MATCH REPORT - 1ST GRADE VS BLACKTOWN MOUNTIES AT JOE MCALEER OVAL (50 OVERS)

SUCC 4/228
43.0 overs

D Mortimer 63 (69)
K Tate 3/38/7.3

DEF

Blacktown Mounties 224
49.3 overs

W Tareen 47 (51)
J Fawcett 2/35/10.0

In a weekend celebrating Robbo’s 300th game, which his record is quite spectacular including an incredible 50+ final appearances and soon to add to that this season. A competitive nature and a desire to win. This comes at no surprise, which is well reciprocated around the playing group.

After a winning draw in Nash for the top 6 as we were limited to 5 players and some very bias umpiring towards the bowlers. It was onto the toss where we lost and were sent in to bowl first, which proved a good result as BJ and Cassachino made early break throughs- Probably the best opening bowling combination in the competition. On a wicket that kept us interested, Blacktown put up some resistance. Having built a couple partnerships, whilst our bowlers kept bowling our best balls and asking questions, which kept the momentum in the students favour. Fielding having been one of focuses this season, we managed to get a couple run outs. (update the run out club please Borgy) With some great death bowling in Boozer (Ben Mitchell) and Spud (Tatey), we managed to restrict Blacktown to all out for 224. 

Onto our batting innings following a Burrito or a Burrito bowl for some, watching their skinfolds post xmas, Courteous to the Warriors sponsor Zambrero. We lost our first wicket on 30 (Niv) for 14 where he showed some positive signs of what has been a tough season with the bat. Dummer (56) and Morts (63) put on 99 for the 2nd wicket to give the students a good sniff at 6 points. Yet another start for the pair, hopefully saving a couple big ones come the finals series. Duff (12) came out showing intent early to try pick up where he left off last week but found a fielder looking to take the game on. It was onto Bevo himself (TC) finishing on 42no and Mitchell 26no to finish off the chase, seeing us finish 4/228 with 7 overs to spare. 

All in all, great day travelling west and spending $3847 on tolls, seeing the students make another LO quarter final.

Damien Mortimer

MATCH REPORT - 2ND GRADE VS BLACKTOWN MOUNTIES AT UNIVERSITY OVAL 1 (50 OVERS)

SUCC 243
49.2 overs

C Litchfield 90 (92)
R Greaves 2/45/9.0

DEF BY

Blacktown Mounties 7/251
50.0 overs

H Singh 108 (139)
A Riaz 4/43/10.0

MATCH REPORT - 3RD GRADE VS BLACKTOWN MOUNTIES AT JIM HANSHAW OVAL (50 OVERS)

SUCC 193
46.0 overs

ND Tanner 55
AM Wilkinson 4/31/10.0

DEF BY

Blacktown Mounties 9/228
50.0 overs

GK Ganeshkumar 75
M Jones 2/28/6.0

MATCH REPORT - 4TH GRADE VS BLACKTOWN MOUNTIES AT ST PAUL’S OVAL (50 OVERS)

SUCC 5/264
48.2 overs

B Dilley 86
A Cowan 5/61/10.0

DEF

Blacktown Mounties 261
49.3 overs

M Narvel 110
B Grayson 2/59/10.0

4s came into this round hot off a great win against Penrith and ready to do the job again. By pure luck, Nash went to the oldies this week, and saw some classic off-the-ball slide tackling from Dilley. A big alpha move from the 4s top scorer to show his intent for the day, along with a fine header to seal the game. 4s lost the toss and were sent into the field, taking 1 wicket early before Blacktown settled in. Some good work from Ned at first change to keep the batsmen working hard.

A well fought 1st session, yielding 1 wicket for not many runs. Blacktown went about their business with both batsmen passing 50 in a wicket-less session to put themselves on top after 35 overs. The last session began with Blacktown looking to up the ante, as one of their batsmen made his century. A big total looking on the cards before Brazel got the breakthrough wicket and end a 148-run partnership. Soon after, Ned dismissed the centurion to bring uni back into the contest. 4s then showed their dominance, and why they are on top, with good work in the field and with the ball, taking 6-50 to dismiss Blacktown for 261.

Smash combining very well with Shez, taking 5 wickets in his first bowl for 3 years. Matt Powys had 4s off to a flier early, followed by a strong 100+ run stand between Dilley and Sidhu. From such a solid base, 4s looked comfortable through the run-chase. Dilley finished with a career-best of 86, while Sidhu made his top score for the club with a great 46. More support from Barrett followed, as 4s drew closer to the total. Step up Smash. At 5-210, needing just over a run a ball, Cowan and Coelho put on a display, sending the ball over the fence multiple times to seal the victory with an over-and-a-half to spare.

