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VCC vs HCC at Westvliet | Grand Final | 26.08.23

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It’s dry and the covers come off!
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Captains Gorlee and Engelbrecht at the toss with Match Referee Van der Dries
Today’s trusted scorers Patty and Chris
Umpires Pim van Liemt and Nitin Bathi take the field
Nehaan Gigani plays through cover
Daniel Crowley from the Paddock End
Gigani is bowled by Hidde Overdijk
Michael Levitt takes a swing at Daniel Crowley
Levitt drives through Overdijk
Levitt ducks under a bouncer
Clayton Floyd bowling
Levit and Alphonse both miss the ball
Musa Ahmad pulls to midwicket
Hidde Overdijk airborn
Musa sweeps fine
A fine drive from Levitt
Musa stretches for the sweep shot
Levitt goes over the top
Belted to cow by Levitt
Musa slogs one around the corner
Levitt hits high over point
A hundred for Levitt
Noah Croes drives square
Levitt is bowled around his legs by Doram
Cheers from the crowd for Levitt
Sybrand Engelbrecht hitting big from the start
Engelbrecht slogs over mid on
Engelbrecht plays across the line
Shariz Ahmad plays through gully
Croes comes out to drive
Played fine to leg by Croes
Reversed by Croes
Ryan Klein stares at a bouncer
Klein drives straight into the hands of bowler Overdijk
Karl Nieuwoudt plays a cover drive
37 Nieuwoudt belts the ball over the bowlers head (Copy)
Nieuwoudt is just in time to be in
Jonathan Vandiar plays to midwicket
Tonny Staal hits out
The HCC supporters are unusually quiet
Staal edges for a boundary
Ratha Alphonse Lofts the ball high
Alphonse loses his off bail to Klein
Boris Gorlee deals with a short one
Staal pulls square…
… and Musa takes a fine running catch
Teun Kloppenburg is castled by Klein
Mees van Vliet in full action
Mees van Vliet in full action
Philippe Boissevain spinning away
A strange shot by Gorlee
Gorlee plays a reverse sweep
Gorlee runs into the shot
Clayton Floyd fishes outside off
Gorlee plays to midwicket
Viv Kingma strikes and Floyd is on his way to the tent
Hidde Overdijk turns to leg
A classic drive by Overdijk
Gorlee scores on the leg-side
Gorlee is caught behind chasing a leg-side wide
Patient Charumbira falls first ball to Klein
Daniel Doram plays on the toes
Keeper Croes keeps Overdijk alert
Overdijk rides his luck with a thick edge
Doram drives straight
oram drives a yorker to square
Shariz Ahmad looking for turn
A quick stumping by Croes and Overdijk is gone
Soon after the match is over and the VCC players start the party
Emotional Scenes
Captain Engelbrecht in the middle of the huddle
Ryan Klein brought home the excellent figures of 6 for 15 from 7.3
Congratulations from the runners-up to the champions
The crowd is waiting for the start of the ceremonies
Captain Engelbrecht shows his players the cup
And VCC can lift the trophy!

