‘The Baggy Maroon’ 6 times BDCA Junior Club Champions. Current Under 11 Premiers and Junior Club Champions

Issue 9 Season 17-18 http://stchristopherscc.nsw.cricket.com.au/ 16 December 2017

COMEDY FOR A CAUSE - SAINTS THIS IS GOING TO BE A SENSATIONAL NIGHT. FOUR COMEDIANS WILL HAVE YOU ROLLING IN THE AISLES! Come along, bring all your friends and club supporters.…… SUPPORT YOUR CLUB & HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AT THE SAME TIME ! Don’t put it off…..purchase your tickets today at comedyforacause.net/SCCC Your club needs your support to keep providing a safe and fun environment for the kids to enjoy their cricket. The funds raised will purchase important equipment and cricket gear for YOUR kids - SO PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CLUB ! Leave the kids at home as this is and 18 and over event. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE !

SUPER 8s TOURNAMENT - JACK JARRETT SHIELD SUNDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2018 This is a hugely successful event each year as parents and kids play for bragging and sledging rights in this fun-filled display of cricket talent (?). Several games for each team on the day. Separate games arranged for kids U12 & younger. Teams should start organising their Super 8 team AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Please put this in your calendar now. Any enquiries to [email protected] FOOD AND DRINKS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY. PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CLUB !

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HAVEN’T PAID YOUR FEES YET ? Thanks to all families that have paid their fees already. This season we want to see all rego fees paid ASAP – your club can’t operate as well as it does without these funds to purchase equipment, pay ground hire etc ! If you haven’t paid your fees yet, we need to get all fees paid by EFT THIS WEEK. If you have any problems, let us know as soon as possible. Details are – St Christopher’s Cricket Club BSB 062222 Account no. 1022 9093 Please also include information to identify player and team. eg. U10 Brett Court, Court family etc. Also send email to [email protected] to confirm payment details. Thank you. Minis $ 25 Family (juniors) $210 (2), $255 (3) U9s $ 95 Seniors $165 U10s – U16s $125

SYDNEY THUNDER WIN THE BBL DERBY ! Sensational match at Spotless Stadium on Tuesday this week saw the get home in a last-ball win against traditional rivals . An impressive 4 for 14 off 4 overs by Sixers , a former Bankstown Junior and Grade player, was not enough to stop the mighty Thunder. A big-hitting 77 off 46 balls by set up the win. Some late hitting by and Aiden Blizzard saw Thunder reach the 150 run target with a last-ball single. GO THUNDER ! All fixtures can be found at BBL & WBBL MATCHES

SAINTS MINIS Div 1 - Minis Maroon Round 10 Saints Maroon vs Saints Gold

Round 11 Saints Maroon vs Bankstown Sports Gold

Div 1 - Minis Gold Round 10 Saints Gold vs Saints Maroon

Round 11 Saints Gold vs Revesby Heights

Div 2 - Minis White Round 10 Saints White vs Revesby Workers

Round 11 Saints White vs Panania EH RSL

SAINTS UNDER 9s & UNDER 10s Under 9 Maroon Round 10 Saints U9 Maroon vs Bankstown Sports Green

