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Close call as Ellon Gordon CC win out over Fraserburgh


By David Porter

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What an outstanding game of cricket was played last Saturday in the Gordon Park where Fraserburgh were the visitors, writes Ean Mackie.

Fortunately for Ellon Gordon CC they came out on top winning the game with only eight balls to go when Barrett hit his thirteenth four of his innings.

On a glorious sunny afternoon Fraserburgh were asked to bat first on losing the toss.

Their opening partnership was Cory Bowie, someone well known to Ellon , and newcomer Gray and they were up against Fraser and Barrett who opened the attack for the home side.

The batsmen certainly held the upperhand early on with both of them stroking the ball to the boundary on the fast outfield with ease.

That was until the twelfth over when Wade made the break through having Gray caught at cover by Barrett.

If the fall of this wicket was going to come at a good time for Ellon it certainly didn't as Watson joined Bowie to put together a 122 run partnership for the 2nd wicket in just twenty one overs with more glorious shots of attacking cricket from both batsmen.

It was, however, Bowie that was first to fall when he was caught off the bowling of Webb for a quite exceptional innings of 90 that included 13 fours and that was despite the fact he could have been out in the first few overs if the catch had been held.

He certainly made Ellon pay for that lapse in their fielding.

With the push for more runs in the later overs of the innings Fraserburgh did lose five more wickets including that of Watson for an invaluable knock of 70 that included seven fours off some glorious shots.

Most Ellon bowlers had toiled to keep the runs down and changes were made on a number of occasions without bringing about the break throughs that was hoped for.

Most successful Ellon bowler turned out to be Fraser with two wickets.

All the other bowlers used claimed one wicket each with the exception of Barrett.

A smart piece of fielding brought about the fall of the final wicket.

Fraserburgh 229 for 7 in 40 overs -- C.Bowie 90; M.Watson 70; N.Gray 30; R.Fraser 2 for 45

For Ellon to have any chance of victory they required a solid partnership from their openers Davies and Webb and that's exactly what they got with a century partnership of 103 in just sixteen overs with some vintage batting from both batsmen making full use of the fast outfield and firing boundaries to all parts of the ground.

It was Webb who was first to lose his wicket when he was caught by Rahani off the bowling of Flowerdew but not before he had scored 55 that included one 6 and eight fours.

On the fall of this wicket Barrett joined the fray but soon lost Davies when the score was 121.

Davies' solid knock of 57 included eight fours and three 3's with some smart running between the wickets.

Barrett then took control despite losing partners at regular intervals along the way.

Three partnerships in that period first with Greenfield then Campbell and finally Fraser yielded 30 runs a time.

Victory was achieved in the thirty eighth over when Barrett smashed successive fours to see Ellon over the line for the loss of only 7 wickets.

Barretts impressive innings of 85 not out included twelve fours and one six.

But more importantly from an Ellon point of view was the fact he never appeared to be in any trouble during his innings.

Fraserburgh used seven bowlers in all as they tried to wrestle the initiative away from Ellon and that never really happened at any time.

Their most successful bowler was young McLemon who captured 2 wickets for 18 runs in the 3 overs he was asked to bowl late on in the innings.

Quilter Ellon Gordon 231 for 7 in 38.4 overs -- J.Barrett 85*; S.Davies 57; B.Webb 55; C.McLemen 2 for 18

It is hoped that the form of last week can be replicated this Saturday when Ellon entertain Banchory in their next Grade fixture in the Gordon Park.


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