First Grade
Scarborough 0/114 def. Wanneroo 113 (Sabburg 34, de Nobrega 26)
The ones once again won the toss with Deon choosing to bat. Chris Sabburg got going quickly, scoring freely. Once he got out, the roos collapsed poorly with only three of our batters going double figures, with the roos limping to 113.
Scarborough began their innings and never looked like losing. The roos couldn’t break the opening partnership with Scarborough chasing down the score in the 19th over.
Onto Subi next week.
Second Grade
Wanneroo 8/185 (O’Day 51*, Stumpers 35, Forssman 28) def. Scarborough 150 (Forssman 5/12, Carroll 3/12, Ardagh 2/45)
Smudge made it 3 – 3 as he elected to bat on what looked like a nice batting deck.
The boys were in a bit of trouble early, Darcy tried hard and plodded away for a 28 but we lost 7 wickets before the Subways arrived and we were for 7 for 94. Insert Michael MOOGS O’Day & big Hayden Stumpers who had a match winning partnership combining for 86. Moogs took 12 balls to get off the mark but ended up with an elite strike rate finishing on 51* off 54 rocks. Big Stumpy did a great job at the other end turning the strike over and was run out in the last over on 35 off 58. The boys did a great job to ensure we batted out the overs and we finished on 185. The momentum felt like it had swung our way and the boys were confident we could make it 3 on the trot.
Stumpy & Moogs kicked us off with the ball and unfortunately didn’t go to plan. The openers for Scarborough got off to an absolute flyer. 10 overs had gone in the blink of an eye & Scarborough were 0 for 74. Finally, we got our first and everyone still had some belief we could get a few wickets and make this interesting. B McGhie quoted “they will be 4 for 100 soon lads”. Smudge had seen enough and turned to the Whiz (Maff Carroll), who took the P155 in his first over taking 2-0 bowling left arm in swingers. Scarborough were now 3-99 and we were right back in the game, but the 18-year-old opener was still at the crease and he had blasted them all over the ground, hitting 4 Maximos & 9 4s. Darcy then came onto bowl his right arm tweakers and third ball into the over he snicked up the opener who made a very good 74 off 48. Brodie carried on thinking he had taken catch of the year but looking at the frog box after the game, it looked to be a regulation catch. Scarborough were now 4-99 and the lad’s energy in the field had lifted significantly. Wickets were falling consistently as Maff & Darcy bowled a perfect 10 overs each.
Maff finished with figures of 3-12 off 10 overs including 4 maidens & Darcy finished with 5 – 12 off 10 overs. Scarborough quickly fell to 9 for 123 and the wheels had fallen off the bus. The last pair for the gulls put on 27 but it wasn’t enough as they were bowled out for 150 & the roos make it 3-3.
Female B Grade T20
Wanneroo 8/88(cc) M Stillitano 25 MJ Gray 2/15 def by. Rockingham-Mandurah 5/89
The Roos took on Rockingham-Mandurah at Kingsway but were in trouble early on at 1/0. Talia (17) and Emilie (9) steadied the ship, getting the score to 2/25, but that became 5/39 and things were looking decidedly shaky. The Roos needed to find some runs and dig in if they were to post a competitive total.
Kristin (7) and Mathilda (25) delivered this by putting up some good resistance and finding the singles well. Ella also contributed a well-made 13 towards the back of the innings to see the Roos to a total of 8/88, which gave the bowlers something to work with.
But with fewer runs than they would have hoped for, the Roos had it all to do. Josie (1/13) struck early and a series of three runouts kept the Roos in the hunt – great to watch, including a direct hit from Buckets as the batters tried for a cheeky second. Shenae (1/13) also claimed a wicket with a great yorker that found the base of the stumps.
But despite an intense finish, the home side just didn’t have enough runs on the board and Rocky got across the line with three balls to spare. Credit to our players who never gave up the fight but lots of areas for improvement coming out of this match.
Female Youth League T20
Wanneroo 2/188 (Allen 72*, Bartholomew 68) def. Perth Cricket Club 61 (Quinn-Schofield 3/7)
The Under 17 girls took on Perth at Kingsway, in a first-ever clash between these teams in this league, with Perth entering the competition for the first time this year.
