Our latest Representative players
Congratulations to our latest Rep players who will be representing the Association in the showpiece games over the next 2 weeks:

HK&HDCA Invitation XII – all age
Daniel Brain, Sujith Dissanayake, Carl Madsen,

Ross Turner Cup (showpiece East Vs West U15-U14 game)
Daniel Anderson (Capt West), James Madden (Capt, East), Connor Jackson, (U15), Nicholas Hey (U14), James Partridge (U14), Bhavya Nanda (U15), Sid Shankar (U16), Mansimar Singh (U14), Lachlan Vile (U16).

Glenn Hourigan Cup (showpiece East Vs West U13 – U12 game)
John Anderson (Capt West), Lachlan Anchique, Harrison Broughton, Sid Dissanayake, Daniel Heidegger, Travis Loxton, Kristoff O’Meara, Vyas Rajan.

Cricket Carnival Day for people with disabilities
CNSW is again running its successful Carnival for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. This is very successful and participation is open to everyone who fits this description. Details are;
• When: Saturday 13th March 2010
• Where: Queens Park cricket fields 20 & 23, Darley Road, Queens Park
• Time: 11.00 am or 3.00 pm
• Cost: $30 / person

If you are interested in a family member giving this a go then please contact Donna Little at CNSW on donna.little@cricketnsw.com.au or call 8302-6033.

Senior Competition Survey
The Senior Competition is running a Survey of all Registered players to get input into the way the Competition is run next season. Al Senior players will get the survey by email this week and need to respond to Steve Wilson by Sunday 26th February. We encourage everyone to spend a few minutes filling out the survey as it is our chance to determine what the Comp will look like next season.

Presentation days
Juniors
One for the diaries:
• When: Sunday 14th March
• Where: Campbell Park (Cherrybrook Community Centre is the wet weather fallback)
• Time: 11.00 am or 2.00 pm at Cherrybrook if it is wet

This is a big day with upwards of 600 people coming along with free drinks, sausage sizzle and entertainment for the kids. More details will come from your Team Manager so stay tuned.

Seniors
Another one for the diaries:
• When: Friday 7th May
• Where: Castle Hill RSL (Sovereign Room)
• Time: 7.30 pm kickoff

This is one of the highlights of the year and every year it just gets better. Players, families and friends are most welcome. One of the good things also is the large number of partners and parents who turn up with the younger players especially. More info will follow on this one so stay tuned.

Juniors
The Juniors completed their last round of the Competition on Saturday before the Finals start next week. Final standings of our Teams are:

• U16’s: 1st (White), 4th (Blue) and 6th (Red)
• U15’s - 5th (Blue), 6th (White), 8th (Red), 11th (Green)
• U14’s - 3rd (Blue), 4th (Red), 5th (Green) and 11th (White)
• U13’s 1st (Gold), 4th (Green), 7th (Red), 12th (Blue), 14th (White)
• U12’s - 3rd (Red), 4th (Blue), 8th (Gold), 11th (Green)
• U11’s - 3rd (Gold), 5th (Blue), 6th (Green), 15th (Red)

U10 and U9’s play a non competition game.

Saturday results
U16’s
WPHC White 9/191 Vs WPHC Blue

U14’s
WPHC Blue 8/162 Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee

WPHC Red 0/39 Vs Hornsby 113

U13’s
WPHC Gold Vs WPHC Green – scores to come

U12’s
WPHC Blue 121 Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee 0/12

WPHC Red 0/8 Vs Redfield Red 101

U11’s
WPHC Gold 131 Vs Upper Hills

Seniors
Day 1 of the final round before the Semi Finals in 2 weeks.

The results are:

A1 4/76 Vs Hornsby 124 – this is turning out to a huge game for us given that 3rd placed Kenthurst looks like losing and a win here will put us in 3rd spot and a easier semi game next week. Just a very solid bowling effort from everyone. All 6 bowlers took wickets. Spaldo's first spell was a highlight - 41 dot balls before they finally scored off him. A couple of stutters in the batting but we'll get the runs

A2 Vs Glenhaven – details to follow. It was Jobbo’s21st last night so we might get the scores through if he is sober enough later in the day.

Colts
Red 115 defeated WPHC Blue 68 and 0/5 – although it had been a relatively fine week The Glade still managed to be spongy and proved challenging for the batting of both WPHC teams. The Blue team had first go at it and managed 68 with accurate bowling from Parneet Bhatia and Isaac Malamel returning them 4/9 each. Darshan Pandya battled strongly and top scored with an excellent 30 which provided a total to defend. The Red teams batting suffered the same difficulties early in the innings and were looking precarious at 5/33. Parneet Bhatia complemented his fine bowling display with a patient and timely 27 and Daniel Brain's aggressive 33 saw the total reach 118, a 50 run lead.

