09 Sep 2023 | 12:00

The Hills 1 180/10 V Merrion 1 189/9

Premier League, Pool Sen, 1 Inns

Merrion 1 Innings

# Batsman Howout Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
1 Jack Carty c Cian Nulty b Matthew Weldon 19 41 2 0 46.34
2 Stephen Doheny✋ c Sean McNicholl b Bhavesh Lakhotia 31 39 4 1 79.49
3 Swapnil Modgill c Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin b Matthew Weldon 4 11 0 0 36.36
4 John Anderson not out 83 106 4 2 78.30
5 Samuel Harbinson b Bhavesh Lakhotia 0 7 0 0 0.00
6 Dominick Joyce🏅 b Cian Nulty 15 39 2 0 38.46
7 Daniel Forkin c Jonathan Tall b Jonathan Tall 5 21 0 0 23.81
8 Hugh Kennedy c Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard b Jonathan Tall 0 10 0 0 0.00
9 Muhammed Sinan lbw b Jonathan Tall 6 13 1 0 46.15
10 Oisín Bhoja run out Matthew Weldon & Sean McNicholl 3 10 0 0 30.00
11 Tom Stanton not out 0 3 0 0 0.00
extras (b4 lb7 w12 nb0) 23
189/9 (50.0 ov)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Sean McNicholl 10.0 1 29 0 1 0
Cian Nulty 8.0 0 24 1 2 0
Matthew Weldon 9.0 2 39 2 3 0
Bhavesh Lakhotia 6.0 0 28 2 4 0
Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard 7.0 0 39 0 0 0
Jonathan Tall 10.0 0 19 3 2 0
Fall of Wicket Batsman
59-1 Stephen Doheny
59-2 Jack Carty
67-3 Swapnil Modgill
77-4 Samuel Harbinson
111-5 Dominick Joyce
126-6 Daniel Forkin
136-7 Hugh Kennedy
151-8 Muhammed Sinan
182-9 Oisín Bhoja

The Hills 1 Innings

# Batsman Howout Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
1 Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard lbw b Hugh Kennedy 91 47 11 5 193.62
2 Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin b Samuel Harbinson 6 5 1 0 120.00
3 Athar Farooqi c John Anderson b Samuel Harbinson 3 10 0 0 30.00
4 Mark Donegan✋ c Stephen Doheny✋ b Hugh Kennedy 24 70 3 0 34.29
5 Bhavesh Lakhotia lbw b Daniel Forkin 14 31 0 1 45.16
6 Mark Dwyer c Tom Stanton b Daniel Forkin 8 21 2 0 38.10
7 Matthew Weldon lbw b Tom Stanton 3 15 0 0 20.00
8 Cian Nulty c Muhammed Sinan b Tom Stanton 1 8 0 0 12.50
9 Andrew Kavanagh🏅 c Samuel Harbinson b Tom Stanton 1 26 0 0 3.85
10 Sean McNicholl c Stephen Doheny✋ b Oisín Bhoja 4 16 1 0 25.00
11 Jonathan Tall not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
extras (b3 lb2 w18 nb2) 25
180/10 all out (41.5 ov)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Muhammed Sinan 3.0 0 47 0 2 1
Samuel Harbinson 6.0 0 23 2 2 1
Oisín Bhoja 9.0 0 49 1 7 0
Hugh Kennedy 6.0 1 24 2 5 0
Daniel Forkin 10.0 3 18 2 1 0
Tom Stanton 7.5 3 14 3 1 0
Fall of Wicket Batsman
15-1 Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin
55-2 Athar Farooqi
140-3 Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard
143-4 Mark Donegan
163-5 Bhavesh Lakhotia
171-6 Mark Dwyer
171-7 Matthew Weldon
172-8 Cian Nulty
177-9 Sean McNicholl
180-10 Andrew Kavanagh
  • Teams: The Hills 1 v Merrion 1
  • Date: 09 September 2023 | 12:00
  • Venue: The Vineyard
  • Division:
  • Umpires: Ram Manickavasagam , Ashish Sharma
  • Result: Premier League, Pool Sen, 1 Inns
  • Starting Team:
  • Competition Points:
19:00
A staggering game, full of emotion has seen Merrion win by 9 runs, and The Hills relegated to play in the Championship in 2024. Railway Union live to fight another day, playing in the play off against Phoenix next week. The Hills collapsed from 163/4 to 180 all out, with Merrion's spin attack of Book, Forkin and Stanton all contributing. Railway won three of their last four matches escape automatic relegation.
15:49
It looks like a nervy afternoon around the grounds, although John Anderson showed no signs of it, passing 50 for the 82nd time in senior cricket. It means that Merrion made it to 189/9. With Railway looking like winning against Leinster, The Hills will also need to win to avoid the automatic relegation place. The Hills have a good record chasing at home and this would only be their 24th best of all time. It will be their second best at home to Merrion (the best was 217/3 in May 2013) and also their highest since April 2017.