First Grade
Wanneroo drew Joondalup 5/265 (Poulter 2/37)
Not much to write home about this round. The wet weather wanted to get involved in our game so there was lots of sitting and waiting on day one before the umpires deemed the pitch unsafe to play on. Day 2 started with promise, with fiery opening spells from Matthew Dzodzos and the returning Lachy Poulter accounting for three early wickets. Unfortunately our selfish Northern brothers didn’t want to share their toys, batting out the day for a draining draw. Congratulations to debutant Sam De silva – didn’t get a chance to bat, but I am sure there will be more opportunities.
Second Grade
Joondalup 10/158 (Carroll 3/24, Stumpers 3/42, Jessani 2/31) def. by Wanneroo 238 (Slattery 60, Bonner 59, Charles 39, Forssman 25)
The roos lost the toss and got sent into bat. Jacob Bonner and Mitch Slattery got us off to a good start after surviving the first session to allow the middle order batters to go a bit harder. After Jacob past 50 he was shortly after dismissed by a very good delivery. The Roos kept creeping towards a good score but wickets were being lost at wrong times as Mitch Slattery was dismissed for 60 which who was soon followed by Connor Spangenberg to leave the Roos 4-151 with work to do. Darcy Forssman and Joel Charles steady the ship a bit but were both dismissed at similar times. The Roos ended up being bowled out for 238.
Hayden Stumpers and Connor open the bowling for us as we were short on pace bowlers. Few tight overs from them at the start put the Roos on top early but we couldn’t quite find a wicket. But closing in on lunch Sharad Jessani produced a beauty of a ball to get our first on the board. That brought another 3 after that with spin to win at Iluka. Leaving Joondalup 4-80 at lunch. Joondalup came out attacking after lunch but the Roos kept finding regular wickets through Maff Carroll and Sharad every 6 or 7 overs, with Hayden finishing the end of the Joondalup innings by cleaning up the tail. A very good bowling performance by the Roos as we ended up winning by 80 runs which leaves us a game ahead on top.
Third Grade
Wanneroo 5/136 (McGhie 42, Kelsey 38*) drew Joondalup 7/215 (Mcdonald 5/64)
After the first week was washed out, Joondalup won the toss and chose to bat. Skipper Jordan Slattery got us off to the perfect start, taking a wicket with the very first ball of the innings. The next wicket proved hard to come by as the Joondalup batters put the foot down looking to get a quick score on the board and force a result. Jack McDonald toiled hard through the middle overs, ending up with his very first five wicket haul.
After Joondalup declared on 215, the Roos felt they could chase the score down. After losing a couple of early wickets, Brodie McGhie hit a quick 42. Despite our best efforts we weren’t able to push on and reached a point where batting out the day for a draw would be more beneficial. Michael Kelsey saw off the remaining overs, finishing on 38 not out. We tried hard to get a result but end up walking away with shared points.
Fourth Grade
Joondalup 162 (Maraldo 5/12, Singh 4/46) def. Wanneroo 145 (Kumar 35, Hall 25)
The 4s boys made their way to Iluka hoping to get on after the rain had already affected other games. The match was able to go ahead with Joondalup winning the toss and putting us in to bat.
The openers started well with Cam and Anil putting on a 50 run opening stand before Cam departed with Anil following a few balls later. We then lost a few quick wickets being 4/59 before the stand in captain Hall steadied the ship with Santich to get us to 100 runs before Hall was caught behind. Nick did well to hang around with wickets falling around him, but we ended up being rolled at the not quite high enough score of 145 in the 56th over.
With time still left in the day we went in to have a bowl at them with Anil taking the first wicket straight up having them 1/1. That was the only wicket to fall by the end of play and we knew we would have to bring our best the following week still needing 9 wickets for a win with Joondalup needing 100 runs.
Day 2 saw the return of the esteemed Captain Carroll and with him, hope and belief. The boys were backing themselves to get the wickets needed but despite numerous bowling changes to mix things up, we couldn’t get the breakthrough needed only getting the second wicket once Joondalup had coasted comfortably to 104 with them only then needing 42 runs for the win. The boys still backed themselves however but then disaster struck with Ajay going down with a hamstring injury. This left us with 10 on field as Brendon and Greg scrambled to find a sub fielder. They managed to really scrape the bottom of the barrel and got one of the dads watching their kid play to fill in…….enter Jimmy Skouros, the second best cricketer in his house. May have been a better option to ask Matt’s mum instead, we will never know.
Wickets then fell regularly as we had them 7/141 which included an absolute blinder of a catch by Carroll. A direct hit runout (thrown in by the younger, better Skouros) being given at this point would’ve been handy however it was hard for the umpire to give as he was running away from the throw coming in with his back to the stumps. But that is the joy of this great game, some calls go your way, some don’t. We did get a wicket a couple balls later to have them 8/145, tied with our score, but they unfortunately just got away from us being rolled for 162.
We had two bowlers who were outstanding. Okay, scratch that, we had one bowler who was outstanding and then the other one. Mr Y Singh was once again his consistent self, bagging 4/46 off 18 overs with some great bowling. Then we had Mr J Maraldo. Yes, you read that right. Through a smart (some would say genius) strategy of bowling rank half-trackers, Jack ended up with figures of 5/12 off his 9.3 overs. To be fair, one of his wickets was off a good ball……This just goes to show all you boys and girls that anything is possible in this great game of ours and that you should never give up on your cricketing dream. It also proves the old saying that s**t really does get wickets.
