IT didn’t quite work out the way Narre Warren planned in its Turf One chase of 228 against St Mary’s.
Resuming at 2/19, Narre Warren got a off to a cautious start with night watchman Duane Hughes and captain Wendell Perumal, respecting the good bowling and getting through the early seam.
With a focus on keeping wickets in the shed, the two went along nicely, putting on 64 and shifting the swinging pendulum Narre Warren’s way.
First to go was the skipper for 42 following on from his string on scores between 30-50 from last season.
Getting starts doesn’t seem to be a problem, but getting a big score has been for the left-hander, who has gone to the top of the order this season.
This brought the young and extremely talented Matt Darvell to the crease, and he started hitting the ball like a seasoned veteran.
Hughes and Darvell put on 34 before Hughes, who was looking for a half-century on debut, was out for 46.
Gun recruit Shane Simpson joined Darvell and was run out for 3, which brought, vice-captain and hero with the ball Dwayne Scott to the centre.
With confidence on his side, Scott batted like a man who has done a big pre-season, but unfortunately was losing his mates up the other end.
Darvell departed for 21, John Simpson followed soon after without troubling the scorers, and Dwayne Thomson was gone for 12.
Narre Warren then saw the arrival of a new fashion trend in cricket when Dave Wheeler strode to the crease with his thigh pad, which looked like it was 68 years old, on the outside of his pants. It brought a few sniggers but the joy stopped there when he was stumped for 3.
Michael Sigaras was stranded short of a century on 96 when Scott was dismissed for 21.
Narre Warren was all out for 170 after a poor batting display in which it lost 7/58 off 35 overs.
The shining light was Hughes, who did an opener’s job and did the hard work of seeing off the new ball.
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Narre Warren resumed on day two against HSD needing 22 runs with just one wicket in hand to get first innings points.
Gareth Rees was on 17 and Michael Morgan was yet to score.
Unfortunately Morgan was out first ball of the second over without adding to the score, Narre Warren bowled out for 72.
With a slender lead of 22 runs, HSD went about scoring quickly in its second innings, eventually declaring at 0/185 after 45 overs.
Needing to hold out HSD for 25 overs, Narre Warren eventually finished on 5/25, losing on first innings points but preventing an outright win to HSD.
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Narre Warren resumed the second day’s play defending 343, with John Easton making 104, Craig Mentiplay 76, Vic Bradshaw 47 and David Orchard 33.
The team bowled out Doveton in the 56th over for 226.
Best of the bowlers were Shane Johnston (3/42 off 14 overs), Greg Sealby (3/60 off 15) and Bradshaw (4/53 off 13) to take the points by 116 runs.
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Resuming at 5/67 in reply to Lyndale’s 81, it had been decided by the leadership group that Narre Warren would bat for no longer than 20 overs and build a lead in an effort to bowl Lyndale out a second time.
Despite the loss of a couple of early wickets, Narre Warren showed its depth to eventually declare at 9/196.
Dylan Quirk finished with 53 not out and some outstanding hitting by Jordan Bulner (25 not out) was a highlight.
With 25 overs left Lyndale went back in to bat and was soon in trouble thanks to some fine bowling by Matthew Clarke and Josh Amsterdam, who took three wickets each.
At the end of play Lyndale was nine wickets down, just avoiding outright defeat.
A few catches downed proved costly for Narre Warren.
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Playing Cranbourne and chasing 154 runs, Narre Warren got off to a good start, making 43 before losing its first wicket.
The players past the opposition score in the 41st over, losing only five wickets in a good team performance.
Best of the bats were Jarryd Straker (46), Jack Spreckley (31 not out) and Brett Healey (19 not out).
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Narre Warren hosted Fountain Gate at Hillcrest, with the visitors making 206 on he first day.
The players had a tough job ahead against a side that was experienced at this level.
To Narre Warren’s credit the players toiled hard with the bat, but finished well short of the total in the 36th over.
Jake Vigilanti showed real determination in his first time batting for the team.
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Defending 159 on a small ground, Hallam Kalora Park got off to a great start, which made for a difficult day for Narre Warren.
A good fightback with some tight bowling and fielding in the middle of the game gave Narre Warren a chance.
However the opposition’s good batting and Narre Warren’s ordinary fielding meant Narre Warren didn’t have enough runs on the board.
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Defending 71 runs, Narre Warren had Hampton Park as 5/98 after 37 overs.
Best of the bats were Harrison Lane (25) and Travis Johnston (14).
Best of the bowlers were Sam Fletcher (2/12), Lane (1/3), Johnston (1/6) and Jacob DeSilva (1/11).
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Hosting North Dandenong at Hillcrest, Narre Warren batted on the first day to score 9/101.
Best of the bats were Kamuditha Akarawita (17), Haydn Stagg (14) and Luke Artner (11), with the rest of the team batting well to keep the scoreboard ticking over.
Day two saw the first four bowlers in Stagg, Ryan Hill, Keigan Dickson and Brendan Fernando do a great job in restricting the opposition to 4/14 off the first 14 overs.
Nine players bowled and Dandenong North was all out for 43 with Narre Warren winning by 56 runs.
Wicket takers were Akarawita (2/5), Chamara Liyanaarachchi (1/2), Sheldon Vuurman (1/0), Fernando (1/4), Hill (1/4) and Jayden Bosman (1/15).
Vuurman, Bosman and Hill also took great captions.
