West Lothian teenage cricket duo lead Livingston to victory in 114-run partnership

A pair of battling youngsters were able to guide Livingston Third XI to victory on an otherwise disappointing weekend for West Lothian’s two cricket clubs.

Srikar Boggla (13) and Zaki Choudry (15) shared a brilliant 114-run partnership as Livi’s third side picked up a comfortable five-wicket win against Edinburgh South Fourth XI in an East of Scotland Division Seven fixture.

The pair teamed up with the score at 20-3 but helped guide their side over the line. Choudry fell just shy of his half-century, bowled for 49, while Boggla (pictured right) was unbeaten on 51.

Choudry had earlier picked up four wickets as Livi restricted the visitors to 138 all out.

That would prove to be the only win of the weekend as Livi’s First and Second XIs suffered defeat, with the same outcome for both Linlithgow sides, too.

Livi’s First XI lost by three wickets at home to Edinburgh South First XI.

Batting first, a late collapse saw Livi fall from 160-6 to 170 all out with Farooq Muhammad (pictured below) top scoring for 37.

In reply, the visitors took control of proceedings as solid top order batting took them to 90-1 before Jared Rubly claimed the first of his three wickets to spark a mini-collapse to 111-5.

However, Edinburgh steadied the ship and were able to score the winning runs with two overs and three wickets to spare.

The club’s Second XI were handily beaten by Bass Rock in a Division Five clash, falling to a 60-run defeat.

The home side tallied 214-4 from their 40 overs with Shrey Awasthi taking all four wickets to fall.

The reply was always behind the run rate as Livi notched 154-5 in their reply. Awasthi and Boggla both with knocks of 44 but Livi fell well short of their target.

For Linlithgow, it was a familiar story of a fine