First Grade
Wanneroo 317 (Sabburg 110, Swindells 70, Holly 34, Varsani 32) def. Rockingham-Mandurah 10/300 (Sabburg 3/54, Billington 3/76)
The first two-day game at home for the 1’s got off to a good start with captain Deon winning the toss and without hesitation electing to bat. Not the best of starts with the Roos being 1/1 but a partnership was built between the visa evader (Harry Swindles) and two-stroke (Michael O’Day).
On the stroke of lunch Michael had enough of batting and decided to run himself out by half a pitch. This brought in big red (Chris Sabburg). With Swindles and Sabburg going about their business and picking off the Rockingham attack with a precision that was a pleasure to watch. Swindles departed for an excellent 70. Strawb was measured with his aggression as the opposition set interesting fields with 5 men out for 25 overs. Strawb was happy to oblige and happily went at 3 an over with ease. He made a terrific 110 in a stunning return to form. He was supported well by Aryan’s 32 and Goggles Holly’s 34. The Roos finished an excellent day on 317.
Week two came around and it was the Roos turn to bowl. It was a good contest early between bat and ball with Rockingham making a decent start with the Roos also grabbing two wickets early. The Roos were less then desirable in the field and lacked consistency in their bowling. Great spells by all-rounder status Michael O’Day and Hayden Stumpers, wrestled momentum back and were unlucky to not grab a wicket for their efforts. Spin twins Billington and Carroll came on and struck with Billington breaking the big partnership and “Maffa” Carroll picking up the incoming batsmen soon after.
Once again the momentum swung and the game was on a knifes edge. The skipper Deon stood up, paired with Chris Sabburg bowled for majority of the last session and controlled the game excellently. Made scoring hard for the batsman as the run rate was creeping higher with every over. This culminated in numerous chances for wickets which the Roos took most of them… definitely not all though. An excellent catch by Riley Holly all but won the game for the Roos. And the Roos registered their first 2-day win of the season.
Second Grade
Rockingham-Mandurah 181 (Fryer 4/30, Forssman 3/25) def by Wanneroo 7/231 (De silva 70, Spangenberg 61, Bonner 40)
Saturday 5th of November, we were off to a great start on a windy day down at Retravision Oval (Lark Hill) – the boys were warming up, Smudge (Adam Smith) ready for the coin toss and Sharad Jessani took a wrong left to get lost in Rockingham.
Smudge lost the toss (very first one for the season) and we told to get the whites on and have a bowl on a nice flatty. We got off the best start with Donny Fryer taking the first wicket in the very first over of the day, Adam (what shoulder injury) Smith bowling an exceptional opening spell into that Lark Hill winds to get us into a decent position heading into lunch. After Lunch it was all Wanneroo, the spinners twirling into the breeze and pace bowlers bowling down breeze, rolling Rockingham for 181, Donny Fryer (4/30) and Darcy Forssman (3/25) pick of the bowlers with Sam (The Wall) De Silva with 2 run outs to end the innings. With 9 overs left in the day Blake Holly and Jacob Bonner were the boys to go out and face up, successfully navigating their way to 0/16 to end day 1.
Day 2 started in a bad fashion with Blake Holly being bowled around the legs on the first over of the day. Alex (Fitta) Fitzmaurice was digging into the fine food facilities watching the boys in cruise control heading into Lunch. After lunch everything was looking on track with the boys batting beautifully before Jacob (Doesn’t like a 50) Bonner chipping on straight to the bowler ending on a well-made (40). In came Connor (Spang) Spangenberg and from the get go was on the attack, batting sensationally to bring up a compiled 50, not long after Sam (The Wall) De Silva bringing up his 50. With 7 runs to win Connor tried to hit the boundary but was caught at covers for a well-made (61). We kept batting on till the tea break in hope for Sammy to bring up a 100 for the club but fell on 70 -take nothing away from the innings, it was sensational. The boys really were having a centre wicket session with Alex (Fitta) Fitzmaurice hitting 2x 4s in his late cameo of 3 balls to take it to tea. The game was called with the score at 7/231, Wanneroo 2s remaining undefeated after 6.
