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HBS vs Excelsior at Crayenhout | Round 15 | 27.08.22

Ryan Klein from Hague Brook End
Tim Etman belts a four over cover
Tom Heggelman fences off a short one
Etman gives catching practise..
…but the fielders flunk the test
Etman plays at a wide one
Turned to leg by Heggelman
Heggelman reaches out
Edged to slip by Etman
Heggelman gets a sharp one
Gavin Kaplan on his way to 5 for 43
Roel Verhagen didn’t see that one cummin’
Verhagen in defence
Played over midwicket by Heggelman
Verhagen scores a boundary
Heggelman drives straight
Ferdi Vink bowling
One-handed play by Lorenzo Ingram
Martijn Scholte stumps stylishly but late
Ingram comes out to drive
A beautiful shot by Ingram
Don’t bowl short on the legstump to a lefty!
Stan van Troost in an aggressive mood
That’s six into the brook by Van Troost
Ingram deals with a yorker
A wild swing by Ingram but still four runs
Van Troost hits another six
Ingram belts one through point
Sanjit Shankar is run out by a mile
Luuk Kroesen scores a single
Benno Boddendijk takes the catch and the innings is over
HBS restricted the last 6 batters to 9 runs including extras
Niels Etman bowling for Excelsior
Tom Heggelman
Wesley Barresi helps the ball to the boundary
Lorenzo Ingram bowling
Gavin Kaplan drives square
Kaplan plays trough point
Barresi turns to leg
Barresi lofts a drive…
… and is caught by Heggelman at long on
Umar Baker spinning
Kaplan drives through the covers
Young Luuk Kroesen conceded only 21 runs from his 10 overs. Remarkable!
And he can field a bit too
Heggelman makes a meal of this chance
Navjit Singh on the drive
Etman has Singh caught & bowled
Kyle Klein scores from the backfoot
Luuk Kroesen complimented after his special spell
Reece Mason plays through the slip area
A straight drive by Kyle Klein
Julien de Mey gets away with a loop
Driven square by Klein
Klein takes a quick single
De Mey dives into safety
Klein tries to up the tempo
A classic cover drive by Klein
De Mey drives
Edged past the keeper by Klein
Klein goes over the top but boundaries are needed
This is what a scoop shot gone wrong looks like
And Roel Verhagen takes one of the easiest of catches
Martijn Scholte lofts over cover
Ferdi Vink always fights till the end
In the end Excelsior win by 13 runs

Kampong vs Salland at Maarschalkerweerd | Round 15 | 20.08.22

Kertan Nana from the University End
Akhil Gopinath stares at a wide one
Venkatraman Ganesan plays to leg
Ganesan drives through extra
Gopinath on the toes
Driven straight by Gopinath
Spinner Tushar Sharma
Where is the umpire to shout to?
Piyatanga Ottachchige misses a short one
Gul Nasir driving
Ottachchige has lost the plot on that one
Rob van der Harten can not believe his bad luck
Pierre Jacod
Nasir cuts to point
Sahir Naqash brings some fire into the game
Van der Harten working hard
Naqash digs out a yorker
Alex Roy
Naqash pulls for a boundary
Sri Vishnu Elam Bharathi on the backfoot
Elam Bharathi lofts a straight drive
Usman Malik bowling
A big one for Elam Bharathi
Reinder Lubbers tries a cut shot
Elam Bharathi goes over the top
Lubbers on the drive
A good throw by Van der Harten
Hashim Khan plays to cow
Abbas Sherzad gets a single
Tushar Sharma is well beaten
Same stuff for Cole Briggs
Sharma holes out to Ottachchige at point
Venkatran Ganesan bowling
Vikram Chaturvedi forces from the backfoot
An off drive by Chaturvedi
Briggs plays through gully
Hashim Khan incognito
Chaturvedi is well inside
Briggs drives well
Briggs keeps the train going
Chaturvedi hits it high and hard
Akhil Gopinath bowling
Usman Malik on the sweep
Abbas Sherzad
Stijn Bakker comes down to drive
Alex Roy plays to leg
Bakker drives square
Roy gets away with an edge
A square cut by Rob van der Harten
Played through slip by Van der Harten
Bakker reverses
Bakker tries to up the rate
Van der Harten survives a big appeal
A classic shot by Van der Harten
Bakker sweeps fine
Bakker goes for the square boundary…
…but is caught at the rope by Jarri Ullah
Kampong’s tail does not wag today.
Hoffmann is given lbw
Short after the match is over
And Kampong will play in de Hoofdklasse next year

