Weekly Update – 24 October 2009
Parnell Cricket Club Incorporated - Established 1858 Update No.178 Perth Hopes Dashed but Melbourne Beckons! Meantime, Wishing All a Very Merry Christmas! Men’s Premier Grade T20 Championship Our Prems at Colin Maiden Park last Saturday, 21 December – victorious in their two T20s that day and unbeaten in all 11 games so far this season. Here enjoying Chairman Craig Presland’s shout! A notable day – Parnell, in Round 3 in the morning, fielded 3 Black Caps plus another 4 who had played 1st Class cricket. Then, when 5 of the “All Stars” had departed to join the Aces, the remainder defeated Ellerslie by no fewer than 91 runs. T20 CHAMPIONSHIP: Round 1. as previously reported, Parnell 143/8 beat Cornwall 95/10 by 48 runs on 11 December: Round 2. Thursday, 19 Dec.. PARNELL vs EDEN ROSKILL at Shore Road 1 EDEN ROSKILL 122/9 (20) V Puppala 27 (21), JK Kumar 27 (25), Josh Fisher 1/15 (3), Ollie Pringle 3/24 (4) Fanie de Villiers 1/31 (4), Keegan Russell 0/17 (3), Nikith Perera 0/17 (2), Aniket Parikh 2/15 (4) PARNELL 125/2 (17.1) Andy Lane 52* (47), Ben Horne 63* (50) RESULT: Parnell won by 8 wickets Andy and Ben – unbroken parnership of 119 took us to victory Round 3. Saturday, 21 December, 11am PARNELL vs AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY at Colin Maiden Park B (no. 1). PARNELL 130/10 (20) Corey Anderson 60 (51), Brad Rodden 23 (15), Andy Lane 13 (13), B Hawkes 3/22 (4), N Stobart 3/33 (4) AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY 98/10 (20) G Clark 34 (35), C Ansell 23 (27), Josh Fisher 0/22 (4), Ollie Pringle 3/12 (3), Will Somerville 4/16 (4), Fanie de Villiers 1/12 (3), Aniket Parikh 0/19 (4), Mark Chapman 2/12 (2) RESULT: Parnell won by 32 runs Three Black Caps - Corey Anderson, who has just joined us, Will Somerville and Mark Chapman along with Ian Trott, our former coach And our 1st Class contingent – Ben Rae (Canterbury) with Auckland Aces Ben Horne and Aniket Parikh plus Skipper Brad Rodden (Otago) For once our Aces (except for Lockie) were with us but we still started disasterously with Ben Rae, Mark Chapman and Ben Horne were back in the hutch with only 17 on the board.
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