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Men go 4 from 5 to return to winning ways – Weekend Wrap 14th/15th October 2023

The tables turned across the weekend with a very different series of results compared to last round, as the men went 4 from 5 to return to winning ways while the women had a frustrating weekend despite a phenomenal run chase victory in W3s.

M1’s bounced back superbly from last week’s nail-biting defeat, with a bonus point victory against UNSW. Winning the toss and bowling, Josh Seward (2/34) struck early, before it was the spin duo of Bertie Foreman (4/28) and Joel Davies (2/22) who bowled brilliantly in tandem to turn the game in the Tahs’ favour. UNSW all out for 172 inside 42 overs. The Tahs’ run chase was off to the perfect start courtesy of some clean hitting early from Matt Brewster (53) and Joel Foster (34). With the bonus point in sight, the Davies brothers then combined to seal a bonus point victory for the Tahs, Ollie finishing 52no and Joel 17no.

https://manlycricket.com/men-go-4-from-5-to-return-to-winning-ways-weekend-wrap-14th-15th-october-2023
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3 years ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Western Suburbs 4th grade traveled to Fairfield oval to take on Fairfield-Liverpool in the 3rd round of the 2023/24 season.

For the third week in a row Wests lost the toss and were invited to bat first. The first over of the innings set the tone for Western Suburbs with Damien Guild hitting a 4 and 6 through and over mid-wicket. The first 2 rounds Wests struggled to build a strong platform in the top order, with the top 3 being challenged this week. Damien and Flynn Nicholls must have taken this personally with a magnificent opening stand of 205 at close to a run a ball. Flynn the first to fall caught behind for 81 (including 8 fours and 1 six) his first grade 50. The onslaught continued with Abhinav Kamsali joining Damien at the crease. Damien was dismissed a short while later with the score 241 for a better than run a ball 130 (including 13 fours and 2 sixes) his first ever hundred.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1611/western-suburbs-v-fairfield-liverpool-4th-grade-round-3-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24

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3 years ago

Cricket NSW

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Congratulations to all players selected in the NSW Second Xl team to face Tasmania in Kangaroo Bay in a four-day match. Monday 16 October to Thursday 19 October 2023.

Follow the action.

PlayHQ scorecard –
https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/org/cricket-australia-state-competitions/toyota-second-xi-summer-202324/toyota-second-xi/game-centre/9b65406d

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3 years ago

Bruce Wood

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I was pleased to partner with Paul Chambiras in his CAS 1st XI umpiring debut in Round 1 between St Aloysius and Cranbrook at Willoughby on 7-14 October 2023. Paul is an experienced, former NSW Premier Cricket umpire, and is a welcome addition to our panel.
The match went well with Cranbrook recording a comfortable victory. It was another high standard schoolboy contest featuring centuries by Sam (Cranbrook) and Tommy (Aloys), plus a 5/for by Riley (Cranbrook).
I have umpired in the CAS 1st XI cricket competition since 2009-10 and have been the Convenor of the CAS Umpires’ Panel since 2016-17. On special occasions, we get a photo of the Captains, Umpires & Coaches, and the first photo is this sequence is from the recent Aloys v. Cranbrook match.
I would welcome enquiries from experienced umpires who may wish to join our panel, as we have room for two more umpires.
If you have an interest to know more, please email bgwood27b@gmail.com

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3 years ago

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Another brilliant win last Saturday for Randwick Petersham taking on Hawkesbury in a 1st Grade limited overs match at Benson’s Lane, Richmond. The side won by 58 runs bowling out the Hawks for 168 in reply to its 9-226 off 50 overs. The Hawks’ bowling subdued the visitors’ batting to some extent, with top-score coming from number 7 bat Angus McTaggart, making 55 off 66 balls while hitting 6 fours. Earlier, skipper Riley Ayre had set the scene with a solid 50 off 87 balls with just 2 boundaries. Alex Ross, in his second Belvidere Cup match, made a valuable 41 off 56 balls. Former Australian left-arm spinner, Steve O’Keeffe ensured runs were hard to come by, taking 4-34 off 10 overs.

In the run chase, the locals made a reasonable start to be 2-61 off 15 overs before losing 3-19. From 5-102, the Randy Petes bowlers really hit their straps taking the last 5 wickets for only 66 runs to pocket the points

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/1609/randwick-petersham-v-hawkesbury-round-3-of-the-2023-24-nsw-premier-cricket-season

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3 years ago

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Western Suburbs 5th Grade hosted Fairfield Liverpool at Punchbowl Oval in Round 3 of the 2023-24 NSW Premier Cricket season.

Western Suburbs won the toss and without hesitation batted first, however found themselves in some trouble being 2/39 after 10 overs with wickets to Talha Yaseen and Ryan Rajesh putting Fairfield Liverpool on the front foot.

