Website developers and graphic artists
We are privileged to have Peter Lees do all the website work for our Club. However, it is run by volunteers and we always need to involve others to share the fun.

If you have abilities in Perl scripting, graphic design or other web-related skills, and would like to contribute to your Club, please contact Peter (AT) www.wphccc.org

Immediate need
Thanks to Amir Marzouk who is helping out in building a Google search capability into the website for Ground locations. If anyone else is interested in helping out just let Ross Anderson know – 9476-0595.

Girls
Our Girls had a close loss (84) Vs Manly (7/85) but good to see the Girls back on the field after a long break.

Junior boys
A week of rain saw all games washed out. Next week is the last game before the semi Finals.

The standings after Round 9 are:
• U16s – White (2nd), Blue (4th)
• U15s – Blue (1st), Red (8th)
• U14s – White (1st), Blue (4th), Red (7th )
• U13s – Gold (2nd on quotient) Blue (7th on quotient), White (11th ), Green (13th )
• U12s – Red (4th), Blue (7th ),White (11th), Green (12th)
• U11s – Gold (1st), Green (2nd ), White (5th ), Red (13th), Blue (15th )

Presentation Day
• When: Sunday 30th March
• Where: Campbell Park or Cherrybrook Community Centre at 1.00 pm if it is wet
• Time: 11.00 am. This should go for about an hour maximum.

Kanga
Kanga got on for the first time since school returned due to a series of wet weekends. The Presentation Day has now been set. Details are:
• When: Saturday 8th March
• Where: Edward Bennett Oval
• Time: 10.00 am. The kids have a parents/Kanga game which is always fun and the presentations, including graduation certificates are handed out.

Seniors
We got on for a change – details are:

A1 (3rd) 130 Vs ARL (4th) 2/25 – playing on a slow track at Parklands, shot making was a challenge. Michael Banner produced his best knock of the season with 40 and was well supported by Smokey Dawson with 28. ARL are not known as a chasing team so with similar conditions this is game on. If there is any rain this week, runs on the board will be like gold.

A2 (3rd) 9/230 Vs Galston Glenorie (4th) – Ronan Barrett, fresh from his 6 fours in an over this time hammered 127* in a superb knock. With good support from James Fiedler (32) they have all but batted us into a winning position. The ton from Ronan who scored our 331st century – great stuff mate.

Colts 1/44 (1st) Vs Castle Hill RSL 126 (6th) – we won the toss and put Castle Hill into bat. They struggled to get the runs in 62.5 overs. Taylor Paton was the best with 3 for 17. In the 16 overs we had to bat we are comfortably placed to consolidate 1st place. Well done fellas.

B1 Blue (5th) 87 lost to Normanhurst-Warrawee (3rd) 5/266 – Andrew Joyce played a loan hand with 31. With so many players unavailable through injury and work/overseas commitments it was an achievement hanging on this long. While a disappointing way to miss out on the Semi’s after being a pace setter for so long the overall season has been a good one.

B1 Red (6th) 80 lost to Glenhaven (=1st) 4/85 – Peter Taylor made his mark with a good 33 but didn’t get the support he needed to post a competitive score. That said, the lads put in against the top side and have pushed them all the way. With the last weekend coming up next Saturday looks like one to enjoy.

C1 White (1st) 102 lost to Hornsby (2nd) 9/124 – an amazing game where our strong batting line was humbled against some very good fast/swing bowling. A number of our top order were late (all reasonable reasons) that caused the order to be changed – this didn’t help our cause. At one stage we were 5/9 but recovered thanks to Geoff Richards with 42* and good support from Michael Richards 16 and Michael Sainsbury 15. Our turn to bowl and we showed why we are coming first. At one stage we had them 8/81 and teetering but they just got over the line. Geoff Richards (again) was dynamic with 5/23 from 12 overs and got fabulous support from Ben McNamara 2/46 (15 with 14 straight) and Andrew Watt 2/36). We will play this game out as a first innings loss will still see us hold 1st place.

C1 Red (5th) 4 dec/109 defeated Castle Hill White (8th) 69 and 5/14 – Wow! What a performance. In a game we had to win the guys turned it on big time. Bowling first we won the toss and bowled first – a stroke a stroke of genius. James McBrien (5/13) and George Petridis (2/10) ripped through the top order to have them 7/20 at one stage. In reply, father-son combination Geoff (49) & Tim Starr (41) putting on a 67 run partnership for the 2nd wicket. After losing a further 3 wickets in search of quick runs, we declared on 4/109. Returning to bowl for the second time today, we had only 8 overs to face they are down and out – still 26 runs behind. Ten points from this match will see us in the top 4.

C2 (3rd) 7/156 defeated Redfield (6th) 95 – the lads have come back with a bang. Guaranteed a spot in the top 4 this match is about position in the top 4. Our bowlers were all over Redfield with Ashraf 4/24 and Steve Baker 3/12. After a brief wobble at 4/23 we bounced back thanks to Asraf starring this time with the bat (55*) and Dave Gane with 33. With only 3 points separating the top 3 teams, 10 points here would almost guarantee the minor premiership.

D2 (7th) 2/19 Vs Kenthurst (5th) 226 – a long day of hard graft against a fired up and determined Kenthurst side. Our two 12 year olds did a splendid job in difficult circumstances, Daniel Anderson (DA) by far the best of our bowlers, taking 4/22 from 7 overs, Sid Sethi less fortunate, taking 1/10 from 6 overs but having more easy catches put down than I care to remember. Our other successful bowlers were Roger Friend (2 /34), Claudio Van Blerk (2/35) and Shankar Ravi (1/27). The truth is we had a woeful day in the field and payed for it dearly. This being said, both of our young players put in a great effort in the field, showed fine fielding skills and were a real source of inspiration to us on such an otherwise dispiriting day. DA, by the way, broke a 99 run partnership, sending both of its members, Max Crippa (45) and Ken Garvan (66) back to the pavilion in the space of two overs.

