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At Cowgate, Rowlands were put into bat by Kirkwood. Skipper for the day, Ross McLaren and Lewis 'Goose' Bruce led the attack. They started in brisk fashion with 24 off the first three overs but lost Lewis for 11 (one 4), when Bilal Haider dislodged his bail. Ross continued well and was ably supported by a resurgent Roy Haygarth. Roy was bowled by Ali for 29 (two 4s) and Ross worked a magnificent 69 (four 4s and three 6s) before being caught off the slower stuff from Shobir Choudry. Craig Turnbull 9 not out and Chad Koen 0 not out did some important late running to achieve a team total of 148-3 off 14 overs.
Kirkwood came in to bat, determined to take on this challenging total. Following the late withdrawals of Sunil and David Ladd with pressing work commitments, Rowlands had to field with 10 men. Kirkwood openers Choudry and Yasem set about James Morris and John McCredie. James was rested after two overs for 19 and Big John after three overs for 27 but the wickets of Yasem, well caught by Ross and Nadir bowled. Don Catley came on and bowled Parag Cheuhan with a slower one, then bowled Hassan and had Choudry well stumped by Rob Burns for his 24. Kirkwood were still scoring runs and Martin Rownan went for 27 off 2. Don then claimed Haider (33) , caught by Ross off a skier at wide mid on to complete 4-0-32-4. Big John returned to complete 4-0-38-3 with the important wicket of Amrit Crawford. The kirkwood late run chase was restricted with a good over from Chad Koen who took 1-7 and James Morris returned with 17 to win needed off the last over. Only 13 came off it and the last ball resulted in an lbw to give James 3-0-32-1 and Rowlands the tight win. Don was elected Man of the Match by Kirkwood, just ahead of that magnificent controlled batting display from skipper Ross.
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