This loss still keeps us in the six only 10 points off top spot. We will regroup and get ready for our upcoming match against University to hopefully get the win.
Female B Grade 40
Wanneroo 4/211 (Crafford 98*, Reichelt 38, Jesani 32) def. Midland-Guildford 92 (Jones 4/23, Nicholls 2/17, Quinn-Schofield 2/26)
B Grade’s run of home games continued as they took on Midland-Guildford on Kingsway 2. This week the Roos welcomed another debutant in Aymie Haddrill, who has been having a stellar season in the 17s and is Wanneroo through and through!
Shenae and Tene put on another fantastic opening partnership – they’re a couple of master technicians and it’s great to watch. The stand was worth 96 before Shenae was run out in bizarre circumstances for 38. Shayna and Tene put on a neat little 50 run blitz, with Shayna notching 32 off just 28. This was followed by a run a ball 22 from Talia and the score was really ticking over. As the Roos chased 200 and looked to get Tene to triple figures of her own, Sarah was out trying to sneak a quick one while Kristin (11*) did her best to get Tene on strike. On 98* with two balls to go, Tene took a leg bye – ever the team player – and that remained her final score in a career best performance. Well done!! 4/211 after 20 overs was a fantastic effort.
MGCC started fairly well – sitting top of the ladder that wasn’t unexpected, but the Roos plugged away. Emilie (2/17) was rewarded with the first two poles after bowling with some good rhythm at the top of the order. Layla and Sgayna combined for a run out while Emma bowled a super line and length and pulled two maidens in her five overs (nice one, Skipper). Aymie’s first roll in Senior cricket was right on the money, with her characteristic dip and deception! This built great pressure on the Midland batters as the run rate started to get away. Cue the spin twins Layla and Kristin who had a field day, picking up 6/49 between them off 16 solid overs. Layla bagged another two fa to go with last weeks effort (including an opener and the No 3 – great work Schoey). In a second career best moment for the day, Kristin claimed a fantastic 4/23 and bowled an absolute treat, with the Roos catching everything hit their way! Special mention to Shayna who kept like a boss with a catch, a runout and a lightning fast stumping!
MGCC all out as Bree (1/1) claimed the last wicket for the day with the total at 92. Great team effort this one – well done!!
Female B Grade 40
BYE
Premier T20
Gosnells 7/125 def. Wanneroo 9/124
Colts T20
Gosnells 3/176 def. Wanneroo 8/132 (Spangenberg 37)
U/17 Mens
Wanneroo 6/201 (Marinovich 87, Lucas 65*) drew. Joondalup
The 17s turned up to Kingsway on a very dull and gloomy morning hoping they were going to get the game underway. But unfortunately, when the covers were removed, the pitch was too wet for any play.
Returning back to Kingsway on week two on a much better-looking morning weatherwise, WDCC won the toss and chose to bat. With only one day of play being done this round, it was a good opportunity for some of the lower order bats to bat up the order and spend some time in the middle. We started off with the regular openers but they both fell for not many, with number three batsman then coming in and hanging around for a while making a good little start but then getting out on 16. This bought Jordan Marinovich and Joel Lucas together at the crease who put on a great partnership of 140 runs, before what appeared to be Jordan running out of gas and being bowled for a well put together 85. Joel got red ink on a great knock of 65 not out. We finished the morning on 6/201. We came away with 2 points for our runs and 5 for the draw which keeps us in the top 6 for now.
This week we come up against Centurions who are on top of the ladder, so a tough game ahead for our young Roos.
U/15 Mens
Joondalup 8/90 (Rawlins 2/12, von Bergheim 2/14, Redman 2/16) def. by Wanneroo 8/100 (Pugh 30, Hudson 27)
Everyone slept in on day 1 with wind and rain the night before which lingered into the morning to see the day abandoned at Belridge Secondary College. This meant that when the Roos arrived for week 2, the game was rescheduled as a T20 in which Joondalup won the toss and sent the young Roos in to set a target.
With a very solid start from Lincoln Pugh (30) and Oliver Hudson (27) the opening partnership set the innings off well. Liam Deckert sparkled from the first ball before being bowled in unusual circumstances on his second delivery for 4. Kane Gostlow was the mainstay of the middle order compiling 18 before coming the third run out of the innings. The lower middle order gave their innings away chasing quick runs for the team and after the allotted 20 overs, Wanneroo set a marginally competitive target of 8/100.
Despite a volley of wides in the opening overs, Joondalup were never able to get their innings going and their required run rate grew from the start with the regular fall of wickets. All bowlers returned quality T20 bowling figures with the two U14 quicks impressing with Aiden Rawlins taking 2/12 and Jace von Bergheim also chipping in with 2/14. The spin twins of Harshal Halai and Josh Redman were as reliable as ever with Josh also taking two wickets for just 16 runs off his four overs.
Joondalup finished at 8/90 after their 20 overs giving Wanneroo first class honours at Belridge Secondary College.