CRICKET

CRICKET LATROBE VALLEY

By LIAM DURKIN and BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

 

SLIP, slop, slap carried a triple entendre in Cricket Latrobe Valley at the weekend.

With the temperature topping 30 degrees for the first day of Round 6, the heat led to some teams slipping up, some to be sloppy in the field, and some players to slap the ball to all parts.

 

Premier A Grade

Ex Students leads CATS by 201 runs

EX STUDENTS went to stumps in a strong position.

The Sharks batted first at Terry Hunter Oval, and declared with 234 on the board after 82 overs against CATS.

Jackson McMahon led the way for the home side, falling just short of a ton.

Most of the card helped out with double figure scores, before 200 gamer Andy Matthews used all his experience, coming in at number nine to make an enterprising half-century off just 67 balls.

His effort took the contest away from CATS, who may have been thinking of a 170-180 chase.

Often in that situation, runs down the order can give one team every ounce of momentum, but CATS to their credit went to stumps none down, and ticked off 33 runs in the 11 overs they were tasked with surviving.

Ben Hagley had earlier taken 3/29 and Harry Cooper 2/58. Tinashe Panyangara bowled a herculean 29 overs, sending down 15 maidens in the process.

 

Morwell leads Centrals by 28 runs

WICKETS tumbled at Apex Park.

Sixteen poles fell on Day 1 as Centrals and Morwell both found the going tough.

The Tigers decided to bat first upon winning the toss, and were knocked over for 113 inside 45 overs.

Sri Lankan pair Tyron Gamage and Nuwan Pradeep took six wickets between them, while Corey Pollard chipped in with 2/27 with his leaning-back mediums.

The league got its first look at Pradeep, the former Sri Lankan Test quick, last round. By all reports he bowled international lengths which, while far too good for most local players, didn’t trouble the wickets column.

He took 4/22 last Saturday, with two coming via lbw and bowled, perhaps indicating he has made the necessary adjustment.

Tim Ford top-scored with 36, one of only three batsmen to reach double digits.

Centrals batted for virtually just as many overs before the close of play, and walked off 28 runs behind with four wickets still waiting in the shed.

The home side was in all sorts of trouble at 4/13, before Tye Hourigan steadied things.

From a cricket sense, the Lions would have been happy Hourigan chose not to nominate for the AFL draft, and he will look to take Centrals to first innings points next week when he resumes on 35 not out.

Given recent history however, the Lions are prone to a collapse, and Morwell will be sure to make them work for every one of these 28 runs, in full knowledge a range of results remain a realistic possibility.

Ford and Brendan Brincat have two wickets each.

 

Moe leads Raiders by 129 runs

PRETTY well poised at Ted Summerton Reserve.

Moe has Raiders 2/36 in pursuit of 165.

The Vale Street wicket went against recent history at the weekend, as the home side stumbled their way through 68.5 overs.

Ever-astute Raiders captain Liam Maynard decided to bowl first, with the names of key Moe batsmen Benn Zomer and Rob Phoenix not on the team sheet for Day 1 surely a factor in his decision.

With those two out, it was left to Andrew Philip and Noah Kane to do most of the scoring.

The former made 76 and the latter batted with the middle and lower order to finish unbeaten on 48.

Ben Rivers returned exceptional figures of 5/12, while Tom Robertson gave his confidence a timely boost, snaring 3/22.

Raiders had 16 overs to face before stumps, and despite losing both openers, will head into Day 2 knowing if they bat for long enough, they will be in with a show.

 

Toongabbie leads Glengarry by 58 runs

TOONGABBIE look like they will be negotiating the margin of defeat.

The Rams need a miracle akin to the wool price skyrocketing overnight, as Glengarry needs just 58 runs to win with eight wickets in hand.

Batting first at home, Toongabbie posted a disappointing total of 136.

Amal Athulathmudali was again the shining light, scoring 39 off only 35 rocks, but three other scores around the 20 mark stopped the Rams getting closer to 200.

Wickets were shared in the Magpies camp, with Max Merton, Al Jenkin, Brandon Mayberry and Frank Marks taking two each.

Glengarry had a good 28 overs to settle into their batting, and are 2/78 at stumps.

Nat Freitag already has 39 to his name, and virtually has a head start on a big knock when Day 2 commences.