M T20
Wanneroo 7/161 (Swindells 37, Billington 30) def. Midland-Guildford 5/160 (Carroll 2/20)
The Roos lost the toss against Midland-Guildford on a sunny Sunday and were sent out to field. Midland got off a to a bit of a flyer and we’re 0/56 after the powerplay. It didn’t take long for young Maff Carroll to get into his work as he broke the opening partnership and helped build some momentum back for the Roos. From then on, the Roos worked hard throughout the middle overs and at the death to try and restrict Midland as they ended up finishing on 5/160.
With the bat, Wanneroo didn’t get off to the flashiest of starts but kept wickets in tack and run rate in reach throughout the first part of the innings. Harry ‘Howay the Lads’ Swindells played a crucial role throughout the middle overs with a cameo of 37 off 27 balls. From then on Billington (30 off 25) and Spangenberg (17 off 11) played handy little innings to keep the run rate within reach. Then when it all looked too much, Caiden EatonBurgerz and Hayden ‘The Stumptruck’ Stumpers entered the crease. Needing 37 from 3 overs the pair were clinical hitting 2 4s and 3 maximums between them. It took until the very last ball as the Roos needed 1 off 1 to win the game but Caiden was too clutch for Midland as he scampered through for one of the great t20 wins.
Colts T20
Wanneroo 4/155 (Spangenberg 55, Holly 42) def. Midland-Guildford 7/145 (Stumpers 3/33, Carroll 2/18)
Captain Varsani won the toss and chose to bat – before hitting a four first ball. We lost an early wicket, but Blake and Conner steadily batted throughout the middle overs getting us to 115 before losing Blake. A few cameos by Stumpers and Tyler helped Conner get to 50 and lead the team to 155 after the 20 overs.
We got off to a rough start with the ball, Midland taking early charge before Sharad and Stumpers took a wicket each to shift momentum. Ultimately Stumpers took two and Matt ‘Maff’ Carroll took two in the final over to seal a win in the first Colts match of the season.
Third Grade
Wanneroo 7/308 (Harris 89, Blythman 70, Brown 62*, Kelsey 31) def. Rockingham-Mandurah 128 (T Jessani 3/15, O Brown 3/34, Walter 2/32, Slattery 2/33)
The time has finally come – first 2 dayer of the season taking on the gold ole Rockingham-Mandurah at the home of cricket Kingsway 2. Day 1 started off very nicely with Skipper Jordan winning the toss and electing to bat on an absolute road.
The innings however did not start off very smoothly as we lost both Cam and Yusuf very early in the day resulting of the threes being 2/1. However, a classy 3rd wicket stand of Tim (89) and Tom (70) steadied the innings with a mammoth 157 run partnership to lay a brilliant platform for the rest of the line up to launch off. The middle order contributed very nicely with Kelso providing a classy 31 and Tyler “Falcon destroyer” producing a well-made 62 with late handy runs from Walts and Jordan putting the team total to a mammoth 308 at the end of innings.
Day 2 produced a cloudy day but the deck was flat and with only 5 bowlers we knew it was going to be a tough day in the dirt. We knew a couple of wickets in the first session was key to put the pressure straight on the Rockingham batters and boy did the bowlers produce a serious start with Owen “Mr worldwide” Brown producing an outstanding opening spell by knocking the stumps over 3 times within the space of 10 balls. The threes continued to take wickets at regular intervals with Slats and Walts taking 2 wickets each, and with Owen and taz “just the better jessani” taking 3 poles each to knock over the Rockingham line up for 128. Definitely a well-earned beverage for the threes as they continue their momentum onto next week.