VRA vs HBS at Amstelveen | Round 14 | 13.08.22

Ryan Klein opens the bowling for HBS
Shirase Rasool slogs over the bowlers head
Rasool drives straight
HBS vehemently claim Vikram Singh is LBW
Singh does not get it off the square
Zaheer Khan goes after a high one
Rasool on his toes
A wild swing by Khan
Khan defends in classic style
Rasool goes over the top
Gavin Kaplan from the City End
Peter Borren plays over point
Aryan Dutt drives square
Julian de Mey from Mulder’s End
Dutt plays through gully
Borren plays a little cut shot
Dutt hits a straight boundary
Stephan Vink bowling for HBS
Dutt gets away with misreading the turn
A one-handed sweep shot by Borren
Borren reverse-sweeps
A boundary sweep by Borren
Dutt gives good support to Borren in rebuilding the innings
Offies from Wesley Barresi
Ready for a quick single
Cut over point by Borren
Debrup Dasgupta hits over the slip area
Dasgupta is very disapponted after spooning the ball to Navjit Singh
Mitch Lees plays a big shot
The reverse sweep is very dangerous but sometimes effective
Ferdi Vink bowling
Borren in control
Mitch Lees is bowled by Barresi
Udit Nashier comes down to drive
Acclaim for Peter Borren for his 112 from 125
Reece Mason turns to leg
Khan drops a straight-forward catch
Mason plays to the covers
Aryan Dutt bowling from the City End
Mason has all the luck in the world
Mason edges a sweep into his body
That’s a better shot!
Mason holes out to Balbirnie off Dutt
Wesley Barresi plays a fine shot to the long on rope
Easily turned to leg by Barresi
Barresi walks off after being given out lbw
Vikram Singh on his way to 4 for 32 from 10
Ryan Klein expiriments outside off
Julian de Mey drives straight
De Mey from the backfoot
Tayo Walbrugh plays a power-drive
Walbrugh cuts square
A tentative drive by De Mey
A beautiful shot by Walbrugh
Elegance and power.
A big belter by De Mey
De Mey reverses
A ton for Walbrugh
De Mey plays nore than a supporting role
Ferdi Vink gets a looped delivery…
…And Dasgupta suggests it was a set-up
Stephan Vink lofts a drive
Martijn Scholte is Dutt’s fourth victim
And the match is over
Congratulations to VRA who are stilll in for the play-offs of the play-offs!

Dosti vs Sparta at Drieburg | Round 13 | 07.08.22

Ashan Malik from the Football End
Rahil Ahmed plays to slip
Usman Saleem enjoys the catch
Touseef Ahmad plays around his legs
A fine drive by Ahmad
Ahmad plays to midwicket
Mudassar Bukhari from the Korfbal End
Vinoo Tewarie on his toes
Ahmad plays a risky shot outside off
Usman Saleem comes in to bowl
A big shot by Tewarie
Ahmad hooks a short one
Spin from Samit Gohil
Tewarie is beaten by the turn
Joost-Martijn Snoep gives his all
Ahmad goes over the top
Driven square by Ahmad
Ahmad imrovises
Touseef Ahmad holes out to Mamoon Latif at mid off
Wahid Masood attacks
Masood hits them hard
Another big shot by Masood
Amitoze Singh is taken by surprise
A stylish drive by Singh
Masood forces the ball over gully
A sharp lifter for Masood
Singh gets his eye in first
A straight slog by Singh
Singh steers the ball through the slip area
Masood lofts over point
Kuldeep Diwan plays past point
Singh has overstretched a muscle in his leg
Singh plays on in considerable discomfort
Singh gives an easy chance to Saleem and is caught for 80
Sparta have their work cut out. 248 runs is a big target
Wahid Masood from the Football End
Ali Raza does not waste any time
Raza is well caught by Kuldeep Diwan at the long on rope
Mamoon Latif has a close shave
Latif is judged lbw
Latif is not happy but Masood celebrates
Asief Hoseinbaks looking for turn
A nonchalant shot by Raza Noor
Noor goes for the big one
Samit Gohil pushes the ball through the slips area
Touseef Ahmad bowling
Noor plays hard and high
Square driven by Gohil
Gohil hits the ball on to the korfball ground
Rhalid Ahmadi is castled by Waqas Raja
A safe edge for Mudassar Bukhari
Bukhari needs time to get set
Gohil loses his off stump to Masood
Ashan Malik plays to gully
Malik is lbw to Masood
Bukhari hits to the midwicket boundary
And is caught by Arief Hoseinbaks
A well-deserved first win of the season for Dosti!
Star of the show was Wahid Masood with 7 for 20 from 9 and 43 runs

