Sydney University's Ira Patel // Sydney University
First ball – History made!
It took Ira Patel just five second-grade innings to score Sydney University’s first club century!
Opening for the Students’ second-grade side against Northern District, Patel carried her bat, adding 132 runs from 171 balls.
Sydney University would close their innings on 10/227 and restrict the Rangers to 9/187 from their 50 overs. A deserved victory for a momentous occasion.
Second ball – He’s a keeper!
Randwick Petersham were sent in to bat on day one of their first-grade clash against Manly, at Manly Oval.
Ryan Hadley removed Blake Weymouth, with the second ball of match, 1-1. Thomas Kaye removed the other opener, Camden Hawkins, 2-1, in the second over, and it was 3-6 in Hadley’s third over after he bowled fellow NSW Squad member Jason Sangha (2).
Anthony Sams then came in and made 103 runs (151 balls, 1 six ,12 fours). It was his 14th century and one that propelled Randwick Petersham to 197.
Later in the day, Sams held onto an edge off the bowling of Angus McTaggart. This catch gave him a career total of 500 first-grade wicketkeeping dismissals – only the second player to achieve the feat since the competition began in 1893 and the first in 68 years.
Sams’ 500 dismissals comprise:
- 448 catches
- 52 dismissals
Third ball – Get him in the test team!
Parramatta have a special opening bat on their hands!
Athan Maraziotis notched 123 runs (155 deliveries) against UNSW on day one of their fifth-grade clash on Saturday, before finishing unbeaten on 73* (107 balls) in his team’s 8-wicket Green Shield win over Campbelltown Camden on Sunday.
Fourth ball – Show off!
Manly Warringah’s Emily Hatfield bowled a single over in her side’s third-grade win over Sydney University on Saturday.
6 balls, 2 wickets, 1 maiden.
Fifth ball – Amazing Grace!
Campbelltown Camden conquered Penrith in their first-grade encounter at Raby Sports Complex on Sunday, thanks to a remarkable Grace Augustine performance.
Grace grabbed figures of 5-29 to hold Penrith to 155, before piecing together a resilient, unbeaten 20-run knock from 50 deliveries. The Ghosts would surpass their target with two wickets in hand.
Sixth ball – Green Shield wicket grab!
- Taylor Gilbert (Bankstown) took 6-34 in a 15-run win over Mosman.
- Kaisei Doggett (Randwick Petersham) collected 5-10, though his side fell 12 runs shy of a UNSW target.
- Julian Osbourne (Manly Warringah) jagged 5-16 to restrict the Bears to 140-all out, 88 runs short of the Tahs’ total.
Second Over
First ball – Pushing for promotion!
Third-grade outshone all others over the weekend, with centuries and wickets aplenty.
- Hawkesbury’s Hemish Ahuja notched 137 runs (227 balls) to elevate his team to 4/300 at stumps against Blacktown Mounties.
- Rory Russo ripped through Sutherland to claim 5-13 and put his Saints in the lead at the end of day one at Harold Fraser Reserve.
- UNSW sit on 5/235 at the conclusion of the first day’s play against Parramatta at Merrylands Park. Tom Connolly will resume his innings on 125* (198 balls) when play recommences.
- Scott Joblin has 107 runs (not out) from 248 deliveries. His Penrith Panthers sit at 8/203 with a day’s play to come against Western Suburbs.
- Manly Warringah are in a spot of bother (5/58) going into day two against Randwick Petersham at Graham Reserve, despite a fantastic five-wicket haul from Joshua Coyte (5-46).
Second ball – All in a day’s work!
Bankstown (8-2) piled 359 runs on Sydney University (7-3) at Bankstown Oval on Saturday. Joel Brockley (51) passed fifty, Mitch Hinds followed shortly after (67), though it was Ryan Freeman who converted.
Freeman added 127 runs (213 balls) as the Bulldog’s batted out the full 96 overs.
Third ball – Hunter traps Tigers!
Just one day after Freeman’s century at Bankstown Oval (above), Amy Hunter finished with five Sydney wickets in her first-grade Bankstown team’s clash at Bankstown Oval.
Hunter’s 5-fa (5-14) would help the Bulldogs beat Sydney by 21 runs.
Fourth ball – There’s only room for one Sherriff in this town?!
Addison Sherriff scored 115 runs (163 balls) for UTS North Sydney against Sydney.
Here are some fun facts regarding this batting display:
- This is Addison’s initial first-grade century, coming at 17 years and 183 days old.
- Addison scored this maiden first-grade century against older brother, Ellis, who claimed 2-46 for the Tigers.
- Addison was dropped on 70, by Ellis, off his own bowling.
Fifth ball – Season best!
- Damien Aviet took 6-56 in his Fairfield-Liverpool side’s second-grade game against Campbelltown Camden. His previous best figures for the season were 4-50.
- Veeravenkataganeshsivakrishna Prasad Gandham claimed 5-73 for his Western Suburbs fifth-grade outfit against Penrith. His previous best for the season was 3-14.
Sixth ball – Run-for-run!
Blake Macdonald made it successive first-grade centuries and five for the season with 112 runs (138 balls) for St George against Sutherland. In at 1-8 in the third over, he was out to the first ball of the 45th over as St George totalled 371. Macdonald sits on 929 runs for season 23-24.
Gordon’s captain Tym Crawford went close to matching Macdonald’s five centuries for the season and two in the last two rounds, falling six runs short with 94 (113 balls) against Mosman. Crawford has 984 runs for the season.