The Gala 2nd XI suffered their first defeat of their competitive campaign to the hands of a ruthless Edinburgh South 2nd XI. Gala won the toss at Meigle Park and made the visitors bat first.

The intent from Edinburgh South was there to see from the off, a strong opening partnership from Reddish and O’Neill took the visitors to 44 before Reddish was bowled by Maceira (18). O’Neill fell soon after again to Maceira as he was caught by Sujan. With O’Neill falling for 32 this brought Ahktar to the crease, with the number four batsmen taking the game to the Gala bowling scoring an impressive 71 runs himself before being caught behind by Max Hastings off the bowling of Nick Murton. With Ahktar losing his wicket the Edinburgh South lower order all managed to contribute runs with wickets falling at regular intervals. Gala bowled poorly conceding 27 extras in the Edinburgh South total of 201 for 8 off of their scheduled 40 overs.

In reply, the Gala batting order never managed to trouble the bowling attack of Edinburgh South. Madduri managed to take 6 wickets early in the Gala innings for only 6 runs. Barnard picked up 3 for his personal tally and Mohammed picked up the final wicket of Maceira with his first ball of his spell. With Maceira being dismissed it meant Gala were all out for an embarrassing 23 runs. Excellent bowling from the Edinburgh South attack never gave Gala a sniff of victory.

The team will be bitterly disappointed with this result however, the 2s will look to bounce back next week. Credit where credit is due, Edinburgh South are an excellent team hitting form and for Gala to come away with a win they would have had to play extremely well to overcome the capital side.

EDINBURGH SOUTH SCORECARD
P Reddish b M Maceira 18
G O’Neill c A Sujan b M Maceira 32
D Vithlani c K Toor b S Loumeau 16
I Ahktar c M Hastings b N Murton 71
S Martin run out 9
F Joseph c M Hastings b S Paterson 4
A Mohammed c R Patterson b N Murton 1
A Mundin b N Murton 11
D Saunders not out 8
K Madduri not out 2

Extras – 27

Edinburgh South 201 for 8 off of 40 overs

FOW = 1-44, 2-53, 3-98, 4-147, 5-178, 6-179, 7-187, 8-191

GALA BOWLING

C Thomson 8-0-27-0
S Paterson 8-1-29-1
M Maceira 5-1-19-2
S Loumeau 8-1-41-1
A Sujan 4-0-12-0
R Paterson 2-0-27-0
S McAneny 2-0-19-0
N Murton 3-0-24-3

GALA SCORECARD

M Hastings b K Madduri 1
A Sujan c P Reddish b R Barnard 3
R Patterson c P Reddish b K Madduri 0
K Toor c P Reddish b K Madduri 0
S Loumeau c ? b R Barnard 2
R Paterson c&b K Madduri 4
C Thomson b K Madduri 0
S Paterson c A Mohammed b K Madduri 0
S McAneny b R Barnard 4
N Murton not out 1
M Maceira b A Mohammed 1

Extras 6

Gala 2nd XI 23 all out off of 15.1 overs

FOW = 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-4, 5-9, 6-9, 7-9, 8-20, 9-20, 10-23

EDINBURGH SOUTH BOWLING
D Saunders 4-3-2-0
K Madduri 7-4-6-6
R Barnard 4-1-8-3
A Mohammed 0.1-0-0-0