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Update No. 90 – 7 Nov. 2015
Men’s Premier Grade – Hedley Howarth Trophy 31 October and 7 November 2015 PAPATOETOE vs. PARNELL Papatoetoe Domain
PAPATOETOE 105 (47) O Pringle 27 (67), B Singh 26 (56), Mike Ravic 4/30 (21o, 12m), Beenash Nambiar 2/9 (6o 3m)), George Harper jnr 1/3 (3), Billy Sanger 1/48 (9) Dave Goddard 2/14 (7) FOW 0, 4, 6, 18, 28, 37, 46, 62, 99, 105 & 409 (98.2) J Hayes 54, O Pringle 119, L Istead 45, S Money 96*, A Sohal 32, M Ravlic 2/79 (19) B Sanger 3/100 (18), T McIntosh 2/76 (23), B Horne 2/20 (7.2), J Simpson 1/33 (7) FOW 0, 61, 80, 90, 166, 286, 330, 386, 403, 409
PARNELL 252/5 (49) Tim McIntosh 49 (116), Jesse Simpson 22 (49), Mark Chapman 65 (64), Ben Horne 54* (31), Dave Goddard 34* (23), L Instead 3/49 (14), N Ajula 1/51 (12), Bhupinder Singh 1/67 (9) FOW 8, 43, 152, 158, 160 & 14/0 ( 1) B Sanger 14*
RESULT: MATCH DRAWN – 1ST INNINGS WIN TO PARNELL
DAY 1. Since reporting last week (Update 89), it has been learned that the Scorer’s ipad froze 6 overs prior to stumps. Perhaps not surprising that it froze – in those 6 overs 81 runs were scored! Ben Horne and Dave Goddard advanced the Parnell total from 171/5 to 252/5!
DAY 2. Dave Goddard declared at the overnight score and Rav had Papatoetoe’s opener caught behind in the first over. That was the last success for some time. Without Lockie (being saved for Aces – though, bless him, he enthusiastically fieded as a sub!),Tom Hills (pulled hamstring), Ganesh (ricked neck) and Dave (exams), our attack was depleted. And, after a promising start - 4/90 – our limitations were shown up, as the figures indicate – 7 bowlers and 3 wicketkeepers used, Rav, Billy and Tim slaved away but the pitch had eased and all credit to Hayes, Istead and, particularly Pringle and Money for making the game safe for the home team. If there could be a criticism Papatoetoe, sitting at the very bottom of the Table, could have been more adventurous and declared leaving us a run chase and themselves a chance of an outright. But no, they chose to bat out just for batting points. When dismissed shortly before close, our acting captain, Ben, insisted on Papatoetoe taking the field and Billy Sanger smote 14 off the one over possible to give us a bonus of 0.14 bating points. Last year’s Championship was decided on Bonus points – every little bit counts – well done Billy!
CRAIG’S PHOTOS:
Our opening attack made inroads – Rav 2 wickets, Billy 3.
Our spinners – Tim – 2/76 off 23 overs and Chappie. No wickets to Chappie as a bowler but, as 3rd ‘keeper,he effected a stumping off Ben’s lft arm spin
George and Beernash – bowled without success George did take 4 catches in the match and also had a spell behind the stumps
Auckland A vs. Northland
After Saturday’s long day in the field against Papatoetoe, on Sunday morning, Mark Chapman, Ben Horne and Mike Ravlic journeyed to Whangarei to play for Auckland A.
AUCKLAND A 290 (50) G Phillips 44, M Barry 58, M Chapman 50 NORTHLAND 227 RESULT: AUCKLAND A WON BY 63 RUNS
Congratulations to Chappie on scoring a half century, also to Glenn Phillips and captain Michael Barry for their performances and to Auckland on their win. Sadly little information more was available on Auckland Cricket’s website just a short report. Nothing at all on Northland CA’s website.
Surely a representative game warrants a full scoreboard being available to the public? How did Ben and Rav perform? Or are these just “nothing” games? Nothing on the result, no trophy, no status, no publicity, NO KUDOS - just a bit of practice?