B1 7/396 Vs Kenthurst – a warm-up for the semi's with 2nd place secured and no chance of claiming the minor premiership. We started the game 16 minutes late with Kenthurst looking uninterested and unorganised -they even took the field without a keeper before a player return to put some pads on.

We started slowly but solidly with Matt Thorndyke and Paul Tilley taking the score to 52 in the 18th over before Matt fell for 34. Tim Millington arrived at the crease and looked in great touch from ball one. He and Paul took the score to 125 before Paul departed for a season-high 41. Tim continued to dominate belting the Kenthurst attack all over the park racing to 50 including ten boundaries. He gave no opportunities and kept the runs coming bringing up his hundred with a lofted drive down the ground. Tim wasn't finished here and continued to build his total with Kenthurst tiring in the field. He brought up his 150 (our 351st century) during an over which include five consecutive boundaries before finally falling for 180, a very memorable innings and a best for any batsman in B-grade this season. More about this innings below.

Good knocks from James Mielnik (24) and Josh Kleinhans (38) supported Tim before Scott Jobson and Chris Thorndyke took 30 runs off the last two overs of the day to leave us just shy of 400. With a strong bowling attack next week we are very confident of an outright win.

B2 250 Vs Beecroft 0/25 – in a 1 Vs 7 game it ended up being quite a good day, however it was looking far less promising early. Alex Connell (25) and Duncan Moore (24) got us away well early, but there were plenty of wickets falling at regular intervals, and when Ben McNamara (22) and Ben Nolan (22) both fell, we were on the back foot at 8/128. However, this brought the brothers to the crease together for the first time this season, and Lachlan (46*) and James McBrien (67) put on a great stand of 94 for the 9th wicket to really turn the game back in our favour. We went out and bowled 11 overs, and despite not taking a wicket, we should be able to defend this score next week against the bottom placed side if we play anywhere near our best. The 9th wicket partnership was a good one but just a little off the record B2 9th wicket club record of 145* between Anthony Wilson and Simon Smyth on 18/1/2004.

C1 182 Vs Kenthurst 2/41 – while our 2nd spot in the Comp is assured we wanted to go into the Semi’s with good momentum. Batting first we started very well with Kishore Rampersad (20) and Eric Junkkari (30). Then Daniel Anderson scored 52 runs to have us well placed at 3 down for around 110. John Steel also hammered the bowling to score 30 in 5 scoring shots and we were looking at 250 with a strong batting order to follow. We failed to capitalise and posted a score well below par for Annangrove. In the 21 overs we had left we had them 2/41 and with a couple of early wickets on a wicket that offers the bowlers a bit of encouragement we are still in the contest. Well done to DA whose 52 brought up his 800th run and 32 wickets for the season in Association games this season in U15s, C1 and Weblin Shield.

C2 4/56 Vs Mt Colah 229 – just to maintain the pattern we once again lost the toss and were asked to bowl on a ideal batting day by Mt Colah. This is a 2 (us) Vs 3 match-up, so is of interest for the semis in 2 weeks time. We bowled with a less than full strength attack and managed to get them all out for 229 in the 50th over. Bowling was shared between 8 bowlers with the wickets shared amongst the bowlers. Our run chase did not start well and we ended the day at 4/56 with Chris Williamson and Glen O'Conner at the crease.

C3
White 258 Vs Kissing Point 1/12 – given the score, a disappointing end to the day, given we had KP by the throat but let them off the hook. After an excellent start courtesy of Pratah Sinnetamby (a solid 49), Brendan Harkin (a magnificent 81) and Riley Miedler (a quick fire 33), we were looking great at 3/203 after 47 overs. However, we lost 5/13 with some very lackadaisical batting. A last wicket partnership of 21 between Brett Hawkins (24) and Chris Creais (8 not out) allowed us to finish with a bit of momentum. We had 13 overs to bowl, and created some tense moments for the Kissing Point openers, but we managed to take a vital wicket on the last ball of the day to have them at 1/12. On a small oval, we have our work cut-out for us next week....with momentum needed before the Semi Finals.

Blue 4/340 Vs Kenthurst – we lost the toss and were put into bat on a very hot day on a very slow outfield at Glenhaven, Chetan and Vishnu Ratnam opened the batting & got off to a steady start. Vishnu was looking good, but was eventually bowled on 61 runs. Claudio van Blerk went in his usual position & showed the rest of us how to play cricket with a straight bat, with Russell Smith supporting him they both took advantage of anything that deserved to be hit. After a great knock, Russell was caught & finished with 50 runs. Even though the outfield was slow, Claudio decided he would take the direct route, with 4x6’s & 11x4’s. Claudio is currently on 140 (our 352nd century) & Michael on 28 both will be out there to start next week.

