Northern District Test Match lunch
The Annual Test Match lunch run by our parent Club Northern District is on again and we have been invited to have a table. Details are;
• When: Friday 27th November
• Where: Hornsby RSL
• Time: 12.00 noon to whenever
• Cost: $100 (includes food and drink)
• Clothing: collar and tie

Guest speakers will be Doug Walters and Wayne Phillips – very entertaining speakers.

If interested then please get back to Ross Anderson – it should be great fun.

Durham Shield Reps (U19’s)
The Association needs players to complete the Durham Shield Rep side so if you are U19 and want to play some good standard cricket representing our Association please get in contact with Judy Gussey on jgussey@optusnet.com.au .

Found D2 Premiership Cap
If anyone is missing a D2 Premiership cap from 2006-07 then just let Ross Anderson know. It has been found and is help by Ben Frawley.

Juniors
Are in recess until Saturday 17th October when School holidays finish.

Seniors Results
A1 Grade Vs St Ives 4/91 – a solid start before rain intervened. After having Hornsby 3/15 they went the ‘slog’ and got the runs in 17 overs. Good bowling by Scott Henderson 2/20 and one wicket each to Matt Spalding and Adam Walter has us in still a good position.

A2 Vs St Ives 9/121 – after rocking up to the Glade both teams decided the pitch was in no condition to play on, so we played at Headen Park instead. They won the toss and batted, started well at 0/40 but we pulled them back to 9/121 before the days-end. Darren Morrow who hadn't bowled a ball since his winning grand final wicket last season came in with 6/22 off 14 and bowled brilliantly. Tim Rae snuck in with 2 wickets at the end. Real good result, these guys consider themselves a batting side and I'm sure we can knock off the runs next week once we get the 10th wicket!

Colts Red Vs Hornsby – Colts start up again on the 24th October after the HSC

Colts Blue Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee – Colts start up again on the 24th October after the HSC

B1 Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee – no play possible at Normanhurst Oval. To be a 1-dayer next weekend.

B2 5/153 defeated on first innings Mt Colah 100 – a good day for the boys. Bowling first, Mt Colah never looked comfortable or well set as we bowled them out for 100, with Tim Starr (5/24) and Mark Bennett (2/21) doing most of the damage. In reply, a blistering opening partnership of 73 from 11 overs between Nick Starr (12) and Alex Connell (63) meant the result was never in doubt. Alex also passed the 2000 career run mark during his innings. A solid 35 from Tim Scoular helped us to 5/153 at the close of play with still plenty of batting to come, with Ben Nolan being unluckily bowled on the last ball of the day.

C1 119 Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee 4/11 – a fascinating days play on a very slow and wet Headen Park where the runs could be at least doubled. Batting against a disciplined attack that lacked pace it was difficult to force the ball. It was even tougher with a freshly laid 5 metre square of new turf layed either side of the wicket. Daniel Anderson (DA) held the innings together with a chanceless 28 in just on 150 minutes and was the 8th wicket to fall. Gamini (29) and Craig Hutchinson (16*) put on an invaluable 45 for the 9th wicket with anything over 100 defendable. Our turn to bowl with 9 overs remaining. After having them 3/0 with superb bowling by Andrew Watt 2/5 (4 overs) and John Steel we showed how tough the batting was. The final wicket was a brilliant opportuntist piece by DA who threw down the stumps from point for a batsman out of his crease after an unsuccessful appeal. 131 runs, 14 wickets in 75 overs with good batsmen says it all. Given equal conditions next week this should be a good score.

C2 7/267 Vs Hornsby – a powerful batting effort from this talented side. Narendra Kulrarni set the scene with a very good 42 then enter Chris Milosevic (down from Colts) with 92 (his previous highest score was 97) and Tim Anderson with 34. Another highlight was a 7th wicket partnership of 105 between Chris and Nikunj Patel (28*). This should be enough to get us back into teh winners list.

C3 148 defeated on 1st innings Normanhurst-Warrawee 57 – welcome back to form with a bang. A comprehensive result. Fabulous bowling with 2 wickets a piece to – Riley Meidler, Chris Creais, Sid Sethi & Luke Herzog. A decent win on 1st innings but not as much of a lead as we'd hoped for to ensure a chance at an outright.

