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VRA vs VOC Rotterdam at Amstelveen – 26/08/18
scorecard | as it happened

Pierce Fletcher opens the bowling for VOC

Dan ter Braak plays off the toes

Ter Braak smashes one through cover

Vikramjit Singh plays an on drive

Played fine to leg by Ter Braak

Singh hits through midwicket

Ramdas Upadhyaya from Mulder’s End

Singh goes for a quick single

Max O’Dowd looks surprised that he held a fine slip catch to dismiss Ter Braak

Tizo Moorman coming in to bowl

Another fine drive by Singh

Swept by Ben Cooper

Singh attacks

Swept away by Singh

Played fine to leg by Cooper

Peter Borren is adjudged lbw

Eric Szwarczynski cuts square

Clipped to leg by Szwarczynski

Edged over gully by Cooper

Cooper hits the ball into the ditch

Cooper is so plumb lbw that he walks

Szwarczynski goes for the big one

Mitch Lees prays that the ball will land in no-mans-land

Hit to cow by Lees

Quirijn Gunning from the City End

Seb van Lent is done by the pace of Gunning

Dirk van Baren has a tough start

Van Baren ducks under a fine Gunning bouncer

Miscued by Scott Edwards

Van Baren plays at a wide

A power drive by Van Baren

Tucked around the corner by Edwards

Edwards rides his luck

Ben Cooper bowling

Coutiously played to leg by Edwards

Van Baren goes over the top

Van Baren has lost the plot on this one

Edwards lofts a square drive

George Dunlop

A peculiar stance by Edwards

Van Baren goes over the top

Pieter Seelaar drives through extra

Edwards in reverse mode

Edwards holes out to Haseeb Gul Mia at deep mid off

Umar Baker lifts one over the bowler’s head

Upadhaya struggles with pace

Ter Braak takes a great return catch and Baker is gone

Upadhaya edges Ter Braak to slip…

…and Peter Borren takes another fine catch

Adeel Raja causing big problems for the tail-enders

Pierce Fletcher is trapped in front by Raja and it’s over and out

See y’all next year!

ACC vs HCC at het Loopveld – 19/08/18
scorecard | as it happened

Zulfiqar Sr brooming the rain away

Ali Ahmed Qasim bowling

Driven past point by Rehmet Zulfiqar

It’s still pretty slippery out there

Rehmet drives square

Mark Jonkman tests Rehmet with a short one

Asad nick one …

… and Gorlee at second slip makes no mistake

Sikander smashes one through point

Mark Jonkman in full flight

Rehmet digs out a yorker

Hidde Overdijk from the River End

Sikander gets a leading edge…

… no problem for Ryan Ninan at mid=off

Shirase Razool tucks one around the corner

Ryan Ninan bowling for HCC

Chris Knoll plays half a shot…

… and bowler Ninan takes a good return catch

Ahmed Zulfiqar belts Ninan for six

Played fine to leg by Zulfiqar Sr

There goes another one!

Sr cuts square

Rehmet goes for a big hit

…but holes out to Street who has dropped down to deep mid-on

Aryan Kumar clips to leg

Umpire Van Liemt is very clear about it, Zulfiqar Sr is run out

Beau te Boekhorst lofts a drive..

…into the hands of Ryan Ninan

Aryan Kumar bowling

Mark Jonkman loses his legstump to Sikander

That ball is too difficult for both Staal and Asad

Chris Knoll bowling

Played off the hip by Tonnie Staal

Bryce Street plays through gully

Staal creams one over extra

Street scores past point

Staal is run out by a direct hit

Played around the corner by Street

Boris Gorlee cuts through point

Street goes over the top

Gorlee hits over mid wicket

Belted over cow by Street

That’s fifty for Bryce Street

Gorlee hits a four over mid wicket

Beautifully timed by Street

With a big six Gorlee ends the match

Gorlee and Street look satisfied after a job well done

HBS Craeyenhout vs VOC Rotterdam at Craeyenhout – 12/08/18
scorecard | as it happened

Umpires Van Liemt and Jansen

Jelte Schoonheim gets a short one

Wessel Coaster

Not exactly Corey Rutgers’ most elegant shot

Wesley Barresi is a fraction too late to take this one

Schoonheim ducks into the ball

Slogged straight by Schoonheim

Schoonheim opens the blade

Schoonheim edges to cover…

…and Gomes makes no mistake

Rutgers sweeps too early

Dirk van Baren seeks cover from a bouncer

Van Baren pulls for a boundary

Farshad Khan

Max O’Dowd lofts his drive…

… but Dennis Coster can’t convert the chance

Van Baren pulls very high

Van Baren holes out to Wessel Coster at mid off

O’Dowd misses another cut shot

Ferdi Vink on his way to 3 for 15 from 10

Scott Edwards tries a scoop shot

Edwards plays around his legs

Sebastiaan van Lent sweeps for a couple

Van Lent is the victim of a mix up

Umar Baker plays to leg…

…where Khan has been waiting

Pierce Fletcher hits a straight boundary

Fletcher goes for a big one…

…and is not punished for being short

This one is long enough!

A very important partnership for the ninth wicket of 52 runs

Freddie Klassen bowling

From the Scoreboard End Pierce Fletcher

Sharn Gomes in full swing

Jaron Morgan hits high over cover

A power drive by Morgan

Clipped with ease for six by Morgan

Wesley Barresi pulls for a couple

Turned to leg by Morgan

Seelaar is obviously happy to have caught Barresi at gully (

Navjit Singh drives

Morgan plays through extra

Singh scores through fine leg

Dennis Coster is down with a knee injury and has to leave the field

Ferdi Vink plays to leg (

Vink plays defensively

Berend Westdijk comes out to drive

Westdijk is caught by Schoonheim at mid on off a lazy shot

Julien de Mey drives through cover

Farshad Khan goes for the max…

…but Bobbie Hanif’s catch ends the game

And VOC are the Champions!