HBS vs Excelsior at Crayenhout | Round 5 | 13.08.23

Michael Hart from the River End
Reece Mason points at a wide one
Mason plays through point
Rens van Troost
Mason in trouble
Tayo Walbrugh surprised by the sudden lift
Van Troost has hurt his hand fielding a Walbrugh drive
Walbrugh cuts through gully
Wesley Barresi plays to midwicket
Walbrugh drives square
Umar Baker
Walbrugh gets away with a lofted shot
Barresi plays through point
A risky shot over the slip area by Barresi
A fine off drive by Barresi
Barresi is well on time
Barresi looks back at what once was his castle
Kyle Klein from the toes
Klein drives through cover
Klein tucks one around the corner
A belter boundary by Walbrugh
Klein pulls to square
A tactical sweep shot by Klein
A running drive by Klein
A big boundary by Walbrugh
A couple more from the backfoot
Walbrugh cuts square
Another Ton for Walbrugh!
Walbrugh goes for a big one…
…but holes out to Rens van Troost at long on
Nic Adendorff hits them hard
Adendorff dives into safety
Klein hits the ball out of the ground
Julian de Mey is run out by Kyle Klein and Michael Hart
Klein hits a low square drive
A straight slog by Klein
Cut over point by Klein
A big belter by Klein to conclude the HBS innings
Michael Hart gets his eye in
Roel Verhagen sees the ball nearly hitting his stumps
Verhagen does not yet seem to be comfortable
Hart has to work hard for his runs
Lorenzo Ingram loves to play one-handed
Right through Ingram’s defence
Barresi drops a straight-forward catch
Verhagen is living dangerously
An elegant boundary by Verhagen
Julian de Mey
Stan van Troost deals well with spin
Stan van Troost hits a straight six
Niels Etman tries to clear the rope…
…but Adendorff takes a very good catch at long on
Rens van Troost gets the ball high on the bat
Benno Boddendijk flies in to bowl
Stan van Troost hits high to midwicket…
…where Tim Drummond makes no mistake
Adam Woutersen plays a spectacular shot
Umar Baker scores a straight boundary
Rens van Troost plays to leg for a couple
Umar Baker plays a non-shot…
… and keeper Scholten takes a fine catch
Rens van Troost drives square
Luqman Tariq is not used to topklasse bowling speed…
… but scores double figures including 2 fours
With this have played themselves safe from relegation

HCC vs VOC at Diepput | Round 4 | 12.08.23

Hidde Overdijk from the City End
Max O’Dowd fishes outside off
Lane Berry plays through point
Berry on the drive
O’Dowd in doubt and bowled by Overdijk
Scott Edwards is bowled next ball without offering a shot
Burhan Niaz plays to gully
Berry evades a bouncer
A swing and a miss by Berry
Berry plays fine to leg
A short one for Niaz
Niaz cuts from the toes…
…straight to Clayton Floyd at backward point
What on earth are you doing, Boris?
Mussayab Jamil pulls for a big one
Tim de Kok is plumb in front on the sweep
And the shout is successful
Clayton Floyd
Jamil cuts square
Pieter Seelaar clips the ball to square
Seelaar is late on the drive
Jamil experiments outside off
Seelaar plays to square
Hidde Overdijk is just too late to take the opportunity
Jamil plays a lofty shot
Seelaar drives square
Gorlee and Overdijk celebrate the departure of Seelaar
A straight drive by Jamil
Sybe van Wingerden lofts a drive
Asief Hoseinbaks goes after wide bouncer
Ramdas Upadhaya gets a lifter
Hoseinbaks edges a big shot
Tonny Staal drives to cover
Burhan Niaz from the Van Alkemadelaan End
Four from the backfoot for Staal
Not completely in control
Staal puts one away in style
A lofted straight drive by Staal
Boris Gorlee plays fine to leg
Four more for Gorlee
Ratha Alphonse plays from the toes
Swept away by Alphonse
Gorlee goes over the top
Gorlee runs into the shot
Alphonse plays to fine leg
Gorlee plays the sweepshot well
Driven square by Alphonse
Pieter Seelaar fortunately bowling again
Alphonse goes for a big one
Gorlee tries to hit the ball over the pavilion…
…but the wind brings the ball to Seelaar at deep square
Alphonse from the backfeet
Four through point for Alphonse
Alhonse belts one into the covers but is well caught by Edwards
Daniel Doram in defence
Patient Charumbira hits a six
A tricky little shot by Charumbira
Doram scores with a big six
Charumbira hits the ball into the crowd and the game is over

