Re: Senior NAT Team - General Discussion
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:06 am
S51 Week 9
Definitely a quieter week this one. Calm before the storm.
Friendlies
We had two friendlies this week, vs New Zealand on a Windy/Uneven, and then vs USA on a Humid/Flat. We managed to win both which was very very nice.
Against New Zealand we had a very well rounded bowling performance, all 5 bowlers took 2 wickets! Taking 3 wickets in the first 10 overs set up the match very well. In the chase we lost Kedar first ball but after that we pushed the run rate along quickly and despite a few nervy moments when we fell to 7 down, the tail pulled through for the win. To rate 260k with a side that was entire under 30.00yo was a nice result, and beating a Div 1 OD side is a confidence boost.
The USA match again was set up in the first 10 overs with our quick bowlers restricting USA to 5/44 early on. The recovered to 175 but we were never troubled in the chase. USA are one of our Div 3 opponents, a good warm up for a fortnight's time.
Time for some congratulations. In that New Zealand match we had 3 debutants! Jabril Kamal {2-49}, Akil Dhul {10 (22), 2-34}, and Jakeem Khoury {50 (67)} all playing their first match for the senior team. Looking forward to many more for them all, especially for Kamal who is a 27yo ws.
Tours
The hosting rights have been won by.... UAE! Matches will be held in Scotland (09:00) on Hard, Flat and Uneven pitches. No excuses not to promote given we have the pitches we want, right? WC qualification is on the line, we have a big job ahead of us in Week 12 to get the wins needed.
The Future
No further updates from last week on this one.
Week 10
- Sort out the tour squad
- Continue with S53 WC watchlist
Go the UAE
PowerBug
Definitely a quieter week this one. Calm before the storm.
Friendlies
We had two friendlies this week, vs New Zealand on a Windy/Uneven, and then vs USA on a Humid/Flat. We managed to win both which was very very nice.
Against New Zealand we had a very well rounded bowling performance, all 5 bowlers took 2 wickets! Taking 3 wickets in the first 10 overs set up the match very well. In the chase we lost Kedar first ball but after that we pushed the run rate along quickly and despite a few nervy moments when we fell to 7 down, the tail pulled through for the win. To rate 260k with a side that was entire under 30.00yo was a nice result, and beating a Div 1 OD side is a confidence boost.
The USA match again was set up in the first 10 overs with our quick bowlers restricting USA to 5/44 early on. The recovered to 175 but we were never troubled in the chase. USA are one of our Div 3 opponents, a good warm up for a fortnight's time.
Time for some congratulations. In that New Zealand match we had 3 debutants! Jabril Kamal {2-49}, Akil Dhul {10 (22), 2-34}, and Jakeem Khoury {50 (67)} all playing their first match for the senior team. Looking forward to many more for them all, especially for Kamal who is a 27yo ws.
Tours
The hosting rights have been won by.... UAE! Matches will be held in Scotland (09:00) on Hard, Flat and Uneven pitches. No excuses not to promote given we have the pitches we want, right? WC qualification is on the line, we have a big job ahead of us in Week 12 to get the wins needed.
The Future
No further updates from last week on this one.
Week 10
- Sort out the tour squad
- Continue with S53 WC watchlist
Go the UAE
PowerBug