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Thursday 27 August 2015
Saturday 8 August 2015
Close Encounter of the Third Kind
After two close battles with the Healthpros in the League resulting in losses, the Shipwrecks hoped to reverse their fortunes with an act of piracy in the Fosters Plate Semi Final at the Kingholm on Thursday. On winning the toss, Sub Lieutenant Donald McCuaig won the toss and elected to bowl, play finally commencing late after various delays in sailing.
Shipwrecks battle ploy was to hold their fire by not launching raw pace bowler Derek "Shabba" Rankine until the Healthpros middle order entered the fray, Petty Officers Colin Taylor and Jason Hall being promoted to open the attack. The idea was to stall the opponents' innings by not taking early wickets.
Unfortunately neither bowler had read the script. Taylor bowled Wilson and had Venkat stumped in his second over and Hall bowled Laurie for one. By the time Taylor bowled Williams, Rankine had been introduced to deal with the fleet of Strachans approaching over the horizon. In fact it was Davey Fallas who bowled Fraser Strachan in full tilt and it took a strange run out late in the piece to eliminate David Strachan after he collided with John Mutthiah and both players hit the deck half way down the wicket.
Mutthiah managed to hold the stern together before he was last man out in the last over, lbw to Andy Cameron. In spite of his salvage operation, the Healthpros only managed 79 all out and the Shipwrecks were already eying up the booty.
However the latter stages of the Cup competitions are often aversely affected by the darkness plus the lack of a lighthouse on the Nith, and unfortunately that is what happened on Thursday. Sid Oates and Mike Service made an unfortunately slow start and only 19 runs were collected in a becalmed first eight overs, Oates having been bowled for 1 by Fraser Strachan in the seventh.
Service and Geoff Dean gave the innings some impetus but when Service retired, Davey Fallas missed out for once and was scuppered by a straight one from Williams. Bad luck then started to intervene when Hall hit his second delivery hard but straight to short mid on. Once Dean was bowled for a boundaryless 11 and Mike Lumb succumbed for 2, Rankine and Taylor needed 20 off the last four overs, scratching about in increasingly difficult light. Neither could reach the boundary and Shipwrecks eventually fell tantalisingly short by just 4 runs after a last over collapse.
So dreams of cup glory are put aside for another tide and, with no tour or friendlies lined up, there is only the so-called AGM at the Captain's Table to look forward to.
Joint Men of the Match were Mike Service for his solo batting effort and Colin Taylor for his three wickets.
Scores: Healthpros 79 all out (D Strachan 24, F Strachan 15, Mutthiah 14 ; Taylor 3-18) : Shipwrecks 75 - 7 (Service 25 n.o., Dean 11 ; Williams 3-13, K Strachan 2-3)
Shipwrecks battle ploy was to hold their fire by not launching raw pace bowler Derek "Shabba" Rankine until the Healthpros middle order entered the fray, Petty Officers Colin Taylor and Jason Hall being promoted to open the attack. The idea was to stall the opponents' innings by not taking early wickets.
Unfortunately neither bowler had read the script. Taylor bowled Wilson and had Venkat stumped in his second over and Hall bowled Laurie for one. By the time Taylor bowled Williams, Rankine had been introduced to deal with the fleet of Strachans approaching over the horizon. In fact it was Davey Fallas who bowled Fraser Strachan in full tilt and it took a strange run out late in the piece to eliminate David Strachan after he collided with John Mutthiah and both players hit the deck half way down the wicket.
Mutthiah managed to hold the stern together before he was last man out in the last over, lbw to Andy Cameron. In spite of his salvage operation, the Healthpros only managed 79 all out and the Shipwrecks were already eying up the booty.
However the latter stages of the Cup competitions are often aversely affected by the darkness plus the lack of a lighthouse on the Nith, and unfortunately that is what happened on Thursday. Sid Oates and Mike Service made an unfortunately slow start and only 19 runs were collected in a becalmed first eight overs, Oates having been bowled for 1 by Fraser Strachan in the seventh.
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| Twilight Post-Mortem |
Service and Geoff Dean gave the innings some impetus but when Service retired, Davey Fallas missed out for once and was scuppered by a straight one from Williams. Bad luck then started to intervene when Hall hit his second delivery hard but straight to short mid on. Once Dean was bowled for a boundaryless 11 and Mike Lumb succumbed for 2, Rankine and Taylor needed 20 off the last four overs, scratching about in increasingly difficult light. Neither could reach the boundary and Shipwrecks eventually fell tantalisingly short by just 4 runs after a last over collapse.
So dreams of cup glory are put aside for another tide and, with no tour or friendlies lined up, there is only the so-called AGM at the Captain's Table to look forward to.