D1
Red 6/87 Vs WPHC Blue – on a slow Northholm field we got off to a reasonable start with Marco Delgado top scoring with 29 the boys suffered a middle order collapse before Peter Dick and Chris Grima steadied the ship. Looking forward to next week and believe this will be a close contest against WPHCC Blue, that shows good signs with a consistent bowling attack. Ian Nichol was the pick of a good bowling attack with 3/14. The real star was Jonathan van Blerk with 3 catches behind the wicket. Congratulations also to both teams on the way they played the game – always tough playing against our own Club but both Teams have done this well.

D2 192 Vs Castle Hill 3/23 – after winning the toss and batting we are in a solid position with Sahil Talpade scoring his first ton with 104 (our 342nd century). Our turn to bowl and Ankit Grover bowled very well with 3/10 to set us well for our first win.

Simon Smyth – the wedding
Wedding bells
Got to hand it to Simon (A1 and former Senior’s Director) and his lovely partner who have scheduled their wedding next Friday. The reason is to make sure the A1 boys are able to turn up and play the next day. Great Club spirit but we are all looking forward to seeing how A1 backup on Saturday after the night before.

The publicity
After Brett White’s (Melbourne Storm player) decision to delay his wedding, 2MMM opened the lines for good stories about wedding’s. One of our players (won’t mention your name Tim) ‘phoned the radio station to share this wonderful scheduling.

Not a leg to stand on
Got to hand it to Simon who had his Buck’s night last Saturday night. Somehow, Simon managed to break his foot which will put him out of action for 9/12 weeks. Problem is that no one remembers how it happened other than hazy memories about Matt Spalding’s size 15 feet stumbling over Simon sometime between 10.30 am on Sunday and 3.30 am on Monday – must have been some party.

The run chase
Peter Westerberg (D2 Captain) is one of our most popular players and is involved in one of the Club’s great milestone achievements. He already has the record for the most number of consecutive game appearances – he has not missed a game since his debut in 2002-03. But he is also approaching his 100 run milestone. Only 16 runs to go but the challenge is to get there before his 100th innings (now sitting on 79 innings) – no pressure Peter.

The ‘Sting’
Steve Matosic (C3) was ‘chatting to one of the Normo batters who had been batting for about 16 overs and had not hit a boundary at Greenway. The run of the tape went something like this:

Steve: "Hey mate, I'll give you five bucks if you hit a boundary next ball"
Normo batter: Very watchful, plays defensive.
Steve: " Hey mate, double or nothing, ten bucks"
Normo batter: begins to twitch but again plays defensively.
Steve: "Hey mate, I'll make it a slab if you hit one this ball".
Normo batter: More twitching, decides to have a swipe at the next ball.
Result – bowled off stump.

Player of the Year
In Seniors, the Player of the Year this will be done by a 3-2-1 points allocation at the end of each match. Current points as at the end of Round 2 are:
• 5 points:
o Matt Scoular (B1)
o Matt Thorndyke (B1)
• 4 points:
o Sam Croft (Colts)
o Nikunj Patel (C2)
o Ben Pilipowski (D2)
o Sam Thariani (D2)
• 3 points:
o Mark Bennett (B1)
o Michael Dale (3)
o Dinesh de Silva (C1)
o Peter Dick (C3)
o Arki Grover (D2)
o Geoff Richards (B2)
o Geoff Starr (B2)
o Carl Madsen (Colts)
o Michael McGregor (A2)
o Amir Marzouk (A2)
o Ian Nichol (D1 Blue)
o Tim Scoular (Colts)
o Pratah Sinnetamby (C3)
o Chris Williamson (C2)
o Lachlan Vile (D1 Red)

After each match we will list the top 10 based on cumulative points.