Fourth Grade
Rockingham-Mandurah 301 (Maunder 4/31, Kumar 2/49, Y Singh 2/76) def. Wanneroo 260 (Williams 110, Hall 48, Kumar 45)
4s made the long, dreaded trip down to lark hill. Deck was flat, outfield was fast and Liam continued his fine form by losing the toss yet again, with Rocky sending us out to field. We started well with the ball, creating plenty of chances early but couldn’t get a breakthrough until the drinks when Jared ‘Juice’ Maunder and Anil Kumar were able to dismiss both openers with the score at 42. It was then 31 overs of pure annihilation as the next 2 blokes piled on 179 before Kane “party animal” Pearce got the breakthrough. We came out after tea and dug ourselves out of a hole taking the last 7 wickets for 80 runs thanks to a quiet 4fa from Juice and 2 each from Yad and Anil. Rocky all out for 301 after 72 overs. Having 6 overs to bat at the end of day 1 , Sam and Anil were able to bat out the day finishing at 0/18.
Day 2 started with severe panic as Dougo had lost his kit bag and Kane Pearce decided he’d forget his whites at home. This didn’t stop openers Sam and Anil however as they were able to continue their run of form and put on another 50+ run opening stand, before Anil skied one to mid-off for a well made 45, 3 balls before drinks. After drinks was a bit ugly, as we then lost 3 quick wickets, but Hally joined Sam at the crease and the two were able to steady the ship scoring runs with ease putting on 93 for the 4th wicket. Hally out for a fine 48. From this point on it was the Sam Williams show as the opener was left unfazed as the middle order collapsed around him. He was able to up the ante and give the boys a sniff as he belted Rocky all over the park, bringing up a maiden 100 with a crunching cover drive for 4. A well-deserved 100 after a lot of hard work for Sam left bittersweet as we fell 41 runs short.
U17M
Wanneroo 5/223 (Skouros 101*, Jones 44, Brown 26) def. Rockingham-Mandurah 132 (Skouros 3/18, De Villiers 2/23, Cavanagh 2/28)
Last Saturday we welcomed Rockingham Mandurah to Kingsway. The boys from Rocky thought there may be a bit in the wicket and won the toss and put us into bat.
Tyler Brown (26) and Riley Gillespie (20) got us off to a solid start with a partnership of 47. We then lost 3 for 15 in a short period of time before Matt Skouros and Ben Jones steadied the ship with a partnership of 112 before Ben was dismissed for a well-made 44. Matt Skouros went on and made his first century for the club and remained 101 not out. Congrats Matt, superb effort. We finished on 5 for 223 off our 50 overs and were confident we could turn that into a comfortable win.
On week two we turned up on a magnificent Saturday with a Vinnie special prepared for us and an outfield resembling a bowling green. The boys from Rocky never really got going. An excellent new ball partnership from Skipper Matt Skouros and Jordan Marinovich had us in the box seat at 3 for 13. Rocky were able to build a couple of small partnerships before wickets would fall in clumps. Nathan De Villiers (2 for 23) chipped in with 2 in 2 balls and at that stage they were reeling at 5 for 51. Then spin twins Tarun Jessani (1 for 13) and Hayden Cavanagh (2 for 28) tightened the ship and continued the pressure before skipper Matt came on to finish a great game for him with 3 for 18 to go with his hundred the previous week.
17’s are now sitting in 4th spot with 3 wins from 4 games and the momentum is building. Well done boys.
U15M
Rockingham-Mandurah 9/220 (Prance 3/32, Halai 2/49) def. Wanneroo 5/138 (Pugh 58*, Gostlow 32)
After the long journey south, Rockingham-Mandurah won the toss and promptly decided to bat in what can only be described as perfect conditions to set a decent target.
Those plans were put in doubt early with very good opening spells of 1/14 each from Dylan PRANCE and Liam DECKERT to have the hosts in a nervous position. After some unrewarded toil from Mitch McARTHUR (1/70), The spin trio of Harshal HALAI (2/49 off 10), Josh REDMAN (1/20 off 6) and Blake JONES (0/19 off 4) worked hard with support from DECKERT and PRANCE to restrict the hosts to 9/220 after their allotted 50 overs. PRANCE finishing with the best figures of 3/32 off his 10 overs.