Commitment
We have many blokes who back up week after week, come back early from holidays and even the odd player who flies back from China and sometimes even WA to play. One of our quiet achievers in this space is Peter Westerberg from D2. Peter came to us in 2002-03 and has not missed a game since – 6 years. Added to this, whenever his team has missed out on the Finals he is always putting up his hand to Score in other games. Well done Peter – your commitment is very much appreciated.

Nostradamus
Chris Williamson (C2) is rapidly gaining a reputation as a tactical genius. This comment from Steve Baker about Ashraf Ahmed:
“Towards the end of his spell, Ashraf was starting to tire. At this point, after 5 balls that were no real threat, Chris Williamson turned to Glenn and me in slips and commented-Ash is the kind of bower who will bowl 5 balls that aren't that brilliant and then produce a gem. Next ball, Ash promptly produced a stunner-a delivery that pitched well outside off stump, decking back through the gap to clean up the top of off stump-it was a ball that would get most batsmen out. I think would be one of the best calls/predictions of how someone can bowl I have ever heard off.”

Semi Finalists
Even though we still have this round to go we can now congratulate the following teams who have made it through to the Semi Finals:
• A2 – will finish 3rd
• Colts – will finish 1st or 2nd
• C1 White – 1st
• C2 – will come 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Good luck to our Teams who have a real chance of making it:
• A1 – currently 4th and can finish 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th
• B1 Blue – currently 5th but just 3 points off the pace
• C1 Red – 5th and 2 points off.

For our B1 Red and D2 sides who can’t make it – go out and enjoy the last 2 weekends of cricket fella’s.

Top 10 run scorers – after Round 13
1. Nick Bennett (Colts) 443 @ 110.75
2. Michael McDowell (C1 White) 328 @ 46.86
3. Dan Moye (B1) 287 @ 35.88
4. Andrew Mills (B1) – 281 @ 21.62
5. Geoff Starr (C1 Red) – 278 @ 30.89
6. Tim Starr (C1 Red) – 258 @ 19.85
7. James Makin (A1) – 257 @ 42.83
8. Troy Newman (A1) – 255 @ 28.33
9. Taylor Paton (Colts) 254 @ 50.80
10. Dom Bourke (B1) – 251 @ 25.10

Top 10 Bowlers
1. Ben McNamara (C1 White) – 23 @ 14.13
2. Peter Stott (A1) – 20 @ 12.05
3. Ravi Shankar (D2) – 20 @ 14.25
4. Jacques Visser (C2) – 19 @ 23.16
5. Dylan Brogan (Colts) – 18 @ 10.67
6. Isaac Malamel (C2) – 18 @ 17.39
7. Bran Ramachandran (D2) – 18 @ 18.83
8. Nick Bennett (Colts) – 17 @ 8.12
9. Jaskaran Singh (C2) – 17 @ 13.29
10. Matt Dawson (A1) - 17 @ 15.59

Club Championship
At the end of Round 13 and with 1 games to go we are getting into the Championship end of the Season. Unless we have a couple of bad Rounds looks like we are on track to win our 5th consecutive Seniors Club Championship:

1. WPHC 1,656
2. Kenthurst 1,305
3. Normanhurst-Warrawee 1,295
4. St Ives 1,276
5. Berowra 1,127
6. CHRSL 1,100
7. Hornsby 1,053
8. Asquith RL 1,047
9. Kissing Pt 980
10. Galston-Glenorie 614

Points table
Just a reminder that you can get this info from www.cricketnsw.com.au/hkhdca - the table as at the end of Round 13 is:

• A1 – 42 points (4th )
• Colts – 49 points (1st)
• A2 – 49 points (3rd)
• B1 Blue – 44 points (5th)
• B1 Red – 27 points (6th )
• C1 White – 63 points (1st)
• C1 Red – 46 points (5th )
• C2 – 50 points (3rd)
• D2 – 22 points (=6th)

Personal achievements

The next big one coming up is:
• Steve Baker 57 to his 1,000 runs.

Name Grade Achievement
Sean Doohan A2 100 wickets Vs Kenthurst Semi Final 17/3/2007

Nathan Fathers C1 1,000 runs Vs Hornsby

Jacques Visser C2 50 wickets Vs Hornsby

Ross Anderson C1 7,000 runs Vs ARL

Ryan Cherrie B1 150 wickets Vs Mt Colah

Andrew Mills B1 2,000 runs Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee

Simon Smyth A1 200 wickets – Vs Berowra

Adam Walter A1 100 wickets Vs Berowra

Matt Dawson A1
• 3,000 runs – Vs Kenthurst
• 200 wickets Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee•

Chandana Jayasekera B1 Red 1,000 runs Vs St Ives

Roger Friend D2 100 wickets Vs Normanhurst Warrawee

James Makin
A2 • 3,000 runs Vs Kenthurst
Kishore Rampersad
C1 • 250 wickets – Vs Castle Hill RSL
Steve Baker C2 943 runs – 57 to 1,000

DCA website – points table
Now that the season is well underway anyone can track how their teams are going in the Competition in Both Seniors, Juniors and Girls by accessing the following website: www.cricketnsw.com.au/hkhdca and then just go to WPHCCC and then your team.

Alternatively, just go to Links on our website and it is the first entry.

Probably worth locking this into your favourites and checking after each game for the standings.

Posted by Ross Anderson on February 17, 2008 06:07 AM