AFTER fighting it out with the bat Narre Warren’s turf-one team fell 80 runs short in its chase of North Dandenong’s 333 in round five, day two on Saturday.
After two disappointing games, a dramatic change to the batting order was produced with Dean Williams and veteran Chris Pentland sent out to open the innings.
Unfortunately Pentland was out early and this brought captain-coach Wendell Perumal, batting at three for the first time, to the crease.
Williams and Perumal set about building a nice partnership in the sweltering conditions.
One run shy of their 100-run partnership, Williams was trapped lbw for a good 38.
John Simpson came in at four as Narre went to tea in a very strong position – 2/133 after 35 overs.
Feeling confident, the players knew the game was there for the taking until an umpiring error saw Perumal given out, caught behind off his thigh pad for 64.
This brought a Narre collapse that would be impossible to overcome.
After losing 5/9 in very good batting conditions, the only resistance was offered by Mark Teeuw playing his first game for the year in turf-one who finished 63 not out. Disappointingly falling 80 runs short of the North Dandy total.
Standouts with bat were Perumal and Teeuw, while Vinay Tripathi was magnificent with the ball claiming four North Dandy wickets for 107 off a massive 33 overs the previous week.
@BT Sub Sport News:TURF TWO
Narre Warren went back to Coomoora, chasing its total of 252 and Narre was 2/18.
With the heat playing a factor in the game, Martin Green and Dwayne Thomson did the job for the club staying out at the wicket and putting on a great partnership.
Thomson went for 40 just after drinks with the score 3/78.
Soon after Narre lost Green for 37 to be 4/85.
The partnership of the day was between Bill O’Loughlin and David Bartlett who put the game in Narre’s control with a partnership of 112 runs before Bartlett was dismissed for 48.
Narre lost another wicket at 6/225 with Jarrod Leworthy going for two, but supporting O’Loughlin very well.
Narre passed Coomoora’s score with 27 overs to spare.
Highlight of the day went to O’Loughlin for his 100 in cricket finishing on 101 not out and Steve Woodward 14 not out.
@BT Sub Sport News:A GRADE
Playing Maranatha and resuming at 0/56 chasing 94, Colin Perumal and Matt Darvell went on their merry way with a 199-run opening partnership.
Narre Warren declared at 2/208, Perumal 105 and Darvell 85.
Having a 114-run lead and 46 overs to go, Narre forced the opposition to bat again, bowling them out for 116 in 43 overs.
Best of the bowlers were Corey Thompson (4/26), James vanDam (2/16) and Matt Darvell (2/13).
Requiring only three runs off three overs, Narre achieved the runs in two balls, winning outright by 10 wickets.
@BT Sub Sport News:B GRADE
Playing Parkfield at Parkfield, Narre Warren was chasing 256 in hazy conditions.
Partnerships were the key again, but unfortunately they weren’t as consistent as last week.
Narre fell 54 runs short with 10 overs to go.
The highlight of the day was Shaun vanDam who carried his bat for a chanceless 101 not out.
@BT Sub Sport News:D GRADE
Playing Lyndale last week, Narre Warren was sent in to bat, ending up all out for 273 with Frank Welburn 70, Mark Churchill 41, Leigh Andrews 29, Regan Welburn 28 and James Camilleri 26.
The second days play started well with Welburn and Andrews bowling a tight opening spell.
The bowlers following bowled just as well with Narre Warren having Lyndale all out for 194.
Best of the bowlers were Andrews 5/50 and Welburn 4/80.
@BT Sub Sport News:E GRADE
Resuming on the second day saw Lyndale only needing 12 runs to win after Narre Warren bowled tight on a hot day to have them all out for 269 with the bowling honours shared.
Nathan King 2/17 backed up a great batting performance.
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 15 (1)
Narre Warren resumed at 0/22 chasing 48 and went on to make 4/229 with Mark Blanco 17, Chris Blanco retiring for a brilliant 53 not out, Matt Darvell 50 not out, Lashlan Jayasuriya 38 and Matt Harding a very quick 45.
A good win by Narre Warren.
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 15 (2)
Chasing 210, Narre Warren started out strongly with the opening batsmen being 3/80 after 25 overs.
Narre Warren had a chance with James Giertz (50 retired), Nathan Prosser (50 retired), Braydon Carlson (40 not out) and Shannon Adams 22 not out, but fell seven runs short.
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 13 (1)
Narre Warren began the run chase of Endeavour Hills total of 133 last week reaching 1/119 after 18 overs.
Narre Warren continues to bat and run between the wickets well, batting all day to reach 7/275.
Best of the bats, Ben Carter (51 not out), Braden King (44 not out), Dylan Quirk (35), Jarryd Straker (30), Shannon Marrell (27 not out), Jayden Arter (25 not out) and Dylan Henry 17 giving Narre Warren a great win by 142 runs.
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 13 (3)
Chasing 92 made by Lynbrook last week, Narre Warren batted well, ending up with 131.
Best of the bats were Callum Spencer (14), Josh Yong (8), Blake Cole (8 not out) Brendan Marrell (5 not out) and Dylan Morrison (24).
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 11 (1)
After making 181 the previous week, Narre Warren bowled Cranbourne out for 118. In a brilliant fielding display, Narre Warren was able to achieve four run outs, with Hayden Stagg featuring in two of them – the stumps were hit five times.
Best of the bowlers were, Reece Dempster (2/10 off three overs), Tom Spreckley (1/4 off three overs) and Travis Johnston (0/4 off three overs).
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 11 Black
Playing Lynbrook, Narre Warren won the toss and elected to bat.
Lynbrook bowled very well and kept the Narre bats to 9/56 at stumps.
Best of the bats were Brendan Fernando (4), Cameron Fernando (4) and Caleb Johnston (8).
Narre Warren then bowled and fielded the best so far this season, falling a few runs short of Lynbrook being 6/78 at stumps.
Best of the bowlers were Hamish West (2/4), Toby Neil (1/5) and Matt Bartlett (1/0).
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 11 WHITE
Narre North won the toss, batting first and made a formidable 4/132 from 24 overs.
Narre Warren found the run chase difficult and was 9/73 from 24 overs.
However all the players contributed and stuck to their task with dedication.
A good captain’s game by Kevin Collins and an excellent job of wicket-keeping by Mathew Stephens.
