Dinesh Tharanga led Gala to their second Championship win of the season thanks to a remarkable performance.
The Sri Lankan top scored with 64 in Gala’s competitive total of 160 before ripping through Edinburgh Accies’ batting line up to claim an incredible nine wickets and dismiss the capital visitors for just 55.
Gala were missing a number of players for the visit of previously unbeaten Accies, with Ash Rhode stepping up as captain.
Unsurprisingly the depleted Braw Lads found things hard going with only three players making double figures but they battled to 160 thanks to support for Tharanga from Rhode (20) and youngsters Robbie Paterson and Liam Skeldon. Top bowler for Accies was Soyebmahammad Khanusiya (4 for 17).
In reply, Accies lost captain and opening batsman Andrew Cosh (9) to Tharanga, and what followed was an incredible spell where the all-rounder finished with figures of nine wickets for just 15 runs from less than nine overs.
Robbie Irvine took the other wicket to complete a fantastic win for Gala in less than 18 overs.
Gala
S. Ponneri ct F. Muhammad b Z. Hamedee 4
F. Rutherford ct F. Muhammad b A. Ali 15
J. Crooks b Z. Hamedee 4
G. Ormiston ct A. Cosh b J. Snitch 8
A. Rhode lbw b S. Khanusiya 20
D. Tharanga b F. Muhammad 64
R. Irvine lbw S. Khanusiya 1
R. Patterson b S. Khanusiya 0
S. Paterson b S. Khanusiya 2
R. Paterson b A. Ali 5
L. Skeldon not out 1
Extras – 36
Total – 160 for ten wickets
Z. Hamedee 9-3-33-2; S. Raparia 1-0-6-0; J. Snitch 10-2-30-1; A. Ali 10-0-31-2; F. Muhammad 9.2-2-33-1; S. Khanusiya 10-3-17-4.
Edinburgh Accies
A. Cosh lbw D. Tharanga 9
F. Muhammad lbw D. Tharanga 6
O. Altaf ct G. Ormiston b D. Tharanga 0
S. Khanusiya b D. Tharanga 2
A. Ali b D. Tharanga 7
R. Javed ct F. Rutherford b D. Tharanga 15
J. Snitch lbw D. Tharanga 0
P. Kuppusamy ct A. Rhode b R. Irvine 6
Z. Hamedee b D. Tharanga 0
V. Ramesh not out 0
S. Raparia ct & b D. Tharanga 1
Extras – 9
Total – 55 for ten wickets
S. Paterson 6-0-21-0; D. Tharanga 8.5-4-15-9; R. Irvine 3-0-18-1.