Joint Men of the Match were Mike Service for his solo batting effort and Colin Taylor for his three wickets.
Scores: Healthpros 79 all out (D Strachan 24, F Strachan 15, Mutthiah 14 ; Taylor 3-18) : Shipwrecks 75 - 7 (Service 25 n.o., Dean 11 ; Williams 3-13, K Strachan 2-3)
Sunday 2 August 2015
Last League Outing
Shipwrecks won their last Midweek League fixture of the season against J. Walker & Son (St Michael's Youth) at Kingholm 1 on Thursday, though the margin of victory was much tighter than in the previous encounter. Under sunny skies, Skipper Alasdair McEwan took the opportunity to bat first over the excellent outfield, where the ball now runs like water instead of into it.
Progress understandably slowed somewhat when "Old Man Of The Sea" Colin Taylor replaced the retiring Fallas. Rankine was bowled by Thapar immediately after hitting him onto the rigging of the practice nets, but tailenders Pater Connor and Jim Worthington provided useful support and, following two overthrows off the last delivery, prodded by Taylor to short mid off for a chancy single, the innings closed on reassuring 130 for 6.
The youngsters were not about to collapse however and opener Dylan Muir took on the Shipwrecks' bowling attack with a series of aggressive shots upstream while little Adam Malik performed a credible Boycott imitation at the other end as he stood firm on the burning deck.
Once Muir had retired, Andy Cameron produced a couple of key wickets when he bowled opposing skipper Geddes and shortly after had the padless Greaves taken by Taylor, tottering to his right at
point. This reduced the J. Walker scoring potential considerably. Even though slapper Ricky Thapar sent several deliveries toward the horizon for a lightning retiral, 30 runs were still needed with two overs to go and although Ross Lamb made a go of it against the returning Rnkine, they were still 15 short by the end of hostilities.
It was notable however that the margin of victory would have been much smaller but for the number of Extras scored. In spite of this, the Shipwrecks' Man of the Match Award was won by Derek "Shabba Rankine" for his solid 23 and vital bowling at the death.
Meanwhile all shore leave has been cancelled next week, when the Shipwrecks meet the Healthpros yet again, this time in the Fosters Plate semi-final.
Scores: Shipwrecks 130 for 6 (Fallas 27 retd, Rankine 23, Service 21,Taylor 21 n.o. ; Greaves 2-35) : J.Walker & Sons 115 for 7 (Thapar 28 retd., Muir 27 retd., Lamb 12 n.o., Malik 11 retd, Geddes 10 ; Cameron 2-24)
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| Lamb to Dean |
Geoff Dean once again missed out on the spoils, unwisely picking out Saints pro Thapar at point with an airy offside slash, and McCuaig soon followed him to the pavilion, bowled by Lamb for a duck. But Mike Service was in excellent form and played some some class shots to previously unexploited areas of the compass while Davey Fallas slogged away merrily. The result was that the scoreboard chugged round at a rate of knots that was maintained with the arrival of Derek Rankine after Service was bowled for 21 and over 90 runs were chalked up by the halfway point.
Progress understandably slowed somewhat when "Old Man Of The Sea" Colin Taylor replaced the retiring Fallas. Rankine was bowled by Thapar immediately after hitting him onto the rigging of the practice nets, but tailenders Pater Connor and Jim Worthington provided useful support and, following two overthrows off the last delivery, prodded by Taylor to short mid off for a chancy single, the innings closed on reassuring 130 for 6.
The youngsters were not about to collapse however and opener Dylan Muir took on the Shipwrecks' bowling attack with a series of aggressive shots upstream while little Adam Malik performed a credible Boycott imitation at the other end as he stood firm on the burning deck.
Once Muir had retired, Andy Cameron produced a couple of key wickets when he bowled opposing skipper Geddes and shortly after had the padless Greaves taken by Taylor, tottering to his right at
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| Derek Rankine In Full Battle Dress |
It was notable however that the margin of victory would have been much smaller but for the number of Extras scored. In spite of this, the Shipwrecks' Man of the Match Award was won by Derek "Shabba Rankine" for his solid 23 and vital bowling at the death.
Meanwhile all shore leave has been cancelled next week, when the Shipwrecks meet the Healthpros yet again, this time in the Fosters Plate semi-final.
Scores: Shipwrecks 130 for 6 (Fallas 27 retd, Rankine 23, Service 21,Taylor 21 n.o. ; Greaves 2-35) : J.Walker & Sons 115 for 7 (Thapar 28 retd., Muir 27 retd., Lamb 12 n.o., Malik 11 retd, Geddes 10 ; Cameron 2-24)
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