Update No.122: 4 to 19 March 2017 the Race for the Championship – the Hedley Howarth Trophy
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Parnell Cricket Club Incorporated - Established 1858 Update No.122: 4 to 19 March 2017 The Race for the Championship – the Hedley Howarth Trophy One game to go this Season - Parnell meets Takapuna at Onewa Road over the next two Saturdays. The two top teams – there can only be one winner. The Onewa pitch – bereft of grass, shades of Mumbai. It should be an absorbing battle! Some extraordinary cricket last Saturday (Day 2. of Round 2. - following the total washout of Day 1.). First, TAKAPUNA rolled EAST COAST BAYS by an innings and 48 runs. ECB were bowled out for just 55 – congratulations to Elliot Herd who took 8/32 off 6 overs. Elliot’s match figures were a scarcely believable 14/60. Takapuna’s outright gained them 11 match & 7.19 bonus points – 18.19 in all. Then at Shore Road ……………… Hedley Howarth Trophy – Two Day, Major Championship Top Four 11 & 18 Mar. Parnell vs. Papatoetoe at Shore Road 1. PAPATOETOE 128/10 (36) L Clark 26, A Sayed 38 FOW 5/1, 5/2, 47/3, 47/4, 47/5, 66/6, 67/7, 97/8, 128/9, 128/10 Mike Ravlic 15. 3. 42. 4 Ganesh Ratnasabapathy 7. 1. 24. 0 Josh Fisher 11. 1. 45. 3 Lalit Bose 2. 0. 8. 2 Hamish Robertson 1. 0. 7. 1 PARNELL 457/10 (97) Tim McIntosh 74 (98), Ben Rainger 22 (37), Mitch McCann 63 (62), Tom Talbot 25 (24), Lalit Bose 69 (29), Dave Goddard 22 (20), Schalk Conradie 40 (24), Josh Fisher 123 (44 balls, 42 mins), AS Sohal 5/57 (9) FOW 56/1, 167/2, 174/3, 220/4, 272/5, 275/6, 289/7, 383/8, 457/9, 457/10 RESULT: MATCH DRAWN – 1st Innings points to Parnell. Points: PCC 13.07, Papatoetoe 3.78 Josh Fisher - 123 off 44 balls (100 off 35) in just 42 minutes – 17 x 4s, 7 x 6s. This has to be an all time Club record. First, Rav bowled superbly to pick up his 300th Premier wicket for Parnell in just 5 seasons Ganesh, a “backside view” &, for once, wicketless Lalit – 2 quick wickets DAY 1. Complete washout – deluge meant not one ball was bowled DAY 2. Extraordinary, unbelievable – words don’t do justice to the cricket played last Saturday at Shore Road. First our bowlers – Papatoetoe, sent in to bat, floundered - 5/2 thanks to Rav. A wee recovery but Lalit, given the ball for once, struck twice and then Josh struck. Two stands of 30 and 31 stalled momentum but Rav came back, took 2, Josh skittled Bhupinder and Hamish diddled no. 11 – 128/10. What a batting feast! First , classic Tim - 74 & an opening stand of 56 with Ben then Mitch’s 63 off 62 balls – 10 x 4s & a 6 Lalit – set the real pace with 69 off 29 balls, no fewer than 7 x 6s & 3 x 4s Schalk - 42 off 24 with 6 x 4s (4 by reverse sweeps) & a 6. Then came Josh ….. !! Then we batted – chasing 129 for 1st innings points. A solid, steady start from Tim and Ben with the latter looking very good until he lost his wicket at 56. 87/1 at tea and, after the break all hell let loose. The lead gained, the hunt was for batting bonus points. News came through that Takapuna had ECB is appalling strife which upset Papatoetoe, too. They needed bowling points and were prepared to buy wickets at almost any cost. And it did cost – just look at the figures – Mitch stroked the ball superbly for his 62 and he and Tom Talbot, back after injury, had 100% strike rates. But that was nothing to Lalit’s onslaught – 238 SR for his 69 with 7 sixes. Lalit was dismissed, 5th out at 272. Hamish missed out and Dave, after a brisk cameo, left at 289/7. Enter Josh, no. 9, to join Schalk – sheer bedlam with Schalk reverse sweeping 4s at will and Josh clearing the boundary with the most remarkable display of clean straight hitting. In the final sesson of play – tea to stumps – 350 runs were scored, quite staggering! And a very vital 4.57 batting points secured. Paptoetoe must be congratulated for their very positive attitude and reaped 2,5 bowling points by capturing our 10th wickets just on stumps. Josh Fisher – 123 off just 44 balls in only (according to the scorebook) 42 minutes. His ton came up from 35 balls. The fastest ever 1st Class century recorded is PGH (Percy) Fender’s 103 in 35 minutes (balls 40-46, Surrey vs Northamptonshire, 1920). Josh’s innings must surely be the fastest ever in the Club’s history though there have been some