2012 Results

Standard Life v Preston Village

29/05/2012	Arboretum
Preston Village 128 for 3 (20 overs)	Standard Life 129 for 2 (15.5 overs)
I.Patterson 63, S.Ramzan 21	M.Gandhe 58*, D.Sangster 34, G.Kulasekaran 21, S.Gul 14*,
I.Wallace 1-27	A.Sibbley 1-10

Won By 8 Wkts

On a horribly grey, murky evening after a brief spell of fine weather, we took on East Lothian outfit Preston Village at Arboretum in the second round of the Parks Trophy. Dolphy (0-22) and Mukesh (0-10) had a good opening burst with only Dophy's final over coming in for some treatment. Patterson began to open up as Wallaci came on, but PVCC didn't build up real momentum in the face of decent bowling from Ramana and Sangster. Paul Watts threw down the stumps from distance to run out one opener and Sangster touched the ball on to the stumps to remove the potentially dangerous Razman, run out backing up, for 21. Wallaci returned to pin Patterson LBW for 63 and PVCC closed their innings on 128 for 3, which looked within reach provided our batting came off.

And it did. Gopi and Mukesh started well, with 24 runs coming off the first 3 overs and bad balls being summarily dispatched to the boundary. Mukesh offered a chance which nobody fancied then Gopi top-edged a square cut to be caught for 21. Dave had a streaky boundary off the top edge to open up with but from then on we were ahead of the rate, often starting an over with a four. Mukesh hit a fine six over extra cover, matching by a towering straight six by Sangsta who was finally out LBW for 34. Mukesh slowed down and serenely passed his fifty while Shazad weighed in with a trio of boundaries in a brisk 14 not out. Mukesh pushed the winning run with 25 balls to go to finish on 58 not out. Despite the mist and damp and lush outfield, the wicket played well and the scoring rates were good. This takes us into the quarter-final, possibly against last year's nemesis, Murrayfield DFAS.

Boroughmuir v Standard Life

23/05/2012	Meggetland
Boroughmuir 143 for x (20 overs)	Standard Life 122 for x (20 overs)
	S.Gul 45*

Lost By 19 Runs

Standard Life v Bank of Scotland

09/05/2012	Arboretum
Standard Life 177 for 2 (20 overs)	Bank of Scotland 96 all out (19.5 overs)
A.Hislop 82*, G.Kulasekaran 47, S.Gul 18*, M.Gandhe 15	C.Bryen 31*
	G.Das 2-14

Won By 81 Runs

A fine 93 opening stand from debutants Andy Hislop and Gopinath Kulasekaran was the foundation for a comfortable Parks Trophy victory over BofS at a chilly Arboretum (our new part-time home venue). Andy hit a classy fifty and accelerated late on, in the company of Mukesh and Shazad, who both hit sixes. Tim Hyatt worked up soem decent pace and our Indian contingent all chipped in with the ball, Ramana throwing himself to his left for a spectacular caught and bowled. Goutam rounded things off with a direct hit run-out from short fine leg.

Scottish Widows v Standard Life

01/05/2012	Newfield art.
Scottish Widows 113 for 4 (16 overs)	Standard Life 69 for 9 (14.1 overs)
E.Edwards 51	M.Gandhe 39
R.Tumu 1-8	P.Mitchell 4-6

Lost By 44 Runs

The season opener was a one-sided affair, as Eddie quickly raced to a fifty on the artificial at Newfield before retiring. Wickets were hard to come by with a couple of run-outs all we had to show until Ramana, one of the four Indian players making their debut, hit timber. We might have had a chance so long as Mukesh stayed in but the collapse from 42 for no wicket to 69 for 9 (Kieron couldn't bat after turning his ankle in the field - again!) was all too familiar as leg-spin and lob bowling proved our undoing, a succession of wild heaves and bewilderment par for the course. Chris Scott managed to secure the first golden duck of the season, stumped.