Great team performance, with lots of players stepping up for 4s. A great lead into the second half of the season, and a great feeling of confidence for the team.

MATCH REPORT - 5TH GRADE VS BLACKTOWN MOUNTIES AT WHALAN OVAL (50 OVERS)

SUCC 176
45.4 overs

J Veitch 55 (73)
J Veitch 2/19/6.0

DEF

Blacktown Mounties 150
49.2 overs

C Govekar 47
T Hayes 2/8/3.0

The 5s boys made the journey out to Whalan the past weekend to take on Blacktown in a one dayer, with skipper Tommy Lamont starting off the day well by securing the boys the most premium of cases. After winning the toss we chose to bat first, with Veitchy starting our innings off nicely, making a good 55. Support from Tommy in the middle helped with the boys making a 96 run partnership, with Tommy contributing 35. We finished up with a total of 176.

Our bowling innings went well with Muz and Lew starting us off with a quality opening spell. Pressure in the field created a run out to claim our first scalp, and then we turned to spin through the middle overs. The three leg spinners, Rav, Prak, and Veitchy, all went away with 2 a piece, and did a great job putting us in a solid position. Lew and Kirky cleaned up the tail, to secure us a good win.

A great effort with bat, ball, and in the field. 3 J Veitchy, 2 R Ganesh, 1 P Sharma.

Thomas Lamont

MATCH REPORT - METRO GOLD VS BLACKTOWN MOUNTIES AT ST PAUL’S OVAL (50 OVERS)

SUCC 8/272
50.0 overs

R Dinesh 68 (58)
J Rinka 3/29/4.0

DEF

Blacktown Mounties 8/236
50.0 overs

R Ferdinands 62* (55)
M Wright 3/36/10.0

MATCH REPORT - METRO BLUE VS HAWKESBURY CC AT BENSON’S LANE NO.3 (50 OVERS)

SUCC 135
48.0 overs

S Khalkho 34
J Hennessey 3/28/8.0

DEF BY

Hawkesbury CC 160
42.0 overs

D Brahmbhatt 36
J Foote 3/22/5.0

After a long drive out to Richmond, the metro blue boys were extremely keen for another game, searching for another win against the lower ranked Hawkesbury after having 4 consecutive wins on the trot. After playing some Nash and fielding practice, captain jack Hennessy went to do the toss. Jack won the toss and elected to bowl first on what looked to be a green and good bowling wicket.

Tom Crawford and Tom Foreman opened the bowling for Sydney uni and were met with some very aggressive Hawkesbury opening batsman. Tom foreman got the first breakthrough for us with a beautiful in-swinger in his second over. During the middle period of the game, Hawkesbury started to get away from us with some tough chances going down in the field but we were brought back into it through some outstanding bowling by jack Hennessy (3-28 off 8) and Sanjiv khalkho ( 2-23 off 9) as well as Tom Crawford (1-34 off 10) and Tom Foreman (2-25 off 10) and an unbelievable run out that came from nowhere from Azhar Saeed.

The metro blue boys finished well with the ball and in the field, restricting Hawkesbury to 160. Nathan Gibbons and Joel Ritchie opened the batting for Sydney Uni but didn’t get off to the start we needed with Nathan Gibbons being run out in the second over. At number 3, Reuben Kapoor came in and started off a nice little partnership with Joel Ritchie, steadying the run chase again before Joel Ritchie departed for 18 being given out unluckily lbw.

After this wicket our middle order wasn’t quite able to establish a partnership losing a few quick wickets until Jack Hennessy and Sanjiv Khalkho combined for a steady 21 run partnership, Sanjiv top scoring with a nice 34. Unfortunately, Sanjivs 34 wasn’t enough to get the metro boys home, being bowled out for 136, 24 runs short of the target. All in all, it was a great effort from all the boys with everyone contributing, just unlucky to not be able to get the job done.

Nathan Gibbons

MATCH REPORT - POIDEVIN-GRAY VS CAMPBELLTOWN-CAMDEN CC AT RABY OVAL 1 (50 OVERS)

SUCC 67
28.0 overs

B Mitchell 17 (21)
N Radhakrishnan 3/18/10.0

DEF BY

Campbelltown-Camden CC 7/68
26.0 overs

J Isakka 24 (36)
W Salzmann 4/22/9.0