Category: Gallery 2023 TK

HCC vs ACC at de Diepput | Round 7 | 20.05.23

Daniel Crawley from the Manor End
Rahil Ahmed fishes outside off
Ahmed is bowled by Henrico Venter
Thomas Hobson in the defence
Hobson has a shakey start
Shreyas Potdar points at a wide one
Heino Kuhn hooks to square
A fine cover drive by Kuhn
Potdar returns over the bowler’s head
Put away over midwicket by Kuhn
Henrico Venter goes all out
A square drive by Kuhn
Spin from Daniel Doram
Ali Raza comes out to drive
Raza takes one on the helmet
Some improvisation by Raza
A classic drive by Kuhn
Raza reverses
Hidde Overdijk from the Scoreboard End
A high edged shot by Raza
Mahesh Hans is a bit unlucky to be out lbw
Raza cuts square
Ammar Zaidi plays through point
Raza goes after a bouncer
A cut shot by Zaidi
Doram gets through Raza’s defence
Zaidi attacks
Mark Wolfe pulls for a couple
Zaidi is bowled by Clayton Floyd
Driven by Wolfe
Wolfe is castled by Crawley
Runs through the slip area for Devanshu Arya
Joseph Reddy drives square
Doram’s throw is accurate and Reddy has missed the bus
Thomas Hobson opens the bowling for ACC
Ratha Alphonse starts aggressively (
Risky business outside off
Alphonse comes well over a short one
Driven through cover by Alphonse
Devanshu Arya
Tonny Staal whacks one into the bushes
That one is even further
Mahesh Hans bowling for ACC
Staal clips the ball to leg
A good cover drive by Boris Gorlee
Jonathan Vandiar comes down for a big one
Six more for Vandiar
Alphonse lofts a straight drive…
Vandiar sweeps fine
Teun Kloppenburg defends
A nice square drive by Kloppenburg
Played to the leg side by Kloppenburg
A relatively gentle shot by Vandiar
Another boundary for Vandiar
The sixes keep coming
Raza bowling
Played to leg by Hidde Overdijk
A controled slog by Clayton Floyd
Anxious looks from Overdijk
An easy single for Floyd
Floyd holes out to Hans at cow
Daniel Doram scores a boundary
Overdijk sweeps Hans for the winning runs
A disappointed ACC side leave the field

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

VRA vs Salland at Amstelveen | Round 1 | 14.05.23

Fraser Bartholomew opens the bowling for Salland
Vikram Singh fishes outside off
Johan Smal lets one go by
Played to leg by Smal
Vikram works one over square
Smal misses a pull shot
Sahir Naqash from the City End
Driven with power by Smal
A well-timed drive by Vikram
A great shot by Vikram
Sri Vishnu Elam Barathi looking for turn
Could Gijs van der Molen get the break-through
Smal turns to leg
Smal goes over the top
A fine ondrive by Smal
Teja Nidamanuru tries a leg-nudge
Vikram hits through the covers
Teja scores with his favourite paddle shot
A forcing sweep shot by Vikram
Teja lobs over the keeper
A fine cut shot by Teja
Stylishly driven by Vikram
Blasted over the square boundary by Vikram
Teja is well beaten by Talha Khan’s throw
Jack Balbirnie turns one to leg
Tyler van Luin takes a moment to meditate after being bowled
Sachin Peiris charges
Balbirnie belts the ball through point
Leon Turmaine goes after a short one
A hook shot by Turmaine and the innings is over at 284 for 6
Ashir Abid opening the bowling for VRA
Venkatraman Ganesan is not set yet
Piyaranga Ottachchige helps the ball to the fine leg boundary
Ganesan easily pulls the ball for four
A fine drive by Ganesan
Finn Raxworthy pulls with power
Talha Khan plays a pull shot
Khan is bowled by Turmaine
Victor Lubbers is surprised by the pace
Lubbers scores from the backfoot
Sahir Naqash with a solid defence
Leon Turmaine on his way to 3 for 24 from 10
Naqash attacks
Naqash struggles to make good contact
No problem there for Victor Lubbers
Lubbers lets one go by
Lubbers goes after the bowling
A gently placed shot by Lubbers
Fraser Bartholomew points at a very high no ball
Bartholomew’s footwork is tested
Van der Molen is in power mode
Jack Balbirnie loops one up to buy a wicket
Bartholomew joins the assault
Van der Molen pushes the ball around the corner
A square drive by Van der Molen
Tobias Machiavello plays to the slip area
Bartholomew holes out to Eddie Visser at long on
No points today for Salland
But it is smiles for VRA captain Leon Turmaine and his men

VCC vs Punjab at Westvliet | Round 5 | 13.05.2023

Muhammad Shafiq from the Paddock End
Michael Levitt hits out
Nehaan Gigani lofts a straight drive
Gigani is well inside
Levitt goes over the top
Big shouts but no result
Levitt sweeps fine
‘Good old’ Sohail Bhatti still at it
Levitt cuts square
Noah Croes forcing from the backfoot
Croes survives a serious lbw appeal
Nehaan Gigani lost sight on this one
Gigani plays high over point
Driven square by Gigani
Gigani drives to the midwicket boundary
Musa Ahmad deals with a yorker
Aalyan Mahmood spinning it
Sybrandt Engelbrecht tries a late cut
Shariz Ahmad plays an ondrive
Engelbrecht hits through cover
Shariz has to run for it
Cut square by Engelbrecht
Shariz plays through cover
A tricky moment for Engelbrecht
A sloggish drive by Engelbrecht
Ryan Klein bamboozled by Saqib’s wrong one
Saqib Zulfiqar on his way to 4 for 37 from 10
Viv Kingma plays a square drive
Easy shot to the leg side by Kingma
Kingma hits through point
A big six for Kingma
Too much footwork
Karl Nieuwoudt attacks
Nieuwoudt and Kingma are happy with their unbroken 9th wicket stand of 53
Vivian Kingma very motivated as allways
That’s four through the cordon
Rehmat Zulfiqar does not seem comfortable
Rehmat edges Nieuwoudt…
…and Boissevain takes a good diving catch
Newcomer Mees van Vliet flies in from the Pavillion End
Entering the arena … Shoaib Minhas
Saqib Zulfiqar plays a straight drive
Minhas plays through gully
Pulled by Saqib for four
Karl Nieuwoudt bowling for VCC
Minhas sweeps extremely fine
Minhas clears his view
Clipped to square by Minhas
A big blast by Saqib
Saqib holes out to Engelbrecht at cow
Elegantly played by Minhas
Michael Levitt in bowling action
Sikander hits a big six over long on
Minhas nears his hundred but also the target to win
A big six wins it for Punjab…
…and a well-deserved hundred for Shoaib personally
The proud winners leave the field…
…under the applause of the VCC players