Perth Doo'cot Cricket Club

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SUNDAY XI TEAM NEWS 📰

Players to meet at 11:30 at Broxden P&R. If going direct, meet at Comrie CC for 12:15.

WEEKEND TEAM NEWS 📰

1st XI players to meet at Doo’cot for 08:30am.

2nd XI players to meet at Doo’cot for 11:00am for a 12:00pm start. Teas for Two.

3rd XI players to meet at Broxden for 10:15am. If going direct, please meet at ground for 11:00am.

The team from Perth Doo'cot Cricket Club are through to the under-16 Scottish Cup final after a strong all-round performance against Clydesdale in the semis.

At home at Doo’cot Park batting first in the T20 clash against their visitors from Glasgow, Perth Doo’cot posted 146-7.

Felix Amos made 55 retired out, captain Aaban Owais 37 and Harris Harper 23.

In the second half, Perth Doo’cot restricted Clydesdale to 91 all out to win by 55 runs. Owais took 5-14 while Harper took 2-8, George Birkbeck took 1-8, George Campbell-Tok took 1-17 and there was one run out.

Perth Doo’cot now await the winners of this Sunday’s semi-final between Aberdeenshire and Stewart’s Melville in the final which will be played later this month.

Aaban Owais, Sam Dodd and Felix Amos are in Ireland this week with the Scotland boys under-15s playing in the Celtic Cup.

* A version of this article first appeared in The Courier UK on Thursday *

The 1st XI kept the pressure on Aberdeenshire at the top of the table with the narrowest of victories over Freuchie on Saturday.

Having lost the toss, Freuchie opted to bat first and found themselves on the end of another tight PDCC bowling display. Pressure up top with the new ball led to a mix up and a simple run out for the first wicket. After this, wickets would fall at regular intervals with Homayon the pick of the bowlers with a 10 over spell with the new ball to bowl Freuchie out for 108.

In response, the chase was looking fairly straight forward at 67-2 with Babar and Fraser in the 20s and set. Somehow, PDCC would find themselves snatching defeat from the jaws of victory at 95-9. However, up stepped Ibadullah with a game winning 14*, supported at the other end by skipper Rory with a valiant 0* to see us over the line.

This sees the 1st XI go back into 2nd with 3 must win games remaining.

The 2nd XI welcomed Master Blasters to Doo’cot Park looking to pick their form up. They got off to a good start with the ball restricting Master Blasters to 101-5 at drinks. The remaining 23 overs however, would see the opposition put 192 runs on for the loss of only 2 wickets.

The run chase was always going to be a difficult one, but PDCC did well to dig in and bat out the 45 overs, Fergie showing the class is permanent with a lower order 60 not out.

The 2nd XI remain 8th in the table and travel to struggling Dundee High next week in hope of a crucial victory.

The 3rd XI travelled down the A9 to Aberfeldy to take on a strong Breadalbane side. The opposition would cruise to 280-6 from their 40 overs despite some good bowling from the young team and 3 wickets from Owais.

PDCC showed some grit in reply, managing to bat the full 40 overs. But they would end up 180 runs short of their target.

The 3rd XI remain in 7th place and travel to Dundee next week to take on Kinloch.

UPCOMING FIXTURES

1st XI travel to 4th place Huntly as they look to keep their title hopes alive after a fantastic victory on the weekend.

2nd XI host DHSFPs at Doo’cot after a tough defeat on the weekend.

3rd XI travel along the A90 to Dundee to take on Kinloch 2nd XI after a tough weekend also.

Good luck to Aaban Owais, Sam Dodd and Felix Amos as they travel to Ireland this week with Scotland U15s in the Celtic Cup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏏

Wishing you all the best from all at PDCC 💙🏏

A huge thank you to Gordon Delaney for sponsoring the match balls for our 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Sunday matches.

Good luck to everyone who is representing the club this weekend!

🏏 U16s Scottish Cup Semi Final Result 🏆

Perth Doo’cot CC are through to the U16 Scottish Cup Final after a strong all-round performance against Clydesdale CC.

A great team effort with bat and ball secures a 55-run win and a place in the final.

Special thanks goes to Jack Emslie for his continuing hard work for the junior section.

Thank you to Clydesdale CC for coming up for the game 🏏

SUNDAY XI TEAM NEWS

Players to meet at Rossie Priory CC for 12:15pm