Round 11 Saints U9 Maroon vs Panania EH RSL

Under 9 Gold Round 10 Saints U9 Gold vs Saints U10 Maroon

Round 11 Saints U9 Gold vs Bankstown Sports Blue

Under 10 Maroon Round 10 Saints U10 Maroon vs Saints U9 Gold

Round 11 Saints U10 Maroon vs Bankstown Sports Gold

Under 10 Gold Round 10 Saints U10 Gold vs Bankstown Sports Gold

Round 11 Saints U10 Gold vs Saints U10 White

Under 10 White Round 10 Saints U10 White vs Bankstown Sports Blue

Round 11 Saints U10 White vs Saints U10 Gold

Under 11s Round 9 - Revesby Heights U12 6-190 def St Christopher’s U11 140

MyCricket scorecard Our , Harley Cutting, started the match in great form. He won the toss, elected to bat and then put on an opening partnership of 43 with Luca Croft. They got us off to a great start and it took a direct hit from square of the to run Harley out. Sadly, our batting fell away under the fast, straight attack of the Hornets, a side that boasts a bevy of representative players, and we found ourselves at 7 for 59 at the break. We bowled and fielded well on day one and put dot ball pressure on the Hornets. They lost at 14 & 17, including a great catch at the wicket to Harley. Kai Allie then made his presence felt, clean bowling one and running out another of their batsmen. At the end of day one they were 4 for 87. The Hornets’ class shone through on day two, with 3 of their batsmen reaching retirement, but a ‘no ball’ call from square leg when one of that 3 was clean bowled first ball was a heart breaker. Bad luck Harry. Luca was on a hat trick when he hit the stumps twice and Matthew led the fielding with some great work behind square, but they were able to reach 190. With just 3 wickets in hand, our batsmen did a great job occupying the crease until the second last over against the best attack in the competition. Kristian Zanbaka 11 and Kai Allie 14 provided great support with Matthew posting 34 . Three times this year the Hornets have batted out their overs without losing a wicket. For us to take 6 with just 10 fielders and almost bat through our overs was a great effort. Well done to all. With a wicket, a run out and 14 runs, our man of the match is Kai Allie.

Batting: Matthew Fitzgerald 34 no, Luca Croft 16, Harley Cutting 14, Kai Allie 14 Bowling: Luca Croft 2/31 from 5 overs, Kai Allie 1/8 from 4 overs, Zach Agius 1/8 from 4 overs, Harry Divan 1/13 from 4 overs

Player of the Match: Kai Allie

Under 12s Round 9 - St Christopher’s U12 7-231 def Revesby Workers U11 9-102

MyCricket scorecard A strong bounce back win by the Under 12’s finished the year in a positive manner. The most pleasing aspect was the all round team performance with contributions made from a range of players across the two days. Two stand out performances were from our Men of the Match. Jabir continues to improve his bowling consistency, taking three wickets for just nine runs in his four overs. Seany struck the ball the best he has all season to secure his first 30 rtno. We set an imposing 231 runs with strong contributions from Joshua, Daniel and Baha who needed a six off the last ball to score a half century. Unfortunately, he could only manage to smash it to the boundary for four. Mitchell and Josh supported Jabir’s excellent bowling, also taking three wickets each. A huge thank you to Michael Beattie and Tony Louka for stepping in and doing a great job coaching the boys in my absence. I am very lucky to have such a supportive parent group. Thanks for a great first half of the season and Merry Christmas to all our Saint Chrissy’s families

Batting: Baha Dadarkar 49 no, Josh Trevitt 33 no, Daniel Louka 30 no, Sean Woodard 30 no, Cooper Sutton 12 Bowling: Josh Trevitt 3/4, Mitchell Rowles 3/7, Jabir Hossien 3/9

Player of the Match: Sean Woodard and Jabir Hossein

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Under 13s Round 9- Bankstown Sports U14 5-219 def St Christopher’s U13 38

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Batting: Bowling: Marcus Spaits 2/32, Caleb Divan 1/15, Alex Alkhair 1/18

Player of the Match:

Under 14s Round 9 - St Christopher’s U14 5-84 def Panania EH RSL U13 8-83

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Batting: Arash Basnet 35 no, Nathan Cawley 13, Braith Cosgrove 10 Bowling: Braith Cosgrove 2/14, Arash Basnet 1/5, Sean Foster 1/6, Mick Forrester 1/7, Abdullah Kayani 1/9

Player of the Match:

