 Batting on soft track doesn't stop Green SHield from posting good win
The boys arrived to see Jack (Jack Colley) coming especially early for his spot on the lounge, and with the warm ups out of the way, led by assistant coach Corbin Edgar, the Stags were ready for Mosman after beating Sydney in the previous round. With Killara receiving a lot of rain the prior two days, the deck was soft with a green tinge, perfectly set up for our bowling attack.
However, Borgy (Lachlan Borg) lost the toss, leaving him 0/2, and we were sent in to bat on a slow, seaming deck. We were soon in trouble being at 1/6 with the Mosman bowlers letting the pitch do the work for them. Connor Jackson (22) and Jack (16) batted well, pouncing on anything short or full, yet poor discipline and freakish catching left us reeling at 5/75. With partnerships needed, the skipper played sensibly by putting on 25 with some big hitting. A late cameo from Pap (16) (Max Papworth) was not enough to meet our target of 180, being bowled out for 145, due to a lack of solid partnerships.
The Stags believed that this was a competitive total on a tough deck, but we would have to bowl good areas to restrict the Whales. We started off extremely well, with Mosman being at 3/19 at one stage due to a good opening partnership between Borgy (1/26 off 12 ) and Sean Campbell ( 2/12 off 10). They never recovered after that start due to our tight and economical bowling (which meant we had 5 slips and a gully in place at one stage), with Will Calov picking up 2/17 off 6 and Jordy and Jimmy (James Partridge) chipping in with a wicket each. Pap was solid behind the stumps, grabbing 3 catches. Lachie Mactier finished the tail off picking up 2 quick wickets, and the Whales were all out for 92 with good bowling and fielding pressure. This gave the mighty greenies good momentum going into the next day’s game against the Lions.
Gordon 145 (Lachie Borg 25, Saahil Turki 24, Connor Jackson 22, Max Papworth 16, Jack Colley 16, Rohan Siva 11, Jordan Farrell 11) defeated Mosman 92 (Sean Campbell 2-12, Lachie Mactier 2-10, Will Calov 2-17, James Partridge 1-6, Jordan Farrell 1-9, Lachie Borg 1-26).
Saahil Turki
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