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Excelsior vs VRA at Thurlede | Round 7 | 26.05.22

All set for flipping the coin
Umpers Hancock and Bhatti with captains Borren and Heggelman
Ed Visser from the Chalet
Tim Etman has a close shave
Udit Nashier from the Football Ground End
Tom Heggelman evades a bouncer
Heggelman reaches for the slower ball
Roel Verhagen plays this short one well
Heggelman plays an easy pull shot
Ashir Abid for VRA
A fine drive by Heggelman
Heggelman has lost his feet here
Lorenzo Ingram goes for a big one
A big shout for LBW but it was a bat and pad
The most capped player on the field
Heggelman plays at a rising delivery
Heggelman edges Turmaine to Scully and is gone
Leon Turmaine’s bowling was a bit off and on-
Niels Etman gets a nasty bouncer
Ingram plays right into Singh’s hands
Brett Hampton plays a fine cut shot
Joost Kroesen attacks
A square drive by Kroesen
Udit Nashier
Hampton comes out to drive
Stan van Troost skies a short one
Sanjit Shankar is plumb in front
Rens van Troost plays to leg
That’s six for Hampton
Van Troost goes for a big one
And is caught by Singh at long on
Ed Visser belts his first ball into the sky
And is caught by Verhagen at short square
Vikramjit Singh plays a fine drive
Tom Heggelman on his way to 4 for 46 from 10
Singh plays past point
Singh comes well forward to drive
Singh plays to point and is caught by Shankar
And the Home-boys celebrate
Jack Balbirnie plays a defensive shot
Aryan Dutt plays high and hard
A one-handed slog by Balbirnie
Brett Hampton bowling
Aryan Dutt on the backfoot
Johan Smal drives through cover
Lorenzo Ingram with some turn
Dutt plays spin carefully
Played off the hip by Dutt
Dutt lofts over the top
And is lucky that Heinsbroek can’t hold on to the catch
Stylishly put away for four by Smal
Smal charges
Well driven by Dutt
Rens Heinsbroek bowling
Rens van Troost
Smal hits van Troost out of the ground
Fifty for Smal!
Dutt edges through the slip area
Big shot over the top by Smal
Dutt takes a quick one
Given not out but Dutt walks
Leon Turmaine plays through point
The Excelsior players enjoy the sight of a leaving batsman
Mitch Lees plays at a short one
A big appeal turned down and Ashir Abid survives
A controversial run out brings Excelsior the win
And Abid can’t understand the umpire’s decision
Excelsior win this tense game and take the important points

HBS vs ACC at Crayenhout | Round 6 | 21.05.22

Umpires Hancock, Hussein and Captains Raza and Vink at the toss
Aniz Raza gets a fine yorker for starters
Ryan Klein from the River End
Raza edges to leg
Raza still has to get his eye in
Ferdi Vink from the Bush End
Thom Hobson plays a cover drive
Julien de Mey spinning it
Hobson digs out a yorker
Shreyas Potdar from the backfoot
Kyle Klein bowling for HBS
Belted past point by Hobson
Potdar plays a power pull
Potdar edges a sweep shot
Into the hands of Stephan Vink at short fine leg
Robin Smith comes out to drive
Stephan Vink bowling
Hobson plays to the covers
A lofted shot by Hobson
Smith goes over the top
Square driven by Smith
Smith goes for the big one
But perishes in the safe hands of Navjit Singh
A spicy starter for Chris Knoll
Knoll attacks
Swept away by Knoll
Charles McInnerney tries a reverse shot
Knoll is glad to have missed that one
Knoll is hit by a sharp delivery
Knoll goes over the top
But is denied a boundary by Reece Mason
Rob Ackermann plays a square drive
Ackermann plays to leg
A fine straight drive by Ackermann
Pulled for a couple by Ackermann
The innings is over, but have ACC done enough
Mees van Vliet from the Bush End
Tayo Walbrugh misses a cut shot
Reece Mason is out stumped from a leg side wide
Walbrugh hasn’t connected well yet
Aniz Raza from the River End
Devanshu Arya takes over
Next bowler is Thom Hobson
Off a leg maybe
Walbrugh cuts past point
An ondrive by Walbrugh
A quick single for Walbrugh
Joseph Reddy tries his luck
Wesley Barresi is just in
Walbrugh cuts square
Rob Ackermann is trying hard
A straight drive by Walbrugh
Turned to leg by Walbrugh
Walbrugh forces from the backfoot
Barresi pulls with great timing
An energetic drive by Barresi
Walbrugh plays to leg for a couple
And that’s a TON for Walbrugh
Active defence by Walbrugh
Barresi comes out to drive
Another controlled pull shot by Barresi
And it’s all over
Barresi and Walbrugh congratulate eachother with a good win
A wel-deserved applause for Tayo Walbrugh with his score of 105 from 116

