Poidevin Gray Report vs Randwick - Petersham - T20 Round 2 |
After a week in which Sydney endured a substantial amount of rain, (enough to wash out all games on Saturday), the PG boys arrived at Coogee with uncertainty about what the ground and wicket condition would be like. And after spending around 45 minutes trying to get parked somewhere in the same suburb, upon eventual arrival I think everybody was surprised with the good condition of the ground. (Harry Evans during his excellent innings) The wicket was hard and flat, the only fault being dampness on the edge of the square. The umpires decided to delay the start of the game 45 minutes. Given that this was the first game of the season after the Round 1 washout, bowling first in a twenty 20 was never going to be an easy task. The Randwick team got off to a good start scoring quickly, however all the scoring was coming from one end and after we grabbed the prize wicket the boys really tightened things up. From this point on the bowling and fielding was generally very good with all bowlers being economical, Jack Skillbeck (1 for 24 off 4), Tom Caruthers (0 for 4 off 2) But Kurt Roughley was the standout with the ball, taking wickets and drying up the runs to finish with 2 for 16 from his 4 overs, most of which was bowled towards the end of the innings. And in the field everyone contributed well, with Gavin Taylor doing an excellent job stopping runs in the ring and Justin Avendano foxing beautifully to grab a couple of run outs. Overall after a bit of a sloppy start the boys did well to pull things together and restrict Randwick to 9 for 126.
(Kurt Roughley who showed his skills as a T20 bowler) Which is exactly what happened. Both Harry and Steve were out in quick succession. The middle order put in a good effort but it was not at all easy to come in and score quickly in these circumstances. I think many of us learnt the hard way, that in Twenty 20 the last few overs can go in the blink of an eye. It was a disappointing loss for the Stags; however it must be noted that prior to the game Harry and Bevo called us together and set the team a few small goals. They were to get a run out(we got 5) to not bowl any no balls (we didn't bowl 1) and to have a partnership of 50 or more which Steve and Harry comfortably exceeded. So in that respect the boys did well; we just fell at the final hurdle. At the end of the day as a group I think there are many positives that can be gained from this close loss, and all the boys will take away something we can work on at training to make sure we improve, and win our next game. Jordan Liddle |
Poidevin Gray Report vs Randwick - Petersham - Twenty20 Match
After our efforts in the field we were all quietly confident of chasing this score down and, after losing Jordan Liddle early, Steve Colley (40) and Harry Evans (56) put together a fantastic partnership mixing soft hands and good running with some clean, powerful hitting (which was demonstrated when Harry smashed a six straight through a car window) and took the score to 103, at this point the game looked ours to lose.
