Falkland Disappoint Against Arbroath United

Arbroath United (10) : 231 for 9 in 50 overs.
(C Burnett 71*, E Willemse 58, B Strachan 2 for 39, S Sharif 2 for 46)

Falkland (0) : 79 all out in 29.2 overs.
(C Ramsay 3 for 24, E Willemse 2 for 13)

Arbroath United beat Falkland by 152 runs

On a beautiful summer's day at Scroggie Park, Falkland faced Arbroath United.

The visitors won the toss and chose to bat first. Falkland had early successes and had Arbroath on 86 for 4 wickets with half the overs completed. However, Arbroath managed a comeback and completed their 50 overs with 231 runs. Calvin Burnett top scoring with 71 not out supported by Elton Willemse with 58. Ben Strachan returned Falkland's best bowling figures of 2 for 39 from his 10 overs, followed by Safyaan Sharif with 2 for 46 from 13 overs.

Falkland's reply never really got going and the home side were all out for 79 from 29.2 overs. Top score was by Ardene Ruhode with 22. Craig Ramsay returned bowling figures of 3 for 24 from 6.2 overs, Elton Willemse 2 for 13 from 8 overs, Brendan Ford 2 for 15 from 8 overs and Calvin Burnett 2 for 26 from 7 overs.

Keith Meakin