 An amazing win for the Green Shield - Match Report by Sean Campbell
The Gordon boys were back in action with a great victory over Parramatta to put them through to the finals. Skipper Borgy went to the centre to do the toss and came back with a loss of the call and the stags were sent to bowl.
Chris Spratt hits out against Parramatta
We were interested in how the bowling attack would hold with having injuries to two of the quick bowlers Lachie Borg and Sean Campbell making them both unable to bowl and leaving the stags with limited bowlers.
Harry 'Ginger' 'Mulls' Middlebrook and Will 'Choir Boy' Calov were asked to open the bowling and did a fantastic job at it limiting the runs and also picking up early wickets which was vital for the innings. Rohan Siva and James Partridge followed the opening bowling attack and did well with their lines and length limiting the runs against two good batsmen at the crease. The innings went on and we were running short of bowlers so Borgy decided to let the batsmen have a bowl with Connor Jackson, Sahil 'the gobler' Turkhi and Chris Spratt all making appearances in the bowling attack.
The batsmen bowled well and kept the run rate limited again but a few loose overs towards the end of the innings let Parramatta get to 8 for 268. This was easily a getable target with the batting attack we had lined up.
It was our time to be sent to the crease. When the batsmen saw the score their eyes lit up realising they could all make solid scores here against the Parramatta bowling attack. Spratty and Connor opened the batting for Gordon and put on a solid performance showing their techniques and hard hitting of the ball. Spratty used his hard hitting to get him some quick runs and to keep the bowlers under pressure. Unfortunately he was dismissed for 49 :(. Big Jack Colley was called to the crease looking as solid as always.
The boys in the top order did a great job in keeping the run rate similar to theirs with Connor getting 54 in a great knock, Jack getting 41, Borgy 24 and 'The Gobler' (Saahil) getting 30. We were falling behind the run rate in the later stage of the innings but luckily James Partridge and Saahil kept us going and looking solid until both were dismissed. Max Papworth and Rohan Siva were at the crease battling out the final over keeping us on track and making it look like we could win the game! Some great hitting from both boys found us at 1 run with 2 balls and 2 wickets left.
Saahil Turki, Jack Colley and Rohan Siva in action against Parramatta
Rohan was dismissed and the Choir boy was sent to the middle. 1 ball, 1 run, 1 wicket left. The nerves were building for both teams watching Papworth face up to the last ball. A single was hit and the Staggies had won! The Gordon boys went up in joy and raced to congratulate the boys at the crease. The Stags finished with 9 for 269.
Great win for the Stags putting them 5th on the table and through to the final knock out rounds. Yew!
Sean Campbell
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