Update No. 93 – 28 Nov. – 9 Dec. 2015
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Parnell Cricket Club Incorporated - Established 1858 Update No. 93 – 28 Nov. – 9 Dec. 2015 Men’s Premier Grade – Hedley Howarth Trophy 28 Nov. & 5 Dec. 2015 PARNELL vs. TAKAPUNA Orakei Domain 1. PARNELL 145 (62.3) Ben Horne 22, Will St John 25, Mike Ravlic 25*, A Watson 5/48 (19), D James 2/35 (16.3), E Herd 2/21 (10) FOW 15, 20, 21, 38, 73, 73, 81, 87, 107, 145 & 113/1 (24) Tim McIntosh 45*, Jesse Simpson (51*) FOW 41 TAKAPUNA 127 (52.4) D James 42 Mike Ravlic 17.4 7 32 2 Ganesh Ratnasabapaty 15 5 31 3 Prasant Dhanjee 5 0 25 1 Mark Chapman 9 3 21 0 Will St John 6 2 17 4 FOW 11, 37, 66, 66, 70, 78, 102, 118, 127, 127 RESULT: MATCH DRAWN, 1st INNINGS WIN TO PARNELL Parnell used it’s “get out of jail” card on Saturday. The first day was wet and damp and play got under way only with difficulty. Put into bat we failed dismally to end with just 97/8 – enough said about that! DAY 2. Brilliantly fine, our overnight batsmen, Will St John (a 17 year old on debut) and Prasant Dhanjee put their heads down, played straight and between them added 20 invaluable runs for the 9th wicket. Then came Rav – a bit bolder and, with Will, added a further 38 to our total before Will was caught in the slips. 58 runs for the last 2 wickets – gold (and just a pity the Black Caps tail hadn’t batted as sensibly in Adelaide!). Tom Talbot - on the 1st Day was looking good when he lost his wicket Will St John – played out time on Day 1. & went on to score 25 himself and help add 58 runs for the last 2 wickets! Then Takapuna’s turn. Ganesh had Ter Braak caught by Mark Chapman (just back from great deeds in Dubai) at 11 and then had Harley caught behind at 37. Takapuna had reached 62/2 at lunch and were looking comfortable but, after the break, Will St John turne their innings on it’s head by taking 4 wickets in the space of just 12 runs. Making good use of the stiff breeze to get movement, his medium pacers were deadly. Backed by Rav’s and Ganesh’s accurate and hostile attack from the other end, Will was the perfect foil. Prasant then nabbed a wicket, Rav came back and, with Ganesh, cleaned up the tail to give us a 1st innings lead of 18. Tim and Sam Varcoe made a steady start to our second innings till Sam turned for a further run, was sent back and was run out. Jesse took over with a vengence hitting his 51* off only 34 balls and overtaking Tim who, as usual was rock solid. Takapuna seemed more than happy to call the game off at 6.00 pm. An outstanding result for Parnell and huge credit to debutant Will St John for both his batting and bowling. Will, a Parnell lad all his short career, has been appointed Captain of the King’s College 1st XI for 2016 and, last season, represented Auckland U16s. Jeff Crowe Cup Sunday, 6 December 2015 CORNWALL vs. PARNELL Cornwall Park 1. CORNWALL 141/9 (50) S Nair 40*, Mike Ravlic 10 2 18 3 Ganesh Ratnasabapaty 10 2 43 2 Tom Hills 10 3 21 2 Prasant Dhanjee 10 1 24 1 Mark Chapman 4 0 14 0 Tim McIntosh 5 0 12 0 Ben Horne 1 0 7 0 PARNELL 142/3 ? Jesse Simpson 94*, Mark Chapman 19 RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 7 WICKETS Great, tight bowling backed by superb fielding, despite the state of the outfield, earned us a well deserved win Our Premier team returned to Cornwall Park for their third game there this season and one has to ask why such scheduling particularly when the Cornwall outfield leaves a great deal to be desired and is far inferior to that of Orakei Domain. And what about the usual “home and away” concept? “Home Games” are cherished by players – for Cornwall to host all three games this season seems strange and a trifle unfair. But the cricket itself - brilliantly fine, Cornwall won the toss and batted. They were soon in trouble, and always behind the clock, due to the pin point accuracy of Mike Ravlic and Ganesh. Wickets fell regularly as Rav kept up the pressure – he bowled his 10 overs straight for the superb return of 3/18. And Ganesh was almost as parsimonious and dangerous. Tom Hills, in his first game back from injury, came on as first change and there was no let up. Tom gained a lbw thanks to the batsman offering no shot and then skittled the newcomer. Prasant came on and was even harder to get away – Cornwall’s first 50 came after 15 overs (3.33 per over) for the loss of 6 wickets. 