Scorecard | VRA vs VOC | 20.05.23

VRA I Vs VOC I
1-Innings Match Played At Amstelveen (VRA), 20-May-2023, Topklasse
VOC I Win by 2 runs
Round 1/7
Toss won by VRA I
Umpires J Kolli – M Prabhudesai
Home Side VRA I
Points Awarded VOC I 2, VRA I 0
VOC I 1st Innings 244/10 All Out (Overs 48.4)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd   b E Visser 21 29 2 0
Arnav Jain   b A Dutt 17 58 0 0
LP Berry c V Singh b E Visser 0 5 0 0
SA Edwards   b V Singh 25 17 4 0
F Fourie+ c J Smal b E Visser 1 8 0 0
TIM de Kok* c SR Rasool b AT Nidamanuru 65 59 6 2
B Niaz c LA Turmaine b TJ van Luin 50 63 6 1
JD Schoonheim c LA Turmaine b V Singh 16 21 2 0
Asief Hoseinbaks c V Singh b E Visser 9 19 1 0
MB Hoornweg not out   3 8 0 0
PJ Fletcher   b E Visser 2 6 0 0
extras   (b0 lb12 w22 nb1) 35      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 244      
FOW
1-44(MP O’Dowd) 2-46(LP Berry) 3-56(Arnav Jain) 4-69(F Fourie) 5-76(SA Edwards) 6-180(B Niaz) 7-224(JD Schoonheim) 8-230(TIM de Kok) 9-237(Asief Hoseinbaks) 10-244(PJ Fletcher)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
A Abid 6 0 24 0 1
TJ van Luin 9 1 39 1 3
A Dutt 9 0 31 1
E Visser 9.4 1 34 5 4
V Singh 7 0 53 2 9 1
LA Turmaine 4 0 29 0
AT Nidamanuru 4 0 22 1
VRA I 1st Innings 242/9 Closed (Overs 50)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
SR Rasool lbw b PJ Fletcher 14 26 1 0
V Singh c PJ Fletcher b Arnav Jain 15 27 0 0
J Smal   b B Niaz 53 65 4 1
AT Nidamanuru lbw b JD Schoonheim 93 101 6 1
TJ van Luin   b Arnav Jain 1 10 0 0
A Dutt c JD Schoonheim b SA Edwards 5 10 1 0
J Balbirnie c B Niaz b SA Edwards 22 21 2 0
MDS Peiris+   b Asief Hoseinbaks 6 14 0 0
LA Turmaine* not out   12 20 0 0
E Visser   b JD Schoonheim 0 1 0 0
A Abid not out   7 5 0 0
extras   (b1 lb1 w12 nb0) 14      
TOTAL   9 wickets for 242      
FOW
1-27(SR Rasool) 2-33(V Singh) 3-145(J Smal) 4-148(TJ van Luin) 5-154(A Dutt) 6-187(J Balbirnie) 7-196(MDS Peiris) 8-228(AT Nidamanuru) 9-229(E Visser)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Arnav Jain 10 2 33 2
PJ Fletcher 6 0 24 1 3
MB Hoornweg 3 0 14 0
Asief Hoseinbaks 10 1 37 1
JD Schoonheim 7 0 47 2 6
MP O’Dowd 2 0 18 0
B Niaz 4 0 18 1 1
SA Edwards 8 0 49 2

