5th Grade Report vs Campbelltown - Camden - Round 7 |
Unfortunately due to 'work commitments' the captain was late which allowed Matt (Fester) Todd to go out and win the all important toss. Fester elected to bat on a belter of a wicket which proved to be an intelligent move. Todd, Packman, Dietz with a couple of eager supporters Mark Fonseka and Josh Goldsmith gave us a solid start with a 60 run opening partnership. Then young Jack Colley joined Josh and these two put on a further 130 to set up a big score. Unfortunately we then lost a couple of quick wickets and this brought Andrew Coleman to the crease and he reeled off a quick fire 45 which included the shot of the day ' a flick 6 over cow corner. At the end of our 50 overs we had 265 on the board and Campbelltown had it all to do. The two Davids ' Leiboff and Monaghan ' opened the bowling and put Campbelltown under the pump in their run chase. 'Joel' Monaghan added to the pressure with an early wicket. As the Innings wore on Campbelltown's upper order staged a bit of a recovery with some risky shots which paid off. Until 'Moth' Packman made a courageous move and brought on Matt Todd who added to his heroics at the toss and broke a promising partnership with a spitting cobra of a leg break that took the outside edge. Dietzy came on and continued the good work of the early bowlers and took two middle order wickets which took Campbelltown right out of the game. At times the boys were sloppy with the fielding and our throwing (just ask Andrew) and at the end of the day Campbelltown only lost six wickets but were 55 runs in arrears of our formidable total. This win meant that 5ths are now well placed inside the top six and only a few points away from the top of the ladder. Next week we look forward to taking on the students at Camperdown, which is setting up to be a grudge match seeing as it was Sydney Uni who took the final spot of the top six in front of Gordon last year. Josh Goldsmith |
Top order batsmen set up the win against the Ghosts
