MDCC Round 15 & 16 Wrap 6/2/16 – 13/2/16
D6’s 6/2/16
D6's got on this weekend against CBCB in what was another wet Friday around Newcastle. Winning the toss our D6 skipper elected to bat first and hopefully use added pressure with runs on the board.
Luke Stoodley has been the in form batter for our D6 side and again anchored the side as the side batted out the overs. They managed a total of 8 for 138.
Best with Bat: Luke Stoodley (75) & Blake Armson (24*)
The CBCB sides innings went very close to mirroring that of our D6's but our young bowlers did the job again and managed to bowl out the opposition 9 for 105.
Best with Ball: Toby Morgan (2-4), Nathan Stoodley (2-15) & Jaimi Bubb (2-19)
D6’s 13/2/16
This Saturday saw our D6's come up against Kotara Cricket Club who are sitting on top of the table in what would be a good battle for our Father/Son side.
Kotara got the chance to bat first after the toss was made and made a competitive total of 8/177 off their 35 overs.
Best with Ball: Ryan Stoodley (2-22)
Our side battled hard and after the leading run scorer for the side got out early our young batters really did themselves proud. We fell just short of the chase finishing 10 for 143 after 31 overs.
Best with Bat: Drew Sellers (34), Cormac McHenry (29), Blake Armson (29) & Lachlan Price (22).
D4’s 6/2/16
(Day Washed Out)
D4’s 13/2/16
D4's played Waratah Mayfield this weekend and with our D4 skipper winning the toss we got to bat first.
A steady start saw the side had a good platform to work with and with the Skipper leading the way we managed a respectable total 9 for 162 from 35 overs.
Best with Bat: Michael Sharp (61), Wayne Diemar (25) & Shane Pankhurst (21).
The bowling and fielding made hard work for Waratah Mayfield and in the end our boys bowled out their overs with their opposition ending 7 for 125.
Best with Ball: Darren Haiser (2-12) & Shane Pankhurst (2-18)
A Grade (Managers Report) 6/2/16
(Day Washed Out)
A Grade (Managers Report) 13/2/16
After loosing the toss (Again!!!) Kotara chose to bat first on a very good deck.
With consistent bowling and incredibly 7 ! dropped catches yes I counted every one of them Kotara could only manage 9 for 112 of there 40 overs.
Best of the Bowlers was Darren Cousins (5-17).
Merewether started the chase with a solid opening stance of 57 and after that impressive start the boys found little difficulty in passing the runs 5 wickets down,
Batsman that got runs for Merewether were Craig Plain (36), Ben Wooley (33) and Brad Davies (23).
All round good effort but fielding may have to improve.
4th Grade
Day 1: 6/2/16
(Day Washed Out) One day match to be played next week.
Day 2: 13/2/16
This round saw us take on University and will and will be a day remembered by the players for a long time. The day started with our 4th grade skipper winning the toss and having no hesitation to bat first. An opening partnership of 41runs proved to be the highlight of the batting as Uni's bowlers found some demons in the pitch with pace off the ball scoring proved to be hard work and we managed to limp to a total of 10 for 93 off 36.1 overs.
Best with Bat: Mitch Piller (37)
But as they say in cricket never judge a pitch till both teams have batted on it. Our opening bowlers hardly put a foot wrong and after 20 overs Uni were 2 for 40 at the drinks break through out the day 12 maidens were bowled and we saw two 3 wicket overs one from Nic Leahy's inswing and the other finishing the match in style Veral Vishnoi's ripping leg spin our 4th graders managed to defend their total bowling out Uni for 74 in 32.5 overs.
Best with Ball: Nicholas Leahy (4-11), Veral Vishnoi (3-11) & Matthew Jordan (2-11).
3rd Grade
Day 1: 6/2/16
(Day Washed Out) One day match to be played next week.
Day 2: 13/2/16
Day 2 saw our 3rd grade traveling out to Ray Watt Oval after a Friday without rain saw that cricket would be played. After losing the toss our players had to make best use of the ball first. The toss turned out to be a blessing as our bowlers had the ball moving and managed to create chances through out. Uni were bowled out for 121 in the final over.
Best with Ball: Rory Kalnins (4-23), Grant Smith (2-16), Steve Baker (2-23) & Patrick Fitzgerald (2-24).