With some optimism that whilst it was a decent score, in the favourable batting conditions, it was a gettable target if they batted well, the young Roos racked up more frequent flyer points and returned for day two.
The chase did not start well with REDMAN shouldering arms as a sniper took out his off bail from somewhere beyond the coastal heath. DECKERT followed soon after for a good catch and at 2/20, Lincoln PUGH (58 not out) and Kane GOSTLOW (32) then went about stabilising the innings.
Unfortunately, the Roos were never in the chase with the required run rate steadily creeping up and nobody being able to get their innings going.
The opportunity for redemption arises next week with a local derby against Joondalup.
Female B Grade
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17F40
Melville 163 (Allen 4/15, Haddrill 4/18) def. Wanneroo 86 (Allen 37)
The Under 17s ventured to Tompkins Park on a windy day for their first match against Melville for the season.
Melville won the toss and batted first, looking to bat out their 40 overs, but were immediately on the back foot at 2/17, with the dynamic duo of Chloe and Aymie combining to remove both openers – Chloe hitting the pegs when Womby collected a skied chance off Aymie. When Ella struck with the score at 3/30, things looked promising, but a strong fourth wicket partnership nudged the score to 114. Talia then collected three wickets in no time (two bowled’s and an LBW – nice!), again wresting control back to the Roos, with Melville stumbling to 6/115.
While the Roos never gave up in the field, the score kept ticking. Once again sundries proved to be a friend to the opposition and this will be an area of focus for the team moving forward. Melville showed good determination to bat out their overs, and nearly did so, but not before Aymie targeted a great line and length to collect three caught and bowled on her way to a very tidy 4/18, with Talia also claiming another to finish with 4/15 – well bowled both!
With the bat, the second wicket partnership between Chloe and Talia threatened to end the game very quickly in the Roos favour, and at 2/50 after not many overs it looked possible. However, spin was our undoing on this day, with the Melville keeper collecting three stumpings. Talia’s innings of 37 off 39 was a highlight, with Chloe the next best scorer with 13. Polly, Spud and Steffi put up some good resistance, but the Roos were dismissed for 86 just after drinks. Lots to work on out of this game and I’m sure we will see the Roos bounce back strongly.
Female Pathway Program (Double header)
Wanneroo 1/76 (Brooker 35*, Wilkinson 25*) def. by South Perth 3/77
The Under 14s played their second carnival for the season, again at Prendiville College in Ocean Reef. Game 1 saw them take on South Perth, in what proved to be a very exciting game. Batting first, the Young Roos notched a score of 1/76 off their 20 overs, with a fantastic partnership taking place between Kitty Wilkinson (25*) and Sarah Brooker (35*). Well batted girls! With the ball, the girls bowled super tight, restricting scoring opportunities. All seven Wanneroo bowlers returned tidy figures, targeting good areas. Samira was the only bowler to claim a wicket (1/14), with two excellent bits of fielding resulting in run outs to Emma and Chelsea – both direct hits. In the end, South Perth reached 3/77 with a little more than six balls to spare.
Wanneroo 2/56 def. Melville 8/53 (Kent 3/12)
Game 2 of the double header was a low scoring affair against Melville, who the Roos were able to restrict to 8/53. Once again, the Wanneroo bowling unit was a tight group, with super economical figures returned by all. Wickets were claimed by Chelsea (1/4), Emma (1/7), Sophie (1/7), Samira (1/2) and Eliza (1/2). Arabella was the standout on the day with 3/12. Fantastic catching in this game too with Addison and Emma both collecting two, while Molly and Kitty also showed safe hands. Wanneroo ran the score down right on the 13 over mark, finishing at 2/56. Addison batted well for her 21, while Emma was the highest scorer with 17.