 

A Grade

Traralgon West leads Latrobe by 42 runs

LATROBE looks fit to continue their form against Traralgon West out at Jack Canavan after rolling the Eagles for 145.

The Sharks are 2/103 in reply heading into Day 2.

Players went by before Traralgon West captain Robert Wilkie entered the fold, trudging through for 26 off 79 balls before being dismissed in the 44th over.

Darcy Cooke looked to be on fire and be a true winner before being caught by Anthony Bloomfield after making 25 off just 17 balls.

Reece Falla was best on the day for Traralgon West with 31 not out.

Sam Wilson performed excellently, taking 4/31 including four maidens and Salman Rasool grabbed 3/20 off 9.2 overs against his old side.

All praise to Wilson and Bloomfield (sounding like an 80s buddy cop TV show), who scored 39 and 40 respectively before stumps, and will pick up where they left off.

 

Imperials leads Rovers by 36 runs (won on 1st innings)

IMPERIALS have already beaten Rovers on first innings.

The team from Catterick Crescent are potentially on their way to a 5-0 win-loss start to the season after bowling Rovers out for 135 and ending Day 1 at 6/171.

Simon Duff produced the best for Rovers with 50 off 86, but was the second of three successive victims from Imperials bowler Todd Mann at Duncan Cameron.

No other Rover could manager a decent stint other than Lachlan Patterson who scored 31 off 41.

Mann took 5/42 including three maidens in 14.5 overs, and Tom Starkey 3/27.

Imperials’ successful first innings began with captain Ryan Morley collecting 27 runs (including five across the boundary) off 32 and Starkey supporting handily with 30 off 42.

James Skingle arrived after both exited the day and made 54 off 57.

Skingle was dismissed after being caught by Duff before Shane Galea entered, carrying Imperials over their target with 39 not out with four monster sixes in the clutch.

 

Churchill leads Mirboo North by 230 runs

CHURCHILL may be back on the winner’s board in a week’s time.

After some routine early stints, the Cobras saw a resolute Steve Warr enter the picture, collecting 65 not out off a whopping 215 balls at Andrews Park West.

Warr supported John Keighran, who arrived at number seven and knocked 86 off 96 which included 11 fours.

Anton Thomas took 3/27 including 11 maidens alongside Max Woodall (2/33), while Zach Hollis secured 2/38.

 

Willow Grove v Gormandale

GORMANDALE are playing Willow Grove at Joe Tabuteau Reserve. Scores are yet to be updated on PlayHQ.

 

Premier B Grade (Round 7, Day 1): Glengarry 66 (J Brierley 8/27) vs Jeeralang-Boolarra 5/152 (T Laaks 72, B McCormack 60, J Duncan 2/11); Ex Students 7/312 (A Jaensch 119, D Millington 103, D Churchill 47, C Seymour 4/29, S Gniel 2/74) vs Morwell; CATS 4/205d (S Webley 74*, R Hare 57, C Beaver 39, J Giles 2/47) vs Traralgon West 9/54 (J Motta 5/30, R Hare 4/22) & 1/76 (S Varcasi 43*); Thorpdale 7/260d (K O’Connell 135*, Z O’Connell 47, M Cooper 2/47, S Ryan 2/58, D Veale 2/60) vs Toongabbie 1/23; Mirboo North 64 (R Johnson 4/12, S Freeman 3/15) vs Churchill 37 (R Hughes 4/16, G Walker 4/14) & 1/29.

B Grade (Round 7): Centrals 8/164 (T Shankland 61, H Berry 37, C Hill 2/31, J Varghese 2/32) def Raiders 9/160 (J Berryman-Lambert 59, H Singh Rai 29, D Doble 3/37, Brodie Howlett 2/18, B Ould 2/19); Willow Grove 4/109 (A James 35, K Mulley 31, D McDougall 2/9) def Latrobe 108 (D McDougall 30, P Grima 6/6, J Coombs 2/16); Imperials 189 (T Paulet 51, D Campbell 35, J Anderson 34, A Donoghue 29, H Edwards 4/5, M Whitney 2/36) def Moe 9/117 (H Edwards 34, J Anderson 2/17, E Jarvis 2/19); Gormandale 6/220 (G Swan 65*, D Norton 57, A Van Zuyden 3/39) def Rovers 5/143 (L Woolan 29*, S Boyes 29, B Nikidemski 27, C White 2/20, C Bull 2/25).

