Match Report

vs Largo (2010-05-24)

Largo were the visitors on a chilly night at Mckane for a Scottish cup clash.Winning the toss,the visitors were given 1st use of a good batting track.Going totally against the plan set,Thomas opened from 1 end and Jamie from other.Scoring was only steady as both opening bowlers grabbed a wicket,Thomas with the help of Daniels good catch and Jamie bowling the other opener.At 27 for 2 after 7 overs we seemed handily set.However enter Hamish and Alex for Largo who both showed there class with an array of quality shots.Both retired at the 50 mark.Ryan came in and carried on where Hamish left off ,and at the end of the 20 overs,Largo had amassed 150.The dissapointment for the Dunfermline coaches was the poor use of the bowlers by the captain on the night,and the basic errors in the field.

In reply,Dunfermlie got off to a decent start with Scott and Jamie.The strike was being rotated and some bad balls despatched to the boundary.Scott was 1st out for a run a ball 20.At the 9 over stage Dunfermline were up with the run rate.Alas,this was not to continue.Ben was next out lbw .This was where things really went downhill with Marcus out 1st ball and Bilal soon after.Daniel followed soon after ,as did Thomas after scoring a nice 11.Jamie was out in the 17th over having made 28.Chris with 2 no and William (who wanted his lovely sweep shot mentioned ) 1 no were the batsmen in when the 20 overs were up.  Dunfermline finished on 95 for 7.

After getting into good position in both innings the sad part was not going on and taking advantage.When we were bowling,it got loose and the fielding got a bit shoddy.When batting,there just wasn't the accelaration when there was a chance to push on.Some of the bowling options used by the captain were to say the least strange,and certainly not the planned ones.

Having said that,we should remember we were playing a very good team.Alex also took 5 wickets to go with his 50 and most of the other bowling was off a good standard too.Largo's fielding was to a very high standard also.I will just finish by wishing Largo all the best in the next rounds of the cup.