Dosti vs Salland at Drieburg | Round 5 | 15.05.2022

De toss met Mahesh Hans, Adriaan van den Dries , Nithin Bathi, Victor Lubbers
Captains Hans en Lubbers
Umpers Nitin Bathi and Adriaan van den Dries
Victor Lubbers opens from the Football End
Vinoo Tewarie drives to the covers
And it’s Reinder Lubbers from the Korfbal End
Vinoo Tewarie dispatches one in style
A fine boundary by Tewarie
Tewarie’s castle is flattened by Victor Lubbers
Shadaab Ghori is lbw next ball
And he’s not happy about it!
Achween Hanoemon plays an elegant pull shot
Waqas Raja plays to leg
Gul Nasir bowls on instinct
Waqas Raja drives square
Achween Hanoemon edges to the slips
But Reinder Lubbers can’t get to the ball
A lofted drive by Hanoemon
Hashim Khan bowling for Salland
Hanoeman plays at a wide
A power-shot by Hanoeman
Rahil Ahmed on the drive
Sri Visnu Elam Bharathi
Ahmed plays to leg
Waqas Raja attempts a risky cut shot
Venka Ganesan
Ahmed skies a non-shot to short leg
And Reinder Lubbers coming over from second slip steals the catch from his keeper
Mahesh Hans has added some style to his repertoire
Stay on your toes Waqas!
Raja drives through cover
Hans sweeps fine
That’s fifty for Raja!
Soon after Raja loses his off-stump
Kuldeep Diwan livens things up with some hard hitting
Forced from the backfoot by Hans
Hans helps a bouncer along
Waheed Masood cuts at a wide ball
Huzayl Bhutta holes out to Elam Bharathi at point
Asief Hoseinbaks attacks
Hoseinbaks skies a big shot
When the ball comes down it’s an easy prey for Victor Lubbers
The innings over, what’s the plan
Huzayl Bhutta opening from the Football End
Talha Khan sweeps
Piyaranga Pottachchige plays a cover drive
Khan plays through point
Never bowl too short to a lefty!
Pottachchige plays a solid innings
Hoseinbaks cleans Pottachchige
Wahid Masoed
Asief Hoseinbaks
Touseef Ahmad
Victor Lubbers ducks under a beamer
Pulled away by Lubbers
Elam Bharathi hits a straight four
A big chance given by Elam Bharathi
Elam Bharathi is well inside
Elam Bharathi bowled by Hoseinbaks
A fine yorker stops Victor Lubbers in his tracks
That’s the big one for Lubbers
Lubbers and Van der Molen celebrate the win
Lubbers teaches Van der Molen to always look for the camera man

Sparta vs Punjab at Bermweg | Round 4 | 07.05.22

At the toss
A moment of silence at the passing of Sparta’s Henk van der Linde
Mudassar Bukhari bowling for Sparta
Sharafat Khogyani slashes through the covers
Khogyani is surprised by a rising delivery
Not well-timed but safe for Khogyani
Khogyani holes out to Gohil at long on
Ashan Malik from the Pavilion End
Asad Zulfiqar drives
Asad edges to keeper Raza and is out
A big shout from Bukhari…
…and Rehmat Zulfiqar sees the dreaded finger
Teja Nidamanuru hammers one to square
Pro-bowling from Samit Gohil
Nidumanuru has a close shave
Nidamanuru on his toes
Nidumanuru comes out to drive
Played around the legs by Nidumanuru
A big hit by Nidumanuru
Nidumanuru goes over the top
Joost Martijn Snoep bowling
Manminder Singh
Nasratulla Ibrahimkil
Saqib Zulfiqar just missed that one
That’s Fifty for Saqib
Siqander Zulfiqar pulls to square
A square drive by Saqib
Siqander is caught by Allen at deepish midwicket
And the Sparta boys are glad he’s gone
Yassir Usman plays an elegant pull shot
Mubashar Hussain plays through cover
Captain Tarik hits out
Sulaiman Tarik steady as ever
Allen hit by a rising one
Raza is bowled by Tariq
Teja Nidamanuru has dropped Gohil on nought
Samiullah Salacazai gives his all
Rikus Allen edges through the slip-gap
Samit Gohil plays through cover
Is that a boundary or not
Allen plays a half-harted shot
Gohil is trapped in front by Tariq
Celebration of the important wicket
Umpire Akram besieged
A big hit from Mudassar Bukhari
Mamoon Latif belts one around the corner
A big edge for Bukhari
Saqib took 4 for 28 from 10
Manminder Singh cuts square
Mubashar Hussain
Nasratullah Ibrahimkil is caught behind off Saqib
Square driven by Singh
Singh plays to leg
Singh’s castle is ruined by Siqander
Prithvira Balwantsingh lobs a slower one
Siqander comes in to bowl
Prithvira Balwantsingh plays off the hip
Khalid Ahmadi drives for a couple
Balwantsingh edges for a boundary
A nasty blow from a beamer for Balwantsingh
Ashan Malik on the drive
Joost Martijn Snoep is bowled and Sparta fall 61 runs short
In the end a regular win for Punjab