Strikes your Editor that players must wonder if these games are worth playing in – turn up, “ho hum”, just go through the motions?
SURELY OUR YOUNG, PROMISING PLAYERS DESERVE BETTER – THEY ARE OUR FUTURE! NO WONDER SO MANY EXCELLENT PLAYERS GIVE THE GAME AWAY AROUND THE AGE OF 24/25.
[This is Editorial comment – a personal viewpoint, no player has been consulted, nor interviewed. It may not be the opinion of the Parnell CC but is my personal observation after quite a few years involved with the game – Bryan Haggitt, Editor]
Premier Reserves
31 October & 7 November PARNELL vs. ELLERSLIE Orakei Domain 1.
ELLERSLIE 95 Rudi Bisschoff 4/42, Mohan Wali 3/7, Prasant Dhanjee 3/22 & 215 K Mohan 55, Ravin Bharde 4/54 (21), Prasant Dhanjee 2/29 PARNELL 205/4 dec. Simon Wood 65*, Stu Wood 57, Justin Rosenberg 38, James Mulvey 27 & 105/5 Blue Hamel 57*, James Mulvey 21* RESULT: PARNELL WON OUTRIGHT BY 5 WICKETS
The heroes – Blue Hamel, 57* and James Mulvey 21*
‘2XL 3’ failed to report but, fortunately, your Editor was present at Orakei to witness Blue and James rescue what had descended into a dire situation and to clinch a very valuable outright win.
Ellerslie, by one means or another, put up a much better fight in their second innings. Congratulations to young Razin who bowled an extended spell of offies for the excellent return of 4/57. Mohan’s match figures were outstanding 16.8.18.4 as were Prasant’s – 24.3.8.35.5.
Then, just 105 to knock off – can it be done in just 6 overs? They tried – but the answer was an emphatic NO! Stu for 4, Justin 8, Simon 1, Chey 5, Tom Miller 5, all back in the hutch - 5/40. Your Editor, a while back having watched NZ go all out for 26, started to get a little nervous. But James Mulvey joined Blue and, by sensible, positive batting rescued the cause and the outright was secured without further loss. One hopes a very good lesson was learned!
Thirds – 2B Grade
7 November PARNELL vs. SUBURBS NEW LYNN Thos. Bloodworth Park 1
SUBURBS NL 94 (29.5) James Nuttall 2/19, Gavin Poole 5/21, Mike Gedye 3/5 (7) PARNELL 95/6 (22.3) Matt Vercoe-Curtis 29 RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 4 WICKETS (One Day, 40 overs game)
Skipper Peter Hickman reporting: The 3rds ended this section of the 1 day competition with an emphatic win over Suburbs New Lynn. After winning the toss and electing to bowl first on a very green wicket, the opening bowlers, Mike Gedye and James.Nuttall performed exceptionally, removing the oppositions top 5 for just 16 runs. Gedye picked up 3 wickets from his 7 overs, conceding just 5 runs. Nuttal taking 2 from his 9 overs for 19 runs. An extra 3 bowlers were used,
Gavin.Poole, Peter.Hickman and Elliot.Humpries. Poole was the pick, removing the rest of their batting order, with figures 5 wickets, 21 runs, 7.4 overs.
The batting effort was lead from Matt.Vercoe-Curtis at the top of the order, top scoring with 29 valuable runs in the conditions. Josh.Milne finished with 13, then following a minor scare, Mike Gedye and R.Pal finished the innings with almost 20 overs to spare. The oppositions extra column played a large part in our chase.
This win means that we are now joint top of the one day table moving into the 2 day competition. May our good form last.
One Day Premiers
7 November PARNELL vs. GRAFTON Cox’s Bay 1
PARNELL 104 Mark Murphy 33 GRAFTON 105/5 Chris Horner 2/23, Mark Murphy 3/42 RESULT: PARNELL LOST BY 5 WICKETS
Manager Richard Humphries reporting: A determined Grafton AUT team enjoyed their game on Sat, but unfortunately, at our expense.
