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Update No.190: Spring – The Season Begins

Kilbirnie Sports Hawkes Bay CA Tournament Park, Napier, 2-4 October Our Premier Team in Hawkes Bay – Winner of this Pre-Season Tournament

PARNELL – won the T20 Final vs TAITA CC, of Hutt Valley, by 34 runs Back – L-R: Hussain Hanif (Director of Cricket), Fanie de Villiers, Flynn McGregor-Sumpter, Josh Fisher, Dean van Deventer, Nikith Perera, Ben Rae, Ian West (Coach) Front – L-R: James Nelson, Harry Miller, Nathan Robinson, Andy Lane () with Trophy, Sam Jenkin, Aniket Parikh, Giacomo Lamplough Parnell won all 5 T20 matches played: Round 1. KARORI (Wgtn) 125/5 (20) F de Villiers 3/27 (3), N Perera 1/13 (4) PARNELL 128/4 (18.3) A Parikh 42 (40), A Lane 21 (18), J Fisher 27 (24)

Round 2. NAPIER OB MARIST 122/8 (20) Jesse Ryder 55 (28) , D van Deventer 2/13 (3), J Fisher 2/9 (3) PARNELL 123/8 (19.4) B Rae 71 (50), A Parikh 22 (24)

Round 3. PARNELL 147/6 (20) F McGregor-Sumpter 50 (46), A Parikh 21 (14), A Lane 45 (32) PTS UNITED (Manawatu) 113/8 (20) J Fisher 4/28 (4)

Round 4. ONSLOW (Wgtn) 123/8 (20) J Fisher 2/24 (4), N Perera 3/22 (4), A Parikh 2/22 (4) PARNELL 124/2 (15.2) B Rae 23 (18), F McGregor-Sumpter 59* (37), A Parikh 26* (24)

FINAL PARNELL 177/7 (20) B Rae 84 (55), A Parikh 18 (10), A Lane 18 (15), J Fisher 16 (14) TAITA (Hutt Valley) 143/10 (18.1) J Fisher 2/7 (2.1), N Perera 2/28 (4), G Lamplough 2/18 (4)

Other clubs particpating, but which we didn’t meet, were Athletic OB (Nelson - 1 win/3 lost), Horowhenua Kapiti (1/3), Taradale (Hawkes Bay – 3/1), North Shore (Auckland – 3/1).

First and foremost, congratulations to Hawkes Bay CA for arranging this Tournament against all odds and Covid 19! And a thanks to the Hawkes Bay weather, too – games were on grass pitches, unobtainable in Auckland. Here, our season proper isn’t going to start till Saturday, 31 October – 3 weeks later that what was once the norm.

Ben Rae – 71 vs Napier OB Marist and 84 in the Final vs Taita The Final – Parnell at Nelson Park, Napier The Parnell team wasn’t at full strength – Black Caps and Aces , Mark Chapman, Will Somerville, Corey Anderson, Ben Horne, Ollie Pringle all absent. Also Prem regular Ganesh Ratnasabapathy and returnee Henry King remained in Auckland and aided our Reserves. But youngsters Nathan Robinson and Sam Jenkin did travel, given opportunities and will have learned plenty from the experience of the trip away. To win all 5 games was a great start to the Season and, hopefully, a sign of great cricket to come.

Back in Auckland - Our Prem Reserves Parnell Prem Reserves vs North Shore - Parnell lost to North Shore by 1 It may have been a loss but Coach Roy Goodyear was full of praise for his Team that included a number of schoolboys. According to Roy long time stalwarts Ganesh Ratnasabapathy, Henry King, Will Ormiston and Simon Walker all performed well aided hugely by Varun Garg and Harry Sinclair with the bat. Varun – your running between the was complimented as was your 2nd stand of 75 with newcomer Michael Fourie. Michael, welcome to Parnell and well batted, too. Max Chaplin impressed with his chinamen and Charles Wilkes excelled behind the stumps – a catch and 2 stumpings. Obviously a marvellous game of cricket and strong prospects for the future.