Kampong vs HCC at Maarschalkerweert | Round 3 | 01.05.22

Tossing with small change
In the huddle…
Clayton Floyd opens the bowling
Sandeep Abyankar drives Overdijk
Reinier Bijloos
A dangerous move by Abhyankar
A big shout by Overdijk…
…and Abhyanga is gone
Ratha Alphonse plays at a rising one
Usman Malik points at a wide
Malik plays an on drive
A late cut by Malik
A defensive slog
Ollie Klaus bowling slower but smarter
Newbee Tim Pringle bowling very well
From the other End Patient Charumbira
Malik gets a sharp one
Hidde Overdijk on his way to 4 for 21
Malik is bowled by Overdijk
Sherry Butt still tries to hit them hard
That ball just missed the stumps
Butt puts Charumbira over the rope
Alex Roy holes out to Ollie Klaus at midwicket
A wild swing at a bouncer by Rob van Harten
Van Harten plays over point
Tushar Sharma hits over the bowler’s head
Tonny Staal spills a difficult chance
Van Harten swings at a leg side wide
A fine drive by Sharma
Alexander Roy flies in to bowl…
…and lands safely
Tonny Staal edges into the ground
Clayton Floyd in defence
Kerta Nana from the Pavillion End
Gorlee hits high and far
Gorlee hits out
Rob van Harten bowling
Gorlee drives square
Gorlee is caught by Nana off van Harten
Pierre Jacod
Hidde Overdijk drives
Contortionist Usman Malik
Zac Worden goes after a wide
Cut square by Worden
50 for Worden
Overdijk drives through the covers
Worked through point by Worden
Good foot-work by Worden
Controlled agression by Overdijk
A couple for Worden
Worden and Overdijk bring in the win for HCC
Shake-hands at the end of a fine day

VOC vs Salland at Hazelaarweg | Round 2 | 30.04.22

When the coin flies.
Pasan Ottachchige opens with a fine drive
Pierce Fletcher from the Airport End
Venkat Ganesan plays off the hip
Ottachchige gets away with a lofted shot
Ganesan well-beaten
A hook by Ottachchige
Max Hoornweg from the Pavilion End
Bobby Hanif takes a risk with his bad knee
Arnav Jain asks the question
An elegant shot by Talha Khan
Khan mistimes a drive
Celebrations by VOC as Victor Lubbers departs cheaply
Put away over square by Khan
Khan cuts square
An agressive shot by Khan
Don’t fish outside off!
Sahir Nagash digs out a yorker
Ganesan plays around his legs
Ganesan belts one over square
Jelte Schoonheim bowling
Nagash goes over the top
Ganesan plays through extra
A fine pull by Ganesan
Captain Seelaar takes the ball
Akhil Gopilath is surprised by some extra bounce
Gopilath saw that one coming
Elam Bharathi comes out to drive
Gopilath has lost the plot a little
Filicked to fine by Gopilath
Hashim Khan goes for the big one
Max O’Dowd prefers the bounce over the catch
Elam Bharathi reverses
Hashim Khan is bowled by Hanif
Abbas Sherzad edges…
… and is easily caught by Hoornweg at backward point
Seasoned campaigner Steven Lubbers tucks yhe last one to leg
Action Man Khan has arrived!
Gull Nashir with a more orthodox action
O’Dowd survives a big appeal
O’Dowd stopped in his tracks
Elam Bharathi bowling for Salland
Scott Edwards is bowled by Ganesan
Akhil Gopilath
Arnav Jain plays a dangerous shot
Jain hits over mid on
Burhan Niaz forces through the covers
Niaz in full attack
Pieter Seelaar drives well
Niaz starts from ball one
Niaz on the drive
Salland dropped a couple of chances
Energetic action by Niaz
A non-convincing shot by Seelaar
Victor Lubbers as bowler #7
Niaz is lbw to Elam Bharathi
Jelte Schoonheim scores a massive six
A good pull-shot by Max Hoornweg
Fletcher plays to leg
Hoornweg is bowled by Gopilath
Fletcher and Hanif taking a sharp single
Hanif is out and it’s all over for VOC
A well-deserved victory for the Deventenaren

