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Gallery | HCC vs Excelsior | 16.08.20

Umpires Das and Muthucumaru testing the wet spot on the pitch
Boris Gorlee with the airblower
Captains’ box
Tonny Staal plays off the hip
Tom Heggelman
Staal swings wildly
Danger outside off for Staal
Musa Ahmed survives his first appeal
Driven by Staal
Ahmed is not interested in the lbw appeal against him
Damian Crawley plays a let-stroke
Niels Etman bowling
Ahmad swings at a wide one
Crowley belts one through cover
Umar Baker
Ahmad takes a quick single
Ahmad plays to the hands of Ingram at gully
Crawley drives square
Boris Gorlee plays a cover drve
Felix Vecchi plays to leg
Boris Gorlee is out caught by first slip Etman
Vecchi on the drive
Ingram takes a blinder and Vecchi is gone
Clayton Floyd plays fine to leg
Floyd puts one on the roof of the pavalion
Hidde Overdijk hits a straight six
Six more for Overdijk
Hidde Overdijk is in fact run out…
…contrary to general opinion. Excellent call Umpire Das!
Jelte van Troost bowling
Jan-Wieger Overdijk plays uppishly to cover
Ollie Klaus hits a four from the backfoot
Hidde Overdijk
A horrible drop from Ollie Klaus
Luuk Kroesen misses a sweep shot…
… and is out lbw
Roel Verhagen goes over the top…
…and Vecchi makes no mistake
Joost Kroesen is lbw to Floyd
Niels Etman hits out
A boundary for Etman
Etman is the third lbw
Celebrations for HCC
Ollie Klaus bowling
Lorenzo Ingram comes out to drive
Rens van Troost is lbw off the hip
Shankar scores a boundary over midwicket
Six into the crowd by Shankar
Shankar works the ball to the leg-side (
Ingram scores in style
As the thunder-storm comes nearer Ingram ups the tempo
Jelte van Troost gets an injury while walking out to bat
Musa Ahmad bowling
In the middle of darkness play continues…
…until lightning makes further play impossible. The match is tied on DLS
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Gallery | VOC vs Dosti | 09.08.20

Today’s Umpires: Deepraj Das and Jnamesh Kolli
Umpire Kolli is eager to start
Siebe van Wengerden
Waheed Masood bowling from the Airport End
Ronan Malik lofts to leg
Masood breaks through Ronan Malik’s defence
Van Wengerden is bowled by Masood
Tim de Kok plays around his legs
De Kok skies the ball playing a hook shot…
…but he is granted an extra life by keeper Ravishandran
De Kok belts one to midwicket
De Kok is a bit early on the shot
Hamesh Hans looking for turn
Vinoo Tewarie celebrates the run out of Arnav Jain
De Kok plays a classic cover drive
Ashan Malik is bowled by Hans
Jelte Schoonheim goes over the top
Corey Rutgers plays a delicate shot
Vinoo Tewarie bowling leggies
Cut square by Rutgers
Schoonheim clips the ball for a boundary
Rutgers sweeps for four more
A drive from the book by Schoonheim
Sukumer Raji bowling
Ayaz Durrani drives square
Rutgers slogs to deep midwicket
An upper-cut by Rutgers
A clever little leg-shot by Rutgers
Durrani hits a massive six onto runway 2 from the backfoot
A new used projectile is carefully chosen
Himanshu Shah steps into his wicket
Waheed Masood starts with big shots
Siebe van Wengerden bowling
Another belter by Masood
Played through point by Vinoo Tewarie
Masood’s timing is a bit off sometimes
A power-sweep by Masood
Tewarie tries a more subtle approach
Masood goes for the maximum
Played to leg by Tewarie
And the assault continues
Bobby Hanif the real #23
Jain makes an end to Masood’s party with a fine catch
Himanshu Shah
Ashan Malik faking #23
Celebrations on Shah’s extra-ordinary catch
Worth a shout?
Arief Hoseinbaks plays to square leg
Ronan Malik from the Pavilion End
Hoseinbaks scores over extra
Played fine by Hoseinbaks
Sudeep Raju pulls for a boundary
Raju goes aereal
Hoseinbaks smashes a bouncer
End of the line for Hoseinbaks as he is caught behind
Touseef Ahmed flicks the ball over square
Asief Hoseinbaks has a narrow escape
Hoseinbaks is run out after a classic mix-up
And the match is over
Disappointment for the Dosti players
The VOC-boys are happy to have left the bottom position of the competition

