Burnett Park, Banchory

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Banchory blues as both sides are beaten

It wasn't the greatest day for Banchory Cricket Club as both the 1st XI and 2nd XI were bested. The 1st team travelled to Sheddocksley to face Caledonian. Bowling first Banchory restricted their opponents to just 10 off 12 overs. Caledonian eventually got going and reached 121. Zac Crawley (3 for 11), Tim Wilkinson (3 for 39) and Itaz Virk (2 for 22) were the pick of the bowlers. Banchory's new look batting order backfired as they found themselves on 12 for 3. Virk (52 not out) kept the visitors in the game but ran out of partners as Banchory fell to 110 all out. The full report can be read here.                                     A nine man 2nd team were kindly given a player (Jamie Seedhouse) by 2nd Mannofield in their clash at Burnett Park. Awan (59) and Grayson (61 not out) took advantage of a few too many short balls as Mannofield made 189 for 6. Justin Travis (2 for 42) bowled well in his first spell for the club. Andy Richards (1 for 10) and Jamie Seedhouse (1 for 17) were the other wicket-takers. For Banchory, 189 was always going to be tough to chase and so it proved with only Iain Stirling reaching double figures as the home team crashed to 41 all out. The full report can be read here.


1sts bounce back as 2nds are defeated 

The 1st team will be very happy after a good victory over a strong Methlick side. With the opposition batting first Banchory bowled well to restrict the visitors to 147 for 8 off 45 overs. Itaz Virk (3 for 32) and James Stirling (3 for 32) were the stand out bowlers while Zac Crawley performed well in the field taking three catches. Banchory would need to bat much better than last week and they did with Sunil Gouda (47) and Virk (44) putting the game in Banchory's favour. Tim Wilkinson (31 not out) and Stirling (8 not out) sealed the victory. The full report can be read here.
Our second team travelled up to an icy Turriff for their first game of the season. Eight man Turriff won the toss and batted first. The opposition played well and scored 172. Justin Travis performed well behind the stumps in his first game for fifteen years. The economical Steve Redpath took 1 for 23 while the juniors all performed well. Banchory slumped to 5 for 2 before Andy Richards (33) and  the swash-buckling Jaimie Richards (27) bought Banchory back into the game. However there were no more strong partnerships and the visiting side were bowled out for 117.       


1st XI fall in season opener

Banchory just lost out at Burnett Park on Saturday in a tightly contested game against Queens Cross/Stoneywood Dyce on the artificial wicket. After a poor start with four batsmen departing for a duck, James Stirling (33) and Matthew MacPherson (25) gave Banchory a respectable total of 123. The opposition started their reply well reaching 59 without loss before Zac Crawley found the breakthrough. This started a slump for Stoneywood as they crumbled to 93 for 8. But Neil Wright (25) and S. Al Mamun (2 not out) saw their side through to victory by two wickets. The full report can be read here. The 2nds game away to Ellon was called off. Next week the 1sts face Methlick at Burnett Park and the 2nds have an away trip against Turriff to look forawrd to.


Cricket Training at Burnett Park

Senior and junior nets are on at 6:30pm every Wednesday. 


Averages

1st XI Batting Averages for the 2011 Season

1st XI Bowling Averages for the 2011 Season

2nd XI Batting Averages 2011 Season