson.  Mubeen Danish (44, 6 fours) and Douglas Sayers (27) swung the game away from United and with wides contributing 48 runs, Strathmore eased to a 4 wicket victory with 5.4 overs remaining.