Gallery | Sparta vs VCC | 02.08.20

Sparta 1888 vs Voorburg CC at Bermweg – 02/08/20
scorecard | as it happened

Tails! Heads it is…
Umpires Hilhorst and Hussein with Captains De Leede and Bukhari
A shaky start for Righardt Pieterse
Tom de Grooth gets a tester from Bukhari
Bowler Max Hoornweg stops a drive with a great reflex
De Grooth is adjudged lbw
Next question?
Bas de Leede tucks one to leg
Usman Saleem
De Leede scores a boundary over square
Lenert van Wyk from the Pavilion End
Pieterse plays an effective shot
Aryan Dutt pulls for a four
A straight slog by Pieterse
Pulled for a boundary by Dutt
Dutt is lbw to Manminder Singh
Pieterse plays with soft hands
Manminder Singh
Philippe Boissevain lofts a square drive
Pieterse plays the ball delicately into his stumps
Boissevain misses a sweepshot and is lbw
Hoornweg makes a meal of a sitter
Ali Ahmed Qasim is bowled on a free hit
Remco van der Giessen is bowled by Hoornweg
Vivian Kingma plays to leg
A big shot by Kingma
Qasim goes over top
Qasim steals a second
Mamoon Latif starts with proper aggression
Latif is bowled by Ahmed Qasim
Viv Kingma
Craig Ambrose lofts over cover
Ambrose plays through point
Ambrose is castled by Kingma
Mudassar Bukhari has to hurry
Lenert van Wyk shows his class
A blistering straight drive by Van Wyk
Bukhari survives an lbw situation
Aryan Dutt
Smashed from the backfoot by Van Wyk
Bukhari drives square
Boundary for Bukhari
Dutt is congratulated on taking the wicket of Van Wyk
Bukhari goes for the big one
Ali Raza in active defence
Joost-Martijn Snoep gets a serious bouncer from De Leede
Raza holes out to Kingma at deep midwicket
A boundary for Hoornweg
Nasratulah Ibrahimkhil gets another life
Ibrahimkhil edges through a vacant slip-area
Ibrahimkhil keeps on scoring
Snoep is lbw to Boissevain
Philippe Boissevain on his way to 6 for 34 from 9
A fine drive from Ibrahimkhil
Usman Saleem clips the ball to leg
Ibrahimkhil rides his luck with a lofted shot
Saleem gets into the action
A determined Ibrahimkhil
Ibrahimkhil digs out a Kingma yorker
Congrats for Usman Saleem
Saleem and Ibrahimkhil leave the field as heroes

Gallery | Punjab vs Dosti | 26.07.20

Punjab vs Dosti at Zomercomplex 26/07/20
scorecard | as it happened

Carefully taking the covers off…
… and then splash it out!
Briefing for the captains
Umpires Butt and Das and Captains Tariq and Tewarie
Vinoo Tewarie opens his account with a classic drive
Tariq beats Tewarie’s bat
All together, boys!
Tewarie goes over the top
Wahid Masoud gets his bat out of the way
Swept away by Masoud
Satish Ravichandran plays from the toes
Tewarie belts one through cover
A big boundary for Tewarie
Ravichandran pulls for four
Usman bowling ‘on radar’
Solid play by Tewarie
Tewarie plays a scoop shot
A straight six for Tewarie
Ravichandran hits to deep midon…
… and Zeeshan makes no mistake
Elegantly played by Sudeep Raju
Raju hears one sizzling by
Farid Hoseinbaks has lost the plot a little
Tuseef Ahmed plays at a bouncer
Ahmed has a lucky moment
Prasanna Srinivasan mourns the loss of his castle
Anith Dhaduti hits to midwicket
Tuseef Ahmed swings and edges
And is caught by Hussain corona-style with the elbows
Asif Hoseinbaks is bowled for a blob by Tariq
Dhaduti gets one in the ribs
Dhaduti is bowled by Tariq
Dosti are stranded at 117. A big ask to defend that small total
Mahesh Hans bowling
Usman cuts
Batsman and keeper are done by a lifter
Played fine to leg by Usman
A brutal shot by Usman
Hard, high and far; another six by Usman
Usman deals with a sharp delivery
Tuseef Ahmed bowling for Dosti
Hussain survives an edge to slip
Saqib Zulfiqar drives for a couple
Sikander Zulfiqar drives square
Sikander is stumped by Satish Ravichandran
Teja Nidamanuru plays around his legs
Nidamanuru hits a straight six
Cut square by Nidamanuru
A hit and a miss by Nidamanuru
This one does connect!
Wahid Masoud airborne
Saqib Zulfiqar forces from the backfoot
Saqib scores over midwicket
Nidamanuru and Saqib have brought it in for Punjab
In spite of the loss the Dosti boys seem in good spirit

