Captains Match Report (Maress v The Bees)

Todays match was very doubtful on Friday Night as the weather was very wet.
Fortunately today was very overcast, yet somehow Irvine managed to avoid the bad weather that was all around the West of Scotland.
The match began with the captains tossing the coin and Mike Ingram won the toss and elected to field.
The Marress men entered the pitch in a positive manner and awaited the opening batsmen.
David Ingram opened the bowling and before most players had time to get into position David had delivered his opening delivery and cleaned bowled his opponent for a "KING DUCK".
An unbelievable start, which set the tempo for the rest of the day.
2nd over of the game and Mike Ingram opened from the other end and not to be out done by David he cleaned bowled the other opener in his first over. A fantastic start and the Marress team was immediately on top.
5 overs later and The Bees were struggling at 20 for 5 as David Ingram was dominating the opposition with a spell of very fine bowling.
The Bees dug deep and managed to move the score onto 65 for 5 and were starting to develop their innings, the Marress team were looking for some inspiration and it came in the form of a fantastic catch by Derek Park. David Ingram bowled a full toss and the batsman top edged it behind the wicket keeper and Derek Park set off like a leopard in pursuit of its prey and managed to pull off one of the finest catches ever seen at the Marress Ground.(see photo)It was just what the team needed as they always knew that any score beyond 100 would really test their batting skills.
David Ingram finished his spell and this introduced one of the finest leg spinner in the league (Chaitanya Mudunuri) he quickly had the batsmen guessing how to play his bowling and he soon had 2 more batsmen back in the dressing room.
With young James Cooney from the other end he soon made a break through and The Bees were struggling at 86 for 9.
Mike Ingram cleaned up the innings and this left the Marress going into the interval needing 87 runs to win.
After another excellent tea, Mike Ingram and Gary McMeechan opened the batting and after a few quick shots by Gary he was bowled.
David Ingram entered next and he and his DAD put on a partnership of 23 until David was bowled, at this point Mike was wondering if the familiar collapse would take place and he was right. The next 2 batsmen quickly came and went and this brought Chaitanya to the wicket and this turned the game in favour of the Marress men. Mike and Chaitanya moved the score onto 83 for 4 and were in site of victory, when Mike was cleaned bowled by one of the best deliveries ever witnessed on the green blaze.
Thankfully Chaitanya took the Marress men over the winning line and gave the Marress men their first victory in over 12 months.

Well Done to the team

score card

Bees batting
D.Ferry....b D.Ingram.....0
P.Barbour..b M.Ingram.....4
H.Ahmed....b D.Ingram.....2
G.Hollier..b D.Ingram.....2
B.Selly..ctD.Park.b D.Ingram..4
C.Campbell.b M.Inggram....11
B.Singh....b Cooney.......16
D.Birtworthle lbw C.Mudunuri.25
J.McCrossan.b M.Ingram....5
S.Jones....b C.Mudunuri...6
C.McCrossan not out.....0

total....................86

Marress bowling
D.Ingram...15...2..43...4
M.Ingram...9....4..11...3
P.Fernando.3....0..17...0
Cooney.....4....0..6....1
C.Mudunuri.2....1..2....2

Marress batting
M.ingram.....b Singh.....11
G.McMeeking..b ferry.....7
D.Ingram.....b ferry.....13
D.Park.......b Hollier...5
R.Yerra.....lbw hollier..0
C.Mudunuri Not Out.......15*
J.Cooney...not out.......1*
total...............87 in 19 overs
Marress win by 5 wickets

Mike