Scorecard | VOC vs Excelsior | 18.05.23

VOC I Vs Excelsior 20 I
1-Innings Match Played At Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 18-May-2023, Topklasse
Excelsior 20 I Win by 4 wkts
Round 1/6
Toss won by VOC I
Umpires NR Bathi – G Sebola
Scorers CCH Kaulingfreks – EM Heggelman
Home Side VOC I
Points Awarded VOC I 0, Excelsior 20 I 2
VOC I 1st Innings 217/10 All Out (Overs 49.4)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd   b UF Baker 46 64 4 1
Arnav Jain c UF Baker b NT Etman 14 41 2 0
LP Berry c M Hart b TJ Heggelman 61 56 9 1
SA Edwards   b NT Etman 24 16 3 0
F Fourie+ c LT Ingram b NT Etman 3 9 0 0
TIM de Kok*   b M Hart 20 43 0 0
B Niaz c SL van Troost b NT Etman 2 9 0 0
JD Schoonheim lbw b RWA van Troost 16 17 0 2
Asief Hoseinbaks lbw b LT Ingram 0 1 0 0
MB Hoornweg c RTF Verhagen b TJ Heggelman 6 24 1 0
PJ Fletcher not out   3 19 0 0
extras   (b8 lb5 w8 nb1) 22      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 217      
FOW
1-49(Arnav Jain) 2-116(MP O’Dowd) 3-160(LP Berry) 4-166(SA Edwards) 5-173(F Fourie) 6-179(B Niaz) 7-207(JD Schoonheim) 8-208(Asief Hoseinbaks) 9-208(TIM de Kok) 10-217(MB Hoornweg)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
M Hart 10 2 21 1 3
TJ Heggelman 8.4 0 39 2 3 1
NT Etman 10 1 41 4
RWA van Troost 8 0 42 1 1
LT Ingram 10 2 34 1 1
UF Baker 3 0 27 1
Excelsior 20 I 1st Innings 220/6 (Overs 48.1)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
TC Etman* c F Fourie b MB Hoornweg 12 18 2 0
LA Kroesen c Arnav Jain b B Niaz 40 77 3 0
RTF Verhagen c F Fourie b JD Schoonheim 22 28 2 1
LT Ingram   b Asief Hoseinbaks 37 53 2 1
M Hart not out   62 58 3 2
NT Etman   c&b Arnav Jain 3 18 0 0
SL van Troost+ run out LP Berry   30 36 2 0
SG Shankar not out   2 2 0 0
TJ Heggelman dnb          
RWA van Troost dnb          
UF Baker dnb          
extras   (b0 lb0 w10 nb2) 12      
TOTAL   6 wickets for 220      
FOW
1-19(TC Etman) 2-55(RTF Verhagen) 3-106(LA Kroesen) 4-126(LT Ingram) 5-153(NT Etman) 6-202(SL van Troost)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Arnav Jain 10 1 26 1
MB Hoornweg 5.1 0 38 1 1
Asief Hoseinbaks 10 0 43 1 1
B Niaz 6 0 37 1 2
JD Schoonheim 10 2 38 1 2
PJ Fletcher 7 0 38 0 4 2

Scorecard | Sparta vs VOC | 13.05.23

Sparta I Vs VOC I
1-Innings Match Played At Sportpark Bermweg, Capelle a/d IJssel, 13-May-2023, Topklasse
Sparta I Win by 6 wkts
Round 1/5
Toss won by Sparta I
Umpires RJ Akram – MA Din
Home Side Sparta I
Points Awarded VOC I 0, Sparta I 2
VOC I 1st Innings 117/10 All Out (Overs 35.2)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd c WJ Clark b AAJ Malik 2 9 0 0
Arnav Jain lbw b JM Snoep 13 40 0 0
LP Berry   b AAJ Malik 18 19 4 0
SA Edwards   b AAJ Malik 3 10 0 0
TIM de Kok*   b AAJ Malik 0 7 0 0
F Fourie+   b K Ahmadi 26 32 2 1
B Niaz   b J Kroesen 18 40 2 0
JD Schoonheim c SR Ferguson b J Kroesen 14 21 0 0
RR Upadhyaya lbw b AAJ Malik 8 15 0 0
Asief Hoseinbaks not out   2 13 0 0
MB Hoornweg c A Raza b WJ Clark 1 6 0 0
extras   (b0 lb1 w11 nb0) 12      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 117      
FOW
1-2(MP O’Dowd) 2-31(LP Berry) 3-35(SA Edwards) 4-38(TIM de Kok) 5-46(Arnav Jain) 6-90(F Fourie) 7-92(B Niaz) 8-107(RR Upadhyaya) 9-116(JD Schoonheim) 10-117(MB Hoornweg)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
AAJ Malik 10 2 30 5 1
M Bukhari 10 1 39 0 4
JM Snoep 4 1 14 1 3
K Ahmadi 6 1 18 1 2
J Kroesen 4 0 12 2
WJ Clark 1.2 0 3 1
Sparta I 1st Innings 118/4 (Overs 18.5)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
A Raza+ c MB Hoornweg b Arnav Jain 6 7 1 0
SR Ferguson lbw b MB Hoornweg 12 10 3 0
G Tarr   b Asief Hoseinbaks 57 54 4 4
M Bukhari c MP O’Dowd b RR Upadhyaya 6 18 1 0
WJ Clark not out   26 18 4 1
J Kroesen not out   5 7 0 0
PB Balwantsingh dnb          
AAJ Malik dnb          
K Ahmadi dnb          
Manminder Singh dnb          
JM Snoep* dnb          
extras   (b0 lb1 w4 nb1) 6      
TOTAL   4 wickets for 118      
FOW
1-15(A Raza) 2-19(SR Ferguson) 3-66(M Bukhari) 4-103(G Tarr)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Arnav Jain 5 1 30 1 1
MB Hoornweg 5 0 30 1 1 1
RR Upadhyaya 3 0 25 1 2
Asief Hoseinbaks 4.5 0 26 1
JD Schoonheim 1 0 6 0