Gallery | Excelsior vs VRA | 19.07.20

Excelsior ’20 Schiedam vs VRA at Thurlede – 19/07/20
scorecard | as it happened

Heads or tails?
Elbowing between Umpires Van Lent and Hilhorst and Captains Kroesen and Borren
Sohail Bhatti opening the bowling
Vikram Singh is bowled by Bhatti
Eric Sczwarczynski plays defence
Played off the hip by Szwarczynski
A hit and a miss by Szwarczynski
Swarczynski goes over the top
A fine save by Umar Baker
Cut through point by Szwarczynski
Rens van Troost
Gijs Kroesen in concentration
A lofted drive by Szwarczynski
Szwarczynski chops it past the stumps
Played fine to leg by Szwarczynski
Lorenzo Ingram spinning away
Runs on the leg-side for Szwarczynski
Ben Cooper plays a classic drive
Umar Baker
Six runs for Ben Cooper
A big shout, no success
Cooper scores with a straight drive
Peter Borren cuts square
Four over midwicket for Borren
Cooper hits a straight six
Borren goes for the maximum
Cooper skies Ingram to cover…
…where Luuk Kroesen holds on to the catch
Borren deals with a short one
Borren hits it hard
Borren is done by Bhatti
Quirijn Gunning slogs to extra
Gunning hits a straight six
Gunning does not connect with a fancy shot
Umesh Nashier has to hurry
Luuk Kroesen is out caught behind first ball of the innings
Quirijn Gunning is getting his form back
A lucky break for Joost Kroesen
Kroesen plays an uppercut
Kroesen dispatches a short one from Borren
Adeel Raja clever as ever
Roel Verhagen lofts a cover drive
Lorenzo Ingram pulls elegantly…
…but Zamaan Khan holds on to this very difficult catch
Rens Heinsbroek is bowled by Gunning
Umesh Nashier bowling from the City End
Rens van Troost comes out for a big shot
Umar Baker ducks under a rising ball
Baker slogs straight
Looks good…, but no contact
Van Troost scores a couple over extra
Baker tickles a sharp bouncer and the game is over
Shake fists and congratulations to a very good VRA side

Gallery | VCC vs ACC | 12.07.20

Voorburg CC vs ACC at Westvliet – 12/07/2020
Scorecard | As it Happened

Cameron Burnett reaches for a wide one
Vivian Kingma
Ram Ramesh turns around his legs
Jamieson Mulready survives the throw
Ramesh pulls for a boundary
A fine shot through point by Muready
Bas de Leede
A narrow escape for Mulready
Mulready lofts over point
Ramesh ducks under a rising one
Stef Mulder on his way to 5 for 33 from 10
Spin from Philippe Boissevain
Chris Knoll is too late on a cut shot
Knoll is bowled by Mulder
Ramesh plays outside off
Shreyas Potdar never left his ground
Potdar plays fine to leg
An anxious moment for Potdar
Ramesh gets another bouncer
Ramesh goes over the top
Keeper Nota gives an extra life to Potdar
Ramesh plays well forward
Belted over midwicket by Ramesh
Potdar gets one on the shoulder
Sahil Kothari skies the ball
Quincy Brouwer scores over long on
Tobias Nota executes a run out
Bas de Leede fires from the start
Quincy Brouwer from the Paddock End
De Leede plays just over point
De Leede picks the aerial route
Tucked fine to leg by De Leede
Devanschu Arya bowling
The leg-trap didn’t work
Righardt Pieterse belts a boundary through cover
Pieterse is bowled by Mulder
Aryan Dutt holes out to Raza at cover
De Leede comes out to drive
Tobias Nota plays to leg
Remco van Giessen is plumb lbw
Nota edges…
… no problem for Raza
Philippe Boissevain plays through gully
Boissevain plays a classic drive
Floris de Lange drives straight
Viv Kingma drives square
A stylish shot by Boissevain
Boissevain edges to leg
Fifty for Boissevain
Boissevain and Kingma enjoy the reception of the crowd after the win

