VOC vs Excelsior ’20 at Hazelaarweg | Round 6 | 18.05.23

Today’s umpires: Exchange Guest D. Sebola from SA and Nitin Bathi
Arnav Jain is late cutting
Tom Heggelman from the Airport End
Max O’Dowd plays through point
Jain lofts a cover drive
O’Dowd enjoys the power play
An off cutter surprises Jain
Played off the hip by O’Dowd
Michael Hart from the Pavilion End
Jain gets a sharp lifter
Pulled square by Jain…
..and The Excelsior men celebrate Umar Baker’s catch
Rens van Troost perhaps a bit expensive today
Lane Berry likes to hit’m hard
A relatively sedate start by O’Dowd
Berry belts one through the covers
Umar Baker spins it
O’Dowd is done by Baker
Scott Edwards plays his favourite paddle shot
A straight power drive by Berry
Berry plays a reverse sweep
Edwards plays to cow
Hart dismisses Berry with a flying catch…
…but has an awkward landing
Tim de Kok steers the ball through gully
Francois Fourie gives Ingram an easy catch
If there’s a ball on a leg…
… the chorus sings
Jelte Schoonheim is always good for some fireworks
Played from the backfoot by Schoonheim
Another six by Schoonheim
Schoonheim is adjudged ‘Something Before Wicket’
Tim de Kok loses his middle stump to Hart
VOC-quick Max Hoornweg has to swallow his own medicine
Hoornweg skies to no man’s land
Hoornweg misses a big hoik
Hoornweg hits to long on…
.. into the hands of Roel Verhagen
Mixed feelings by Excelsior. Is 218 reachable?
Arnav Jain opens the bowling for VOC
Luuk Kroesen pushes the ball through point
Tim Etman plays to leg
Optimistic appeal by Hoornweg
Kroesen experiments outside off
Asief Hoseinbaks in full action
Roel Verhagen middles a cover drive
Verhagen has lost sight on the ball
Jelte Schoonheim
Lorenzo Ingram hits a straight six
Kroesen plays a fine drive
Kroesen attacks
Pierce Fletcher back in the side
Forced from the backfoot by Kroesen
Michael Hart hooks for four
Hart comes well over the ball
Tucked around the corner by Hart
Ingram is spun out by Hoseinbaks
Tim Etman comes out to drive
Stan van Troost is in for a patient 30
Hart goes for a big one
Clipped to leg by Hart
Van Troost belts one through extra
Hoornweg keeps his nerve to run Van Troost out
A boundary brings the target in reach
A sloggish square drive for four and Excelsior have won a hard-fought game
Hart and Shankar leave the field loudly applauded

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