Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
ROUND-UP ’Shire defeat Fifers for an easy success
At Forthill, Forfarshire beat Glenrothes, who l ook like being relegated, by 171 runs.
Batting first, the Dundee side made 313-8 off their allotted overs with Rory Johnston making 86 and Scotland star Micheal Leask hitting 68.
Forfarshire bowled t he visitors for 142 with Liam Sweeney taking 4-30 and skipper Umair Mohammed taking 3-25 to secure the victory in front of a very large crowd.
Mike Carson produced a great knock of 175, supported by an unbeaten century by Ewan Chalmers to propel Watsonians to 336-3 against Aberdeenshire.
Despite 115 from Tony McKenna, Aberdeenshire only managed 221 with Lewis Dingle taking 5-37 to win the Edinburgh side the game.
Micheal Shean took 4-23 and helped Heriot’s restrict Arbroath to 183-6.
Youngster Daryl Sinclair top scored with 61.
Heriot’s made light work of the chase with Hayes Van Der Berg making 84 and Elnathan Meiri getting 77.
There was a low-scoring thriller at Corstorphine which Carlton won by a meagre 10 runs.
Batting first, Carlton made 158 all out with professional Michael Castle top scoring with 54. Ali Evans 3-34 made sure Corstorphine were all out for 148 in under 48 overs.
Gordon Goudie took 4-18 to bowl Stewart’s-Melville out for 86.
The unbeaten Mazars Grange, who look like winning the league, then polished off the runs with Nick Farrar making 56 not out.
In the top-of-the-table clash in the west, Ferguslie thumped Prestwick by 258 runs. The Paisley side made 303-4 with Preston Jones scoring 102.
In reply, Prestwick were 45 all out.
FORFARSHIRE continued their fine weekend by winning the Murgitroyd Caledonia T20 Regional Knockout at Lochlands, Arbroath, with convincing wins over Stoneywood-Dyce i n their semi-final then Glenrothes in the regional final.
Forfarshire now go on to the National Finals day at Poloc CC in Glasgow on July 22.
Semi-Final score– Forfarshire 171-4 (Michael Leask 63, Rory Johnston 45); Stoneywood-Dyce 129-7 (Ewan Davidson 39, Bill Kruip 2-7, Scott Cameron 2-13, Liam Sweeney 2-17).
Final score – Forfarshire 195-6 (Chris Greaves 54, Craig Wallace 54); Glenrothes 95-8 (Brock Ditchmen 3-14, Umair Mohammed 2-11).
JOS Buttler admitted to feeling nervy before he administered the final blow to complete England’s improbable one-wicket win and historic 5-0 whitewash of Australia.
Without Buttler, on his captain Eoin Morgan’s acknowledgement, England would have had no chance at 114-8 in pursuit of Australia’s under-par 205 all out in the one-day international series finale at Old Trafford.
However, the wicketkeeperbatsman simply would not be denied as first he and Adil Rashid got England within range in a ninth-wicket stand of 81. Then he struck a six off Marcus Stoinis and the coverdriven four which clinched the deal off the same bowler.
There were some stressful moments, of course, as Buttler (110 not out) and No 11 Jake Ball took one unexpected single and declined others.
Buttler got it right when it mattered most, though, to edge a thrilling contest.
“It’s a great feeling, hitting the winning runs. It’s pure elation, isn’t it?” he said.
“You know it’s one shot but that’s probably when you become most flustered, when it’s in touching distance.
“You’ll probably never match that. One wicket left and plucking it from nowhere when we didn’t really have the right to win the game.
“Winning games when you didn’t deserve to, they’re almost more enjoyable.”
England put themselves on course for this first whitewash over Australia in any formatwhen Moeen Ali’s career-best 4-46 helped bowl the tourists out.
THE weekend cricket resulted in wins for Forfarshire, Watsonians, Grange, Carlton and Heriot’s.