On Sunday, the club fielded teams in the NSW Women’s Premier Cricket competition for the first time. Sydney University teams participated in the Women’s First Grade competition until the 1978-79 season, but those teams were fielded by a separate club constituted by what was then the Women’s Sports Union. Until last season, the Universities Women’s Cricket Club (a joint venture between Sydney University and University of NSW) fielded teams, but that club has disbanded. So it follows that every player who took the field on the weekend made her debut for SUCC in Women’s Premier Cricket.
It also follows that several players became the first to reach milestones for the club. The first wicket in First Grade was claimed in the match against Manly by Aarati Bidari, helped by a stumping by Chaye Hartwell. The first runs were scored by Frankie Nicklin, who went on to score the first fifty (a rapid 65 from only 33 balls) and share in the first fifty partnership (60 for the second wicket with Erica James).
Phoebe Litchfield hit her first T20I half-century last Monday: 52 not out for Australia against the West Indies at North Sydney. Phoebe reached her fifty from only 18 balls, which is (by three balls) the fastest T20I fifty ever recorded for Australia, and equals the T20I record for any country (matching Sophie Devine’s performance for New Zealand against India in 2015).
Hayden Kerr’s 86 for NSW against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match at Cricket Central was his third half-century in first-class cricket.
Nick Larkin’s 52 against Northern District on Saturday was his 55th innings of fifty or more in First Grade (21 centuries and 34 fifties).
Wilf La Fontaine-Jackson made his Second Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District.
Charles Litchfield’s 50 against Northern District on Saturday was his 13th innings of fifty or more in Second Grade (including two centuries). During his innings he passed 1500 runs in Seconds.
Jack Hill’s 68 not out against Northern District on Saturday was his 15th innings of fifty or more in Second Grade (including three centuries).
Ryan Danne’s 54 not out against Northern District on Saturday was his 14th innings of fifty or more in Second Grade (including four centuries).
Andrew Hazard played his 50th game for the club in all grades.
Harrison May made his Second Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District (last season he took 19 wickets at 16.21 in Seconds for UTS North Sydney).
Jed Collins made his Second Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District.
Tom Siede made his Third Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District. His 50 was his second half-century for the club (in only three matches), and he also collected his first wicket for the club.
Ravi Wikramanayake played his 100th Premier Cricket match (all grades, all clubs) on Saturday. During his innings of 37 in Third Grade, he passed 2500 Premier Cricket runs in all grades.
Hayden McCarthy’s 3-31 against Northern District on Saturday was his best return with the ball in Third Grade. His first wicket on Saturday was his 50th in Premier Cricket in all grades.
Milan Swaraj, with 63 against Northern District in Fourth Grade, scored his first half-century for the club.
Ben Edmondson made his Fourth Grade debut for the club and took his first wickets in that grade (2-34).
Avijay Maharaj (41) hit his highest Fifth Grade score for the club.
During his innings of 40 against Northern District in Fifth Grade on Saturday, Jazz Rinka passed 1000 runs for the club in all grades.
Murray Miles’s 72 not out against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score (and second half-century) for the club.
Mitchell Spanner’s 45 against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score for the club.
Daanyal Saeed’s 48 not out against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score for the club.
The unbroken partnership of 87 between Daanyal Saeed and Murray Miles against Georges River was a new club record for the 9th wicket, both in Metropolitan Cup, and the other Sixth Grade competitions entered by the club over the years.