They graciously waited for our team to arrive after motorway snafus, and then promptly sent us back in non performing batting droves to the veranda. A paltry total of 104 did not do justice to Mark Murphy’s contribution of 33. In reply we did take 5 wickets, Murph with 3 and Chris Horner with 2, but that was it for the day.
Apparently, our demise was world news, with reports of many Christmas Island residents attempting to get here and join the team, but to no avail. We will therefore have to await the scarfies to return to show us how to perform.
Parnell Kings - One Day 3A Grade
7 November PARNELL KINGS vs. EDEN ROSKILL Keith Hay Park 3.
EDEN ROSKILL 215 (39.3) PARNELL KINGS 216/8 (33.4) Chak 56, Abra 50, Nirmal 34* RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 2 WICKETS
Captain Chak Arunachalam reporting: After our first matches was rained out and a default from Hibiscus Coast team in round 2 our season got underway this Saturday. We played Eden Roskill Friends xl at Keith Hay Park. We won the toss and elected to bowl first. They were all out for 215 in 39.3 overs. Our bowlers Sowndar, Hari and Roopesh got 2 wickets each. Our chase started off with a wicket in the first over, but me Chak and Abrar consolidated and scored 56 and 50 respectively, we lost few quick wickets in the middle but Nirmal scored an unbeaten 34 and we chased down the total in 33.4 overs losing 8 wickets. So we started of our season with a good win and hope to carry on and do well for the rest of the season.
Presidents’ Grade
No formal report received but the tom toms indicate that they had another loss. Hopefully tomorrow they will be successful and will happily report to your Editor.
Junior News
The start of the Cornwall innings
Parnell in the field
At the newly renovated Glover Park last Saturday, a Parnell Grade 7 team met Cornwall. Parnell, after being 3/20 made an excellent recovery to reach 170. Cornwall started the chase well but Parnell struck back only to lose by 1 or 2 wickets in the last over. An excellent game of cricket and both teams eager to meet each other again later in the season
Year 8: Parnell McIntosh vs. Suburbs NL
Craig Speakman, last Saturday, stook in as manager for his brother, Peter. Craig has sent these following photos and has reported:
PARNELL 308 Nathan, Issac and Alex all scored 50s SUBURBS NL 183
RESULT: PARNELL McINTOSH WON BY 125 RUNS
Ravi Mahedavevan batting for Parnell McIntosh Ravis dad, Murili, played for Parnell in the mid ‘80s. His best bowling was 7/55 vs. Indian Sports, 1986/87
Team McIntosh – Junior Chairman Peter Speakman delivers a Team Talk. Obviously it worked judging by the large win over Suburbs New Lynn
Junior Managers – please send reports to me, kids love to see their names in print & their photos –
Bryan Haggitt [email protected]
Lost Property - Last Chance
This bin of clothing and gear left behind in the Terry Jarvis Centre is, really, a disgrace. A couple of months ago it was cleaned out, owners of a few named articles were contacted and some items claimed and the rest given to the St Aidan’s Mission Shop.
In next to no time it has grown again – sheer carelessness of the part of some youngsters!
PLEASE, PLEASE, COME AND COLLECT YOUR GEAR FROM THE TJC! ITEMS NOT COLLECTED BY 31 OCTOBER WILL AGAIN BE GIVEN TO ST AIDAN’S MISSION SHOP
where you can buy them back at very reasonable prices. Note: the St Aidan’s Mission Shop is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10am – 2pm, St Aidan’s Church Hall, corner Remuera Road and Ascot Avenue. Remuer
Junior & Senior Playing Kit & Gear – Now Available at Players Sports
Helmets – Senior and Junior
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All are available for one on one coaching. Ian Trott, now in his 9th season at Parnell, has achieved amazing results with our Premier side. Our Premiers are current holders of the Hedley Howarth Trophy Two Day Champions) and, in Ian’s time, have twice won the Jeff Crowe Cup for the One Dayers.
Tim, the scorer of two Test centuries and is the all time highest scorer of runs and centuries for Auckland, continues to play at top Club level. He has just completed another most successful season for Sleaford CC in the Lincolnshire Premier League, UK and,last Saturday, hit the first 100 of the season for our Premier team.
