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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

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