Roy Goodyear

On rather a sad note we now farewell Roy as a contracted coach at Parnell. Roy has resigned but is still available for private coaching in addition to his continuing duties with Auckland Cricket. Roy joined us at Parnell some 5 years ago bringing a wealth of coaching experience to us after highly successful stints at, first St Kentigern and then King’s Colleges. At King’s, in particular, Roy took their 1st XI to successive Gillette Cup wins in 2010 and 2011. Notable players who excelled under his watch were Mark Chapman and Ben Horne and one doesn’t have to comment further about their further exploits for Parnell and beyond. Nathan Williamson, Tom Urry and Simon Hickey were others who excelled under Roy’s watch at King’s. At Parnell, Roy has given sage mentorship to many, particularly to our Premier Reserves the last two seasons. Of great help to Skipper Razin, he also mentored a number of players – Will Ormiston and Giacomo Lamplough both hit 180s last season helped by his encouragement. Roy, thank you for sharing your wealth of cricketing knowledge and experience with us – including reminicences of your playing career in Rhodesia/Zimbawe and then Natal in the company of contemporary legends such as , the Pollock brothers and Mike Proctor. A farewell in one respect, we still look forward to seeing you back at the TJC, feeding the machine, and, from the Shore Road , watching your protegees excel with bat and ball.

This Coming Weekend – Parnell Prems vs Upper Hutt CC at Shore Road Three Men’s Premier Games Friday, 9/10 T20 3.00 pm Bar will be open and a BBQ will follow the game Saturday, 10/10 50/50 10.00 am Bar open from 4.00pm and , again, a BBQ will follow Sunday, 11/10 T20 10.00 am - COME DOWN TO SHORE ROAD OVER THE WEEKEND AND ENJOY THE CRICKET AND CLUB FELLOWSHIP! [All members welcome to the BBQs but please rsvp by email [email protected] to assist with catering] Congratulations to Ian West, Now an NZC High Performance Coach

Back in August, Ian completed his Cricket High Performance Coach programme, a process which had been going on for the last two years. There are only 16 in NZ with this qualification and it`s the equivalent of ECB`s level 4 coaching certificate. Congratulations Ian – wonderful news , your coaching expertise will be of enormous benefit to Parnell and, in particular, our players who receive your tuition.

Our Premier Women – Message from Coach Henry Cameron

The Premier and Reserve Women’s teams have been putting in a huge amount of work in the off season. We have been having great numbers turning up to Monday nights trainings since late July.

The players are off to Whangarei this weekend for a preseason fixture and then away to Papatoetoe the following week for more warm up games. The first round starts off against Takapuna, away on the 31st of October.

We are still looking for female cricketers to fill spots throughout the season. If you are a beginner to a seasoned pro then we want to hear from you.

Contact the coach: Henry Cameron 027 605 1016 [email protected]

Henry Cameron Training Have you ever been involved in fitness training specifically designed for cricket?

A six-week training program is starting up soon. It's designed to increase your fitness, strength and power for cricket. If you are interested in what the program has to offer, then contact Henry. Henry Cameron: e-mail:[email protected] phone: 027 605 1016

HCT (Henry Cameron Training)

Junior Prizegiving – Rescheduled For Sunday, 18 October

First it was to be held late March, then on 18 September and now it will be on Sunday, 18 October. Covid 19 has a lot to answer for!! Finally those great performances of the past 2019/20 Season will be properly recognised and, hopefully, inspire the trophy recipients to even greater deeds in 2020/21. And, just as hopefully, inspire others to emulate those winners with their own outstanding performances.

Prizegiving and Opening Day, October 1954 – the Gutry Trophy being awarded by Parnell’s President Jack Forsman Venue was Thos. Bloodworth Park (and Councilor Tom Bloodworth would have been present). Anyone recognisable in the crowd? Terry Jarvis and were members and your Editor had just joined the Club.

Update 189 - Quiz – Answers

It is some while since we have had a quiz but some questions came to mind during lockdown.

QUESTION 1. is the ultimate challenge to cricketers and, for most batsmen, their reputation is made or broken by their performances in their first 10 Test . The following are the first 10 innings of some of the greatest batsmen – from Australia, England, India and NZ. Task is to match these names to the performances below (not outs in red) A- L: ANSWERS: A. B. C. D. Stewie Dempster E. Bert Sutcliffe F. G. Kane Wilkinson H. Marnus Labuschange I. J. K. L.