A superb 82 run partnership between club debutant Kit Keey and Jack Clark got Wests back in it before Clark was dismissed by Alexander Gomez for 38. Keey fell quickly after for 60. Will Zakostelsky continued his run of super form adding 38 with the middle to lower order contributing to get Wests to 8/219 at the completion of their 50 overs. Fairfield skipper Gomez was the pick of the bowlers with 3/34.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1608/western-suburbs-v-fairfield-liverpool-5th-grade-round-3-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24

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3 years ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Western Suburbs 3rd Grade hosted Fairfield Liverpool at Blick Oval in Round 3 of the 2023/24 NSW Premier Cricket season.

Western Suburbs won the toss and batted and found themselves in early trouble at 2 for 24 off the first 12 overs.

Fairfield Liverpool opening bowler Will McNamara figures in his first spell of 4 overs was 0 for 4 including 3 maidens.

A 43-run 3rd wicket partnership between Zain Shamsi and Josh Low McMahon was broken when Jai Long had Shamsi stumped for 18 and the score was 3 for 67.

Josh Low McMahon top scored for Western Suburbs with 50 off 62 balls including 4 fours and a six. He was ably supported by an excellent innings from Will O’Donell scoring 46 off 46 balls including 5 fours.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1607/western-suburbs-v-fairfield-liverpool-3rd-grade-round-3-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24

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3 years ago

Queensland Cricket

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Australian cricket legend Ian Healy has been announced as the new Deputy Chair of Queensland Cricket and former Bulls paceman Joe Dawes appointed to a senior cricket role.

Queensland Cricket Chair Kirsten Pike, who replaced Chris Simpson in the role at last month’s Annual General Meeting, said the appointment of the Deputy Chair had been ratified at this week’s Board meeting with Healy accepting the nomination.

“As was the case when he was playing for Australia and captaining the Bulls, Queensland Cricket is in the best of hands with Ian stepping up to the role of Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors,” she said.

“His acumen in the cricketing and business world is first rate, and his passion for the game is well known and valued by all who know him.”

https://www.qldcricket.com.au/news/3735602/qc-roles-for-healy-dawes

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3 years ago

Victorian Premier Cricket

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Off the Mark | Victorian Women's Premier Cricket Week 1 Recap

Bobby recaps the big day of T20 action on Sunday which saw the Women's Competition get underway for the 2023/24 season.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1249/victorian-premier-cricket/blog/1597/victorian-womens-premier-cricket-2023-24-round-one-wrap-with-bobby-quiney

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3 years ago

Sydney University Cricket Club

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On the 8th of November 2022, Archie Gray lost his eleven and a half, month courageous battle with brain cancer. Archie was just 17 years of age. An absolutely outstanding and talented cricketer for Western Suburbs Cricket Club, who describe Archie as a "GUN". Archie at the age of 16, debuted in second grade, alongside his elder brother Finn. Archie was a year 11 student at St Patrick’s College Strathfield, who was a friend to so many within the cricketing community.

Archie’s last game of cricket was Western Suburbs vs Manly at Pratten Park, Ashfield and his last 4 days of life were spent at Bear Cottage Manly. For this reason, the 2 clubs have come together to create a spectacular T20 cricketing event, with a mix of current players and yester-year players (celebrities), to celebrate Archie’s passion for cricket and continue to raise awareness of brain cancer through Mark Hughes Foundation.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1593/archie-gray-brain-cancer-awareness-celebrity-charity-cricket-match

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3 years ago

Victorian Premier Cricket

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Five things we learned from Round 2 - NSW Premier Cricket 2023-24

It’s taken Brendon Piggott a few seasons to climb through the ranks at Sutherland, but on the back of a solid effort in Second Grade last season, he earned a First Grade debut in Saturday’s 50-over match against Parramatta. He didn’t waste his opportunity. Batting with the more aggressive Tom Doyle and Ben Dwarshuis, Piggott began in a quiet supporting role, showing a neat defence and a fondness for flicking the ball through the on side. But in the last six overs of Sutherland’s innings, he accelerated, helping Dwarshuis to smash 67 runs. Piggott crunched a short ball from Dylan Stanley through square leg for four, then took the attack to Evan Pitt, slapping a four through cover and steering the next ball through point to the fence. He brought up his fifty in the final over, nonchalantly picking up a good length delivery from Michael Sullivan and hoisting it over midwicket for six. The next ball, the last of the innings, was another length ball on off stump, and Piggott flat-batted it over long on for six more. He remained unbeaten on 59 from 57 balls, and Sutherland’s 4 for 239 was just enough to hold off a strong challenge from Parramatta (and Nick Bertus in particular). No matter how many more innings Piggott plays in Firsts, he’ll not forget this one.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/260/sydney-university-cricket-club/blog/1594/five-things-we-learned-from-round-2-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24

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3 years ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Bobby Quiney will join us each week to recap, discuss and preview all of the action from the Victorian Premier Cricket competitions in a number of segments throughout the week.