Punjab vs Excelsior at Zomercomplex | Round 11 | 24.07.22

Umar Baker opens the bowling for Excelsior
Joost Kroesen takes the catch to dismiss Stephan Myburgh first ball
Jonathan Vandiar in defence
Niels Etman coming in from the Clubhouse End
A wild swing from Rehmat Zulfiqar
Rehmat hooks a short one
A big shot from Rehmat
Six for Vandiar
Vandiar hits to cow
Rehmat follows with a big one
Vandiar gives a chance to the slips
Swept for four by Vandiar
Teja Nidamanuru goes over the top
Driven square by Saqib Zulfiqar
Vandiar bowled on a free hit
Saqib plays from the backfoot
The power of Jonathan Vandiar
Saqib skies to deep point…
…where Joost Kroesen takes a good catch
Vandiar pulls elegantly
Sikander Zulfiqar is bowled by Hampton
Asad Zulfiqar plays a fine straight drive
Cut square by Asad
A smart clip shot by Vandiar
Vandiar pulls the ball over his shoulder
Played fine to leg by Vandiar
Asad lofts over point
Another belter by Vandiar
Four more for Asad
Samiullah Salarazai skies to backward point…
…where Umar Baker proves his coach wrong…
…and he enjoys the moment
Sulaiman Tariq looks good playing from the backfoot
Tariq goes for the big one…
…but Rens van Troost ends his performance with a fine running catch
And that’s the end of the Punjab innings
Tim Etman plays a risky cut shot
Samiullah Salarazai bowling from the Harbour End
Sulaiman Tariq from the Clubhouse End
Roel Verhagen on his toes
Etman belts the ball over extra
Etman swings at a high wide
Verhagen gets away with a lofted drive
Saqib Zulfiqar spins it
A straight boundary for Etman
Verhagen clips the ball to the square boundary
Etman is not happy with himself getting out
A swinging shot by Lorenzo Ingram
A big six by Ingram
Brett Hampton misses outside off
Hampton middled this one!
Keep your foot down, Brett!
Teja Nidamanuru bowling
Edged over gully by Ingram
Hampton is scoring freely
Hampton beaten by the turn
Sanjit Shankar plays a fine cover drive
Luuk Kroesen plays the supporting role well
A boundary for Kroesen
A ton for Hampton
Hampton keeps hitting the bowling around
Stan van Troost must defend his wicket to keep Hampton’s chase going
Van Troost scores through cover
Hampton cuts square
That’s the winning hit!
Excelsior have chased down 281
Hampton finishes on 142 not out with 17 fours and 7 sixes

