a quick word of thanks too, to nelly - he stepped in to field as 12th man after doogie picked up a nasty hand injury taking a catch in the deep off shorty's bowling - hope it gets better soon doogler.
but ultimately, frustrating. next week it's gu staff.
will the real "chris" coyle please step forward
matty "chris" coyle could only watch in awe as his saturday firweworks with the bat were surpassed in the twenty20 western cup match against kelburne at whitehaugh on tuesday.
kelburne's west indian overseas amateur, gonsalvezm, smacked no fewer than 158 as he batted through the innings to help his side post an unbeatable 230 for 2. in reply the 'holmboys were 49 for 6; but that's almost irrelevant as it's gonsalvez's whirlwind knock that'll be remembered.
right from the off he struck almost every ball right out of the screws, seeing off every bowler in the same style. after maddy and bil'y had gone at 8s, it was the spinners' turn for punishment. the skipper did best, going at just under 7s, while arran's solitary over cost 22, shorty's four went at 12s and nj's four at 16s! yikes. as said, every bowler treated the same: biff, bam, bunt!
ouch! the two wickets that did fall amongst the carnage saw bil'y bowl opener burgess for 0, and shorty hold on to a steepler from robin to give nj his wicket. so 231 would've won it - "unlikely" was consensus.
but important to take the chance to get some time in the middle. unfortunately tho', 9 for 4 wasn't providing this. nom'y, doogie, nj and maddy producing a top score of just 6 between'em. dani' and the other "chris" - coyle that is - then steadied things and took the score to 45 before matty was bowled by mclister. this left shorty to see out time with dani'. this they did until the wee man inexplicably ran out his partner on the last ball. not clever - but maybe summed up the night.
so kelburne progress, and that am's going to very likely punish a few other sides in the western union methinks!
coyle-inspired 'holmboys get league win #1
"there's only one matty coyle!" that was the cry after saturday saw his shawholm side beat glenpark by 81 runs in their first wdcu league match. matty's ton (102), and a cheeky wee 3 for 3 with the ball, inspired his troops to the win.
fielding what must be one of the youngest sides ever selected by the club in the western union, the 'holmboys line up featured two under 14s, three under 16s and an under 18. throw in four more guys under 25 and you get the picture - great stuff!
but when matty strode to the crease with the scoreboard showing 22 for 4, surely his heroics weren't imagined. but cricket's a funny game as we know. to put his knock into perspective, only one other batter on both sides got past 15! his ton included no fewer than seventeen 4s, and saw him bat with all the other batters who came after him, only being dismissed on the last ball of the innings. truly magnificent!!
so a ton for the skipper, but still work to do. and mention for the home side's mcintosh: a 7-for! ironically tho', probably forgotten in the carnage of matty's fireworks.
to the home side's reply: opener robertson would top-score with 43 - the only other batter who past 15. and after a decent start - the first wicket didn't go down until glenpark'd scored 58 - the 'holmboys managed to grab wickets at regular intervals. maddy jayaratne was the main wicket-taker, with four. maddy snapped up four of the top five home side batters after robertson's scalp had been taken by saqib ahmed.
then, to finish things, it once again became the "matty coyle show". matty brought himself on to bowl and proceeded to produce fugures of 4-2-3-3! extraordinary.
this reporter seems to remember a junior match report of a few years ago titled "matty's match" - well this one can be safely filed in the same file!
captain marvellous - well done mate!!
