Guy is the Guy!!

Largo travelled to the picturesque village of Doune to play Clackmannan in the first game of the second half of the season.

In a game sponsored by Burnmill Joinery, Largo lost the toss and was asked to field first. Sharif and Barclay, who has discovered consistency and a good line and length is better than raw pace, shackled the openers and there was little surprise when Barclay claimed the first wicket with 12 on the board. Clackmannan, who were buoyed by their first win of the season last week, found it tougher going as the Largo bowlers were not in any mood to be giving runs away. With no homeside batsman really showing confidence with the bat it was down to the Largo fielders to keep the pressure on and support their bowling colleagues. Guy Robinson in particular took a couple of fine catches, diving low in front of him and is showing he is the inform cricketer in the league this season. Clackmannan had a late flourish and pushed the score up to 113 when the final batsman was out. Bowling was tight with the wickets shared between all the Largo bowlers.

After two balls of the second innings Largo were 4 for 1 as the first ball was hit for 4 and the second one resulted in Sharif being caught at point. This meant “birthday boy” Mowat was joined in the middle by Robinson and these two put on a display of sensible batting, taking no risks, and pushing Largo forward to the victory and 20 points. This didn’t mean the ball was left unpunished as Robinson displayed his full locker of elegant shots while Mowat opted for force. Even with Mowat departing, the run rate didn’t drop as Gordon Kinnear added his batting power to the run chase. It was fitting that Robinson should hit the winning runs as he finished unbeaten on 59 and Kinnears cameo netting him 30 no.