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Western District Junior Cricket Union news

Under 15 Inter-Area "camp" [posted 29/07/10]

Today was day three of the inaugural Under 15 Inter-Area cricket "camp".  The scorecards from the two matches played are online.

Under 15 Inter-Area "camp" [posted 28/07/10]

Today was day two of the inaugural Under 15 Inter-Area cricket "camp".  The scorecards from the two matches played are online. 

Under 15 Inter-Area "camp" [posted 27/07/10]

Today was day one of the inaugural Under 15 Inter-Area cricket "camp".  The "camp" is being held on two sites (Poloc CC and Weirs CC) in Glasgow and 38 of the west district's most talented young players were present.  The Day saw coaching and skills sessions, some preliminary video analysis, and a couple of matches.  The scorecards from the two matches played are online.

Monday night results [posted 26/07/10]

Tonight's junior league results are online. The weather again took its toll, it would appear, on the league fixture card this evening, with a number of scheduled matches cancelled.  Among those was Drumpellier CC Under 13s home match with Clydesdale CC.  One match completed in that league was, however, the match at Glenpark where Greenock CC Under 13s beat Ferguslie CC.  62 all out batting first was never likely to be enough for the visitors and so it proved as Greenock CC reached their target for the loss of only one wicket, Neil Flack (30 retired) and Reece Armstrong (25 not out) top-scoring for their side.  In the Under 18 league Clydesdale CC beat Glasgow Accies CC at Titwood, 144 for 6 being 37 too many for the visitors to chase.  Arthur Johnson top-scored with 44 for Clydesdale CC, for who Shreyas Chitnis and Suhaib Siddiqui each got a "3-for"s. 

Coaching courses coming up [posted 26/07/10] 

Cricket Scotland has released details of some upcoming coaching courses.  The courses and dates are as follows:

Upcoming Coach Courses, post-season 2010
 
Level 2 course (Glasgow): 13 and 14, and 27 and 28 November 2010 (closing date to book, 1 November 2010)
Level 2 course (Perth): 9 and 10, and 23 and 24 October 2010 (closing date to book, 24 September 2010)
Level 2 course (Edinburgh): 6 and 7, and 20 and 21 November 2010 (closing date to book 21 October 2010)
 
The course costs £225, and can be booked online at: www.cricketscotland.com.  All courses can be booked at the time of posting, except the Glasgow course for which bookings will open in the very near future.  Anyone with any questions can get in touch with Iain Stewart, West Community Development Manager.

Friday night results [posted 23/07/10]

Tonight's junior league results are online.  Two Under 11 and two Under 15 results were notified to the website on Friday evening.  Clydesdale CC's Under 11s and Under 15s both recorded victories over Prestwick CC, whilst Poloc CC recorded an Under 15 win over Ayr CC at Shawholm, but their Under 11s lost to Ferguslie CC at Meikleriggs.  Top individual performance on the evening in the results in to date was Finlay Walker's match-winning display for Clydesdale CC Under 15s.  Batting first he top-scored with an unbeaten 82 before then taking a "3-for" as Prestwick lost seven wickets in their run-chase.  Ayr CC's Luke Speirs ran Walker close however, scoring an unbeaten 54 for his side before then recording a "5-for" as Ayr CC suffered a last-over defeat to Poloc CC.

The Lord's Taverners Inter-City competition [posted 22/07/10]

Although not strictly speaking a west district cricket event, The Lord's Taverners Inter-City competition has involved - as usual - a number of young players from the district, more specifically from Glasgow.  The first match saw Glasgow Under 13s take on Edinburgh Under 13s in late June at Poloc CC's Shawholm ground.  Edinburgh ran our easy winners in this match, batting first and setting Glasgow 202 to win having posted 201 for 2 in their 30 overs.  In reply Glasgow's innings never really got started with only four batters getting to double figures and the side losing eight wickets as they slumped to a 94-run defeat.  The second match in the tri-series featured a "road trip", Glasgow travelling to Durham on Sunday the 18th of July.  Traditionally the harder of the two fixtures, against English opposition, the match saw Glasgow spring a surprise on their hosts, running out winners by 14 runs.  Batting first Glasgow posted 171 for 6, with Poloc CC's Saif Sajjad top-scoring with 69 and Nick Pyne of Drumpellier CC making 30 in an opening partnership of 102 in twenty overs.  Cameos from Poloc CC's Elliott Rousen and Hasan Ahmad, and Clydesdale CC's Ilan Selby then helped push the total to a defendable level.  Selby then took two wickets in the Durham reply, a return by matched by Owan Taylor of Clydesdale CC who returned the highly impressive figures of 5-0-17-2.  A really good win for Glasgow.  The remaining game between Edinburgh and Durham will now decide which city comes out on top.

League tables [posted 13/07/10] 

WDJCU Secretary Jim Young has supplied updated league tables.  These are online now.

Other news

The rest of the current month's news can be found on the WDJCU news page.

WDJCU news archive

Old WDJCU news can be found online, in the WDJCU archive section.  News is generally archived monthly.
 

Western Cricket Academy news

Team selection [posted 26/07/10]

The junior WCA squad selection for the match against the XL Club on August the 5th at New Anniesland in Glasgow (home of Glasgow Accies CC) is  online now.