A B C D E F G H I J K L

13 I 64 SA 18 11 58 0 131 0 15 1 4 9

153 I 122 SA 1 25 32 1 4 13 59 12 15 2

112 E 83 SA 79 136 82 100 69 25 8 10 0 0

4 E 29 SA 112 80 57 14 0 43 41 77 27 9

17 E 5 SA 40 62 9 12 8 38 35 7 30 0

34 SA 59 A 58 27 101 100 50 81 57 36 52 33

178 SA 115 A 123 53 88 4 1 6 0 6 63 37

23 SA 176 A 37 120 54 5 21 4 24 38 11 1

2 SA 127 A 8 8 116 364 15 59 88 18 0 46

151 SA 33 A 131 12 20 17 49 74 5 54 23 12 Total 687 813 607 534 617 617 348 343 332 259 225 149 Ave 98.14 90.33 67.44 66.75 61.7 61.7 34.8 34.3 33.2 25.78 22.5 14.9

Well done Alan Graham for answering all the above correctly

COMMENT: Neil Harvey his 1st 10 innings were over a 2 year period in 3 Series – Jan. 1948, starting vs India, 3rd & 4th Tests vs England in UK, then in Sth Africa 1949/50. In 79 Tests over 15 years he scored 6149 at 48.41.

Herbert Sutcliffe his 10 were in just 6 months. Despite his remarkable batting in the 1924/25 Ashes (Sutcliffes 11th & 12th innings were 59 & 143) & England lost the series 1-4! He played 54 Tests 4555 at 60.73.

Don Bradman All 10 vs England – 18 & 1 in his 1st Test, he was dropped but returned for the 3th Test. Rest is history, Bradman scored 254 in his 11th innings the 1 and 334. He retired 18 years later averaging 99.94

Stewie Dempster New Zealander – he played only 10 Tests in just 3 years, 1930 -33 before heading to England and an outstanding County career with Leicestershire.

Bert Sutcliffe Perhaps NZ’s (and certainly Parnell’s) greatest batsman. In the game immediately prior to his 1st Test in 1947, Sutcliffe hit 197 and 128 for Otago vs MCC (ie England). Note he scored slightly more runs than Bradman in his first 10 innings. English sports journalist Vivian Jenkins wrote “We’ve heard a lot about Neil Harvey and as the best left handers in the world. In my opinion Sutcliffe has them both toiling in their wake”. NZ played so few Tests in those days – it took him till 1951, 4 years, to play his first 10th innings. Bert retired in 1959 but was recalled in 1965 to bolster NZ’s team to India and England and hit a monumental 151* in his first comeback innings in . In all, Bert’s Test career spanned 28 years, 42 Tests, 2727 runs at 40.10 with 230* his highest of 5 centuries. For Parnell, 1939/40-48/49, Bert scored 2678 runs at 60.80 - 8 centuries, highest 179*.

These are intriguing figures – just think how fortunate Steve Smith, Virat Kohli were that their selectors had faith in them despite their dismal efforts in their first 10 Test innings! The 5 commented on above scored far better than other all time greats such as Hobbs, Hammond, Sobers and Tendulkar. Of other New Zealanders, Tom Latham averaged 44 (same as Joe Root) and Giff Vivian another Parnell man, 42. One sad point, Barry Richards only had 7 Test inning but scored 508 runs at 72.57 but one conclusion is that Bert Sutcliffe and Stewie Dempster, Latham and Vivian, too, were right up with the very greats.

QUESTION 2. – former Australian batsman and captain. The article is from a book “200 Seasons of Australian Cricket” sponsored by Ansett Australia and published in 1997, and it contains an error. WHAT IS THAT ERROR?

CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM BASSETT and ALAN GRAHAM – YES, LINDSAY HASSETT WAS A RIGHT HAND BAT

LINDSAY HASSETT AUSTRALIA FULL NAME ARTHUR LINDSAY HASSETT Born August 28, 1913, , Died June 16, 1993, Batehaven, Bateman's Bay, (aged 79 years 292 days) Major teams Australia, Victoria Batting style Right-hand bat

Our Professional Coaches are Available & Eager to Coach!

Ian West - 021 142 5142 Henry Cameron - 027 605 1016 IAN WEST (NZC High Performance Coach) [email protected] Our Head Coach, Ian has a strong history of coaching and developing high performing players and successful teams in England, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand. Since 2017/18 he has been Head Coach for Auckland A team and the U19s and has been EDCA’s Director of Cricket. He also had stints at Gloucestershire CCC. Ian played Premier cricket in the North Yorkshire and Durham League plus in Victoria, Australia, and for several Auckland clubs..