Punjab vs VCC at Zomercomplex | Final | 05.09.2021

Today’s umpires: Nitin Bathi and Rizwan Akram
Stephan Myburgh hits a straight four
Viv Kingma from the Harbour End
Myburgh cuts square
Rehmet Zulfiqar in two minds
Just missed the edge
An impatient shot by Myburgh
Easy catch for Bas de Leede
Logan van Beek from the Clubhouse End
Asad Zulfiqar has a shaky start
Rehmet goes over the top
Asad gets a sharp one
Hit away by Asad
A fancy spoon shot by Asad
A big four by Asad
Saqib plays a square drive
Saqib slogs straight
Saqib pulls for a boundary
Saqib survives an lbw appeal
Rehmet skies the ball to deep squarish…
…where Aryan Dutt takes a good catch into the sun
Aryan Dutt bowling
Philippe Boissevain
Saqib looks a bit puzzled by the turn
Bas de Leede bowling
Asad is lbw to de Leede
Irfan Ul Haq bowled by de Leede
Mohsin Bajwa swings at a wide one
Bajwa get a nasty lifter
Tom de Grooth just can’t get to the ball
Sohail Bhatti is shocked to be given caught behind
Yasir Usman plays a high drive
Slogged straight by Usman
Hoiked to cow by Usman
Usman hits the ball into the clouds and is caught by Hingorani
Captain Tariq attacks
Tariq gets the ball where it hurts
Tariq plays a soft blob…
…and Boissevain takes a good catch
Hussain edges
Hussain gets an extra life
Sohail Bhatti bowling
Bas de Leede gets himself caught at gully
Sybrand Engelbrecht plays fine to leg
Slogged straight by Engelbrecht
Logan van Beek comes in at 27 for 4
Put away to square by Van Beek
Played over gully by Aryan Dutt
Sulaiman Tariq bowling accurately
Van Beek hits a fine six
Van Beek is yorked by Sikander Zulfiqar
Dutt plays to point
Saqib with his very special action
You can always ask
Karl Nieuwoudt plays from the hip
Nieuwoudt goes for the pull…
… and Asad takes the catch at fine leg
Dutt scores over long on
Philippe Boissevain tries to hit a wide
Next ball is an edge to second slip…
…and Saqib makes no mistake
Sikander Zulfiqar on his way to another matchwinning feat with 4 for 22
Vivian Kingma waits for a better one
Good crowd today (
Kingma hits it high…
…and Hussain takes a fine running catch
Dutt cuts late
Stef Mulder is last man in
Mulder hits a boundary
The pundits
The game is over and Punjab are champions!
Let the celebrations begin
A press moment for Rehmet
Congratulations from opposing captain Bas de Leede
Nine-time Dutch champion Sohail Bhatti over the moon
And there is the Cup!
Chaos of joy
The Champions with the Cup and Flowers. Congratulations!