D1 0/24 Vs ARL 211 – in a 2 Vs 5 playoff Montview Oval seems to be our bogey ground because the last time we played there we dropped 7 catches. Well, this week we went one better by dropping 9 catches which in the end is the reason that we are chasing 211 instead of about 120. Whilst our catching was not up to standard there were other areas of play that were impressive and we fancy our chances of chasing down 211. Our best bowlers today were Roger Friend 3/27, Marco Delgado 3/31, David Behelevanas 2/31 and Graham Auld 2/53

D2 14 lost to Kenthurst 124 –what a day. Playing with a weakened team against 2nd placed Kenthurst we were in early trouble and it went downhill from there. After being 0/9 we were all out for 14 – the lowest D2 score in our history, beating the previous record of 30 set back in 2005 at Northholm. More about this week. When we bowled we didn’t give in and rolled them for 120 with almost every bowler used taking a wicket. Best were Arkit Grover 2/19, Aparajit Roy 2/5, John Anderson 2/11. It will take a huge effort to win from here but we will try and have fun in the process.

Player of the Year
The regular updates have now been closed off for the season with the winner announced at the Presentation Night.

The Fiedler Miedler Finals Family affair
How about this for a family Finals commitment. Our esteemed Seniors Director, Andrew Fiedler will be Captaining our C3 Minor Premiers in the Major Semi in 2 weeks. There will be 4 Fiedler’s who take to the field in Semi Finals (Juniors this weekend and Seniors next weekend) and will play in a cumulative 5 Semi Finals.

Andrew Miedler is our Director Coaching and has the same family members who are playing in the same Finals games:

The Fiedler’s
C3 Grade Semi: Andrew (dad) and Daniel
U16: Daniel
U14: Stuart
U12: Michael

The Miedler’s
C3 Grade Semi: Andrew (dad) and Riley
U16: Riley
U14: Harrison
U12s: Bailey

On the WPHC and Berowra Fiedler’s (they are really WPHC stock)
Colts: Greg (dad) and Will (Berowra)
A2: James (playing with WPHC)
B2 : Brad (Berowra)
U15: Brad (Berowra)

The Ides of March
After this Round we will have 10 and possibly 11 Teams in the Seniors Semi Finals. In 2005/06 we had 7 Teams in the Semi’s and everyone was beaten so we ended up with no teams in the Finals. The lesson is that while this is our most successful season ever with 10 Teams as a minimum in the Semi it is no foregone conclusion about the next step. So play hard but beware the Ides of March.

Anatomy of a big innings
How about Tim Millington’s 180 on Saturday in B1 Grade. This innings included:
o 29 x 4 and 1 X 6 – 120 runs in boundaries
o batted for 52 overs
o The first hundred was chanceless, with no opporunities until around 120
o In one over he took the first five balls for boundaries.

It is also the 7th highest score in our history. The 2nd and 3rd highest were also scored this season by Russel Ingram when he score 211 and 223.

C3 turnaround – from famine to flood
The C3 Comp was started in 2001/02and we have never played in a Final let alone won a C3 Premiership. Maybe this year. We have by far the best 2 teams in the Com (Andrew Fiedler’s White Team and Jonathan van Blerk’s Blue Team) who will finish 1 and 2. If they play to form they are both big chances of playing each other in the Final and ensuring we get a Club Premier for the first time. Good luck on the weekend fella’s.

Quote of the Round
It had to come from Chris Williamson (C2) who attributed the blame for a miss-field to a problem we all experience at some time:
“My fingers got caught in his shoelaces"

Ofcourse they did Chris.

Arithmetic progression
John Steel (C1) is never one to sit back and score slowly. On Saturday he score 30 runs in 5 scoring shots. The sequence, in order was: 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6

Kookaburra sits on the old.....middle stump
In a U15 Kimbo Cup game yesterday a kookaburra flew onto middle stump and just perched there as the bowler was coming into bowl and didn’t want to move. Despite efforts to gently push it with a bat it wasn’t moving. It was not until it was picked up and put on the ground that it decided to fly away.

The elite
The latest top 10 cumulative run scorers (Seniors) and wicket takers as at the end of Round 14 day 1 follow.