Gallery | HBS v Punjab | 05.07.20

HBS Craeyenhout vs Punjab CC Rotterdam 05/07/2020
Scorecard | As it Happened

Consultation with Headquarters
Umpers and captains pose after the toss
The HBS team manager prepares the wicket
A minute of silence to remember the Hbs members who recently passed away
Sulaiman Tariq bowling for Punjab
Tobias Visé tries a fancy shot
The keeper thinks he ‘s got his man, but Visé has not played it
Celebration Corona-style!
Navjit Singh cuts square
Reece Mason slogs atraight
Mason plays a risky let-stroke
Adil Ahmed is half-a-length short and is one of the three run outs
Sikander Zulfiqar
Tim Drummond pulls
A lucky escape for Drummond
Plenty of bounce in the wicket
A power drive by Drummond
Vink scores with a straight drive
A straight slog by Drummond
Driven square by Drummond
Drummond expiriments outside off
Swept away by Drummond
Mix-up at a run out attempt
Stephan Vink plays to mid-wicket
Sharp fielding by the Punjab team
Stephan Vink bowled by Tariq
Sikander Zulfiqar castles Benno Boddendijk
Sander Geenevasen has been hit in the face going for a return catch
Stephan Mijburgh hits out
A big swing and miss for Mijburgh
Wessel Coster
Mijburgh forces over point
Rehmet Zulfiqar ‘scores’a wide-four
A big blow by Mijburgh
Four more for Mijburgh
Saqib Zulfiqar plays a big shot
Asad Zulfiqar is taken by the movement of the ball
Mijburgh has chopped into his stumps
Navjit Singh bowling
Asad gets it on the pad…
…and bowler Ferdi Vink appeals successfully
Sikander Zulfiqar hits through point
Saqib Zulfiqar is late on the shot
Teja Nidamanuru wacks the ball to mid-wicket
Stylishly played from the back-foor by Nidamanuru
More runs for Nidamanuru
With a big six Nidamanuru ends the match
Game over. Congratulations to Punjab!

