LARGO SUNDAY XI MAKE IT A CLEAN SWEEP

Largo Sunday XI welcomed Gargunnock to East Drive on a nice but breezy day. Young skipper Nadeem Ali lost the toss and the Largo side were asked to field first on a typically hard batting wicket.

Gargunnock openers, R.Fuller and A.Lloyd got off to a good start in the opening overs pushing singles around comfortably. It was the 6^th over before the breakthrough was made when Lister bowled a fine delivery which Fuller (12) tried to cut away but was caught by a superb diving catch by Fowler at gully. Overs ticked by and both Largo opening bowlers finished there spells, Lister taking 1 wicket and Rintoul bowling with good pace but sadly wasn’t able to find a way past the batsmen. The skipper then introduced Marshall and debutant Brown into the bowing attack and it immediately brought success as both bowled good tight lines and were rewarded. Brown took 4 wickets aided by two catches from A. Ali and ending on figures of 4 for 22. Marshall also took two catches including a bullet hit straight back at him off his own bowling to dismiss Cross (8). Arfan, Anderson, A.Ali and Black (another enthusiastic, new member to the club) all took 1 wicket each as Gargunnock’s batsmen came and went without troubling the scoreboard ending on 111 all out.  

Largo chasing 112 to win went out to bat feeling positive that a win was on its way. Dakin and Fowler strode out but it was only the 2^nd over when Fowler was run out by a good piece of fielding in the slips. N.Ali was next in feeling confident after a good knock on Saturday. Both batsmen were settling down and started playing their shots before N.Ali was stumped for 25 by some sharp wicket keeping. A few overs later Largo suffered a mini collapse, Dakin (24) was caught by the bowling of Naris, then Lister(0) and N. Rintoul (13) soon followed as they were bowled by Bielby,  the pick of the bowlers ending on figures of 2 for 18. A.Ali played a sensible innings ending on 22 not out and Arfan finished the game off in style by hitting a massive 6 straight back over the bowlers head and ended on 23 not out.

Largo win by five wickets in an enjoyable social game. This capped off a tremendous weekend for the club with four wins out of four. The 1^st and 2^nd XI both winning their respective league fixtures, the U15 team beat Stirling in a Scottish Cup tie and the Sunday XI make it a clean sweep.