Under 16s Round 9 - Milperra Vikings 2-95 def St Christopher’s 93

MyCricket scorecard Ben won the toss and without hesitation we decided to have a bat on an overcast morning with a slow outfield. The opposition only had 8 fielders albeit 8 rep players (that’s a discussion for another day). We knew if we could occupy the crease, the opposition would get frustrated and tired. I thought we did that well in the first session when we were 2 for 66 after some patient batting from Ben B 16, and Shervin 3. They took us well into the ninth over before Shervin lost his wicket to a catch at mid-on. After losing Ben we were 2 for 20, but as I mentioned before they laid the platform for Tom 38, and Mark 11. At drinks we were well poised for a decent total somewhere around the 180 - 200 mark. How quickly can a game change. We went from 2 for 76, to all out for 93 - a little disappointing to say the least, 9 out of our 10 batsmen were caught, and one was given out LBW. Nonetheless, the boys come out firing with the ball. Excellent opening spells from both Ben B and Raul, had the opposition nervous. They were 1 for 10 after 10 overs and could have been a lot worse had a few decisions gone our way and if we didn’t drop a couple of chances. The boys came back in the second week determined as ever, despite having a couple of key players missing. Raul gave it his all despite having an injury - we had to plead with him to get off the field to rest his injury. The bowling and fielding was as good as it’s been all season. The intensity was first class, boys take a bow and hold your heads up high. We were just outplayed by a better team on the day. I’m sure next time we meet Milperra, they will give us a lot more respect. Well done boys.

Batting: Tom Tiberti 38, Ben Butler 16, Mark Walter 11 Bowling: Ben Butler 4 overs 1/4, Raul Konia 5 overs 0/9, Zane Smith 4 overs 1/19, Tom Tiberti 6 overs 0/18

Player of the Match: Raul

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C Grade Round 9 - St Christopher’s 4-92 def Revesby Workers (2) 64

MyCricket scorecard With memories still lingering of a feisty match earlier in the season, Saints again came up against arch-nemesis Revesby Workers 2. Saints knew they would have to fight tooth and nail to walk away with the result. On a beautiful cricket afternoon, Workers won the toss and decided to bat, which suited Saints just fine since we would have bowled anyway. Continuing his impressive run of form, Sid (5-26) applied intense pressure on the opposition with some fantastic line and length. After only notching career best bowling figures the previous game, Sid one-upped himself and did it again, picking up another 5-wicket haul to add to his impressive collection of scalps. Sid has continued to improve every game and is now bowling at his most destructive at the tender age of 50 (well, he looks that old). At the other end, Mitcho (1-20) started off the day with five consecutive maidens. With the pressure building, his wicket came about from one of the catches of the season by Gaz, who clutched a screamer at the deep mid-on boundary to remove Worker’s most dangerous batsman prompting jubilant celebrations of “niiiice, Gary!” Undoubtedly, future generations will celebrate this amazing catch by nostalgically asking “where were you when Gaz took that catch?” The upshot of all this is that after 10 overs, the opposition were only 2-6! Gaz (2-11) and Ari (2-1) then came on and cleaned up the tail with some tight bowling which continued to heap pressure on Workers, eventually rolling the opposition for just 64 in a tad over 20 overs. With very few runs to defend, Workers resorted to their strongest tactic – mouthing off incomprehensible and baffling sledges. Enough so that the official umpire had to step in and warn their captain on several occasions. But this didn’t faze Saints in the slightest, apart from providing some light comic relief. Passa (9) and Ari (28 rh) got the team off to a solid start which settled the nerves. Ari in particular was an absolute pleasure to watch, playing with a level of grace and sophistication that the rest of us could only dream about. Late in the day, Ari went to go for a quick single and pulled a hamstring so we wish him all the best and hope for a speedy recovery. With most of the work already done, Jai (19 no) and Mitcho (18) got the team over the line with little fanfare for a very satisfactory victory. Mitcho entertained the possibility of going for the outright, but some stern glances, thinly veiled death threats and the promise of an extra week off over Christmas was enough to convince him otherwise. Great stuff fellas, a well deserved break over Christmas.

Batting: Ari 28 ret, Jai 19 n.o. Bowling: Sid 5/26, Ari 2/1 , Gaz 2/11

Player of the Match: Sid

B Grade Round 9 - St Christopher’s def Bankstown Sports FORFEIT

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