NARRE WARREN lost the toss to St Mary’s in the first week of its second round Turf clash at Carroll Reserve and the home team had no hesitation in electing to bat on a flat, hard wicket.
St Mary’s got off to a good start. With Chris Jarrett not playing, Troy Cashman got away a little bit and made a well compiled 25 before Dave Wheeler struck for his first of the day. Wheeler then struck again with the wicket of captain/coach Atkinson for 19.
When English recruit Needham was run out soon after, St Mary’s were in a spot of bother at 3 for 60. A 78-run partnership between Byron and McKay then followed and the Saints were well poised at tea at 3 for 123.
Debutant Duane Hughes was brought into the attack and had instant success, removing Mckay for 41.
Enter Dwayne Scott! After bowling beautifully the previous game without a lot of success, Scott precisely dismantled the Saints batsman with flight, turn and bounce that made a lot watching think that the “Genius” was back.
With Wheeler coming back on and supporting Scott with the big wicket of Luke Byron the damage was done. Wheeler finishing with another tremendous game and picking up 3/60 off 21, John Simpson 14 overs for 34, Michael Sigaras, impressive again, 7 overs for 19, Hughes 1/13 off 4 and of course Scott 22.4 overs, 2 maidens 5/63.
Omar Baker in his second game behind the stumps in Turf 1 had four fantastic dismissals including two catches up to the stumps to Scott and a very good stumping.
St Mary’s were all out for 228.
Narre had to face six tough overs and with team of the year player Coomaraswamy, things weren’t going to be easy. He proved to be a handful and struck with the second ball of the innings to remove Mick Dennis for a first ball duck and nightwatchman Omar Baker soon followed for 4. Narre were 2/19 at the close with captain Wendell Perumal and debutant Hughes at the crease.
@BT Sub Sport News:TURF 3
Narre Warren hosted St Mary’s in Turf 3 and the visitors elected to bat after winning the toss.
Wickets fell steadily throughout the innings thanks to some excellent spells of bowling and good fielding. St Mary’s were eventually all out for 109 off 48 overs.
Under 15 player Chris Edwards bowled extremely well picking up 3/31 off 12 overs. He received excellent support from Steve Woodward (2/6) with single wickets to Brendan Jarman, Bryce Millar, Travis Brinkmann and Jarrod Leworthy.
Facing 32 overs, Narre Warren started poorly losing the first 4 wickets for 21. Ben Charles (18) and Leworthy (31) saw the day out leaving Narre Warren on 4/77 at end of the day’s play.
@BT Sub Sport News:AGRADE
Narre Warren travelled to St Mary’s, lost the toss again and were told to have a bowl.
Narre opened the attacked with Matt Gordon, who bowled a massive spell of 33 overs and doing a very good job ending up with 3/98. All bowlers bowled well with the best of the day being Mick Teeuw with the figures of 5/76 off 18 overs.
Matt Brew was very unlucky with several dropped catches, bowling six overs to record five maidens conceding only two runs for no wicket. Narre ended up getting St Mary’s all out for 241.
@BT Sub Sport News:B GRADE
In an entertaining game Narre Warren played HSD at home. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat.
The wickets fell at a steady rate with HSD being all out for 94 in the last over before tea. Best of the bowlers were Gareth Rees (4/43) and Matt Clarke (4/5). In reply, Narre Warren were in trouble at 9/72 at stumps.
Gareth Rees (17 no) and Andrew Stevens (11) being the only bats to trouble the scorers. This game is in the balance and an outright win either way is not out of the question.
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER 17/1
Hosting Noble Park, Narre Warren started slowly being 1/5 after 4 overs and 2/19 from 10 overs. Ryan Misquith and Matt Darvell put on a further 23 before being dismissed by consecutive balls in the 18th over. Wickets fell consistently and Narre Warren was all out for 76 in the 31st over.
Noble park found it hard to get a start and were 3/32 by the close of play. Best of the bats were Darvell (17), Shannon Adams (8) and Misquith (7). Best of the bowlers were Trent Anderson (1/9 off 4 overs), Jamie Heins (1/19 off 6 overs) and Michael Morgan (1/0 off 1 over).
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER15/1
Narre Warren won the toss and sent the home side Lyndale in to bat.
Some consistent bowling supported by some outstanding fielding saw Lyndale in trouble. The home team was eventually all out for 81 with Nathan King with 3 for 5 having the best figures. Other highlights were the catch and run out by Jordan Bulner.
Lyndale struck back with the ball early to have Narre Warren reeling losing three quick wickets. Captain Nathan King (20) and Nathan Prosser steadied the ship with a handy partnership before another two wickets fell.
Nathan Prosser and Ben Carter (19 no) then took the team through to stumps with Narre Warren finishing on 5/64. Fortunately Narre still has some good batting to come so the team is in a strong position
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER15/2
Playing Cranbourne, Narre Warren lost the toss and had the opposition all out for 154. Unfortunately, the team dropped five catches and also gave away 37 extras in a very ordinary display.
Narre Warren then batted for three overs and were 0/10 at the close. Best of the bowlers were Joshua Toole (2/4 off 6 overs), John Mentiplay (2/16 off 6 overs), Travis Walker (2/21 off 6 overs) and Jack Spreckley (2/22 off 6 overs).
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER15/3
Batting first Fountain Gate made 9/206. Narre Warren bowled well, conceding only nine extras. Best of the bowlers were Laurent Campbell (2/22), Jamayne Vanculenburg (2/29), Luke Dovaston (2/30) and Tim Vrevc (0/16 off 8 overs).
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER13/1
Playing Hallan Kalora Park and batting first on a small ground, Narre Warren started with a good partnership and continued with a wonderfully consistent performance with everyone contributing one way or another.
Finishing with 7/159, an equally consistent team effort from all of the Narre bowlers should make the task very tough for the opposition.
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER13/2
Hosting Hampton Park, Narre Warren were all out for 71. The best of the bats were Harrison Lane (25 no) and Travis Johnston (14). Hampton Park at stumps was 1/8.
@BT Sub Sport News:UNDER13/4
Playing Dandenong North at Hillcrest, Narre Warren batted first scoring 9/102, thanks to a great second wicket stand of 29 between Luke Artner and Kumuditha Akarawita. Everyone contributed well on a very slow outfield.