VCC vs VRA at Westvliet | Semi Final | 04.09.2021

VCC in the huddle
Viv Kingma from the Paddock End
Vikram Singh almost chokes on that one!
Luke Scully hits a boundary over point
Singh gets away with a skyer
Logan van Beek bowling
Ben Cooper plays around his legs
Cooper ducks under a not so high ball
Singh plays through gully
Cooper on his toes
Cooper plays high and is caught by Dutt at deep point
Eric Szwarczynski plays a hook shot
Philippe Boissevain looking for turn
Singh is done by Dutt with a slower ball
Szwarczynski survives an lbw situation
A classic drive by Szwarczynski
Jack Balbirnie plays through point
Balbirnie gets a sharp one
Aryan Dutt bowling from the Pavilion End
Balbirnie is caught behind off Boissevain
A good save at the rope
A stumping gone wrong
itch Lees just smiles at the appeal
Driven by Lees
Szwarczynski comes out to drive
Lees bowled on a no ball
Szwarczynski is well inside
Lees drives square
Szwarczynski pulls stylishly
Dangerously played by Lees
A square drive by Szwarczynski
Lees plays through gully
Szwarczynski plays past point
Swept away by Scwarczynski
Szwarczynski is bowled by Kingma last ball of the innings
Mohit Hingorani gets a close shave
Quirijn Gunning asks the question…
…and Hingorani is gone
Tom de Grooth plays a cover drive
Bas de Leede tucks one to leg
De Leede must go after a brilliant run out action of keeper Lees
De Grooth plays one-handed
Sybrand Engelbrecht forces from the backfoot
A power drive from Engelbrecht
Even in great form you have to stay alert
Engelbrecht plays to midwicket
Engelbrecht uses his foot to keep the ball out of his stumps
Vikram Singh bowling
De Grooth lifts the ball to Scully at gully
Engelbrecht shows his determination
Logan van Beek on the drive
Played square by Engelbrecht
Engelbrecht tries a cheeky shot
Never left his ground
There’s a big one!
Van Beek still has to get his eye in
A quick adjustment by Van Beek
Van Beek charges…
…but Ben Cooper patrolls at the rope
Jack Balbirnie bowling
Another boundary for Engelbrecht
Engelbrecht reverses
Karl Nieuwoudt hits out
A Ton for Engelbrecht
Nieuwoudt on the drive
Engelbrecht shows his strength
A straight drive for four by Nieuwoudt
A couple more for Engelbrecht
Another four for Nieuwoudt
And VCC have won this nail-biter
Match-winner Engelbrecht gets a deserved ovation
Shake-hands after a fine game

Punjab vs VCC at Zomercomplex | Preliminary Final | 29.08.2021

Sohail Bhatti opening the bowling for Punjab
A reasonable shout from Sulaiman Tariq
Tom de Grooth plays through cover
Mohit Hingorani drives past point
A lofted sweep by De Grooth
Hingorani plays fine to leg
De Grooth reverses
A special drive by Hingorani
A wild swing and De Grooth is gone
Hingorani drives straight
Bas de Leede gets one high on the blade
Sikander Zulfiqar bowling from the Clubhouse End
A fabulous direct hit but De Leede just made it
A text book drive by De Leede
De Leede drives square
Sybrand Engelbrecht plays a reverse sweep
Engelbrecht spoons one over his shoulder
Forced from the backfoot by Engelbrecht
Defence can look like art
Irfan Ul Haq bowling
Aryan Dutt on his toes
Engelbrecht zonks one through gully
Logan van Beek hits through cover
Do I spot a real on drive?
Drilled past point by Van Beek
Six for Van Beek
Van Beek holes out to Usman at deep midwicket
Floris de Lange scores a boundary
De Lange is victim to the last ball run out routine
Viv Kingma from the Harbour End
Stephan Myburgh belts one from the backfoot stepping out
Myburgh lives dangerously
Rehmet Zulfiqar hits a boundary over point
Asad Zulfiqar is lbw to Kingma
Rehmet is beautifully yorked by Van Beek
Sikander scores with a defensive shot
Aryan Dutt bowling
A fine square cut by Sikander
Sikander takes one on the back being too early on the hook shot
Asad Zulfiqar helps the ball over the slip area
VCC celebrate the dismissal of Asad
Bas de Leede was a bit expensive with 2 for 54
Sulaiman Tariq is left guessing
Keeper Hingorani signals to bowl a leg break
Sikander points at a wide
Stef Mulder
Tariq lofts one over point
Driven square by Sikander
That’s four for Tariq
Sohail Bhatti hits a straight four
Sikander does not forget to take the short runs
Bhatti goes after a bouncer
Sikander ups the tempo with a big six
Mulder has slipped on the wet surface but fortunately can go on
Another big one by Sikander
A cheeky little shot by Bhatti
Sikander is unstoppable
Sikander comes out to drive
A blistering slog by Sikander
That’s a Ton for Sikander
Bhatti charges
And there are the winning runs!
The fans take the field
Matchwinner Sikander Zulfiqar with 114 not out
Today’s heroes