Jonathan and Simon are exceptional coaches for Parnell and for EDCA. Jonathan has had outstanding success with the EDCA U15 Girls and with EDCA Boys’ teams in Hawkes Bay. Simon, likewise, has had EDCA success and coaches our Premier Reserve Grade Mens’ team
Junior & Senior Playing Gear – Now Available at Players Sports
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The Club is no longer holding stocks of gear - kit can now be purchased from our sub-sponsor, Player Sports.
The Club is not a retailer, Players Sports is, so please support them!
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VSL Report from Dianne McDermott
You are invited to join the Fingletoads Internationals Cricket Team on a unique cricket visit to play in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Join former Auckland and New Zealand player, Warren Stott on a cricketing experience in one of the world’s most fascinating city.
Local clubs are waiting to host teams to a small Vintage Cricket Carnival at their fascinating colonial style cricket clubs.
Between Saturday 16th January and Sunday 31st January enjoy a special South American cricket experience and take the opportunity to explore the city once described as the Paris of the South.
The tour is open to players over the age of 35. Games will be 35 or 40 over fixtures mostly played on turf pitches though at some grounds artificial pitches may be used. Partners and families are welc
The itinerary is set to maximise your time in and around Buenos Aires while enjoying the hospitality that the Argentine cricket fraternity will offer.
Why not join the Fingletoads for a wonderful trip to a great destination with some cricket on the side.
Don’t forget Buenos Aires is the gateway to some great travel opportunities including Brazil, Peru, Chile and other parts of Argentina.
Let me know if you or members of your club or team can join Warren and the Fingletoads Internationals.
Dianne McDermott
VSL Cricket
Level 1, 8 Anzac St, PO Box 331 469, Takapuna 0740, New Zealand
Telephone: (+64) 9 481644 Website: www.vslcricket.com
Itinerary
• Wednesday, 20th January, 2016
Fly Air New Zealand to Buenos Aires and transfer per domestic flight to Iguazu in northern Argentina. Settle into our hotel in close proximity to the Iguazu National Park and spectacular Falls.
• Thursday 21st January 2016
Enjoy sightseeing in and around the Iguazu National Park including a short trip to Brazil and experience of a magnificent native bird aviary and a view of the spectacular Iguazu Falls from “over the border”. Evening free to enjoy the local cuisine either at our hotel or at one of the interesting restaurants in the township.
• Friday 22nd January 2016
A special day when you visit the Iguazu Falls, wonder in and around the amazing viewing platforms and a highlight of the visit-take a spectacular (and wet) cruise on the river and in and underneath the Falls themselves. After a brilliant day relax and enjoy another of the restaurants lose to our hotel.
• Saturday 23rd January, 2016
Fly back to Buenos Aires and transfer from Ezeiza International Airport to our hotel, the 4 star Vista Sol Hotel. Late afternoon you will transfer to the Belgrano Athletic Club for the Welcome Party. Substantial finger food and a cash bar for beverages where prices reflect very good value. After 3 hours of entertainment and mixing and mingling transfer back to accommodation just in time to join the locals at one of the outstanding restaurants within walking distance of your hotel.
Hotel Vista del Sol: Centrally located in the CBD of Buenos Aires, the Vista Sol is conveniently located for all public transport, and is only 100 metres from the famed Florida Street and the Galerias Pacifico Mall. A food lover's must - the neighbourhood of Puerto Madero is only 4 blocks away - experience Argentinian cuisine at its best! Accommodation includes breakfast. Room amenities include room service, individual air conditioning, mini-bar and an internet connection. The hotel also has a restaurant open for both lunch and dinner.
• Sunday 24th January, 2016
You will transfer to one of the outstanding cricket clubs in Buenos Aires for first day of matches. Lunch is provided and the bars will be open during the lunch break and immediately after the game. Clubs that will be hosting fixtures include Hurlingham. Established in 1888, the Hurlingham Club hosts cricket, football, horse riding, swimming and tennis and had an excellent 18 hole golf course. The Club has outstanding restaurants and bars. Based on an English style Club, Hurlingham has a reputation for great facilities and excellent hospitality.
