Colts Report vs Randwick - Petersham Gold - Round 6 |
Another well fought win by the Stags and the undefeated Colts continue to roll on. We arrived at Snape Park on a nice sunny day for cricket. The oval looked to be in good nick, a nice long boundary but a greener pitch than we were expecting. As we head into the change rooms and sit down I looked around to realise that nearly half of the players were juniors from Gordon with the likes of Jim 'junior' Ham, Cam 'Camo' Davis, Sam 'Cool-Headed' Mart amongst the regular youngsters. The author, Brendan Gray, smokes one through the covers The warm-up went ahead as usual with Dave 'Skip' Miller leading the way of course... well maybe not, Skip once again joining the jog late. With the stags looking just a bit unorganised and startled, Skip asks ''does anyone know how to keep?'' with every looking around and heads in the sky Brendan 'Breno' Gray stepped up out of retirement and let Skip concentrate on his bowling. As the boys were unsure of whether to bat or bowl we left it in the experienced hands of Skip. I believe he lost the toss. Which is unusual for Skip due to his fine form with the coin, so Randwick Petersham decided to have a stick? It was clear that the new ball had a bit of swing and varied bounce in it early so it was important that the Stags used this to our advantage and sure enough Skip and Luke 'Lukeyy' Ham didn't disappoint with Skip grabbing a few early wickets while Luke bowled his usual tight line to keep the batsmen scoreless until he bagged his first senior wicket for the Stags making the batsmen play a shot he would have regretted hitting it straight down the throat of James 'Lanky' Dedman at point. Lukeyy ending up with figures of 1/32 after 10. The ball was then handed to Matt 'Junior' Selby and Ben 'Ginger' Armstrong to try and work their magic; Matt reluctantly came out of retirement to bowl a great line and length, considering he hasn't played for a while it was great effort. At the other end Ginger was running in as usual of his 50 metre run-up bowling his usual top of off balls but unfortunately wasn't able to grab a wicket and left the wicket taking to 'Junior' Selby who finished up with figures of 2/36 after 14 which is a great effort.
Hugh 'The other' Selby shows his younger brother how it is done Wickets then began to fall, as we knew they would, but it wasn't until they made 220 that 'Camo' snaffled a good return catch to bring their innings to a close. Chasing 221 for victory, the Stags were sent into bat for 5 over's, unfortunately we lost the 1 wicket of Ginger and were 1/19 after our 5 overs with James 'Lanky' Dedman showing his intentions for next week hitting the ball with ease. Dedman kicked off Day 2 where he left off, smashing fours to all parts of the ground to bring up a great 50, unfortunately shortly after this Dedman was bowled playing over the top of a straight delivery. This brought Brendan 'Breno' Gray to the crease to try and re-settle the ship with Hugh 'The other' Selby, who looked to be in good nick at the other end. As 'The Other' Selby and 'Breno' looked to be building on to something big, Brendan was out for 21, only to bring Luke Ham to the centre. Unfortunately he was dismissed for 6 and in came Sam Mart, the dark horse of the Stags, to try and restore the Stags' middle order.
Luke Ham looks stylish in his brief stay at the crease A special mention to Hugh for his wonderful 90 not out, displaying his class to the juniors and that patience is the key and not to throw your wicket away and (if we hadn't learnt enough by this point) that you don't have to score off every ball. Well done Hugh and Sam for an excellent batting performance. Also a special mention to Skip, for his great bowling performance of 4/39 after 20 overs including bowling 7 maidens. To wrap it up the Gordon Colts grab another win to the tally and are ready to continue the Colts train to success. Bring on Blacktown!!! Brendan Gray |
Colts on a roll against Randwick-Petersham
Before we knew it Randwick Petersham was 5/38 and we were well on top. However, this deck was a belter and we knew that many runs had been scored here in the previous weeks. A fight back was gathering momentum with Randwick Petersham starting to pile on some runs. Cam 'Camo' Davis was handed the ball to try and spin RPs back to the beach, bowling some great balls but couldn't keep his consistency. The ball was then handed back to Skip for the answer and luckily enough well of course it came with Skip bowling a teaser outside off for the batsmen to edge to Brendan 'Breno' Gray at keeper to take a screamer of a catch.
Hugh looked to be the key for the Stags as he worked his way to 50 and onwards with Sam playing a wonderful supporting role tapping singles wherever he pleased. Hugh and Sam kept on ticking the runs away after lunch and comfortably steered the Colts to victory.