Scorecard | Punjab vs VOC | 07.05.32

Punjab I Vs VOC I
1-Innings Match Played At Zomercomplex, Rotterdam, 7-May-2023, Topklasse
VOC I Win by 3 wickets
Round 1
Toss won by HCC I
Umpires ML Hancock, J Hilhorst
Scorers  
Home Side Punjab I
Points Awarded VOC I 2, Punjab I 0
Punjab I 1st Innings 244/10 all out (overs 48.3)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
RU Zulfiqar c SA Edwards b JD Schoonheim 27 33 3 1
AA Zulfiqar+ c LP Berry b JD Schoonheim 37 65 1 1
M Riaz c MB Hoornweg b JD Schoonheim 0 3 0 0
SM Zulfiqar c TIM de Kok b B Niaz 94 104 6 4
SA Minhas   c&b RR Upadhyaya 2 8 0 0
SA Zulfiqar c F Fourie b RR Upadhyaya 0 2 0 0
Y Usman c LP Berry b RR Upadhyaya 23 28 2 1
Aaliyan Mahmood   b Asief Hoseinbaks 9 15 0 0
M Shafiq c MB Hoornweg b B Niaz 33 26 3 1
S Tariq* not out   3 5 0 0
Mubashar Hussain c SA Edwards b RR Upadhyaya 2 7 0 0
extras   ((b1 lb1 w7 nb5) 14      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 244      
FOW
51-1 RU Zulfiqar, 56-2 M Riaz, 89-3 Asad A Zulfiqar, 108-4 SA Minhas, 108-5 Sikander A Zulfiqar, 150-6 Y Usman, 170-7 Aaliyan Mahmood, 226-8 M Shafiq, 241-9 Saqib M Zulfiqar, 244-10 Mubashar Hussain 
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Asief Hoseinbaks 10.0 0 52 1 0 0
MB Hoornweg 10.0 0 59 0 3 2
B Niaz 9.0 0 39 2 1 0
JD Schoonheim 10.0 0 34 3 3 0
RR Upadhyaya 9.3 0 58 4 0 3
VOC I 1st Innings 245/7 Closed (Overs 40.1)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd   b Aaliyan Mahmood 19 14 3 1
F Fourie+ c SA Zulfiqar b S Tariq 10 12 1 0
LP Berry not out   150 133 13 8
SA Edwards not out   37 54 2 0
TIM de Kok* c SA Zulfiqar b S Tariq 10 10 0 1
AF Buurman c SM Zulfiqar b SA Zulfiqar 0 2 0 0
B Niaz lbw b S Tariq 0 11 0 0
JD Schoonheim c M Riaz b S Tariq 0 1 0 0
RR Upadhyaya lbw b SM Zulfiqar 3 4 0 0
Asief Hoseinbaks dnb          
MB Hoornweg dnb          
extras   (b0 lb6 w10 nb0) 16      
TOTAL   7 wickets for 245      
FOW
35-1 MP O’Dowd, 42-2 F Fourie, 81-3 TIM de Kok, 97-4 AF Buurman, 105-5 B Niaz, 105-6 JD Schoonheim, 113-7 RR Upadhyaya
Retirements
SA Edwards retired at 57-2 and returned at 113-7
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
S Tariq 10.0 1 45 4 7 0
Aaliyan Mahmood 8.0 0 43 1 1 0
SA Zulfiqar 6.0 0 42 1 2 0
SM Zulfiqar 8.0 0 36 1 0 0
M Shafiq 5.0 0 29 0 0 0
Mubashar Hussain 1.0 0 21 0 0 0
SA Minhas 2.1 0 23 0 0 0

