Kerry Cricket Club honour their former president Denis Moylan with memorial match
The MCC has enjoyed good weather on past visits, but luck in that regard finally ran out on Monday. However, the MCC showed gallant determination to play cricket, as the two sides took the field to defy squally rain and blustery winds.
MCC batted first and compiled an impressive 202 off 25 overs. Jarman (43 off 28 balls) smashed three 6s and three 4s before Khurram flattened his stumps; Sane also batted fluently for 59n.o. For the Kerry bowling attack, Awais Saghir did most damage, finishing with 3 for 17 off 5 overs.
In reply, Kerry couldn't match the scoring rate of their talented visitors, Alam Morshed (21) and captain Braden Warnke (20) top scored, but collectively the batting line-up failed to find the boundary often enough to equal the daunting run rate of 8 per over.
With the score on 109 for 5, the weather worsened and the players yielded to the elements. It was a huge credit to both sides that they managed to battle through 41 overs in such stormy conditions.
MCC XI: 202 for 7 (25 overs) v County Kerry XI: 109 for 5 (16 overs). No result.
MCU Division 1
On Saturday at the Oyster Oval, a Munster Division 1 match was abandoned due to rain: a huge frustration for Harlequins captain and wicketkeeper C Stevenson, who scored a classy 110 for the visitors before the weather forced abandonment.
Cork Harlequins 2nd XI: 212/4 v County Kerry 2nd XI: 0/0 Rain Interruption. No result.
MCU Division 3 T20 competition
Kerry 4th XI had a great day in Shannon on Saturday. Given a walkover against Cork County in the first match of the day, they then smashed 199 against Clare 3rd XI. Kerry batted first and after losing 3 wickets cheaply, Libin Philip(70) and Jonnalagadda (68) forged an unbeaten partnership of 135.
Pardashi (41) top scored for Clare in the reply, but when rain intervened in the 17th over of the chase, the DLS calculation showed Kerry to be 14 runs ahead.
Kerry CC 4th XI: 199/3 v Clare CC 3rd XI: 151/7 (Kerry win by 14 runs, DLS method)
MCU Division 2: T20 competition
The Kerry 3rd XI didn't enjoy the success of their Division 3 colleagues, losing a tight match against Limerick 3rd XI in the morning before a heavy loss to Clare 2nd XI in the evening match on Sunday.
Limerick 3rd XI: 169 for 7 (20 overs) beat Kerry 3rd XI: 140 for 9 (20 overs) by 29 runs.
Kerry 3rd XI: a.o. 59 (13.3 overs) lost to Clare 2nd XI: 60 for 2 (7.4 overs) by 8 wickets.
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