24 overs later the second 50 came up – 105/8 off 39, a drop in the rate per over rate to 2.69. Quite superb bowling all round! Cornwall was starved of runs and frustration enabled us to snare a run out. Our bowlers figures speak for themselves! Our chase – early hiccups, 65/3 with Tim and Ben out early. Chappie got to 19 but was run out but Tom Talbot (11) and Jesse rescued the situation. Jesse, in scoring 94*, continued his very fine form of the day before. And some superb fielding! A magnificent catch by Ben Rainger off Rav’s bowling, another athletic catch by Tim, now a 36 year old youngster, Tom Hills kept his head to secure a smart run out and Tom Talbot and Chappie’s ground fielding was class, as always. CraigSpeakman – returned from New Plymouth to see the conclusion of the game and to take these stunning photos: Tom Talbot – back in form, copybook style and most effective! Jesse Simpson – look how closely he watches the ball in these two shots, and the runs come. Mark Chapman – home from Dubai and back in Parnell colours. Umpire Roy Goodyear watches – did he teach him his OD strokes? Cricket Express T20 Competition Wednesday, 2 December 2015 CORNWALL vs. PARNELL Cornwall Park 1a. CORNWALL 161/7 (20) T Nidamanuru 75 (35), Mike Ravlic 1/30 (4), Will St John 2/54 (4) Jesse Simpson 1/21 (4) PARNELL 143/6 (20) Tim McIntosh 52 (37), Tom Talbot 56 (43), S Karnik 2/26 (4) RESULT: PARNELL LOST BY 18 RUNS You Editor missed this game being enroute back from Adelaide. But rumours indicate we played untidily in the field – Corwall got away to a flyer, runs coming at 10+ an over, Then we pulled things back and to hold them to just 161 was a good effort. Tim and Tom gave us every chance with excellent knocks – particularly great to see Tom return to form! But wasn’t enough and we will have to make up for lost ground in the remaining 2 games. Will St John – expensive early but came back well Tom Talbot – an elegant 56 Tim – 52 off 37 – a real T20 player! Wednesday, 9 December 2015 PARNELL vs. GRAFTON UNITED Orakei Domain 2a. GRAFTON UNITED 128/7 (20) PARNELL 129/5 (12) Tim McIntosh 39, Ben Horne 51 RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 5 WICKETS Tom Hils relishing being back from injury Ben Horne – a rollicking 51 Last eveing, back at Orakei, Grafton won the toss and, in overcast conditions, chose to bat. Fours came readily on the fast outfield but so did the first 3 wickets wickets with Ganesh and Rav on the attack. Grafton then made a stand, the spiners came on – Chappie and Tim. A couple of sixes – only Jonathan McInroy’s quick thinking (and hand) prevented your Editor being decapitated. But a snap stumping by Ben off Chappie brought some control back. Ben handed the gloves to Charles Bevin and bowled himself – another successful move. Tom Hills castled one round his legs and we were left to chase down 129. To have any chance of going through to the next round, we needed a top run rate as we had lost the Cornall game a week ago. Tim and Ben Horne took up the challenge with a hiss and a roar – runs flowed from the outset with a succession of beatifully timed cricket shots. No slogging, just exciting shot making. Both were dismissed trying to force the pace but a comfortable win was assured. Jesse Simpson continued to force the pace, Chappie hit a well timed six but skied one but the win came on the first ball of the 13th over which was called wide . NEXT WEDNESDAY, 5.30PM START AT DEVONPORT DOMAIN vs. NORTH SHORE – A MUST WIN! Premier Programme . Saturdays 12 & 19 Dec. vs. Auckland University 11.00 am OrakeiDomain 1. Wednesday 16 Dec. vs. North Shore 5.30 pm Vauxhall Road 1a. Saturday 9 Jan. vs. Birkenhead 11.00 am Shore Road Res. 1. Saturday 16 Jan. vs. Papatoetoe 11.00 am Papatoetoe Dn. 1. Sunday 17 Jan. vs. Grafton United 11.00 am Shore Road Res. 1. Saturdays 23 & 30 Jan. vs. Birkenhead 11.00 am Shore Road Res. 1. Saturdays 6 & 13 Feb. vs. East Coast Bays 11.00 am Windsor Park 1. Note: Hedley Howarth Trophy Major Two Day Championship Jeff Crowe Cup Limited Overs (50/50) Championship Cricket Express T20 Championship Played on Wednesday evenings from 5.30 pm. SHORE ROAD RESERVE UPDATE: From the above you will see that we will be back playing again, shortly, at Shore Road Reserve.