Scorecard | VOC vs Salland | 06.05.23

VOC I Vs Salland I
1-Innings Match Played At Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 06-May-2023, Topklasse
Salland I Win by 7 wkts
Round 1/4
Toss won by VOC I
Umpires D Das – J Westerberg
Home Side VOC I
Points Awarded VOC I 0, Salland I 2
VOC I 1st Innings 159/10 All Out (Overs 34.5)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd c V Ganesan b RA Lubbers 1 3 0 0
Arnav Jain c FP Raxworthy b FC Bartholomew 2 6 0 0
LP Berry c G van Molen b FC Bartholomew 6 7 1 0
SA Edwards+ c V Ganesan b FC Bartholomew 75 91 8 0
TIM de Kok*   b SV Elam Bharathi 29 32 5 0
B Niaz c PP Ottachchige b V Ganesan 12 20 1 0
PM Seelaar   c&b S Naqash 26 31 2 1
JD Schoonheim   b S Naqash 0 9 0 0
RR Upadhyaya c V Ganesan b S Naqash 1 7 0 0
Asief Hoseinbaks run out VS Lubbers   1 4 0 0
MB Hoornweg not out   0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb2 w3 nb1) 6      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 159      
FOW
1-2(MP O’Dowd) 2-9(Arnav Jain) 3-14(LP Berry) 4-69(TIM de Kok) 5-90(B Niaz) 6-130(PM Seelaar) 7-136(JD Schoonheim) 8-145(RR Upadhyaya) 9-157(Asief Hoseinbaks) 10-159(SA Edwards)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
RA Lubbers 6 0 27 1
FC Bartholomew 6.5 0 23 3 1
SV Elam Bharathi 6 1 25 1
S Naqash 5 1 24 3 3
V Ganesan 6 0 35 1
A Gopinath 5 0 23 0
Salland I 1st Innings 160/3 (Overs 36.2)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
V Ganesan c JD Schoonheim b RR Upadhyaya 53 62 10 0
PP Ottachchige+ c Asief Hoseinbaks b B Niaz 5 9 1 0
TA Khan c MP O’Dowd b B Niaz 2 10 0 0
FP Raxworthy not out   46 80 4 0
S Naqash not out   40 60 2 2
VS Lubbers* dnb          
SV Elam Bharathi dnb          
RA Lubbers dnb          
FC Bartholomew dnb          
A Gopinath dnb          
G van Molen dnb          
extras   (b2 lb3 w7 nb2) 14      
TOTAL   3 wickets for 160      
FOW
1-27(PP Ottachchige) 2-38(TA Khan) 3-78(V Ganesan)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Arnav Jain 10 0 46 0 1
MB Hoornweg 2.2 0 25 0 2
B Niaz 4 1 17 2 2
RR Upadhyaya 4 0 20 1 1
Asief Hoseinbaks 8 2 15 0
JD Schoonheim 3 0 13 0 2
PM Seelaar 5 0 19 0 1