HENRY CAMERON (Level 2 ) [email protected] Welcome to Henry, Parnell’s newly appointed Head Women’s Coach. Henry grew up in the Wairarapa but has spent the last four years in South Australia coaching premier cricket including women’s teams. Now living in Remuera, Henry also runs his own personal training business.

PLUS PARTIME PLAYER COACHES:

Ollie Pringle – 022 303 2544 Aniket Parikh – 021 112 7163 Callum McCarthy – 027 297 0511 OLLIE PRINGLE (Level 2. NZ) Ollie is an outstanding player for our Prems – opening bowler and top order bat. On the fringe of greater playing honours for some seasons, Ollie has just been contracted to Auckland Aces – long overdue recognition! He also coaches at Saint Kentigern College plus EDCA teams and has trained our Premier Women.

ANIKET PARIKH (Level 2. NZ) Aniket is a all-rounder in our Premier team. A great addition to the Club since his move here in 2018/19. He represented New Zealand U19s at the 2016 Junior World Cup and in 2017/18 had an Auckland Aces contract. Part of the EDCA/Parnell Pro Coaching Program & runs his own private sessions specialising in batting and spin bowling coaching.

CALLUM MCCARTHY (Level 2. ECB) Callum is beginning his second season at Parnell CC since coming over from the United Kingdom. He is an extremely experienced coach and player, having worked in the Warwickshire setup whilst he was in the UK. At Parnell, Callum is our Men’s 3rd and 4th XI coach, and specialises in helping anyone improve their game.

OUR AFFILIATED COACHES:

IAN TROTT (Level 3. ECB) 021 025 92441 or [email protected] Ian, Parnell’s Head Coach for 11 seasons, is now Auckland Grammar’s Head Coach. Ian’s successes at Parnell, for EDCA and overseas – South Africa, England, Dubai – are legendary. Ian is still seen frequently at the TJC taking Grammar practices and taking ‘one on ones’ which can be arranged by appointment.

JONATHAN McINROY (Level 3. Sth Africa) 022 023 6496 or [email protected] Jonathan came to Parnell from Port Shepstone High and had considerable success with Parnell youngsters and EDCA Girls in District Age Group Tournaments. Jonathan has moved on from full time coaching but is still available for ‘one on ones’.

ROY GOODYEAR (Level 3. Accredited NZ, BCCI, Aust.) 027 222 3433 or [email protected] Roy played 1st Class cricket in Zimbabwe and for Natal. An umpire of international standing, Roy has coached at St Kentigern and King’s Colleges. A wealth of experience – Roy is available for ‘one on ones’ and for mentoring.

Book Reviews

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ROY GOODYEAR CRICKET COACH AND MENTOR “My wealth is in seeing others succeed”

Grow your cricket resilience Duration 5+ sessions

Where do you want to go with your cricket? What do you want to achieve? How will you get there?

Roy received glowing testimonials from Martin Crowe and Mark Chapman for his mentoring

CONTACT ROY GOODYEAR – COACH AND MENTOR – 027 222 343

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As you would assume extra health and safety measures are in place at both locations, however none of these measures will prevent the Players team providing you the best in store customer service they can as you seek to gear up for the sporting year ahead.

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Mt Eden Chiropractic www.mtedenchiro.co.nz 096388266 Personal recommendations from: PHIL HORNE: “Simon Kelly provided outstanding care for our Premier Men’s squad in 2018/19, and this season Simon has also worked with our Premier Women’s squad. I can personally recommend Simon’s expertise and his involvement played a very significant role in ensuring our players were in improved shape through the season.”

BRAD RODDEN PCC Premier Captain concurs –“Simon and Mt Eden Chiropractic were a fantastic addition to Parnell Cricket Club last season and we very much appreciate their working with us again this summer. Simon and his team have given their time selflessly to us and provided an excellent service that gives our players every opportunity to stay fit and on the field all season. Simon gets a glowing review from every one of the players that goes in to see his team and his involvement again this season gives us an edge not many teams would be lucky enough to get. On behalf of PCC, thank you very much Simon. Brad” hil also adds that Simon hopes to play some matches for our Presidents team and his young son Riley, who plays for the Club

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