Nivethan Radhakrishnan took his first wicket for the club when he dismissed Gordon’s Taj Brar in First Grade on Saturday. He held a return catch from Jackson Saggers to end the game, and that provided him with his first wicket for the club bowling with his left arm, his first two being taken bowling with his right. This seems to be the first time any player has taken wickets ambidextrously in a First Grade match for the club (records on this point being less than exact). His 3-36 was his career-best analysis in First Grade and his second wicket took him to 100 Premier Cricket wickets in all grades. He now has 105: 29 in Firsts, 9 in Seconds, 14 in Thirds, 9 in Fifths, 11 in Metropolitan Cup, 20 in Green Shield and 13 in Poidevin-Gray.
Henry Clark took his 150th wicket for the club in all grades when he dismissed Gordon’s Nikethan Radhakrishnan (brother of Nivethan) in Second Grade on Saturday. He ended the innings with his career-best figures in Seconds, 5-28. It was his first five wicket haul in Seconds and his fourth for the club in all grades, the previous three all having come in Third Grade.
The match against Gordon was Charlie Cassell’s 50th appearance for the club in all grades.
The T20 match against Parramatta was Ryan McElduff’s 50th appearance for the club in First Grade.
During his innings of 27 in the T20 match against Parramatta, Tim Cummins passed 5000 runs in all grades in Premier Cricket: 1718 for Sydney University and 3286 for Penrith.
Damien Mortimer, with 50 in the T20 match against Parramatta, recorded his 23rd score of fifty or above for the club (including six centuries).
Ben Mitchell made his First Grade debut in the T20 match against Parramatta, becoming SUCC First Grader 767.
Kieran Tate improved his career-best bowling figures in First Grade to 2-23 in the T20 match with Parramatta.
The injury that kept Liam Robertson out of the T20 match against Parramatta broke a sequence of 41 consecutive appearances in this competition, stretching back to 2012.
In the Poidevin-Gray match against Parramatta, Dash Ratnam, Nivek Tanner, Adam Sidhu and Peter Brazel all played their first match for the club.
Jackson Gwynne, with 4-21 in the Poidevin-Gray match against Parramatta, returned his career-best bowling figures for the club.