Scorecard | VOC vs HCC | 29.04.23

VOC I Vs HCC I
1-Innings Match Played At Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 29-Apr-2023, Topklasse
VOC I Win by 148 runs
Round 1/2
Toss won by HCC I
Umpires WPM van Liemt – JP Wentink
Scorers CCH Kaulingfreks – K Pattiselanno
Home Side VOC I
Points Awarded VOC I 2, HCC I 0
VOC I 1st Innings 253/10 All Out (Overs 49.3)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd c MR Alphonse b D Crowley 6 14 1 0
Arnav Jain   b DT Doram 13 31 1 1
LP Berry c H Venter b J-WM Overdijk 124 127 11 3
SA Edwards+ c C Floyd b H Venter 40 61 3 0
TIM de Kok* c DT Doram b J-WM Overdijk 43 35 1 2
PM Seelaar c H Venter b J-WM Overdijk 0 1 0 0
B Niaz c C Floyd b J-WM Overdijk 1 7 0 0
JD Schoonheim   b D Crowley 4 6 0 0
Asief Hoseinbaks c AJ Staal b HC Overdijk 1 7 0 0
RR Upadhyaya   b HC Overdijk 12 7 1 1
MB Hoornweg not out   0 1 0 0
extras   (b0 lb1 w8 nb0) 9      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 253      
FOW
1-11(MP O’Dowd) 2-59(Arnav Jain) 3-154(SA Edwards) 4-222(LP Berry) 5-222(PM Seelaar) 6-235(TIM de Kok) 7-235(B Niaz) 8-238(Asief Hoseinbaks) 9-247(JD Schoonheim) 10-253(RR Upadhyaya)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
HC Overdijk 9.3 1 43 2 3
D Crowley 8 1 37 2 4
C Floyd 10 0 47 0
J-WM Overdijk 6 0 46 4 1
DT Doram 10 0 29 1
H Venter 6 0 50 1
HCC I 1st Innings 105/10 All Out (Overs 31.1)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MR Alphonse+ c TIM de Kok b JD Schoonheim 35 82 3 0
AJ Staal c PM Seelaar b MB Hoornweg 5 4 1 0
JD Vandiar hit wicket b Arnav Jain 5 21 1 0
BHG Gorlee* c TIM de Kok b JD Schoonheim 8 9 1 0
HC Overdijk c PM Seelaar b JD Schoonheim 6 9 1 0
C Floyd st SA Edwards b Asief Hoseinbaks 16 23 2 0
DT Doram   b Asief Hoseinbaks 3 7 0 0
J Kooistra lbw b RR Upadhyaya 0 5 0 0
D Crowley c TIM de Kok b RR Upadhyaya 4 21 1 0
J-WM Overdijk c ? b Asief Hoseinbaks 6 5 1 0
H Venter not out   4 3 1 0
extras   (b0 lb1 w10 nb2) 13      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 105      
FOW
1-9(AJ Staal) 2-32(JD Vandiar) 3-50(BHG Gorlee) 4-67(HC Overdijk) 5-75(MR Alphonse) 6-83(DT Doram) 7-89(J Kooistra) 8-95(C Floyd) 9-101(J-WM Overdijk) 10-105(D Crowley)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Arnav Jain 7 1 19 1
MB Hoornweg 4 0 21 1 4 1
B Niaz 6 0 17 0 1 1
JD Schoonheim 5 0 20 3 4
RR Upadhyaya 5.1 0 13 2 1
Asief Hoseinbaks 4 1 14 3

Scorecard | ACC vs VOC | 30.04.23

ACC I Vs VOC I
1-Innings Match Played At Het Loopveld West, 30-Apr-2023, Topklasse
VOC I Win by 260 runs
Round 1/3
Toss won by VOC I
Umpires NR Bathi – PGHA van Giezen
Scorers JA van der Wenden – CCH Kaulingfreks
Home Side ACC I
Points Awarded VOC I 2, ACC I 0
VOC I 1st Innings 321/3 Closed (Overs 50)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd c TG Hobson b JS Reddy 186 157 8 11
Arnav Jain c JS Reddy b TG Hobson 11 33 0 0
LP Berry c JS Reddy b RA Kumar 35 48 4 0
SA Edwards not out   74 60 5 2
TIM de Kok* not out   2 2 0 0
B Niaz dnb          
JD Schoonheim dnb          
F Fourie+ dnb          
Asief Hoseinbaks dnb          
PJ Fletcher dnb          
MB Hoornweg dnb          
extras   (b2 lb2 w9 nb0) 13      
TOTAL   3 wickets for 321      
FOW
1-34(Arnav Jain) 2-114(LP Berry) 3-319(MP O’Dowd)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
P Buys 3 0 17 0
RA Kumar 10 0 62 1
JS Reddy 8 1 45 1
TG Hobson 10 1 60 1 4
D Arya 10 0 71 0 2
M Hans 2 0 15 0
MA Raza 7 0 47 0 2
ACC I 1st Innings 61/10 All Out (Overs 22.5)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
RI Ahmed+ c TIM de Kok b MB Hoornweg 3 8 0 0
S Potdar lbw b MB Hoornweg 5 13 0 0
HG Kuhn* c TIM de Kok b Arnav Jain 5 6 1 0
TG Hobson c F Fourie b MB Hoornweg 0 2 0 0
MA Raza lbw b Arnav Jain 9 19 1 0
M Hans c F Fourie b Asief Hoseinbaks 5 23 0 0
P Buys c TIM de Kok b B Niaz 7 22 0 0
RA Kumar   b Asief Hoseinbaks 2 16 0 0
A Zaidi c F Fourie b JD Schoonheim 11 21 0 0
D Arya not out   1 1 0 0
JS Reddy st F Fourie b Asief Hoseinbaks 2 8 0 0
extras   (b1 lb0 w8 nb2) 11      
TOTAL   10 wickets for 61      
FOW
1-3(RI Ahmed) 2-8(HG Kuhn) 3-9(TG Hobson) 4-20(S Potdar) 5-26(MA Raza) 6-41(M Hans) 7-41(P Buys) 8-57(RA Kumar) 9-57(A Zaidi) 10-61(JS Reddy)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Arnav Jain 6 1 19 2
MB Hoornweg 5 1 14 3 4 2
B Niaz 5 0 15 1 1
Asief Hoseinbaks 5.5 2 9 3 1
JD Schoonheim 1 0 3 1 1

