Kinross-shire, 9th August 2014
University of St Andrews Staff 143-8 (45 overs) lost to Kinross-shire 164ao (39.3 overs) by 21 runs
(A. Caddick 36)(J. Hey 2-24)
A close loss in the league as St Andrews were unable to chase down another reasonable target.
St Andrews opened the bowling with Angus and debutant Luke � who was unlucky on a couple of occasions
as the ball just evaded the fielders in his spell. The first breakthrough was much needed as Kinross
had sped to 73 in the 11th over, James Ross in particular targeting the leg-side boundary and also
depositing Angus for consecutive �6�s down the ground. However, Pat took a sharp catch at midwicket
off Angus to dismiss Ross for 58, and Angus soon took a second wicket, meaning StAUSCC were able to
put a lid on the scoring rate as Kinross rebuilt.
Josh and Stan bowled tidily despite the gusts before Pat delivered an excellent spell of swing bowling,
clean bowling the attacking Robson with a perfect yorker, and causing numerous problems for the batsmen.
Stan then returned from to bowl with the benefit of the wind and was rewarded with wickets to finish
with 2 for 32 as St Andrews continued to chip away at the Kinross middle order.
With the return of the mythical McDougall-Bagnall to the team, cap-throwing was a given � although doing
so at the same time as managing to throw the ball in over the stumps was quite a feat. Some more orthodox
cricket saw a tight spell rewarded with the wicket of the remaining opener � Angus pouching his third
catch of the innings. After some fine fielding by Josh and Stefan had resulted in two run-outs � quick,
accurate throws to Dom finding the batsman short both times - Josh returned to finish off the innings
with his 2nd wicket � with just 11 runs coming off his last 6 overs.
Needing 165 to win, Angus and Pat set a solid base for the chase with an opening partnership of 21, but
the introduction of the Kinross spinners made scoring far harder � between them the three spinners bowled
their 26 overs for only 56 runs as the lively Kinross team began to get on top. At the halfway point in
the chase StAUSSC had made their way to way to 48-2 but were soon to lose Stan as he dragged on for 20.
Josh and Adrian then combined in the best partnership of the innings - steadily accelerating as they put
on 47 together with boundaries starting to come a little more freely. However, Josh fell to a fine catch
on the boundary for 25 to leave the score at 106-4 with 7 overs left. Adrian and Dom pushed the score up
129 to leave StAUSCC needing 36 off just over 4 overs, but Adrian was then bowled by one that went under
his attempted pull � falling for an excellent 36.
At the start of the next over Dominic and James were bowled in consecutive balls as they aimed for quick
runs, before Howard was run out as Stefan aimed for a particularly quick single. Despite Luke getting his
first run for the club St Andrews were to fall 21 runs short.
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