Partick beat Academy in WDCU [posted 25/07/10]

The senior Academy lost to Partick in the WDCU First Division match between the two sides at Hamilton Crescent today.  The Academy batted forst and - thanks to Greenock CC's Alex Baum (59), Ayr CC's Calum McLaughlin (50) and Poloc CC's Danial Chaudhry  (48 not out) the total of 228 for 8 was posted.  However, improved as the batting was on recent Western Union outings, the bowling figures suggest the second half didn't go as well.  Six of the nine bowlers used went at 6 an over or more, and as the Partick side eased to victory well inside 40 overs, the inability to restrict league opponents to manageable run rates again cost the side.  Partick ended up winning by seven wickets with over thirteen overs to spare, Singh and Ross Bross top-scoting with 94 and 63 respectively.  The scorecard of the game is online.

Team selections [posted 24/07/10]

The senior WCA squad selections for Sunday's WDCU First Division match against Partick, and to play in the upcoming senior Inter-Academy tournament at New Williamfield, are online now.

East Kilbride beat Academy in WDCU [posted 18/07/10]

An Academy side lost out to East Kilbride CC at Torrance House today in the Academy's latest Western Union First Division league match.  Batting first on a damp wicket, the Academy batters - bar Clydesdale CC's Lyle Hill - all struggled to "get in".  After both openers departed without scoring, none of the middle order managed to stay with Hill, three consecutive batters reaching double figures, but none getting past 15.  Hill's 69 ended up his side's top score by a clear 54 runs.  152 all out was eventually posted, 24 extras helping the Academy's cause.  In reply the home side, enjoying the benefits of an improved wicket, quickly slumped to 46 for 3, with Poloc CC's Bilal Chaudhry grabbing two quick wickets in a good opening spell.  But this was as good as it got for the Academy and East Kilbride's Dalglish and Khalid then put on 107 to see their side home inside 30 overs.  Lyle Hill added to his batting performance returning 6-1-10-0 with the ball.  For East Kilbride CC, Mahmood Alam took 4 for 19, and Khalid top-scored with 69 not out.  The scorecard of the game is online.

Senior Academy versus English Boarding Schools select - day two [posted 14/07/10]

Day two of the senior Academy's match with an English boarding schools' select at Nunholm started with the Academy 173 for 4.  Fraser Conn (Galloway CC), the Academy side's skipper, was not out 64 overnight.  The morning session saw Conn add 4 to his overnight score, and the Academy add 73 to their total.  Conn's 68 was the top score of the innings, with Clydesdale CC's Lyle Hill (38) and Poloc CC's Craig Young (37) making useful contributions.  With the close of their innings the tourists held a 78-run lead.  By lunch this has extended to more than 100.  With rain in the area, time was a factor and the English select side tried to up the scoring rate in the afternoon session as they looked to set the Academy a decent target.  Wickets, as a result and as expected, fell at regular intervals as batters played more expansively.  137 for 8 was the score when the declaration came, setting the Academy 216 to win.  The wickets in the boarding school select's second innings had been spread around, with two each for Hill, Young and Shreyas Chitnis (Clydesdale CC).  With the weather turning, the Academy's run-chase always looked likely to run out of time, and so it was at just after 5pm when heavy rain drove the players off the ground.  When the weather intervened, the Academy were 80 runs shy of their target with four wickets in hand, Ferguslie CC's Michael English 31 not out.  The scorecard of the two-day game is now online. 

Senior Academy versus English Boarding Schools select - day one [posted 13/07/10]

News from Numholm - home of Dumfries CC - on Tuesday evening, on day one's play in the two-day game between a senior Academy eleven and an English boarding school select, reports that the tourists posted 324 all out in around 60 overs.  In their reply, at stumps on day one, the Academy were 173 for 4, leaving the game nicely poised.  Local Academy player, Galloway CC's Fraser Conn, top-scored for the Academy and is 64 not out overnight.

Under 16 Academy side lose to Caledonian Northern Academy [posted 12/07/10]

New Williamfield was the venue for today's match between the Western Cricket Academy ("WCA") and Caledonian Northern Academy ("CNA") at Under 15 level.  The CNA are on a tour of the central belt and chose to bat first in this 45 overs-a-side contest.  And they made good use of their overs, posting 255 for 8.  Huntly CC's Jack Mitchell (55) and Fraser Proud of Aberdeenshire CC (38) were the top scorers for the CNA, whilst Ferguslie CC's Michael English returned figures of 3 for 42.  The WCA reply then got off to a disappointing start when opener Abdul Sabri of Drumpellier CC was run out, this before number three - and Sabri's club team-mate - Nick Pyne followed him back to the pavilion in the same fashion.  Ayr CC's Seb' Stewart then joined Michael English and Stewart would go on to top-score with 49 as wickets fell around him.  The WCA's innings ended when Stewart was last man out, caught at gully, the reply having mustered just 131, the side being bowled out inside 38 overs.  There's a longer report on the Cricket Scotland website, as well as photo's.  The scorecard of the game is online.

Junior Academy tour report [posted 10/07/10]

There's a short blog from members of the junior Academy touring party online on the Cricket Scotland website - read it here.

Additional scorecards uploaded [posted 09/07/10]

The scorecards from the senior Academy matches against Norway Under 19 and Leinster Under 17 are now online.  The Irish tour came to a close today with the players arriving back in Stranraer in the late afternoon.  The tour statistics are below.

Other news

The rest of the current month's news can be found on the Academy news page.

Academy news archive

Old Academy news can be found online, in the Academy archive section.  News is generally archived monthly.

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