Congrats for the VOC team

Skipper Seelaar leads his team off the field

The HBS players form a guard of honour for their opponents

Shake-hands!

Captain Seelaar is a better skipper than a sommelier

Champagne anyone?

Confetti and bubbles

Well-deserved champions!

Corey Rutgers

Dirk van Baren

Pierce Fletcher

Jelte Schoonheim

Fred Klaassen and Max O’Dowd

Scott Edwards

Bobbie Hanif

Sebastiaan van Lent

Scorer Hetty Reijmer. Umar Baker got away

Quick Haag vs ACC Amsterdam at de Diepput 2 -05/08/18
scorecard | as it happened

Doc Mol bowling

Rehmet Zulfiqar plays a strong drive

Richardt Frenz gets a thick edge…

…but the slips do not convert the chance

Rehmet plays off the toes

Frenz is startled by Bista’s wrong one

Sean Davey from the Main Ground End

Rehmet hits the ball out of the ground

Spin by Jay Bista

Jeroen Brand on his way to 3 for 15 from 10

Chris Knol hits a short one to cow

Driven square by Rehmet

Aneez Raza on the drive

Rehmet keeps on hitting sixes

There goes another one over cover

Rehmet goes after a wide

Ahmed Zulfiqar joins the sixes club

Ahmed plays a backhand

Rehmet edges the last ball sky-high…

…and Daan Vierling takes a great catch

Rehmet Zulfiqar scored 188 runs from 156 balls with 11 fours and 16 sixes

Sikander bowling

Jay Bista plays a clever spoon shot

Ahmed Zulfiqar

Sean Davey is caught off a top edge by Asad

Doc Mol survives an lbw appeal

Saqib bowling leg spin

Mol can only shake his head as Asad begs for a booking

Don’t shoot!

Jay Bista smacks one into the gardens

That was a close one!

A big six by Mol

Lesley Stokkers steerrs the ball into Asad’s hands

Mol keeps up the agressive play

Jeroen Brand plays a classic drive

Jeroen Brand is bowled by Saqib

Stijn Allema plays high over cover

Another six for Doc Mol…

…and that is his maiden hundred!

Cut late by Mol

Not enough oumph on that one…

…and Mol is caught by Saqib

Tycho de Mooi hits Saqib over point…

…but is bowled next ball

Stefan Ekelmans pulls for a six

A boundary for Imran Khan

A six on the last ball…

…but Quick fall 18 runs short

An important win for ACC

HBS Craeyenhout vs VRA at Crayenhout -22/07/18
scorecard | as it happened

Berend Westdijk opening with a great, hostile spell

Eric Szwarczynski plays at a wide

Keeper Visée saves 5 wides

Dan ter Braak drives

Ben Cooper skies high en wide…

… and Toby Visée takes an excellent catch

Peter Borren holes out to Julien de Mey at square

And bowler Wessel Coster is mobbed by his team mates

Westdijk welcomes Emile van den Burg to the crease

Van den Burg cuts square

Elegantly played aroud the corner by Van den Burg

Van den Burg evades a wide bouncer

Michael Rippon is bowled by Westdijk

Navjit Singh bowling

Vikram Singh drives through cover

Leon Turmaine sweeps

Leon Turmaine plays fine to leg

Mitch Lees scores a straight boundary

Vikram Singh livens up his innings with a couple of big shots

Tucked around the corner by Lees

Lees is caught by Visée

Quirijn Gunning plays a lofted square drive

Toby Visée spoons the ball…

… into the big gloves of keeper Lees

Wessel Coster scores a boundary

Joran Morgan gets a nick

The VRA boys are celebrating

Wesley Barresi in his commanding style

Michael Rippon bowling

Barresi plays through gully

Pulled by Barresi…

…but Gunning has been waiting for it at the boundary

Navjit Singh on the drive

Singh edges over point

Ferdi Vink is caught and bowled by Rippon

Julien de Mey is not very impressed by this bouncer

Swept away by De Mey

VOC Rotterdam v Excelsior ’20 at Hazelaarweg – 15/07/18
scorecard | as it happened

Dirk van Baren turns to leg

Van Baren ducks under a bouncer

Played through midwicket by Van Baren

Pieter Seelaar gets a nick…

…and the Excelsior boys celebrate

Gijs Kroesen bowling

Max O’Dowd cuts square

Swept away by O’D0wd

Scott Edwards drives square

Edwards forces from the back foot

Edwards plays to leg

Sanjeet Shankar bowling

Edwards sweeps for a boundary

Edwards goes for the big one…

Edwards digs out a york

Umar Baker tries a scoop and is caught at short leg

Pierce Fletcher in trouble

Edwards hits a straight boundary

Edwards drives through point

Edwards hits to cow…

…where Shankar makes no mistake

Fletcher hits a very long straight six

Fred Klaassen flying in to bowl

Tom Heggelman pulls Pierce Fletcher

Klaassen tests Tim Etman with a wide

Lorenzo Ingram has lost sight of the ball

Ingram misses a Klaassen delivery

Pulled away by Ingram

Etman is LBW

Roel Verhagen is not easily intimidated

Ingram fishes outside off

And the Excelsior Team are delighted to see him go

Bobby Hanif bowling in his unique style

Max O’Dowd bowls Sanjeet Shankar

David Woutersen on the drive

A solid shot by Woutersen

Gijs Kroesen takes on the bowling

Gijs Kroesen is O’Dowd’s next victim