• Monday 25th January, 2016
A day at leisure in one of the great cities of the world and a chance to take an optional day tour. The choices are extensive and include the following The Classic City Tour, The Outdoors City and Shopping Tour, The Tigre and Delta Tour or a scenic ferry trip to Uruguay and the spectacular capital, Montevideo. Evening is free for another Buenos Aires dining experience.
• Tuesday 26th January, 2016
You will again transfer to one of the local cricket clubs for the second day of matches. Again with lunch provided and bars open during the afternoon and at the completion of the game. Belgrano Athletic Club was established in 1899 as a rugby club and was one of the foundation clubs for the Argentinean Rugby Union. The first recorded cricket match was played in 1912 and featured a team from the MCC. First class cricket matches were played between 1927 and 1938. The Club recently hosted matches in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.
• Wednesday 27th January, 2016
Another day at leisure to enjoy all that Buenos Aires offers. We will be heading for the Big Day Out Picnic Day at either Don Silvano Estancia or Santa Susana Estancia, enjoying a day of traditional cultural activities - song, dance, music and gaucho horsemanship. Includes a morning tea of traditional empanadas and a magnificent traditional asado lunch, along with a half bottle of local wine or a bottle of local beer. A cash bar will be available all day (and prices are really good).
• Thursday 28th January, 2016
You will transfer to another of the local cricket clubs for the third day of matches. Again with lunch provided and bars open. Lomas Athletic Club was founded in 1891 initially as a football club, then in 1899 rugby appeared and Lomas was another founding club for Argentine Rugby Union. The club's cricket ground held a first-class match in 1912 when Argentina played the Marylebone Cricket Club, with the visiting MCC winning by 2 wickets. This is the only first-class match to have been played there. The Club has hosted various touring sides and matches in both the Americas and the South American Championships.
• Friday 29th January, 2016
At leisure and another chance to enjoy an optional tour or perhaps just a stroll among the fabulous shops and malls interrupted only by a long and leisurely lunch-plenty to see and do. In the evening you will experience entertainment at either Tango Porteno or La Ventana, both offering an outstanding tango show with top musicians and dancers showing traditional tango at its best! A three course dinner is provided, accompanied by a bottle of wine between two or a bottle of beer each. A cash bar will also be available.
• Saturday 30th January, 2016
You will transfer to another enjoyable Club for the final day of matches. Lunch will be provided and the cash bar will be in operation. Following the game we will return to our hotel and prepare to transfer the Finale Dinner - 3 course dinner with plenty of entertainment, an open bar (soft drinks, beer & wine) and fun and friendship well into the evening. Following the party we will transfer back to our hotel.
• Sunday 31st January, 2016
You will check out of our hotel for the trip home or for some lucky people maybe head off on further travels through exotic South America.
Price Per Person: US$1995 per person, Buenos Aires only-price for Iguazu Excursion (optional) to be advised. US$125 per person, optional Big Day Out US$100 per person, optional Tango Show
Inclusions:
• 8 night's accommodation at either of the hotels above (buffet breakfast included).
• Return transfer to and from Ezeiza International Airport - including a meet and greet by an English-speaking coordinator.
• Four games of cricket at local cricket clubs including lunch each day (beverages not included but cash bar available)
• Transfers to and from the four cricket games
• Welcome Function (3hrs) at the Belgrano Athletic Club with finger food (beverages not included but cash bar available)
• Finale Dinner (4hrs) (venue to be advised) with a three-course dinner, open bar (incl. soft drinks, beer, Argentine wine), and entertainment
• Transfers to and from the Welcome Function and Finale Dinner
• 'Welcome to Buenos Aires' souvenir pack
• Welcome gift - handcrafted leather wallet
• Fingletoads Playing Shirt and casual Polo Shirt
• Fingletoads Travel Bag
Exclusions:
• Iguazu Excursion (Optional) Price to be advised
• All flights and insurances
• Big Day Out (Optional)
• Tango Show (Optional)
• Gratuities
• Personal Insurances
• Meals other than as described above
• Beverages at cricket games and Welcome Function
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