France all square in Danish warm-up tour (3 Sep 1999)

2 September 1999

France all square in Danish warm-up tour

France has warmed up for this month's four-nation tournament in Gibraltar with a four match tour of Denmark last month.

The Frenchmen won two and lost two matches

In the last two matches France fielded a 12-year-old wicket-keeper, Matthieu Royant, who was responsible for two dismissals.

The tour results are: Svanholm C.C. v France Brøndby 17th August Svanholm 185 for 3 (32 overs) (Mickey Lund 70*, Jan Overgaard 32, Allan From 43*; R. Sefn 8-0-36-2) France XI 117 for 7 (32 overs) (Paul Robinson 30*; Anders Leiberg 4-0-19-2, S.Vestergaard 4-1-6-2) Svanholm won by 68 runs

D.C.F. East XI v France XI Brøndby 18th. August DCF East 185 for 8 (35 overs) (Mohammad Siddiq 53, Bajit Singh 35; Poul Wakefield 5-0-23-3, Guillomer Hedge 5-1-15-3) France 56 all out (25.5 overs) (Rishi Seth 29; Omar Farooq 8-0-21-3, David Christiansen 4-1-4-2) DCF East won by 129 runs

Glostrup XI - France XI. Solvangsparken, Copenhagen 19th August Match reduced to 2 x 29 overs as to rain. France 93/5 (Rishi Seth 35; Anders Rasmussen 2/21). Glostrup 59 (Brian Hansen 15; Chrs. Bartlett 3/11) France XI won by 34 runs

Ishøj XI - France XI (30 overs). at Ishøj 20th August Frankrig 147 (P.Igolen Robinson 64; Sami Ullah 2/22). Ishøj 107 (Quamar.Uzmann 23; Peter Linton 3/21) France XI won by 40 runs

Meanwhile, France and Gibraltar have named the following squads for the tournament (subject to late withdrawals): France - Residents - Simon Hewitt (Capt.), Nigel Jones, Rishi Seth; Nationals - Christophe Bartlett, Bazile David Bordes, Guy Brumant, Valentin Brumant, Serge Conein, Ebert, Gareth Edwards, Peter Linton, Alexander, Shabir Hussein; On stand by - Sujeewa Mahavidanage ®, Matthieu Royant (F), Philip Martin(R). Gibraltar - Christian Rocca (Capt.), Chris Watkins (Vice-Capt.), Daniel Johnson, Richard Buzaglo, Gary De'Ath, Steve Cary, Roy Rodgers, Paul Buttigieg, Gareth Balban, Mark Lafferty, Steve Gonzalez, Terence Garcia, Adrian Hewitt, Rex Purnell, Cameron Pearce, Steve Shephard.

The draw for the tournament is: Tuesday, 21st. September - Teams arrive Wednesday, 22nd. September - France v Gibraltar Israel v Italy Thursday, 23rd. September - France v Israel Gibraltar v Italy Friday, 24th. September - France v Italy Israel v Gibraltar Saturday, 25th. September - Play-offs for First and Third Places Farewell dinner. Sunday, 26th. September - Teams depart.