HCC vs VOC at Diepput | Round 4 | 06.08.23

Covers on the move to ground 2
The long wait is over and Max Hoornweg bowls his first ball
Next ball Tonnie Staal is caught behind by Francois Fourie
Boris Gorlee has to get his eye in first
Gorlee goes after a wide
Felix Vecchi plays to leg
Gorlee goes over the top
Vecchi is unluckily stumped by Fourie off Jain
Gorlee plays his signature shot for a boundary
Forced through the covers by Gorlee
Burhan Niaz from the Van Alkemade End
A fine drive by Gorlee
Jonathan Vandiar in a defensive mood
Vandiar’s first attempt to play a big shot…
…ends up in the hands of Scott Edwards at long on
The VOC men are in a positive flow
Gorlee belts one to midwicket…
… where Asief Hoseinbaks takes a really good low catch
Hidde Overdijk tries to stop the rot
Overdijk gets away with a thick edge
Keeper Fourie is on his toes
Overdijk lofts the bal past cover
Clayton Floyd defends
Floyd edges over the keeper for a couple
And there’s the rain again!
Fourie suffers a bit from appealitis
Hand to helmet but nothing serious
Played through gully by Floyd
After this furious shower the match is finally abandoned. That’s all Folks!

VRA vs Excelsior at Amsterdamse Bos | Round 4 | 05.08.23

Ashir Abid flies in to bowl
Michael Hart has a close shave
A couple from the bottom for Hart
Luuk Kroesen leaves a short one
Kroesen goes after a bouncer
Vikram Singh from the City End
Played from the hip by Kroesen
Kroesen is out caught by Johan Smal at point
Roel Verhagen is caught off a bump-ball
Hart is puzled again
Verhagen survives a big appeal
Verhagen turns to leg for a boundary
Verhagen is lucky to miss that shot
Verhagen eases his mind with a big straight six
Lorenzo Ingram stares at a bouncer
Meanwhile Michael Hart keeps the scorers busy
That is by far the worst delivery of the day
A fine drive by Ingram
A very fine elegant catch by Johan Smal…
…with a not so elegant landing
Hart gets his head out of the way
Chopped just past the stumps by Hart
Stan van Troost is trapped in front by Van Luin
Aryan Dutt looking for turn
Hart goes over the top
Niels Etman slogs the ball straight and high
A fine shot to cow by Etman
Etman drives for a boundary
Etman is lbw to Dutt
A big shout but Rens van Troost is still there
Michael Hart reverse sweeps…
…and is easily caught by Singh
Adam Woutersen back in battle
First rain break of the day
Umar Baker has not lost his concentration during the rain break
An anxious moment for Woutersen
A big shot by Woutersen
Woutersen goes for the big one…
… but ends up in the safe hands of small
A straight six from Umar Baker
Bobbie Smulders leaves this one
Smulders takes a quick single
Baker is not bothered very much by the rain…
… but the covers go on not to be taken off again today!

HBS vs VRA at Craeyenhout | Round 3 | 23.07.23

HBS opens with Wesley Barresi’s spin
At the other end it’s Kyle Klein with pace
Vikram Singh leaves this one
Singh plays an ondrive
Played to no man’s land by Singh
Shirase Rasool whacks one through point
Text book drive by Singh
Singh pulls for a boundary
Rasool is caught by Tobias Visee
Singh goes over the top
Turned off the hip by Sing
Four from the edge by Singh
A fine cover drive by Johan Smal
Forced through extra by Smal
A hundred for Vikram Singh
A nail-hard drive by Smal
Nic Adendorff
Cut square by Smal
Smal goes over cow
Julian de Mey wih spin
Smal hits the ball over the fence
Singh hits a six over cow
A lazy, one-handed shot by Singh
Six for Singh
Teja Nidamanuru plays through point
Tyler van Luin scores a boundary
Smal drives square
Johan Smal scores his maiden hundred in the Topklasse
Tyler van Luin is caught by keeper Martijn Scholte
Smal ups the power
Lucas del Bianco with an interesting bowling action
Smal belts one through gully
Smal tries a junp shot
Leon Turmaine scores the last runs of the innings and VRA have made 455 for 8!
Tyler van Luin from the Pex Bushes End
Tobias Visee attacks from go
A big six for Visee
Four more for Visee
Visee holes out to Singh at mid on
Singh bowling
Reece Mason hits a flat-batted four
Tayo Walbrugh gets away with an edge
Walbrugh hits a gruesome six
Reece Mason plays to point
Walbrugh hits to the farthest corner of the ground
Udit Nashier
Played off the hip by Walbrugh
Into the trees for six
Walbrugh dispatches a short one
Hit out of the ground by Walbrugh
A TON for Reece Mason
Four for Wesley Barresi
Mason sweeps fine
A one-handed shot by Barresi
Navjit Singh drives straight
Barresi turns to leg
Lucas del Bianco hits to mid wicket
Four more for Barresi
A clever little shot by Barresi
A big six for Del Bianco
Another six for Del Bianco
A good ball from Ed Visser ends the fun for Del Bianco
Barresi plays through the slip area
Nic Adendorff drives square
Barresi is out caught behind and the VRA players are over the moon
Adendorff hits through the covers
Kyle Klein misses a sweep shot
Adendorff goes big…
…but finds Tyler van Luin at deep square
Navjit Singh hits to extra for a couple
Singh has lost the ball
Aryan Dutt finds Singh’s stumps
After a mix-up De Mey is run out. And he is not happy
After a remarkable match VRA take the points with them to Amsterdam