The elite
The top 10 cumulative run scorers (Seniors) and wicket takers after each Round 2 are:

Top 10 batsmen
1. 154 – Sam Thariani (D2)
2. 148 – Lachlan Vile (D1)
3. 144 – Matt Scoular (Colts)
4. 143 – Matt Thorndyke (B1)
5. 130 – Chetan Bhatt (D1)
6. 129 – Ankit Grover (D2)
7. 111 – Russell Ingram (C2)
8. 108 – Michael Dale (Colts)
9. 93 – Amir Marzouk (A2)
10. 92 – Michael McGregor (A2)

Top 10 bowlers
1. 7 wickets @ 11.43 – John Steel (C1)
2. 7 @ 8.86 – Jacques Visser (C2)
3. 6 @ 11.67 – Nikunj Patel (C2)
4. 6 @ 8.33 – Geoff Richards (C3)
5. 6 @ 8.50 – Tim Starr (B2)
6. 5 @ 10.00 – Geoff Starr (B2)
7. 5 @ 9.40 – Ian Nichol (D1)
8. 5 @ 14.60 – Ankit Grover (D2)
9. 4 @ 11.50 – Tim Anderson (Colts)
10. 4 @ 6.75 – Scott Jobson (B1)

Top 5 catches (non wicket keeping)
1. 3 catches - Andrew Miedler (C3)
2. 3 – Daniel Anderson (C1)
3. 2 – Lalin De Silva (A2)
4. 2 – Peter Lees (C2)
5. 2 – Tim Millington (B1)

Captain’s Umpires Course
The next Umpires Course for Senior Captain’s is fast approaching. Details are:
• When: Tuesday 27th October & Wednesday 28th October
• Where: Montview Oval (Hornsby Heights)
• Time: 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm.

Just let Ross Anderson know if you are interested attending.

Personal achievements
Congratulations
To both Peter Heidegger (C2) and Marco Delgado (D1) on reaching their 1,000 run personal milestone – great effort fella’s.

Also a special landmark to Alex Connell who clocked up his 2,000 runs - great effor Alex.

After each game this will be updated so that we can track these achievements over the season. A couple of big ones are coming up:
• Simon Davies 75 for his 5,000 runs
• Rowan Keating – 8 to his 1,000
• Amir Marzouk – 1 wicket for his 250
• Peter Westerberg – just 16 for his 100 runs.
• Chris Williamson – 25 to his 1,000
• James McBrien - 36 to his 1,000 runs.

Gavin Taylor A1 Scored 1000th run Vs Kenthurst @ Kenthurst 28/2/09

Peter Heidegger C2 1,000 runs Vs Hornsby @ Annangrove 10/10 09

Marco Delgado D1 1,000 runs Vs WPHC Blue @ Northholm Grammar 10/10/09

Alex Connell B1 2,000 runs Vs Mt Colah @ Mt Ku-ring-gai 11/10/09

Mark Bell C2 44 wickets – 6 to 50

Simon Davies

A1 4,925 runs – 75 runs to 5,000

Matt Dawson
A1 239 wickets – 11 to 250

Nathan Fathers
C1 1,770 runs – 230 runs to 2,000

Matt Jobson
A2 909 runs – 81 to 1,000 runs

Eric Junkkari
C1 331 wickets – 19 to 350

Rowan Keating
992 runs – 8 to 1,000

Peter Lees
C2 2,790 runs – 210 to 3,000 career runs

Amir Marzouk A2 249 wickets – 1 to 250

James McBrien B2 964 runs – 36 to 1,000

Tim Millington
B2 951 runs – 49 to 1,000 runs

John Mitchell C1 45 wickets – 5 to 50

Matt Nolan B2 890 runs – 110 to 1,000

Andrew Percival B2 866 runs – 134 to 1,000

Alistair Rayment 185 wickets – 15 to 200 wickets

Faisal Shamis
D1 831 runs – 169 to 1,000

Simon Smyth
A1 1,871 runs – 129 to 2,000 career runs

231 wickets – 19 wickets to 250 career wickets

Leigh Van den Broeke A2 2,727 runs – 214 to 3,000 runs

Andrew Watt C1 947 runs – 53 to 1,000 runs

Peter Westerberg D2 84 runs – 16 to 100

Chris Williamson
C2 975 runs – 25 to 1,000 career runs

Posted by Ross Anderson on October 11, 2009 06:29 AM