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.

Girls
This season we have 3 Girls teams – 2 in B grade and 1 in C Grade. They have done tremendously well this season. This weekend the Finals were played on Saturday.

B Grade – WPHC Blue Vs Gordon @ Berry Park

C Grade – WPHC Vs West Ryde Rovers @ Cedarwood Oval

Bad luck to our B Grade Red side that lost a close one to Gordon in their 20/20 Semi Final. The scores in the Semi Final were:

WPHC 5/86 (Dashuni Kannangara 16) lost to Gordon 4/87 (Georgia Willmot 2/9)

Juniors
The Junior Grand Finals were played last Sunday and congratulations our Premiers and Runner-up:
• U16’s: WPHC White (3rd successive victory)
• U15’s - no finalists
• U14’s - WPHC Blue
• U13’s WPHC Green
• U12’s - no finalists
• U11’s - Runner up

U10 and U9’s play a non competition game.

Grand Final results are:
U16’s
WPHC White 104 (Sid Shankar 26 and 1/6 off 11 overs) defeated Mt Colah 58

U14’s
WPHC Blue 6/151 (A Gnanasekaram 41, Matt Vile 24, Nicck Hey 20) defeated WPHC Red 92 (Matt Vile 2/18, J Cummings 2/6, J Roots 2/4, A. De Silva 2/12)

U13’s
WPHC Green 7/213 (A. Ramakrishnan 109, S Iyer 44, V Suri 22) defeated Kissing Point 159 (V Suri 1/31, A Ramakrishnan 1/27, K Li 2/18, A Bedi 2/9)

U11’s
WPHC 97 lost to Kissing Point Red 9/139

Seniors
Day 1 of the Semi Finals was played on Saturday. The results are:

A1 9/241 Vs St Ives – after a great middle and lower order comeback we’ve managed to post a very defendable score. St Ives had us 4 for 50, but then Simon Davies (55) and Matt Dawson (40) rescued us for the second week in a row. This was followed by solid contributions from all of the lower order, including a cracking 30 from Peter Stott, despite showers spicing up the pitch every hour or so. We batted out the day for only the second time this year, finishing on 9 for 241. With ARL a good chance of going down in their Semi this is a very good result.

A2 118 & 0/3 defeated St Ives 51 – after losing the toss, St Ives decided to put us into bat on a grassy looking Turramurra deck, nothing unusual or unexpected about that. After losing a few wickets we were looking rather shaky sitting at 3/9 off the first 10. After some consolidation by Amir Marzouk and James Fiedler we managed to get some runs on the board but unfortunately wickets kept falling, leaving us at 5/46 at the lunch break with runs very hard to come by. After a great dig from Michael Quieros (40) including two sixes, we managed to reach a defendable target of 118 feeling full confident our bowling attack could take some early poles. It took 8 runs to get our first, and then they fell at regular intervals. Darren Morrow and Dylan Brogan were superb - bowling 13 over opening spells each, finishing with 4/22 and 3/12 respectively. Matt Jobson chipped in at the end with 2/5 as we completely tore apart the St Ives batting line-up for a mere 51 runs. First innings is now secure but a long way to go in this match - we must make sure we bat well next week to ensure we take the game.

Colts Red 90 Vs Berowra 5/57 – a typical score on a typical Glade strip. Runs were very hard to get for both teams and Rob Aitken (26), Carl Madsen (24), Tim Anderson (17) and Daniel Brain (15) all batted positively to score the bulk of our runs. In reply Berowra have only managed 57 off 33 overs with the loss of 5 of their best batsmen. The match is very delicately poised and the early overs next Saturday will be most critical in determining which team will progress to the final.

B1 4/40 Vs Berowra 211 – not a lot to report here, our worst day of the season. Berowra arrived fired up ready to play and have put on their best performance of the year – we have pulled out our worst. In the field we dropped 10 catches and lacked any intensity. Rowan Keating was best taking 5/62 and Rhino Cherrie took 2/32. With just over an hour to bat we needed to be patient and look towards next week, but we played loose shots loosing unnecessary wickets. We have batting to come and will fight to the end, but we have it all to do next week. Congratulations to Rowan Keating who took his 100th wicket.

