4th Grade Report vs Manly - Round 10 |
Day 1 With the weather turning during the week, the pitch had some obvious signs of under preparation which captain Lin looked to take advantage of with his infallible toss record. He won the toss and elected to bowl on a long green deck. Cubbage plays the boys right back into the 2nd innings The day started slowly with few runs scored, but more vitally, wickets failed to fall. However, just when doubt began to envelop us, Charlie Bangs struck and continued to strike with 4 quick wickets, while continuing to dry up the runs as he finished with figures of 4 for 9 off his 13 overs. Tommy Carruthers was then introduced and continued to pepper the batsmen with great bowling, beating the bat regularly as he went about his 4 wicket haul. With manly 9 for 81, before tea, we were hoping for a quick finish and some good time in the middle in the afternoon, however a long partnership from the last 2 batsmen saw a further 24 runs being added, which as so happens turned out to be crucial. The afternoon saw Gordon off to a disastrous start losing 4 wickets for next to nothing. This brought Tommy Carruthers and Gavin Taylor to the crease, who steadied the ship for a short time. As more wickets fell Shayne Lin came to the crease and got us within a whisker of first innings points scoring 47 in quick time, while being well supported by Adam Cubbage. However, with 11 runs needed for the first innings points, Charlie Bangs left a full one on off stump and the innings was over. Day 2 Having bowled 3 overs the previous week to no avail, and having already lost an innings, the morning saw the Stags go through the motions and a number of catches were put down during the day. This was to the detriment of some good work once again from Bangs and Carruthers who at times were unplayable, both finishing with 3 apiece. Alex Campbell also bowled well and deserved more than 1 for his efforts. The Manly declaration came with the Stage requiring an unlikely 177 for victory off 26 overs.
Shayne Lin plays a great cameo to get the boys home and retain the trophy Taylor eventually fell for 52 and Cubbage for 44, but not before Shayne 'fence clearer' Lin came to the crease clearing the boundary and dispatching the bowling for his 29, leaving Will Medcalf needing 5 off the last over of the day for the win. With the field set, Will receives a generous half tracker down leg which he dispatches down leg for FOUR before clearing the infield for 2 the next ball to seal the win and a great fight back from fourth grade. Chris Retallick |
An outright win and the Mal Hall Trophy remains with the Stags
Having scored 170 in a recent 20/20 fixture, we thought we were in for a shot. Mitch Kleem and Gavin Taylor started strongly smoking 24 off the first 2 overs and adding 50 in quick time before the first wicket fell. Two more wickets fell shortly after before Taylor and Adam 'nurdler' Cubbage put together a good partnership, staying at or above the required run rate, punishing the full and wide balls and put us in a great position with wickets in hand.
