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FPT: Scottish Saltires v Middlesex, 14 May 2009
Middlesex (who elected to bat): P Hughes, N Compton, O Shah, E Morgan, D Malan, B Scott+, S Udal*, C Silverwood, N Dexter, D Evans, G Berg.
Saltires: G Hamilton*, F Watts, R Watson, C Borgas, N McCallum, J Stander, S Smith+, C Wright, G Drummond, G Rogers, D Nel.
Scotland lost to Middlesex by 138 runs
[Scorecard] [Video] [Keith Graham's Report]
Over by over:
Shaun Udal's 3-32 and 79* makes him Man of the Match
A rather poor batting display by the Saltires
That's it all over, with more than 14 overs remaining
S35:Malan [4 . W] Nel bowled 7: Saltires 142 all out
S34Udal: [ . . W 3 . 4] Drummond c mid-off 1: 138-9
S33:Malan [W . . . . .] Wright lbw to a googly first ball: 131-8
S32:Udal [w . 1 . 1 .] Borgas c&b 29: 131-7
S31:Dexter [. . 1 1 1 .] 129-6
S30:Udal [. 1 1 1 . 4] Wright straight 4: 126-6
S29:Dexter [. . 1 . . W] Smith bowled 0: 119-6
S28:Udal [1 1 . 4 . W] Stander c sq leg 12: 118-5
S27:Dexter [1 1 . 1 1 1] Stander among the singles: 112-4
S26:Udal [1 1 1 . 1 .] Borgas on 20*: 107-4
S25: Dexter [1 1 (w) . (b) 4 1] 103-4
S24: Udal [. 1 . . 1 .] 94-4
S23: Dexter [. . 1 . W .] McCallum played on 5: 92-4
S22:Udal [. 2 . . 1 1] 91-3
S21: Dexter [(4b) . 1 1 1 1] McCallum joins Borgas: 87-3
S20:Berg [1 . . 2 W1 ] Watson c deep mid-on 47: 79-3
S19:Dexter [1 . 1. . .] 75-2
S17:Berg [1 . 1 1 1 .] 73-2
S17:Dexter [(w) . 1 . 1 1 1] Singles to keep ticking: 69-2
S16:Berg [. . . 1 1 .] Borgas off the mark: 65-2
S15:Evans [4 4 1 . . .] Watson straight and square cut: 63-2
S14: [. . 1 . . ] Borgas joins Watson: 54-2
S13: Evans [(lb) . 2 1 W .] Watts c Scott+ 20: 53-2
S12:Silverwood[1 . 1 . .1]
S11:Silverwood [. . 1 1 1 1 ] Power play 2 taken
S10:Berg [. 1 . . . 1]
S9:Silverwood [. 1 . 1 (lb) .] Quieter over: 40-1
S8:Evans [. . 4 . 6 .] Watson pull to midwkt, then strt6: 37-1
S7:Silverwood [. . . 6 1 .] Confident Watson max to midwkt: 27-1
s6 ;Evans [1 2 . 2 . .] Watson striking well ; 20-1
S5:Silverwood [1 . . 4 1 .] Classic Watson cut for 4: 15-1
S4:Evans [. . . 1 (lb) 1] Sharp singles: 9-1
S3:Silverwood [. . 1 . .] Watson playing himself in: 6-1
S2:Evans [. . 4 . 1 .] Fine Watts drive past point: 5-1
S1:Silverwood [. . . . . W] Hamilton c Scott+ 0: 0-1
Saltires innings begins at 14.50 - can they match Middlesex?
Around ten catches dropped by the Saltires didn't help
Middlesex powered their way through their power play
M50:Rogers [1 1 4 6 1 1] Udal dropped again - sixth life: 280-4
M49:Nel [1 1 2 1 1 4] Nel 10-0-85-1 - 266-4
M48: Rogers [. 1 4 . lb 1] Carnage continues: 256-4
M47: Nel [1 6 1 1 1 4] Udal gives another chance: 249-4
M46: Rogers [. 1 1 . . wd 6] Six spoils good over: 235-4
M45: Watson [. 1 1 2 4 4] Catches going down...: 226-4
M44: Rogers [1 lb 1 w . 1] Morgan ct long on: 214-4
M43: Watson [1 1 2 1 1] Changed totally: 210-3
M42: Stander [2 1 4 4 6 4 ] Morgan full repertoire: 203-3
M41: Nel [2 6 4 1 2 4] Ouch! Bad one for Scotland: 182-3
M40: Drummond [2 2 1 . 1 1] Drummond 10-1-42-0: 163-3
M39: Nel [1 1 . 4 1 4] 145-3 at start, speeds on to 156-3
M38: Drummond [4 4 1 . . .] Power play
M37: Stander [3 . . . 1 1] Still quite tight stuff: 136-3
M36: Rogers [. w . 2 1 .] Malan ct behind: 131-3
M35: Stander [. . . 2 . 1] Nearing the crucial stage: 128-2
M34: Rogers [1 1 . 4 . wd .] Only 2nd extra!: 125-2
M33: Stander [. . 4 . 1 .] Nice straight 4 Morgan: 118-2
M32: Rogers [1 1 2 1 . .] Two lefties settling in 113-2
M31: Stander [. 1 . . 1 .] Pavilion end suiting Stander: 108-2
M30: Rogers [1 . . . 1 4 ] Morgan sweeps for 4: 106-2
M29: Stander [2 . . 4 w .] Shah yorked: 100-2
M28: Rogers [. . . . 1 .] Asking a few questions with spin: 94-1
M27: Drummond [1 . . 1 . .] Back in the groove: 93-1
M26 Rogers [. . . 1 . .] Compton ret hurt, Morgan in: 91-1
M25: Drummond [. 3 . . . . ] Compton injured, has runner: 90-1
M24: Stander [. 1 . 1 . .] Better over: 87-1
M23: Drummond [4 1 . 1 1 .] Scoring up a gear: 85-1
M22: Stander [1 1 1 1 . 4] Compton tucks into a short one: 78-1
M21: Drummond [. . . . . .] First maiden: 70-1
M20: Wright [. 1 . 1 . 1] Wright 10-0-25-0: 70-1
M19: Drummond [. . 1 . 4 .] Shah dropped by Smith: 67-1
M18: Wright [1 . 2 1 . .] Good spell: 62-1
M17: Drummond [2 1 . 1 1.] Keeping things tight again: 58-1
M16: Wright [1 . . 1 1 1] Wright keeping it very tight... 53-1
M15: Drummond [. . . 1 . 1] Good tight stuff: 49-1
M14:Wright [1 . . . . .] Another tight over: 47-1
M13:Drummond [1 . . 1 . .] Good opener from Drummond: 46-1
M12:Wright [. . . . . 1] Wright steady as he goes: 44-1
M11:Nel [. 1 1 . 4 4] 4s past mid-off and hooked to sq leg: 43-1
M10:Wright [1 . 3 . . .] Compton 3 over mid-off's head: 33-1
M9:Nel [. . 1 . .] Nel more focused: 29-1
M8:Wright [. . . . . 4] Shah again: 28-1
M7:Nel [. 4 4 . . ] Two loose balls for Shah to hit: 24-1
M6:Wright [. . . . 1 .] More of the same from Wright: 16-1
M5:Nel [ . .4 W . 1] Hughes boundary then drags on: 15-1
M4:Wright [. . . 1 . .] Economical: 10-0
M3:Nel [. . . 2 . 3] Hughes strikes out: 9-0
M2:Wright [.1. . . 1] Wright vigorous as usual: 4-0
M1:Nel [(w) . . . .1.] Hughes and Compton batting: 2-0
