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Trap door beckons as 152 not enough!!

At Cowgate Alan elected to bat and sent in the returnnig Ben O Brian with the now regular Chris Robson. The pair opened uip well and runs flowed. By the 5th over, the score was on 54 but Chris was run out for 23 (four 4s). Davo came in at 3 and the pair batted through for 152 hit mainly by Ben, especially two sixes in the last over to add to his previous four 4s in 76 not out. Davo was restricted to a series of singles as he kept picking out fielders with his correct strokes; he made 34 with two 4s. Rowlands posted 152-1 held up mid innings by A Ali with 25-0 off 4 and Choudry 0-20 off 3.

The Kirkwood response got off to a fast start with 13 coming off Davo's first over. This set the scene. The book is confused but these are the deduced figures.
Davo 3-0-33-1
Chris Robson 4-0-33-2
Adam McTaggert 3.4-0-20-2
Ian Younger 4-0-30-2 (who keeps up his record of a wicket in every match he has played this season !)
Don 1-0-17-0

Kirkwood's batsmen shared the runs; all were aggressive and they made the total with 4 balls to spare with a boundary just beyond the catching hands of Ian protecting the short side of the field. Pick of the bowlers was Adam, guest brought along by Colin Thornton. Don got the worst of Abdullah's aggression (35) and there were many specialist fielders on the night. Chris took 2 catches and James Slater who did some superb stops for the cause one catch. Kirkwood's 153-7 included Choudry's 26, A Kak 23 and Amjad 18 not out.

Rowlands took 4 points to Kirkwood's 7. Three games to go!