Winning the toss and batting, an early wicket put Perth momentarily on top, but then it was a pretty dominant performance from the Roos. Talia and Chloe batted sensibly but aggressively and well, building a mammoth 140 run partnership for the second wicket – statisticians have confirmed that this is the highest ever Youth League partnership for any wicket in any format. Well done ladies! Talia finished on 72* off 61 balls with an impressive 12 boundaries, with Chloe close behind on 68 off 60, with 9 boundaries.
In a great sign for the Club, we’ve now seen four half centuries in the Youth League T20 already this season – only one has been scored before this season. Roos rollicked to 2-188 off their 20.
Aymie and Myla opened the bowling and we saw another great caught and bowled – Myla’s athletic run and dive secured the first wicket. Tegan and Layla were right on the money, tightening the screws and really giving the batters very little to hit. Watching two leggies bowl in tandem is pretty special. Layla finished with a tidy 3/7 and Tegan 1/10. Emmersyn, Steffi and Steph all bowled with good rhythm – a sign that the Roos have good depth in their bowling – Spud’s 1/5 and Steffi’s 1/0 helped to restrict Perth to 61. Awesome to see an improved effort in the field from all of the girls this week – some tidy catches (another great celebration from Emmersyn) and three run outs – including a direct hit from Layla and Tegan/Abbster and Steffi/Abbster combinations that found the batters well short of their ground! Good job team!
Third Grade
Scarborough 8/157 (Jessani 3/23, Walter 2/25) def. Wanneroo 151 (Gardner 47, Slattery 28, Walter 26)
The one that got away. With one win after two the Threes went forth to compete with fifth-placed Scarborough at Abbett. Consistency is key so although coming into the game with our third keeper in three games, skip Slattery kept us on track at the coin toss, keeping us undefeated in that arena.
Batting first it was a near repeat of the week before, with openers looking good early, not much to write home about in the middle and then a useful, ugly scrap at the end. Cam MacDonald and Marc Gardner started us off well before Cam copped one that jumped from a length, resulting in him edging it in slow-motion to slip. From there the engine room couldn’t get going until captain Slattery sauntered to the crease to get us back on track. He joined Gardner to form an innings restoring 50-run partnership. Slattery was out for 28 and Gardner soon after for a well-cultivated 47. These two were replaced by John Walter and Owen Brown who had the job to push us to a defendable total. Walter deposited the ball into the waste receptacle on his way to 26, and in tandem with young Brown the Roos were able to drag themselves to a slightly under-par 152.
Knowing we needed quick wickets and restrictive bowling to have a chance, Scarborough denied us on both accounts, moving to the halfway drinks break only 2 down and their run-rate on the happy side of comfortable. With renewed determination that only cordial can provide, the roos were able to fight their way back into the game mostly thanks to a sensational bowling effort by young Tarun Jessani. Tarun spun a web through the middle overs, taking 3-23 off 9 overs. Along with a smattering of wickets to the other bowlers Scarborough were cut down to needing 30 runs with 2 wickets remaining and a run-rate bordering on the unhappy side of comfortable.
Alas, this was the last joy that we would have on the day. We dropped three catches, bowled too many wides (though some were questionable) and let runs be stolen as Scarborough’s #6 was able to effectively farm the strike and take the Abbett boys to victory in the final over. This one might sting for a while, but we will be better for the lessons.
Fourth Grade
Wanneroo 7/214 (Blythman 73, Hall 43, Williams 34) def. Scarborough 8/211 (Billington 3/41, Quelch 2/28, Kumar 2/34)
The Fours looked to continue their hot streak on the return to the almighty Kingsway Reserve (Home of Cricket) to face an opponent which not going to lie has had the upper hand on us for the last couple of years – the mighty Scarborough Gulls.
With a couple of familiar faces returning to the squad and a new captain Allan Hall standing in due to injury to the current captain we looked to make it 3-0 and the end of the day. As with all fours captain’s tradition the toss was lost, and the Gull’s skip sent the Roos to chase leather for the 45 overs. The Gull’s openers got off to a flyer while providing the Roos multiple close chance which could’ve gone either way, the Gull’s openers looked like putting on a dominant foundation until Anil “DON’T HIT MY TELSA!!” Kumar was brought onto the attack. He was into his work producing two wickets back-to-back, but we won’t talk about that hat trick ball. The Roos bowlers stayed consistent and persevered in the field throughout the innings taking wickets at crucial moments. The pick of the bowlers was the one Cody “G.O.A.T” Billington taking three wickets, with Josh “gibberish” Quelch taking two, Anil “TELSA” Kumar taking two and the return of Callum “The Finisher” Douglas taking one wicket as well restricting the Gulls to 211 at the innings break.