Scorecard | Punjab vs VOC | 22.04.23

Punjab I Vs VOC I
1-Innings Match Played At Zomercomplex, Rotterdam, 22-Apr-2023, Topklasse
No result
Round 1/1
Toss won by Punjab I
Umpires M Prabhudesai – J Westerberg
Home Side Punjab I
VOC I 1st Innings 177/1 (Overs 28.4)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd not out   91 85 10 4
Arnav Jain lbw b SM Zulfiqar 23 42 4 0
LP Berry not out   59 45 5 3
SA Edwards+ dnb          
TIM de Kok* dnb          
F Fourie dnb          
B Niaz dnb          
JD Schoonheim dnb          
Asief Hoseinbaks dnb          
MB Hoornweg dnb          
PJ Fletcher dnb          
extras   (b0 lb1 w3 nb0) 4      
TOTAL   1 wickets for 177      
FOW
1-81(Arnav Jain)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
S Tariq 10 2 31 0
SA Zulfiqar 3 0 31 0 1
M Shafiq 4 0 27 0
SM Zulfiqar 7 0 53 1 1
A Mahmood 4.4 0 34 0 1
Punjab I 1st Innings
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
RU Zulfiqar dnb          
SA Minhas dnb          
AA Zulfiqar+ dnb          
SM Zulfiqar dnb          
SA Zulfiqar dnb          
Y Usman dnb          
A Mahmood dnb          
M Riaz dnb          
Mubashar Hussain dnb          
S Tariq* dnb          
M Shafiq dnb          
extras   (b0 lb0 w0 nb0) 0      
TOTAL   0 wickets for 0      
FOW
 
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb

2023 Preview: Salland, VOC look to hit the ground running

Bertus de Jong 12/04/23


Though both wound up in the wrong half of the table last year, neither VOC nor Salland looked in serious danger of relegation through the second phase of the 2022 season. For Salland that was in part down to a bit of luck in that they took all their phase one points through to the relegation fight, and Victor Lubbers’side will be happy enough if they can survive another season in the top flight. In VOC’s case, the T20 Champions will feel they rather underperformed in the longer format last year.

The Rotterdammers were rather reliant for runs on international opening pair Max O’Dowd and Scott Edwards last season, the only VOC bats to cross 500 runs for the season in 2022. Former West Australia under 19’s bat Lane Berry arrives at Hazelaarweg to bolster the top order, which will be particularly welcome when the national side comes calling for Edwards and O’Dowd during the mid-season T20 competition.

Nonetheless they will hope from more regular contributions from skipper Tim de Kok, whose form was rtaher all-or-nothing last year, and Bloodhounds fans will hope his predecessor Pieter Seelaar has another season in him, along with the evergreen Jelte Schoonheim. The arrival of the veteran Atse Buurman from Sparta means their will be no lack of experience at Hazelaarweg, but with the exception of all-rounder Arnav Jain the middle order does look rather long in the tooth.

