Devlin Malone collected his 200th wicket in First Grade when he dismissed Hawkesbury’s Bilal Qureshi on Saturday. He picked up three more to move to 203, 168 for University and 35 for Sutherland. Only one leg-spinner has reached 200 First Grade wickets in Sydney at a younger age: Kerry O’Keeffe.
Charlie Dummer passed 500 runs in First Grade during his innings at Hawkesbury on Saturday.
Kieran Tate took his 250th wicket for the club in all grades when he dismissed Hawkesbury’s Connor Mizzi in Second Grade on Saturday. He becomes the 38th player to reach this milestone for Sydney University. He now has 252 wickets: 14 in First Grade, 106 in Seconds, 67 in Thirds, 27 in Fourths, 5 in Fifths, 14 in Poidevin-Gray and 19 in Green Shield.
Jackson Gwynne, with 3-26 against Hawkesbury on Saturday, returned his best bowling figures in Second Grade.
Alex Shaw’s 100 against Hawkesbury in Third Grade was his third century for the club, all in Third Grade.
Brayden Dilley has passed 1500 runs for the club in all grades.
Nivek Tanner hit his second successive half-century, and his third for the club, posting 53 not out against Hawkesbury in Third Grade. During his innings he passed 500 runs in Thirds (316 of them for University of NSW). And he also took his first wickets for the club, claiming 2-32.
Rex Greaves (3-39 against Hawkesbury) returned his best bowling figures in Third Grade.
Ash Cowan’s innings of 19 against Hawkesbury in Fourths on Saturday took him to 6245 runs for the club in all grades, which takes him past his brother-in-law, Mark Faraday (6241) and makes him the 11th highest run scorer in the club’s history.
Adam Sidhu made his Fourth Grade debut against Hawkesbury on Saturday.
Peter Brazel claimed his first wicket in Fourth Grade against Hawkesbury on Saturday.
During his matchwinning spell of 3-16 against Hawkesbury in Fourths on Saturday, Shehan Canagasingham took his 150th wicket for the club. He now has 151: one in Thirds, 34 in Fourths, 41 in Fifths and 75 in Metropolitan Cup. He has taken his wickets at the absurdly low average of 10.92. He also recorded his highest Fourth Grade score, 16, which is only the fourth time he has reached double figures in 63 matches for the club – although, since he’s usually not out, his career average is 10.50.
In the Metropolitan Cup match against Gordon, Rajprasanyth Varatharajah scored his first half-century for the club (52) as well as taking his first wicket.
Yuvraj Dalvi recorded his highest score for the club (45) as well as collecting his best bowling figures (3-20) in the Metropolitan Cup win over Gordon.