Our start with the bat was a little different with our openers finding it difficult we fell to 4 for 9 before a match winning 5th wicket partnership of 113 runs guided the side home.
Best with Bat: Jake Miller (62*) & Steve Baker (50*)
2nd Grade
Day 1: 6/2/16
In what was the only game on for our district sides Townson Oval proved up to the weather again this week with the effort of the groundsman a pitch was playable. Losing the toss our boys were told to pad up as Uni looked make use of the overcast conditions. Our batters worked hard to get a total on the board At Tea one day 1 the boys were 6 for 95 off 41 overs we managed only another 52 runs to finish all out for 147 in 65.5 overs.
Best with Bat: Mitch Morgan (36) Scott Montgomery (27) & Jono Dunn (25).
14 overs still left in the day saw our boys pick up 1 late wicket to have Uni 1 for 18 at close of play.
Best with Ball: Isasc Hillery (1-3)
Day 2: 13/2/16
Day 2 started and it wasn't long before our bowlers were back in the wickets and a ripping one handed catch at point form Adam Walker really got the spirits up high and the luck stayed with our boys from then on. Our bowlers managed to bowl out Uni for a total of 119. after 45 overs were played. The game finish there as both captains agreed no further outcome was possible.
Best with Ball: Mitch Morgan (3-19), Tommo Croft (3-32), Jono Dunn (2-14) & Isasc Hillery (2-27).
1st Grade
Day 1: 6/2/16
(Day Washed Out) One day match to be played next week.
Day 2: 13/2/16
Playing University at University Oval was the task at hand for our 1st grade side. Skipper Simon Moore won the toss and put Uni into bat.
It was not long until our opening bowlers started making life difficult as Uni fell to 3 for 18 before a 92 run partnership caused some trouble, Once that breakthrough can our bowlers mopped up the tail with Uni finishing 10 for 149 in 47.3 overs.
Best with Ball: Mark Cameron (3-28), Pat Darwen (3-33) & Josh Geary (2-13).
In a day were ball dominated bat it was not smooth sailing for our players as Uni's bowlers applied pressure and were able to take wickets consistently making us have 2 new batters at the crease on regular occasions. We ended up 6 for 82 before a 44 run 7th wicket partnership got us out of trouble and a 26 run 8th wicket partnership brought the game home. We finished 7 for 152 after 44.5 overs.
Best with Bat: Trent Bush (40*) Ben Egan (24) & Troy Goodwin (24).
T/20 Vs Newcastle City - 14/2/16
Under 15’s
Our under 15s kicked off todays T/20's at Learmonth Park were we came up against Newcastle City.
After losing the toss our bowlers had the first job of the day and managed to hold City to a total of 8 for 118.
Best with Ball: (stats to come)
Unfortunately our Batting didnt fire today and we were bowled out for a total of 61 in 12.5 overs.
Best with Bat: (stats to come)
Denis Broad OAM Cup
Following our Under 15's our Dennis Broad skipper was able to win the toss and this time we got first chance with the willow .
losing 3 early wickets saw our lads in trouble before calm heads prevailed. Mitch Morgan proved to be the anchor as he was involved in the last 3 partnerships of the innings being 38,45,39 respectively these partnerships got us to a total of 5 for 139.
Best with Bat: Mitch Morgan (58*) & Dan Andrews (28).
This game was a battle after a couple of early wickets Newcastle City's batters knuckled down and made sure it went right down to the last ball. our bowling and fielding was up to the battle as we managed to hold City to a total of 8 for 133.
Best with Ball: Dan Andrews (3-19), Jake Miller (1-20), Thomas McKendry (1-20) & Mitch Morgan (1-21).
1st Grade
Last game of the day saw the sides with 1 win a piece and after winning the toss our batters got to go out and set the target for City to chase.
We got off to a good start with our batters building good partnerships throughout the innings and we managed a total of 3 for 149 from our 20 overs.
Best with Bat: Simon Moore (56) & Pat Darwen (35*)
Defending the total was a task our bowlers were up for, Taking regular wickets was key to keeping City's batters below the required run rate and with the pressure building from our bowlers they managed to restrict them to a total of 10 for 101 from 17.2 overs.
Best with Ball: Sam Palmer (4-18), Pat Darwen (2-14), Courtney Moulton (2-27), Isasc Hillery (1-9) & Dave Celep (1-9).
