Just an update on the scores from Saturday. There will be a further update with a fuller report on Monday.

Seniors
Day one of the Grand Final happened on Saturday – the results follow:

A2 131 lost to Kenthurst 8/229
Day 1
Batting first we didn’t take advantage of a good Parklands Oval batting wicket to set a good score. Ben Frawley with 37 and Scott Henderson 33, were the key after the early loss of wickets but needed more support. With a strong bowling attack our objective we will be going into Day 2 with a plan to get quick wickets and put them under pressure.

Day 2
Kenthurst batted on and with a lead of just on 100 the mercy rule was called and the game finished early. Matt Jobson did really well with 4 wickets with the remaining spread between Steve Quanborough, Ben Frawley and Scott Henderson who took one each. All up a disappointing outcome to finish off what was an outstanding season. Well done fella’s.

Colts 275 defeated Berowra 124
Day 1
The lads did what they needed to do on a beautiful batting track at Storey Park. Sujith Dissanayake with 98 was superb and got fabulous backup from Tim Scoular with 53 and Nick Bennett 39. We got the runs quickly and then had 21 overs at Berowra who are in trouble. Dylan Brogan has 2/13 and the killer blow came 2 run-outs – one by Mark Bennett with a direct hit from side on. We are well on the way to winning our first Colts premiership.

Day 2
As expected, we continued on from the 5/49 overnight and had a comprehensive to win to takeout our first Colts Premiership. The guys just steamrolled Berowra. Dylan Brogan was outstanding, taking 5/17 from 14 overs and got great support from Nick Bennett and Tim Scoular with 1 wicket each plus the 2 run-outs from Saturday. The fantastic win against a good side.

C1 White 141 and 90 lost outright (after leading first innings) Hornsby 123 and 146
Day 1
This was always going to be a tough game for both sides on a difficult wicket that had a lot of late sideways movement. We bowled and fielded brilliantly but still had a challenging run chase. Geoff Richards with 3/18, John Steel 3/14, Andrew Watt 2/29 and Ben McNamara 2/49 were outstanding. Our turn to bat against a strong attack. At 6/45 we were struggling. Enter Michael McDowell (33) and Geoff Richards (45*) and we got an invaluable lead.

Day 2
This was always going to be a tough day 2 on a substandard wicket with 2 strong bowling sides. Continuing on at 2/31 they got away early but superb bowling by Geoff Richards (3/40) and Ben McNamara (5/72) restricted them to a gettable 129 target. Geoff was unbelievable with 10 overs of bowling despite a strained thigh muscle and bowling on a shortened run. Added to this John Steel who bowled with a hamstring strain and it was an amazing effort to restrict them. Batting a second time we lost early wickets again to be 3/10 but enter Michael McDowell 30 and Tony Hadley 28 and at 3/60 we were well in it. Then some good bowling with the odd rogue ball and we lost key wickets. All up, a close game (29 run loss over 4 innings) but a fantastic season by the boys who took out the Minor Premiership.

C2 105 lost to CHRSL 8/305
Day 1
Playing at Greenway Park we are chasing what is gettable score. Teams need to score between 250 and 300+ to post a competitive score on this deck. This track offers the bowlers no assistance and with a fast outfield this score is not as daunting as it looks. Not surprisingly the quicks did little damage. Steve Steve Baker (4/38), Chris Williamson (3/40) and Jacques Visser (1/30) all bowling spin took the wickets. There is a lot of batting left but this is the place to do it.

Day 2
While the scores indicate that this match was all over easily, the reality was different. We fought hard and got to within 90 minutes of saving it. Chris Williamson was superb – batting for just on 4.5 hours to eventually be given out caught off the pad. Isaac Malamel was also very good with his 24. All up, the C2’s had another good year, winning the minor premiership but going down in the Final. Bad luck but a fabulous season overall.

Posted by Ross Anderson on March 16, 2008 09:17 PM