Stay tuned for more recaps and previews for the Women's and Underage competitions over the next few days.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1249/victorian-premier-cricket/blog/1592/victorian-premier-cricket-2023-24-round-one-wrap-with-bobby-quiney

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3 years ago

Lunch with Lee

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Join Shane Lee for lunch at the new Rooftop Bar in the iconic Jackson’s on George and be entertained as he interviews cricket greats Mark Waugh and Adrian Tucker, then enjoy an amazing afternoon of musical entertainment by Mark Gable (The Choir Boys).

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3 years ago

Cricket NSW

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Week 3 – ‘The Opening Spell’

Both the men's and women's NSW premier cricket competitions are now underway! That means more weekly highlights, milestones and wonderful imagery from the best grade cricket competition in the world.

First ball – Picking up where you left off!

Women’s NSW Premier Cricket First-Grade Player of the Year last season, Grace Dignam, has commenced the 2023-24 season in damaging fashion scoring 84 runs (71 balls) to propel her Northern District side to a season opening victory over Bankstown. Similarly, Sydney Cricket Club’s Eva Ragg top-scored (56) in her first, first-grade outing of the season to help set a match-winning total against the St George-Sutherland. Ragg’s spectacular start to the new season marks her first premier-cricket appearance at Drummoyne Oval since notching a grand-final century to claim the 2022-23 second-grade premiership for Sydney.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3732706/week-3-the-opening-spell

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3 years ago

Paul Ryan

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Behind every great team and player there should always be other players knocking on the door, scoring the runs, and taking the wickets to be ready and capable to come into to the team and maintain the standards and continuity of a winning team.

The Australia’s first-class cricket scene “The Sheffield Shield” had so many other players.

From a batting perspective.

Stuart Law – 27,080 runs at an average of 50.52 with 79 hundreds

Jamie Siddons – 11,587 runs at an average of 44.91 with 35 hundreds

Jamie Cox – 18,614 runs at an average of 42.69 with 51 hundreds

Brad Hodge – 17,084 at an average of 48.81 with 51 hundreds.

Martin Love – 16,952 at an average 49.85 with 45 hundreds.

All up, they scored 91, 317 first-class runs and a total of 261 hundreds.

Incredibly, of the 5, only 3 played a total 12 test matches for Australia. Brad Hodge (pictured after scoring a double hundred against South Africa) played 6 tests and averaged 55 in Test cricket. Martin Love played 5 tests and averaged 46.60 whilst Stuart Law only played one test and was 54 not out in his only innings.

David Warner has played 109 test matches and has said that he’d like to finish his test career after the 3rd test against Pakistan at the SCG in early January 2024.

It will mean sometime before now and then the Australian selectors are going to have to find a replacement opening batter.

Is it a little cheeky to say Australia future batting stocks resemble ‘old Mother Hubbard’ cupboard.’

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1588/do-australiarsquos-batting-stocks-resemble-old-mother-hubbardrsquos-cupboard-or-is-there-a-gold-nugget-about-to-shine

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3 years ago

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Randwick Petersham v Campbelltown-Camden First Grade - Round 2 NSW Premier Cricket 2023-24

The World Cup may be where the big cricket is, but for pure cricket excitement, Coogee Oval was the place to be on Saturday. It was a 50 overs-per-side clash between Randwick Petersham and Campbelltown-Camden. And it ended in a spectacular win to Randwick Petersham in a match showcasing the magic talent of Daniel Sams.

An Australian T20 cricketer and a world-traveller in T20 league matches these days, Dan made a rare 1st Grade competition appearance leaving in awe those who witnessed his performance. With his team seemingly on the ropes at 6-115 chasing 248 runs to win, the dashing right-hander finished the day with 130 not out hitting 12 fours and 6 sixes off just 89 balls in a final tally of 8-253 off 45.3 overs. His 50 came up in 45 balls and his 100 in 72.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/1581/randwick-petersham-v-campbelltown-camden-first-grade-round-2-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24

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3 years ago

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Western Suburbs and UNSW 3rd Grade played the 2nd round of the NSW Premier Cricket season at Blick Oval on Saturday 7 October 2023.

UNSW were sent into bat and were off to a brisk start with their captain Gavin Ho scoring 22 off 18 balls before he was judged LBW in the fourth over off Dean Jones with the score 1 for 27.

UNSW lost 4 further wickets to be 5 for 54 when a terrific 119 run partnership between Arunav Duggal and Abishek Mohanaraj put the pressure back on Western Suburbs.

Both Arunav and Abishek played very well with Arunav being more aggressive and Abishek playing a supporting role before accelerating towards the back end of his innings.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1580/western-suburbs-v-university-of-nsw-3rd-grade-round-2-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24

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3 years ago

Rajesh Kumar

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