Premier C Grade (Round 5): Toongabbie 2/85 (D Andjelkovic 42, B Wall 26*, C Monds 2/18) def Morwell 78 (C Monds 40, B Briscoe 2/6, P Anton 2/16, J Elms 2/22); Moe 4/226 (C Veenman 60*, R Semmens 45, J Keltie 44, D Biggins 27*, S Murphy 25, S Carney 2/23) def Rovers 110 (B Nicholls 46, R Whitney 3/6, F Manduci 2/2, B Cake 2/23); Centrals 119 (T Poursanidis 60, H Martin 5/26, A Smith 2/35) def Imperials 111 (C Meers 26, H Pettie 3/16, L Zammit 3/44); Glengarry 4/166 (G Vanderzalm 113*, D Cochrane 2/21) def Mirboo North 5/161 (G Mowat 59*, D Cochrane 52*, J Hutton 3/32); Ex Students def CATS via forfeit.

C Grade (Round 5): Gormandale 168 (J Kendall 42, S Gamble 42, B Peavey 36, B Jarvis 3/52, O Brouwer 2/17, J Cargill 2/46) def Rawson 156 (J Wiseman 55, B Jarvis 25, J Towers 3/13, J Armstrong 2/20, A Smith 2/25); Willow Grove 8/85 (M Failla 27, N Jenkins 3/11, I Lawrence 3/16) def Imperials 9/79 (L Walsh 3/14, M Failla 3/20); Latrobe 4/138 def Jeeralang-Boolarra 3/137 (E Stanton 35, S Blines 32, P Goyne 3/9, A Bremner 3/28, R Lawson Pepper 2/9); Churchill def Raiders via forfeit; Traralgon West – BYE.

Women’s Championship (Round 5): Ex Students 3/76 (D Godenzi 30) def Willow Grove 6/74 (Isabel Stewart 26*, R Adams 2/2); Raiders 0/109 (T Hunt 32*, R Carr 30*, K Webber 19*) def Rovers 5/72 (R Pidikiti 2/16); Mirboo North 3/89 (K Collins 24*) def Morwell 3/87 (R Ball 30*, N Freeman 19, C Mayberry 18*, K Collins 3/11).

Women’s Premier (Round 5): Willow Grove 0/38 (M Donoghue 22*) def Centrals 6/34 (M Donoghue 3/2); Raiders 0/125 (Z Quinsey-Munro 30*, S Blines 26*, G Sanders 19*) def Churchill 6/53 (D van Vliet 25, K Turrell 2/4); Imperials 0/87 (K Morley 30*, R Reid 30*) def Latrobe 4/86 (S Rockliff 32*, T Anderson 29).

Under 16s (Round 6, Day 1): Toongabbie 2/37 (K Pritchett 22*) vs Centrals 8/82 (A Fernando 26, J Hazelman 3/12, T Young 2/8); Raiders 2/142 (L Urand 51 ret, K Caldwell 34 ret) vs Morwell Latrobe 9/79 (J Howell 21, J Dunn 3/9, T Webber 2/1); Willow Grove 9/161 (D van der Stoep 51 ret, O White 36, L Bastin 3/13) vs Ex Students; Gormandale/Rovers vs Moe (scores not available); Glengarry – BYE.

Under 14s (Round 4, Day 2): Ex Students 7/180 (T Churchill 32 ret, J Hazelman 21 ret, E Cook 2/25) def Centrals 7/116 (J Poursanidis 50 ret, J Hazelman 2/20, T Churchill 2/21); Mirboo North 226 (J Calafiore 64, L Chila 50 ret, L Walsh 2/20, C O’Brien 2/23) def Moe 8/61 (R Teagle 3/9, L Chila 2/4, E Conlan 2/10); Jeeralang-Boolarra 161 (O Stanton 34*, C Stanton 30, T Blake 25, S Blines 24, A Peavey 2/12) def Latrobe 26 (C Stanton 5/3, S Blines 4/6); Morwell 8/183 (J Sterrick 43, W Frankland 41, C Gray 27, J Cumming 3/16, N Sallee 2/6) def Willow Grove 3/79 (N Sallee 27*) and 7/53 (W Frankland 2/7); Gormandale/Rovers – BYE.