B2 112 defeated by St Ives 9/166 – not the best of days for us, but this is what semi finals cricket is all about. Losing the toss and being sent into bat on a damp and slow Headen Park, we never got going with the bat, at one point slumping to be 7/58, before the tail wagged slightly to get us up into triple figures and Give us something to bowl at. Lachlan McBrien (30*) and Nick Starr (25) the only positives with the bat.

Going out to defend 112 was never going to be easy, but a sensational opening spell from Ben McNamara (5/42) and Geoff Richards (2/34) ripped through the top order and leave them reeling at 6/37. However, this brought some tail-end hacks to the crease, and they slogged and swiped their way past our total 8 wickets down (albeit aided by a handful of missed opportunities) and into a strong position leading into the second day next week. Lachlan McBrien the only other wicket taker with 2/37.

Although we have gone down on the first innings, this game is going to go down to the wire in the 4th innings, as we have plenty of firepower with the bat ready to fire next week and get us the result we need.

C1 54 lost to Castle Hill 4/140 – finals are a different game and this proven yet again. The turning point came when our 3 most reliable batsman (DA, Kishore and Eric) went cheaply. The bowling was adequate but a combination of poor shot selection, bad luck and some ‘interesting’ decisions all went against us. We bowled well with the bat being beaten many times and again luck deserting us. It is not often that everything combines in one day but ‘that’s cricket’. Next week will take a huge effort to get across the line but stranger things have happened although in this case it might be an opportunity to enjoy the day.

C2 44 lost to Mt Colah 4/122 – we lost the toss and it went downhill from there. After losing 2 wickets in 7 balls we never really recovered. Peter Heidegger with 35 the only significant contributor in our score of 88. The 16th over of Colah’s innings gave us some hope as Mark Bell took wickets with the 1st 3rd and 5th deliveries to have them 3 for 28. But some disciplined batting from them saw them pass our score without further loss of wicket. Roll on next week as we seek an outright!

C3
White 145 Vs Mt Colah 5/50 – we continued on our winning run of tosses (Skipper Fiedler hasn't lost one since round 8), and batted with the intention of putting as much distance between us & 4th place Mt Colah. At 1/71, everything was going according to plan, however with Brendan Harkin's demise for 36, the wheels started falling off. Michael ‘Kramer’ Richards kept the side together with a fighting chanceless 46, and almost carried his bat being the 2nd last man out. The only other score above 6 was by Taki Manolelis with 14. We lost too many wickets to thoughtless cricket. We had about 90 mins to get amongst Mt Colah & that is what we did. Brett Hawkins was superb claiming 4/17 of 8 overs of guile and trickery. We applied plenty of pressure and all the bowlers responded. Colah still have batting to come, so this should be a beauty of a finish.

Blue 145 Vs Normanhurst/Warrawee – intersting days play, not as good a position as we would like to be, we used 81 overs to get to 145 runs. We are all out, highest scores are Vishnu on 25 Rahul not out on 23 and Vikas on 20.
We were about to start bowling when the rain came and the umpire called it off. A lot to do in this match but we are more than capable of defending this total.

D1 0/3 Vs Berowra 239 – after winning the toss in favourable conditions and sending Berowra in to bat, we managed to restrict a very good disciplined Berowra to 239. This week we held onto all our catches including a few screamers by Perry Waldron, Graham Auld and David Behelevanas. Our bowling was also satisfactory with 9 bowlers all chipping in with a wicket or two. Whilst runs on the board are important and chasing 239 can be viewed as challenging, we are well prepared and know that we will have our work cut out for us next week.