The Roo’s looked up to the challenge on chasing the mammoth score and looking for the Roo’s openers Tom “Mandurah’’ Blythman and Sam “That content guy “Williams to set a foundation for the rest of the order on. Which they did putting on a classy 65 opening stand. With the Roo’s losing a couple of quick wickets in a short span. The Gull’s looked to put the pressure back onto the mighty Roo’s but in came captain Hally. Hally and Tom absorbed the pressure from the Gull’s bowlers but after a time put that pressure back onto the bowlers. Hally and Tom looked comfortable together in the middle hitting the ball all around the park in a stand of 70 runs until Tom was dismissed trying to send the 15-year-old spinner back to Abbett park with a well deserved 73. With the game in the balance Anil partnered with Hally to try and get over the finish line for the team. Not to be with the Roo’s losing Hally after a fine captain’s knock of 43 and soon later losing Anil. But we all know that cricket is a spectator’s sport and in came Callum “Finisher” Douglas to get the Roo’s over the line in the last over of the day for a well-deserved win.
With a lot of positives coming out of the win, we look to continue to improve and look to carry the momentum on to next week as we face a more formidable opponent.
U17M
Wanneroo 9/191 (Skouros 75, Jones 40, Marinovich 26) def. Melville 8/106 (Skouros 3/21, Cavanagh 2/18)
Wanneroo won the toss and elected to bat. What looked to be a bad decision with the first 3 wickets falling for 7 runs, was quickly turned around by skipper Matt Skouros with a timely 75, his 2nd 50 in the first two games. Ben Jones (40) and Jordan Marinovich (26) contributed to the score to post 191 at the end of day 1.
Returning on day 2 it was a shared effort with bowling duties, Matt Skouros leading the charge again with 3/21, Hayden Cavanagh 2/18, closed out the day’s play with Melville at 8/106, falling 85 runs short.
U15M
Melville 6/194 (Deckert 2/7) def. Wanneroo 10/124 (Hudson 43*, Deckert 31)
No report this week.
U14M
Bayswater-Morley 8/185 def. by Wanneroo Districts 7/199 (Prance 85, Kilgour 50)
Winning the toss Captain Blake Jones elected to have a bat on what looked like a great flat pitch to set a good score on.
Losing an early wicket didn’t affect the score rate with Jackson Harvey ticking the strike rate over whilst Brock Prance went about inserting his influence on the game. Robbie Kilgour came in at the 18th over and in partnership with Brock they put 91 runs off 114 balls, to set the game up in the Roos favour. With Robbie ending up on 50, Jamie Moir came in to work with Brock, adding another 47 runs until Brocks great innings came to an end on 85 in the 47th over. With plenty of batsman in the shed the boys swung hard in the last couple of overs, losing a few late wickets but setting an impressive total of 199.
Bayswater started the run chase well getting a couple of edges that ran away over the fast outfield. Their opening batsman were looking strong and needed someone to turn the tide. A special fielding effort from the captain, Blake Jones, saw their opener walk off just short of a run. Another runout by Aiden Rawlins the very next ball had Bayswater on 2/36. With the quick loss of wickets, this now put pressure on their batsmen, not willing to risking the quick singles and allowing the Roos to get on top of Baywater’s early run rate of five an over by the 10. Leg spinners Ben Furlong and Blake then went to work bowling a tight line which didn’t give the batsmen many options. With pressure building, another runout eventuated, and the Roos were getting a good grip of the game. The bowlers managed to get seven maidens during the middle overs, dropping Bayswater’s run rate to just over two an over by the 20th. Needing quick runs, Bayswater started throwing the bat at everything and opportunities started to present. The boys could have finished them off earlier, but unfortunately, a few catches were spilled. The fast bowlers, Jace Von Bergheim, Aiden Rawlins and Pruth Chauhan, all managed to hit the sticks in the final overs finishing Bayswater 15 runs short.
It was a great start for the boys with some great achievements first up, still room for improvement in the field and learning the club song.