Gallery | Excelsior vs VRA | 25.08.19

Excelsior ’20 Schiedam vs VRA at Thurlede – 25.08.19
scorecard | as it happened

A very sweet welcome!
Tim Etman starts cautiously
Etman has a tense moment
Lorenzo Ingram didn’t have a bat on that one
Ingram is caught behind chasing a wide
Brenton Parchment drives
A massive shot by Parchment
Leon Turmaine bowling, Pim van Liemt umpiring
Etman misses a reverse sweep
Thom Long bowling for VRA
Lenert van Wyk hits a six
Parchment spoons the ball…
…and keeper Lees takes a fine catch
Sanjit Shankar is bowled by Ben Cooper
David Woutersen evades a quick one from Gul
A wild swing from Sohail Bhatti, promoted to number 6
Woutersen cuts through gully
A sweep and a miss by Woutersen
Bhatti plays sort of a pull
Woutersen digs out a yorker
Bhatti gets a life
An uppercut by Bhatti
Another life for Bhatti
Bhatti hits a straight six
Bhatti goes after a wide
He’s done it; 50 for Sohail Bhatti!
That’s a nasty one for a tail-ender
Excelsior end up with a decent score of 221 for 9
Brenton Parchment giving his best
Emile van den Burg plays a cover drive
Van den Burg hooks for a boundary
Parchment hits the sticks and Van den Burg is gone
Heggelman is devastated after missing an easy catch
Vikram Singh hits out
Ben Cooper turns to leg
Sohail Bhatti bowling from the Chalet End
Singh drives through point
Ben Cooper
Singh gets away with a thick edge
Cooper goes aerial
Singh gets a nick and is caught in the gully by Ingram
Eric Szwarczinsky drives through the slips
Szwarczinsky is bowled playing across
A smart stumping by Verhagen, but Cooper is just inside
Cooper plays fine to leg
Peter Borren sweeps softly
Cooper edges past Verhagen…
… but Ingram comes over from 1st slip and takes a remarkable catch
Borren hits to cow
Swept away by Borren
Ingram removes Borren’s off bail
Leon Turmaine drives square
Mitch Lees tests the waters beyond the boundary
Lees becomes Ingram’s third victim
Thom Long walks into the shot
Gul Mian hits the sight screen
Brandon Graber snicks for a couple
On 162 it’s all over and Excelsior have confirmed their strength once again
And a champagne shower closes the season

Gallery | Quick vs Sparta | 18.08.19

Quick Haag vs Sparta 1888 at Nieuw Hanenburg – 18/08/19
scorecard | as it happened

Mudassar Bukhari
Jay Bista punishes a short slow one
Stefan Ekelmans wiseley leaves this one
Bista takes care of a bouncer
A straight drive from Bista
Bob van Gigch fishes outside off
Max Hoornweg comes in to bowl
Van Gigch plays over point
Jeroen Brand plays a power-drive
Drilled through gully by Brand
Brand sweeps for a couple
Van Gigch lofts through the covers
That’s a big one for Van Gigch!
Brand clips to leg
Van Gigch stranded halfway down
A fine fifty by Van Gigch
Lesley Stokkers nudges the ball through the slip area
A big six by Jeroen Brand
Stokkers drives one-handed
Nasratullah Ibrahimkhil from the ‘Bosjes End’
Alex Pototsky hits a straight six
Pototsky is caught by Usman Saleem at the rope
Thijs van Schelven scores a boundary with a clip-shot
Van Schelven defends off the toes
Van Schelven dives into safety
Ali Raza is beaten by the pace
Raza has lost the plot
Daniel Mason bowling for Quick
Andrew Fletcher plays and misses a cut shot
Raza plays to deep point and is caught by Stefan Ekelmans
Prathamesh Dake tries a bouncer on Tim de Kok
De Kok hooks for a boundary
Jeroen Brand bowling
Fletcher joins the sixes-club
A fine drive by Fletcher
Mudassar Bukhari drives through cover
Thijs van Schelven
Bukhari hits one to extra…
…where Van Schelven takes a fine catch
Sumeet Diwan bowling
Atse Buurman attacks
Buurman plays through point
Fletcher scores four more
A six around the corner by Fletcher
Jay Bista finds Fletcher’s off stump
Joost-Martijn Snoep hooks a high one
Snoep cuts through gully
Nasratullah Ibrahimkhil plays to square
Bista takes a skier and Ibrahimkhil is out
Usman Saleem hits a hard return…
…but Bista takes a low catch
Max Hoornweg plays across and is bowled by Bista
The match is over and Quick are still in it
Player of the day with 54 runs, 6 for 30 from 10 and 3 catches. Jay Bista!

Gallery | Excelsior vs HBS | 11.08.19

Excelsior ’20 Schiedam vs HBS Craeyenhout at Thurlede – 11/08/19
scorecard | as it happened

Tim Etman plays at a wide
Roel Verhagen gets away with a thick edge
Wessel Coster from the Chalet End
Etman plays to the slip area
Not a very confident start for Verhagen
Farshad Khan bowling
A lot of noise going around
Verhagen scores over first slip
Worth a shout but not out
Khan gets Ingram to loft the ball and takes the catch himself
Verhagen nicks it to keeper Elkin
Tom Heggelman plays to leg
Heggelman edges to leg
Brenton Parchment on the drive
Heggelman tries a square cut
Parchment plays from the backfoot