Gala 1st XI hosted Aberdeenshire in their return to the Scottish Cup. Aberdeenshire cruised to a 94-run victory against what was a depleted Gala side however, the game provided the chance and experience to play in the Scottish Cup on what was another beautiful day up Meigle Park. It was a truly fantastic innings from the visitors Kenny Reid, who scored 126, that took the game away from Gala.
Bowling first, the hosts got off to the best possible start with Siddhu trapping Bhardwaj LBW with the first ball of the match. This brought Kenny Reid to the crease who played a magnificent innings scoring a century for the visitors. With Gala conceding too many extras, Reid batting excellently for his century, the middle order all contributing with Chandu going for a well-made 40 the visitors posted a mammoth total of 302. Tharanga and Scott Paterson both bowled well collecting 3 wickets each with Halls taking 2 for himself. Siddhu and Rhode also collected 1 each to add to their total for the season.
In reply, Halls and Rutherford opened the batting posting 15 for the first wicket. Irvine again played himself in for 25 before being removed by Elliot. Rutherford fell soon after for a well-made 24, meaning again Gala’s middle order would have a lot to do. Siddhu came in at 5, with Halls being his runner as he suffered a groin strain in the Aberdeenshire innings. Credit to Halls as he assisted some beautiful ball striking by Siddhu who reached 74 before being caught behind by Horne off the bowling of Chandu. After Siddhu fell, the Gala wickets continued to fall with the home side reaching 208 all out. Lewis Munro was the pick of the Aberdeenshire bowlers picking up 3 wickets.
Gala will be disappointed to go out in the first round of the cup, but the side can take many positives from the game. Credit goes to Aberdeenshire as they played well and deservedly took the win back up the road.
Innings of Aberdeenshire A Bhardwaj LBW b S Ponneri 0 C Cameron Caught J Irvine b D Tharanga 10 * K Reid Bowled b S Paterson 126 L Munro Bowled b A Rhode 25 R Hedge Caught L Skeldon b J Halls 25 + J Horne Bowled b J Halls 26 R Chandu Caught A Rhode b S Paterson 40 N Elliott Bowled b D Tharanga 9 F Anderson Bowled b D Tharanga 16 D Gamblen LBW b S Paterson 1 M Elliot Not Out 0 Extras 3lb 21w 24 TOTAL All Out (46.2 ovs) 302 Bowler O M R W S Ponneri 2.0 0 15 1 D Tharanga 10.0 2 37 3 S Paterson 8.2 0 58 3 J Halls 10.0 0 61 2 A Rhode 9.0 0 62 1 J Irvine 4.0 0 39 0 L Skeldon 3.0 0 27 0 Innings of Gala J Halls Bowled b L Munro 6 F Rutherford Caught J Horne b M Elliot 23 G Ormiston LBW b L Munro 0 * J Irvine LBW b M Elliot 25 S Ponneri Caught J Horne b R Chandu 74 A Rhode Run Out (D Gamblen) 1 D Tharanga LBW b D Gamblen 1 + M Hastings Bowled b F Anderson 6 S Loumeau Bowled b N Elliott 15 S Paterson Bowled b L Munro 14 L Skeldon Not Out 0 Extras 6b 2lb 35w 43 TOTAL All Out (46.5 ovs) 208 Bowler O M R W N Elliott 10.0 1 44 1 L Munro 7.5 2 13 3 M Elliot 7.0 0 47 2 D Gamblen 10.0 2 38 1 F Anderson 10.0 0 52 1 R Chandu 2.0 1 6 1 |