Go Roos
U13M
Bayswater-Morley 115 (McLean 5/21) def. by Wanneroo 1/168 (Young 80*, Harvey 59*)
Sunday the 16th saw the 13’s boys head out to Hillcrest for what would be for most boys their first official district game. They were all pumped up and with Kade bringing the speaker and a playlist supplied by a few of the boys they were looking forward to getting started. Our Captain Fletcher won the toss and even before the coin had stopped moving informed the Baysie skipper that we would be batting.
We managed to get off to a good start and had achieved our first target of being no wicket down and 25 runs after 10 overs. We lost our first wicket at 30 with Noah Ferguson dismissed for 14. With new batter Leo Harvey joining David Young at the crease the boys set about building the innings with the goal to work the run rate to around 3.5 to 4 per over. They achieved the goal with little fuss or risk and by innings end had built an unbroken partnership of 138 building our score to 1-168. Both batsmen were in complete control the whole innings and worked the ball into the gaps and were able to pounce on the loose balls. David Young batted through the innings to finish on 80 not out and Leo Harvey remained on 59 not out. Well done boys, great batting.
The Baysie boys had found it tough and ended up being an over short. So we only had 39 to bowl ourselves but the goal was 10 wickets. We managed to take wickets regularly and not allow the Baysie boys to get any real substantial partnerships while we worked together really well. Captain Fletcher opened the bowling and took 2 wickets in his first spell and in tandem with Jax Holbrook really set the tone with the areas they bowled. Cooper Doepel came and took an early wicket before our spinners bowled through the middle overs taking one a piece. Well bowled Scott and Darsh. Fletcher bought himself back on in effort to finish it early and again in tandem with Jax finished them off. Fletcher definitely got the reward for bowling full and straight and ended with a 5fa. 5 for 21 off 8 overs in an excellent day out for him with the ball.
As a fielding team we really built the pressure. Stopped almost everything, caught almost everything and chased every ball down. The last wicket run out was a highlight for me with 2 boys chasing out to the boundry and I could hear the talk calling for the flick back, the flick happened and a perfect throw to the keeper catching the batsmen just short of the crease (well done Gozzy and Cooper) was another highlight for a day filled with them.
Some of the boys could have been disappointed during our innings due to not getting a bat as they are not used to this scenario but the support offered to the boys doing the job was great. Rest assured that there will be games where your ability will be needed and sometimes it may be earlier than anyone likes. As it stands we will take the win and move on to our next game and again look forward to getting our processes right and allow ourselves to let the result take care of itself. Well done boys.
14F (Double header)
Game 1: Wanneroo 3/86 (Brooker 37) def. Midland-Guildford 4/85
Game 2: Wanneroo 8/68 def. by Subiaco-Floreat 2/84
It was a big welcome to the Roos family for lots of girls playing in their first official match for WDCC in the WA Cricket Female Talent Carnival. We hosted Perth, Subi and Midland at Prendiville College on Sunday, with all four sides playing two matches.
Coaches had the Roos well prepared after a solid pre-season and a couple of scratch matches along the way. In the first game against Midland, Wanneroo batted first, reaching a good score of 3/86 off their 20 overs. Kitty Wilkinson carried her bat for an unbeaten 20* and Sarah Brooker top scored with 37 off 45, including 4 boundaries – a great partnership of 71 runs for the second wicket – well done girls!
With the ball, the Roos bowled in some good areas, but a few no balls and extras kept Midland in the hunt. Wicket takers included Benita Griessel (1/13), Chelsea Babic (1/6) and Arabella Kent (1/9), with some very tidy bowling figures indeed. In a line ball finish, Samira (1/9) had the last over to bowl and kept things super tight, with Midland falling one run short of forcing a super over, finishing at 4/85 – talk about close!
After a short break, the Roos came up against a refreshed Subi outfit who rattled along well early before finishing with a total of 2/84. Benita (1/8) and Arabella (1/14) both claimed another wicket in this game, but we also saw some very tidy bowling figures from all the other bowlers, including Chelsea, Samira, Eliza O’Connor, Emma Krynauw and Addison Wallis.
In the chase for runs, the Roos fell a little short of the target at 8/68, but there was good value placed on wickets by the top order, all of who made starts. Top scorers for this game were Emma (14) and Summer Henry (11).
A great first official hit out for the Under 14’s, and a chance to apply and learn more about the skills they have been focusing on at training.