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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

HCC vs HBS at De Diepput | Semi Final | 04.09.22

Ferdi Vink opening the bowling
Damian Crowley hits to cover
And Reece Mason celebrates his catch
An anxious moment for Tonny Staal
Four over the top for Staal
Boris Gorlee deals with a short one
Tonny Staal hits out
Staal gets away with a miscue
Gorlee pulls for a boundary
Safely edged by Gorlee
Gorlee comes down to drive
Quick start for a quick single
Cut away by Staal
Gorlee plays through the slip area
Stylish knee-shot by Gorlee
Gavin Kaplan bowling for HBS
Gorlee plays at a leg-wide
Staal is caught by Mason
Julian de Mey looking for some turn
Hidde Overdijk belts the ball through cover
Ryan Klein bowling
Yash Patel pulls for four
Patel leaves the shot late and earns 5 wides
Wesley Barresi bowling
Patel tries a sweep shot
Hidde Overdijk off the toes
A lofted straight drive by Patel
Patel aims for cow
Patel hits hard and high
Overdijk hits the ball into the stand
Clayton Floyd plays over square
Jan-Wieger Overdijk hits to midwicket for a couple
Mixed feelings for the boys in black; can they chase HCC’s 206
Gavin Kaplan shuffles the ball to leg (
Put over the bowler’s head by Kaplan
Hidde Overdijk from the Clingendael End
Tayo Walbrugh breaks the Curse of the Duck
Kaplan scores easily
Clayton Floyd bowls very economically
Walbrugh scores from the edge
Hit to the old Pavilion by Kaplan
Walbrugh , Kaplan and Singh are out within 4 runs. HCC celebrate
Reece Mason comes in to steady the ship
Jan-Wieger Overdijk from the Ciy End
Wesley Barresi tests the air
Hooked by Barresi
Felix Bennet bowling with zest
A reverse sweep shot by Barresi
Barresi plays to cow
Mason plays to square
Floyd has castled Mason
Barresi holes out to Bennet on midwicket
Floyd is down with cramp. Can de Mey save him
Tim Pringle strikes and Ryan Klein is gone
Kyle Klein is looking for boundaries
Meanwhile Julian de Mey scores well
Another couple for Klein
A little pull shot by De Mey
Patel keeps waiting for Klein to lose his balance
Crowley traps Klein in front
Ferdi Vink can’t reach the boundary
Vink keeps attacking
De Mey has brought HBS to 5 runs from their target
Vink is caught by Zac Worden and the target is one boundary away
Injured last man Stephan Vink holes out to Pringle who jumps for joy
The match is over and the party can begin
And party they do!
HBS Captain Ferdi Vink thanks the HBS fans for their support

VCC vs HCC at Westvliet | Preliminary Final | 03.09.22

Reinier Bijloos from the Paddock End
Musa Ahmad defends
A good save by Yash Patel
Andre Malan drives straight
An on drive by Ahmad
Malan hits high to midwicket…
…and Tonny Staal makes no mistake
Hidde Overdijk from the Pavilion End
Mohit Hingorani hooks a short one
Hingorani gets one on the legs
Clayton Floyd
Hingorani is lbw to Bennet
Sybrand Engelbrecht plays to leg
Tim Pringle out for a spin
Bas de Leede plays well outside off
De Leede gets to the ball
Engelbrecht reverses
Engelbrecht comes out of his corner
A fine drive by Engelbrecht
Engelbrecht reaches out
De Leede drives through extra
Try to hit that one!
Driven square by De Leede
Shariz Ahmad belts one over the top
A quick single for Ahmad
Ali Ahmad hits one out of the ground
Felix Bennet
Philippe Boissevain goes for a big one
Shariz Ahmad opens the bowling for VCC
Zac Worden hits through the slip area
Tonny Staal scores over the covers
Staal half-hits to point
Worden hits over midwicket
A straight drive by Worden
Bas de Leede bowling
A boundary by Worden
Staal hits through gully
Andre Malan bowling
Worden turns to leg
Keeper Hingorani stops a bouncer
Boris Gorlee plays at a wide
Worden plays a square drive
Gorlee has lost his footwork
Gorlee ducks away from a good bouncer
A tentative shot by Gorlee
Tim Pringle sees a single…
… that isn’t there
Worden plays a power-drive
Patel is out lbw to Boissevain
Kingma compliments Boissevain on his good spell
Felix Bennet hits one over point
Stijn de Leede cannot hold on to a difficult chance…
…so Clayton Floyd holes out to him next ball with the same shot
Bennet plays to midwicket
Just in
Justin Trijzelaar looks where the ball went
Trijzelaar misses a sharp short one
Bennet keeps scoring
Reinier Bijloos in a do-or-die effort
Bijloos caught by Engelbrecht
And it’s the win for VCC!
Modest celebrations by the players ’cause the job is not done yet
Captain Bas de Leede leads his team off the field
And then there is music!

Sparta vs Dosti at Bermweg | Round 16 | 28.08.22

Asief Hoseinbaks opening the bowling for Dosti
Ali Raza hits through gully
Raza does not hang about
Rasa Noor expiriments outside off
Raza digs out a yorker
Noor edges a hook shot
Raza misses going for the big one
Mahesh Hans from the Pavilion End
Mudassar Bukhari true to his style
Bukhari takes one in the ribs
Raza goes for the boundary
Hans can’t hold on to a return catch from Bukhari
Waqas Raja comes in to bowl
Raza hits to the rugby ground
A lofted square cut by Raza
Bukhari steers the ball through gully
Raza goes over the top
That’s six more for Raza
Shiva bowling for Dosti
A very risky shot by Raza
Bukhari is well in time
Raza gets his well-deserved ton
And he’s over the moon!
The assault continues
Raza survives an lbw situation
Mamoon Latif pulls very fine
Raza misses a sharp one outside off
Khalid Ahmad comes down to drive
Raza goes high and long
Usman Saleem is bowled by Kuldeep Diwan
Manminder Singh hits out
A boundary for Ashan Malik
Malik goes after a bouncer
Rahil Ahmed makes a risky move
Mudassar Bukhari bowling well from a short run-up
Waqas Raja is castled by Malik
Ahmed plays his signature ballet-pull shot
A close shave for Ahmed
Hamesh Hans points at a wide one
A boundary for Ahmed
Mine!! Well, the drop is yours, Manminder
Ashan Malik is still a bowler to be reckoned with
Ahmed plays off the hip
An elegant drive from Ahmed
Hans plays it cool with one hand
Ahmed is trapped in front by Snoep
Mahesh Hans has dived in vain and is run out
Joost-Martijn Snoep bowling
Vinoo Tewarie is Snoep’s next victim
Kuldeep Diwan hits out from the beginning
Ashwin Hanoeman hits to midwicket
Khalid Ahmad bowling
Usman Saleem takes the catch to dismiss Hanoeman
Asief Hoseinbaks defending
Asief Hoseinbaks slogs straight…
…and is caught by Malik at long on
Diwan pulls over his shoulder
Arief Hoseinbaks hits high for a couple
Malik takes a standard catch
And Sparta win!
Match-winner Ali Raza leads the Sparta side from the field

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!