Excelsior vs VOC at Thurlede | Round 10 | 11.06.2022

At the toss with captains Heggelman and De Kok and umpires Akram and Van Liemt
Niels Etman coming from the Chalet End
Leg byes count too
Matt Smit plays to leg
Smit is castled by Hampton
Francois Fourie survives a big appeal
Lorenzo Ingram spinning it
A Fourie drive from the book
Max O’Dowd gets off the mark with a boundary
Another fine shot by Fourie
Rens van Troost from the Football End
Fourie takes one in the ribs
Fourie has lost his footwork there
Tim de Kok lofts a drive
De Kok goes after a short one
Umar Baker
Brett Hampton
De Kok hits ‘m high and far
Edged over point by De Kok
Cut square by De Kok
That’s a big straight six
Burhan Niaz belts the ball over point
Ramdas Upadhaya deals with a yorker
A power drive by Niaz
Upadhaya edges a big shot
And is caught at the rope by the sub ( Jake Needham)
Pierce Fletcher reaches for a wide bouncer
Pieter Seelaar scores
Seelaar misses a drive
That ball disappears over cover
Fletcher plays to cow
Easy boundary for Seelaar
Innings over. Fletcher and Seelaar unbeaten
Excelsior leave the field. Have they done enough
Burhan Niaz bowling for VOC
Tim Etman drives
Etman misses outside off
Roel Verhagen in defence
Runs for Verhagen
Pierce Fletcher bowling
Verhagen scores a straight boundary
Matt Smit
Luuk Kroesen comes out to drive
A fine shot by Tom Heggelman
Lorenzo Ingram has arrived in the middle
A nasty bumper for Ingram
Max Hoornweg in full action
Heggelman plays to leg
Ingram reaches for a wide one
Ingram scores a big one
n aggressive drive by Ingram
Heggelman skies the ball to deep third man
Where Smit makes no mistake
Ingram teases with clever little shots
Brett Hampton drives square
Ingram punishes a short one
Arnav Jain turning it
Hampton on the drive
Played to leg by Ingram
Hampton joins the sixes club
The winning couple by Ingram
An ovation for Ingram for his decisive knock of 86 not out

VOC vs VCC at Hazelaarweg | Round 8 | 28.05.22

Flipp’n it
Umpires and Captains
Arnav Jain opening the bowling
Janneman Malan edges Niaz
Malan plays through point
Musa Ahmad beaten by the pace
Burhan Niaz from the Pavilion End
Bas de Leede holes out to Van Wingerden at long on
Delano Potgieter survives his first appeal
Big shouts against Tom de Grooth
Potgieter plays an on drive
De Grooth tucks one around the corner
Jain has a good sense of drama
Hit hard and high by Potgieter
Potgieter dispatches a short one
Matt Smit bowling for VOC
A hard-hitting Logan van Beek
A delicate reverse shot from Potgieter
Pieter Seelaar from the Airport End
Max Hoornweg comes in to bowl
A fine cover drive by Van Beek
Van Beek plays a non-shot
And Hoornweg has his wicket
Mohit Hingorani sweeps for a couple
Spin from Max O’Dowd
Potgieter scores with a reverse sweep
Hingorani cuts square
Potgieter comes out to drive
Shariz Ahmad lofts a sweep shot
Ahmad plays fine to leg
Pulled by Ahmad
And Hoornweg at square takes the catch
Vivian Kingma plays to leg
Hingorani and Kingma profit from a misfield
Hingorani is lbw to Seelaar
Logan van Beek from the Airport End
Superdrive!
Slogged to cow by O’Dowd
Kingma approaches Rotterdam Airport
Scott Edwards plays to leg
Pulled fine to leg by Edwards
Edwards is beaten by a slower one
A straight slog by O’Dowd
Matt Smit plays a big shot
O’Dowd looks at a bouncer
Delano Potgieter bowling offies
Driven square by O’Dowd
Shariz Ahmad bowling well
O’Dowd plays to leg
Pieter Seelaar is puzzled by the break
Ahmad traps Seelaar in front
Arnav Jain misses a defensive shot
Leggies from Philippe Boissevain
Jain takes time to get his eye in
Stef Mulder getting a bit of swing
Jain plays from the backfoot
Meanwhile O’Dowd scores with a cover drive
A big boundary over the top
Keep your focus, Max!
O’Dowd is too early on the shot
An composed drive by O’Dowd
Van Beek tries to rattle Jain with a bouncer
That’s a nasty one!
Jain belts the ball over the bowler and the match is won by VOC
O’Dowd and Jain get a well-deserved applause

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