Gala 2nd XI got off their division 6 league campaign with a commanding win over a solid Kirk Brae 2nd XI side. Gala winning the toss, elected to bowl first in the hope of getting through the overs quickly before the rain fell at Meigle Park. The match was changed to 30 overs per side in an effort to complete the game before the weather interrupted.

Craig Thomson and Scott Paterson opened the bowling for the Meigle Park side, limiting the scoring for the visitors early on. The first two wickets came for Gala with some excellent fielding by Maceira and Gilchrist, resulting in two run outs dismissing Raja and Shahid. Regular wickets at regular intervals helped the home side limit Kirk Brae throughout the innings before K Hussain ended the innings not out on 29 joined by Batchelor not out on 2. Liam Skeldon picked up 1 wicket for the home side with Nick Murton also picking up one. Rhys Gilchrist picked up 2 wickets in his 3 overs with 4 run outs resulting in the Kirk Brae innings finishing on 104 for 8 off their 30 overs.

In an attempt to chase down the runs quickly, Gala went hard and attacked the Kirk Brae bowling early on. Ajith Sujan had a well made 25 before he was bowled by Shahid with Jamie Bell going well at the other end. Bell was then joined by Loumeau who made 20 before being caught out off the bowling of K Hussain. This did not affect Bell however who kept battling on who finished an excellent innings not out on 38 as Gala reached their total of 105 in 17.4 overs with 7 wickets in hand.

A great performance for Gala with both bat and ball resulted in a very positive start to the season. Good individual performances as well helped the team to victory as the team will look to build on this result next week as they travel to play Old Contemptibles next week.

KIRK BRAE SCORECARD
M Raja run out 5
W Shahid run out 15
K Vosanioloma c A Sujan b L Skeldon 10
Z Rasool run out 6
Z Hussain c+b R Gilchrist 13
K Hussain not out 29
N Sawant b R Gilchrist 1
U Sonpimple b N Murton 0
S Magar run out 0
G Batchelor not out 2
Extras 22
Kirk Brae 2nd XI 104-8 off of 30 overs

GALA BOWLING
C Thomson 5-0-7-0
S Paterson 4-1-6-0
J Bell 5-0-18-0
L Skeldon 6-1-13-1
M Maceira 2-0-14-0
N Murton 5-1-18-1
R Gilchrist 3-0-18-2

GALA SCORECARD
J Bell not out 38
A Sujan b W Shahid 25
S Loumeau c N Sawant b K Hussain 20
S McAneny lbw Z Rasool 0
S Paterson not out 0
Extras 22
Gala 2nd XI 105-3 off of 17.4 overs

KIRK BRAE BOWLING
S Magar 3-0-16-0
K Vosanioloma 3-0-20-0
W Shahid 4-0-30-1
Z Hussain 1-0-14-0
K Hussain 4.4-1-12-1
Z Rasool 2-1-1-1