amazing innings over the years. Dave Houpapa’s 119 vs an Auckland XI (60 odd balls) at our 150th Jubilee comes to mind but that was a T20. INDIVIDUAL CLUB CAREER MILESTONES REACHED ON SATURDAY OR IN RECENT WEEKS Jocelyn, our Scorer, has advised the following achievements: TIM McINTOSH 9000 runs Tim passed this mark on Saturday with his 74 & now has 9047, MIKE RAVLIC 300 wickets Achieved with his 4th & final wicket last Saturday – in just 6 seasons DAVE GODDARD 2000 runs and 200 wickets Achieved in the previous game vs ECB Jocelyn has sent the full season’s stats to date and there are some sensational aspects – see the batting Strike Rates! List toppers are: BATTING Runs Ave HS SR BOWLING Wkts Ave BB Ben Rainger 384 42.67 117 49.29 Mitch McCann 31 15.45 4/19 Tim McIntosh 572 40.86 93 51.91 Tom Hills 16 20.25 4/41 Mark Chapman 262 37.43 174 93.91 Ganesh Ratnasabapathy 20 22.35 6/57 Lalit Bose 326 36.22 85 117.69 Mike Ravlic 28 23.29 5/57 Josh Fisher 380 34.55 123 112.09 Josh Fisher 29 24.28 4/29 Dave Goddard 422 32.46 77 93.78 Dave Goddard 20 31.40 3/5 Mitch McCann 457 25.39 103 56.98 Ben Horne 306 23.54 55 85.00 HEDLEY HOWARTH TROPHY POINTS TABLE after 18 MARCH. 2017 & ROUND 2 OF THE TOP 4 TEAMS PLAYOFF TEAM P W L T D WKTS TAKEN RUNS FOR PTS BONUS PTS TOTAL PTS 1 Parnell 9 8 1 0 0 112 2833 48 56.33 104.33 2 Takapuna 9 5 3 0 1 128 2485 41 57.85 98.85 3 Papatoetoe 9 4 4 0 1 105 2662 31 52.87 83.87 4 East Coast Bays 9 4 5 0 0 117 2871 22 57.96 79.96 Mens’ Premier Reserve Grade – Two Day Minor Championship: Round 7. 11 & 18 March Parnell vs. Hibiscus Coast at Metro Park 1. HIBISCUS COAST 66/10 (29.3) & 132/9 (44) R Lakmal 62* Billy Sanger 14.3 3 23 9 13 1 30 4 Karun Phogat 6 0 13 1 14 3 53 2 Henk Conradie 5 4 3 0 Will St John 6 1 17 3 Simon Wood 1 ? ? PARNELL 137/6 dec. (22) Flynn McGregor-Sumpter 35 (36), Sam Varcoe 18 (30), Henk Conradie 16 (14), James Mulvey 23 (19), Simon Wood 18 (19), Billy Sanger 18 (19) RESULT: MATCH DRAWN 1st Innings points to Parne Billy Sanger – Hero of the Day! 9/23 and 4/30 Match figures of 27.3 3 53 13 Outstanding!!! COACH ROY GOODYEAR REPORTED JUBILANTLY: After day one being completely washed out, day two started by our skipper Landie winning the toss (He has more luck than a ch.....n) and electing to bowl. This became a one man show with Billy Sanger returning the most amazing figures 14.3 overs 3 maidens 9 wickets for 23 runs Billy was on a hat trick on two occasions. An outstanding performance in any cricketing parlance! He was well backed up by: Karun Phogat with 1 for 13 off 6 overs and Henk Conradie with 5 overs 4 maidens 0 wickets for 3 runs and Hibiscus Coast were all out for 66 runs in the 28th over. Parnell batting: The idea being to get quick runs and set them a chase in the hopes of getting an outright. Flynn MacGregor-Sumpter a quick fire 35 off 36 Sam Varcoe 18 off 30 balls, he did rotate strike well with Flynn going well.. Henk Conradie sent in with the express purpose to have "a go" scoring 16 off 14 balls. James Mulvey chipped in with 23 off 19 balls Simon Wood kept the tempo going, scoring 25 off 18 balls with two large 6's. Billy Sanger was given the honour of upping the anti after his bowling success scoring 18 off 19 balls. Our innings closed at 137 for 6 wickets in the 23rd over. Hibiscus Coast 2nd Innings: They battled away to save an outright defeat with their innings held together by their skipper R Lakmal who scored an unbeaten 62. They ended the day on 128 for 9 wickets and leaving us no chance of a chase. Once again Billy Sanger came to the party with figures of: 13 overs 1 maiden 30 runs 4 wickets and giving him match figures of: 27.3 overs 5 maidens 53 runs 13 wickets K Phogat added to his season tally with 14 overs 3 maidens 58 runs 2 wickets. Will St John after a rather "slow start" to his day, add to the bowling attack in the 2nd innings with figures of 6 overs 1 maiden 3 wickets for 17 runs. Simon Wood bowled the last over, delivering some "floaters and bangers" of well disguised spin! In closing, another exemplary performance by "this team" • It was very good to have K Phogat back in the side after an absence this latter part of the season due to work commitments • Our slip catching (outstanding catches by Sam Varcoe and Flynn M-S) and our out fielding was top notch.