Ross County aim for T20 final glory against Forres
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Ross County Cricket Club will look to blast their way to victory when they compete in the T20 Final against Forres tomorrow.
The Strathpeffer club created history last week when they scored the most runs in a league match when they smashed 392 runs against Elgin for the loss of just six wickets in 45 overs in the North of Scotland Cricket Association League.
They comfortably won the match by 248 runs after bowling Elgin all out for 144.
Batsman Graeme Carney was the star of the show as he managed to score 186 runs alone.
He hopes they can continue their ruthless form into the final tomorrow, although knows Forres will present a difficult challenge.
“We have a tough game against Forres who are one of the form teams in the league,” he said.
“We hope that we can get a really strong side out as it has been a long time since we lifted a trophy.
“We have two opportunities to do that in the T20 final and in the League Cup, with both games against Forres.
“But fingers crossed if we can perform like we did against Elgin, it should give us a good chance to bring it home.”
He added: “We have never won the T20 before so it is definitely an added incentive, although we are happy to win anything.”
The club also believe last week’s win over Elgin was a North of Scotland League record, although this still has to be ratified by officials.
Carney says it was an impressive performance by Ross County on a day where everything seemed to go their way.
“We believe it is a league record for a 45 overs game but it was comfortably our best ever score.
“We didn’t lose any wickets early on and scored quickly and as the game went on we had plenty of wickets left.
“As men came in later on, they had a licence to go out and play their shots. It was just a great day for batting.”
