Milestone Monday

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.

Milestone Monday

Nick Larkin played his 250th Premier Cricket match for the Club in First Grade’s match with Gordon.  His 83 was the 43rd time he has passed fifty in First Grade, including 17 centuries.  He moved further up the list of all-time run-scorers in the First Grade competition, passing the great Test opener, Sid Barnes (6582), hard-hitting Randwick all-rounder Gary Bensley (6603), Petersham’s Max Benjamin (6618) and Waverley’s Test wicket-keeper Hanson Carter (6626) to move up into 126th place.

Ryan McElduff, with 57 against Gordon, passed fifty for the ninth time in First Grade and, in the process, passed 2500 runs for the Club in all grades.

Ryan Danne’s 118 against Gordon was his fourth century for the Club, and third in Second Grade.

Charles Litchfield’s brutal 52 against Gordon (4 sixes) was his fourth score above fifty in Second Grade, including one century.

Oliver Zannino, with 64 against Gordon, passed fifty in Second Grade for the second time, having done it for Gordon in 2018-19.

Henry Clark captained Second Grade for the first time in the absence of regular captain Max Hope.

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Charlie Dummer’s lively 57 against Sydney was his first half-century in First Grade.

During his innings against Sydney, Damien Mortimer passed 3000 runs for the club, all of them in First Grade.  He overtook Damien Grattan-Smith to become the 17th highest run-scorer for the club in First Grade.

Tim Cummins, with 55 not out against Sydney, passed fifty for the 19th time in his First Grade career (including two centuries).

David Miller reached 2000 runs in First Grade during the match against Sydney.

Kieran Tate claimed his first wicket in First Grade when he dismissed Sydney’s Beau McClintock.

Nivethan Radakrishnan, who has joined the club from Hawkesbury, made his debut for the club in First Grade’s match with Sydney.

Bennett Walsh, who hit 60 against Sydney, recorded his first half-century in Second Grade for the club, and his highest score in Seconds.  It was his third half-century in that grade, after two for North Sydney.

Ryan Danne’s 92 not out against Sydney was his eighth score above fifty in Second Grade (including two centuries).  It was his first score in the 90s, in his 157th innings for the club.

Jackson Gwynne made his debut in Second Grade and took his first wickets (3-43).

Ben Mitchell (with 3-31 against Sydney) claimed his best bowling figures in Second Grade.

Henry Clark (who took 2-19 against Sydney) took his first wicket in Second Grade since Round One in 2014-15.  He has, of course, been injured for seven of the last six years.

After eight matches in Second Grade, Jack Lawson’s batting average in that grade now stands at 83.00.  Partly because he has been dismissed only once.