Barclay's Batting secures Largo Victory

 

Largo Cricket Club 1^st XI maintain there winning run in East League 2 with a fine victory away over Edinburgh II, were they chased down a total of 209 set by the capital men.  At first it was tough going for the Fifers as a few of the Edinburgh batsmen were finding their groove well and using the short boundary well as a few of the Largo bowlers were toiling in the sunshine but the Fife men stuck to their task well to restrict Edinburgh to 209 for 9 after the 50 overs with everyone contributing.  Bentley was the pick of the Largo bowlers with 3 for 39 with his 3 wickets taken in the last over as the Edinburgh men looked to increase their total.  

With the pitch playing well and the short boundary on one side Largo were confident in chasing that total down.  Largo lost Walker quite early but Stinson was playing well and reached his 50 in quick time.  He was out not long afterwards however, caught behind and Largo ’s run rate slowed a little.  Kinnear and Bux were looking quite settled before a mix up saw Bux run out and then Kinnear play round a straight one and bowled.  The partnership of the innings came from Murdoch and Asman as they both ran well between the wickets and punished the bad ball.  They put on 59 valuable runs before Asman was eventually caught.  There was still some work to be done if Largo were to see this home but nerves were soon settled as Barclay produced a fine display of clean hitting to see Largo over the finish line with 4overs to go.  Largo remain top of East League 2 and entertain Boroughmuir this Saturday in a top of the table clash.