ACC vs Punjab CCR at Loopveld | Play off Top-flight Round 2 | 22.07.23

Asad Zulfiqar lofts a drive
Joseph Reddy starts in the rain
Mohamad Shafiq lets a good ball go by
Shafiq is completely parked
A good safe by keeper Ahmed
Rehmat Zulfiqar plays at a wide one
Waqas Ahmad from the City End (
Saqib Zulfiqar plays through point
Saqib drives through cover
Cut square by Saqib
Sikander Zulfiqar just makes it on time
Sikander goes after a bouncer
Devanshu Arya looks menacing
Saqib sweeps fine
Cut square by Saqib
Sikander lofts a drive
Belted for four by Sikander
Ali Raza from the River End
Driven square by Saqib
Just helped on its way by Saqib
Saqib goes for the big one
That’s fifty for Sikander
Reddy drops a straight-forward catch
Saqib is bowled on a no ball
Sikander scores over point
A TON for Saqib
A big boundary by Saqib
Saqib digs out a yorker
Sikander skies the ball to square…
…where Reddy takes a good catch
Saqib plays through the gully area
Affaan Tariq is bowled first ball by Hobson
Yasir Usman goes all-in…
…but Aryan Kumar patrols the rope
Mubashar Hussain is bowled by Waqas Ahmad and the innings is over
Sulaiman Tariq opens the bowling for Punjab
Aryan Kumar plays high over extra
Acrobatics by Asad
Rahil Ahmed pulls for a couple
Pas-de-deux for two cricketers
Thomas Hobson hits out
Mohammad Shafiq looking for turn
Hit hard through point by Hobson
Hobson hits the ball into the ditch
There goes another one!
Heino Kuhn comes down to drive
Kuhn plays at a wide one
Kuhn is not happy with the umpire’s call
If looks could…
Cut high by Hobson
Ali Raza forgets his footwork (
Hobson adds a six to his tally
Saqib with his leggies
Ali Raza is beaten by Tariq’s throw
Fergus Wegener has dived into safety
Keeper Asad is airborne
Wegener is caught behind to Shafiq
Hobson salutes the crowd at his hundred
Hamesh Hans gets a lifter
Hans is lbw sweeping
Waqas Ahmad is adjudged lbw after a fierce appeal
Tariq can’t get to the ball in time
Hobson in full attack
Joseph Reddy in trouble
Clipped around the corner by Reddy
Punjab are happy with a narrow escape
Thomas Hobson’s unbeaten 130 were not enough to take the points