Arguably more of a concern is the bowling however, especially if Seelaar is unable to lead the spin attack and Pierce Fletcher’s coaching duties keep him off the roster too often. Max Hoornweg and Belgium’s Burhan Niaz have been an adequate new ball combo, but the pair managed only 30 wickets between them last season. Arnav Jain’s offspin bagged him 20 scalps last summer, but a shoulder injury has kept him from bowling for much of the off-season. The arrival of Asief Hoseinbaks from Dosti adds another slow-bowling option, and Sieb van Wingerden continues to show promise, but all told the VOC roster looks rather batting heavy again for 2023.


Conversely Salland’s chief strength last season was their reserves of quality slow bowling, with German spin pair Elam Barathi and Venkatraman Ganesan the stand-outs. The German contingent will be back this season, with Talha Khan and Sahir Naqash also turning out for the Deventer side again. Indeed the core of the side is largely unchanged, Piyaranga Ottachchige again takes the glove and Victor Lubbers again captaining, as well as providing another seam option alongside his brother Reinder or Gijs van der Molen. Newcomer Fraser Bartholemewwill likely take over the as Reinder’s new ball partner however, and Salland will hope the Kiwi right arm quick will lend the seam attack a cutting edge it was previously lacking.

It was the batting side of things that was Salland’s main weakness last year with no bat passing 350 for the season, though a second signing from New Zealand may go some way to redemying that deficiency. A product of the Central Districts youth system, Finn Raxworthy’s occasional legspin may add an extra dimension to the spin attack but his primary role will be to bolster the batting. Alongside the two signings Salland have also added some locally-based foreign talent to the rolls in Australian James Ridley and South African Ruan du Plessis (though not the former Easterns bat of the same name) lending the roster some much needed depth for when the German contingent are unavailable.

A shallow player pool was a significant issue for the Deventer side last season, availability issues occasionally even seeing the venrable Steven Lubbers called out of retirement. That looks likely to be less of an issue this season, though the squad remains rather geographically disparate, which has hampered preparations. “We are a team completely scattered across two countries, with almost no one of our squad actually living in Deventer, meaning that our pre-season shape up is messy to say the least” Lubbers told Tkcricket. “We finished 7th out of 12 last year which we of course were incredibly happy about, our goal for 2023 is nothing different than 2022: surviving demotion. It is important that our batting clicks, as we often struggled to set a decent score on the board. There will be a big role for the Germans, Raxworthy, Piyaranga and myself to play this year. Making the top half after the first phase would relieve all the pressure, but we’re realistic and may well see ourselves in the bottom half, meaning we will have to come up with the same season finale as we showed last season by winning 5 of our last 6 games. Our goal is not to do well in the Topklasse for a single season, but to become a mid-table team for multiple years.”

Scorecard | HCC vs VOC | 15.08.21

HCC I Vs VOC I
1-Innings Match Played At De Diepput, Den Haag, 15-Aug-2021, Topklasse
VOC I Win (HCC I forfeit)*
Round 18
Toss won by VOC I
Umpires RJ Akram – Z Hussain
Home Side HCC I
Points Awarded VOC I 4, HCC I 0
VOC I 1st Innings 45/1 (Overs 16.3)
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MP O’Dowd   c&b HC Overdijk 10 23 1 0
ZDA van Baren not out   22 53 2 0
SA Edwards+ not out   7 23 1 0
TIM de Kok dnb          
PM Seelaar* dnb          
CL Rutgers dnb          
MA Durrani dnb          
JD Schoonheim dnb          
RR Upadhyaya dnb          
PJ Fletcher dnb          
SB van Wingerden dnb          
extras   (b0 lb2 w4 nb0) 6      
TOTAL   1 wickets for 45      
FOW
1-24(MP O’Dowd)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
HC Overdijk 6 1 17 1 3
RR Bijloos 5.3 0 14 0
H Venter 5 1 12 0 1
HCC I 1st Innings
Batter Fielder Bowler Runs Bls 4s 6s
MN Ahmad dnb          
DG Crowley dnb          
BHG Gorlee* dnb          
AJ Staal dnb          
HC Overdijk dnb          
C Floyd dnb          
YJ Patel+ dnb          
DJ Hennop dnb          
H Venter dnb          
OO Klaus dnb          
RR Bijloos dnb          
extras   (b0 lb0 w0 nb0) 0      
TOTAL   0 wickets for 0      
FOW
 
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb

*result to be confirmed