Top 10 batsmen
1. 649 @ 72.11 – Russell Ingram (C2 & Colts)
2. 536 @ 35.73 – Sam Thariani (D2)
3. 525 @ 43.75 – Allan Raffel (D1)
4. 497 @ 38.23 – Tim Millington (B1)
5. 489 @ 54.33 – Matt Scoular (B1)
6. 488 @ 69.71 – Brendan Harkin (C3 White)
7. 480 @ 60.00 – Claudio van Blerk (C3 Blue)
8. 469 @ 39.08 – Gavin Taylor (A1)
9. 430 @ 53.80 – Daniel Anderson (C1)
10. 426 @ 53.30 – Lachlan Vile (D1)

Top 10 bowlers
1. 31 @ 13.68 – Rowan Keating (B1)
2. 28 @ 14.29 – Jacques Viser (C2)
3. 27 @ 11.11 – Rahul Sabherwal (C3 Blue)
4. 27 @ 13.93 – Nik Patel (C2)
5. 27 @ 14.37 – John Steel (C1)
6. 27 @ 14.56 – Scott Jobson (B1)
7. 26 @ 9.96– Tim Starr (B2)
8. 26 @ 13.92 – Arun Kumar (C3 Blue)
9. 25 @ 11.76 – Matt Dawson (A1)
10. 22 @ 10.68 – Geoff Richards (B2)
11. 22 @ 15.05 – Ankit Grover (D2)
12. 22 @ 15.36 – Scott Henderson (A1)

Top 5 catches (non wicket keeping)
1. 9 – Tim Millington (B1)
2. 9 – Nik Patel (C2)
3. 8 – John Steel (C1)
4. 8 – Brett Hawkins (C3)
5. 8 – Lachlan McBrien (B2)

Champion Player by Grade
• A1: Gavin Taylor 66.8 points (1st for Club in A1 & 7th in the Grade)
• A2: Matt Jobson 81.4 points (1st for Club & 1st in Association)
• Colts: Michael Dale 49.4 points (1st & 2nd)
• B1: Andrew Joyce 79.4 points (1st & 4th)
• B2: Geoff Starr – 70.1 points (1st & 4th)
• C1: John Steel – 86.0 points (1st & 4th)
• C2: Russell Ingram – 101.6 points (1st & 1st)
• C3: Riley Miedler – 76.1 points (1st & 3rd)
• D1: Allan Raffel – 96.50 points (1st & 2nd)

Competition table
Standings after Round 13 are:
• A1: 4th
• A2: 3rd
• Colts
o Red: 3rd
o Blue: 5th
• B1: 2nd
• B2: 1st
• C1: 2nd
• C2 3rd
• C3:
o White 1st
o Blue: 2nd
• D1: 2nd
• D2: 7th

With 1 Round to go we have 10 of our 12 Teams in the Top 4 – a Club record and most likely an Association record.

Personal achievements
This is current up to the end of Round 13 and will be updated to include the latest Round once scores are in. A couple of big ones are coming up:

• Simon Davies – 6 runs to 5,000 runs
• Rowan Keating – 5 wickets to his 100
• Peter Lees – 54 runs to 3,000 runs
• Peter Westerberg – just 10 for his 100 runs

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

Peter Heidegger C2 1,000 runs Vs Hornsby 2 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

Tim Millington
B1 1,000 runs Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee @ Normanhurst Oval 17/10

Matt Jobson
A2 1,000 runs Vs Glenhaven @ Headen Park 24th October

Amir Marzouk A2 250 wickets Vs St Ives @ The Glade 18/10/2009

James McBrien
B2 1,000 runs Vs Hornsby @ Montview East 31/10/2009

Matt Dawson
A1 250 wickets Vs Castle Hill RSL @ Berowra 1/11/2009.

John Mitchell C1 50 wickets Vs Kissing Point @ Mimosa Oval 7/11/2009

Chris Williamson
C2 1,000 runs Vs Castle Hill @ Montview Oval West 15/11/2009

Scott Jobson
B1 100 wickets Vs Berowra @ Thornleigh Park 21/11/2009

Faisal Shamsi
D1 1,000 runs Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee @ Normanhurst Oval 19/12/2009

Greg Stoneham
C1 400 wickets Vs Berowra @ Warrina Street 24/1/2010

Mark Bell C2 50 wickets Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee 2 Glenhaven 23/1/2010

Rowan Keating
B1 1,000 runs Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee @ Normanhurst Oval 17/10

Simon Davies
A1 4,994 runs – 6 runs to 5,000

Peter Lees
C2 2,926 runs – 74 to 3,000 career runs

Nathan Fathers
C1 1,911 runs – 89 runs to 2,000

Simon Smyth
A1 1,945 runs – 55 to 2,000 career runs

231 wickets – 19 wickets to 250 career wickets

John Steel
C1 91 wickets – 9 to 100 wickets

Andrew Watt C1 972 runs – 28 to 1,000 runs

Peter Westerberg D2 90 runs – 10 to 100

Posted by Ross Anderson on February 28, 2010 06:43 AM