Cindrella Story
This year we thought it was going to happen but....we now have to wait until next season. Our longest running milestone saga is coming to a thrilling conclusion. D2 Captain Peter Westerberg is approaching (slowly) his career batting milestone of 100 career runs. What makes this fascinating is whether he gets there before his 100th innings. At the close of this season Peter has now scored 92 runs in 92 innings. The main interest next season will be to see what comes first – the century of innings or the century run milestone.

Bondi rescue
Brief background. Jas Singh, Nathan Fathers (C1) and Jacques Visser (C2) had a big night out on New Year eve. The end came when Jas found himself on Bondi Rescue being one of the ‘wasted’ revellers who managed to star on the show being taken away by the paramedics. As it turns out his drink was spiked. Anyway, Jas remembers waking up at about 11.00 am with tubes coming out of him. He managed to get himself home and there was Nathan and Jacques sleeping very comfortably. We are assured though that they made sure he was OK before taking up residence in Jas’ place.

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

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

Top 10 batsmen
1. 649 @ 72.11 – Russell Ingram (C2 & Colts)
2. 536 @ 35.73 – Sam Thariani (D2)
3. 526 @ 40.46 – Allan Raffel (D1)
4. 497 @ 38.23 – Tim Millington (B1)
5. 490 @ 61.25 – Claudio van Blerk (C3 Blue)
6. 489 @ 54.33 – Matt Scoular (B1)
7. 488 @ 69.71 – Brendan Harkin (C3 White)
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. 32 @ 13.36 – Rowan Keating (B1)
2. 29 @ 14.90 – Jacques Viser (C2)
3. 28 @ 15.11 – Scott Jobson (B1)
4. 28 @ 15.18 – John Steel (C1)
5. 27 @ 10.56 – Tim Starr (B2)
6. 27 @ 11.11 – Rahul Sabherwal (C3 Blue)
7. 27 @ 13.93 – Nik Patel (C2)
8. 26 @ 13.92 – Arun Kumar (C3 Blue)
9. 25 @ 11.76 – Matt Dawson (A1)
10. 24 @ 14.58 – Ankit Grover (D2)

Top 5 catches (non wicket keeping)
1. 9 – Mark Bennett (B2)
2. 9 – James McBrien (B2)
3. 9 – Tim Millington (B1)
4. 9 – Allan Raffel (D1)

Champion Player by Grade
• A1: Gavin Taylor 68.9 points (1st for Club in A1 & 8th in the Grade)
• A2: Matt Jobson 83.0 points (1st for Club & 1st in Association)
• Colts: Michael Dale 54.4 points (1st & 2nd)
• B1: Andrew Joyce 83.8 points (1st & 4th)
• B2: Tim Starr – 72.0 points (1st & 5th)
• C1: John Steel – 90.0 points (1st & 2nd)
• C2: Russell Ingram – 101.6 points (1st & 1st)
• C3: Riley Miedler – 84.4 points (1st & 3rd)
• D1: Allan Raffel – 98.50 points (1st & 2nd)
• D2 Ankit Grover – 94.0 (1st and 4th)

Personal achievements
Congratulations to Rowan Keating who brought up his 100th wicket in a very successful season.

• Rowan Keating – 4 wickets to his 100
• Peter Lees – 45 runs to 3,000 runs
• Simon Smyth – 7 wickets to 250 career wickets
• John Steel – 6 wickets to 100 wickets

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
• 100 wickets Vs Berowra @ Mt Ku-ring-gai 14/3/2010

Simon Davies
A1 5,000 runs Vs Hornsby @ Storey Park 6/3/2010

Peter Lees
C2 2,955 runs – 45 to 3,000 career runs

Nathan Fathers
C1 1,895 runs – 105 runs to 2,000

Simon Smyth
A1 1,947 runs – 53 to 2,000 career runs

243 wickets – 7 wickets to 250 career wickets

John Steel
C1 94 wickets – 6 wickets

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

Posted by Ross Anderson on March 14, 2010 05:51 AM