HCC vs VCC at De Diepput | Play off Top-flight Round 1 | 16.07.23

Hidde Overdijk starts today’s procedures
Michael Levitt in defence mode
Nehaan Gigani misses a drive
Gigani goes over the top
Levitt hits a backhand
Musa Ahmad drives to extra
Patient Charumbira bowling from the Hoogenhoeck End
Gigani clips the ball for a couple
Shisak Banerjee celebrates a catch
Noah Croes plays through point
Croes comes well over the ball
Croes gets on his toes
Cut square by Croes
Keeper Staal blocks with his body
Engelbrecht plays a little sweep shot
Henrico Venter bowling on radar
Karl Nieuwoudt lets a bouncer go by
Engelbrecht is well in time
A fine drive by Engelbrecht
Staal blocks Engelbrecht’s reverse sweep
Engelbrecht surprised by a wrong one
Shariz Ahmad slogs straight
A fine catch by Daniel Doram
Mulder en van Vliet leave the field with the score on 231
Karl Nieuwoudt
Patient Charumbira hits to midwicket
Tonny Staal drives in style
Two from the edge for Charumbira
Staal gets a short one
Staal in trouble
Worth a shout
A belter through cover by Staal
Mees van Vliet
Gorlee hooks a short one
Stef Mulder speaks to the ball
Played for a wide by Gorlee
Charumbira hits out
The reverse sweep by Gorlee
A classic sweep by Charumbira
A running drive by Gorlee
Jonathan Vandiar experiments outside off
Philippe Boissevain looking for turn
Teun Kloppenburg gets another life
A modest celebration after Clayton Floyd is adjudged lbw
Shirsak Banerjee plays to leg
Teun Kloppenburg hits to cow
Shirsak Banerjee slogs straight over the bowler’s head
Daniel Crowley hits high over cover
Kloppenburg hits the ball into the stands
Daniel Crowley bowled on a no ball
Kloppenburg reaches for a wide
A big shot by Kloppenburg
Daniel Doran lofts a drive
Doram gets a lifter
Henrico Venter
Cut square by Kloppenburg
That’s fifty for Kloppenburg
Kloppenburg goes for the big one
Nieuwoudt does not take the chance
Shariz Ahmad takes a difficult one at the long on boundary and the match is over
Venter and Kloppenburg leave the field after a good effort
Shake-hands and congratulations to VCC

VOC vs Excelsior ’20 at Amsterdamse Bos | T20 Grand Final | 15.07.23

Arnav Jain
Michael Hart
Roel Verhagen
Roel Verhagen
Michael Hart
Stan van Troost
Roel Verhagen
Stan van Troost
Roel Verhagen
Stan van Troost
Stan van Troost
Jelte Schoonheim
Stan van Troost
Roel Verhagen
Lorenzo Ingram
Roel Verhagen
Lorenzo Ingram
Lorenzo Ingram
Roel Verhagen
Roel Verhagen
Rens van Troost
Jens Blankenstijn
Max O’Dowd
Max O’Dowd
Max O’Dowd
Francois Fourie
Lorenzo Ingram
Max O’Dowd
Max O’Dowd
Max O’Dowd
Max O’Dowd
Rens van Troost
Umar Baker
Lane Berry
VOC

Excelsior vs Punjab at Amsterdamse Bos | T20 Semi Final 2 | 15.07.23

Punjab CCR
Roel Verhagen
Michael Hart
Roel Verhagen, Asad Zulfiqar
Mubashir Hussain
Lorenzo Ingram
Lorenzo Ingram
Lorenzo Ingram
Stan van Troost
Rens Heinsbroek
Rens Heinsbroek
Sulaiman Tariq
Rens van Troost
Rens van Troost
Lorenzo Ingram
Lorenzo Ingram
Lorenzo Ingram
Sohail Bhatti
Tom Heggelman
Lorenzo Ingram
Tom Heggelman
Lorenzo Ingram
Tom Heggelman, Lorenzo Ingram
Yasir Usman
Yasir Usman
Michael Hart
Jens Blankenstijn
Asad Zulfiqar
Lorenzo Ingram
Asad Zulfiqar
Luuk Kroesen
Rehmat Zulfiqar
Roel Verhagen
Ahmad Shafiq
Mohsin Bajwa
Sohail Bhatti
Roel Verhagen
Mubashar Hussain, Sulaiman Tariq (
Excelsior ’20