rnell Cricket Club
Incorporated - Established 1858
Update No. 210 – Final Day and 99 and all that:
Congratulations to Suburbs New Lynn who reached 100 points whilst we, Parnell, finished one behind on 99. Suburbs NL therefore captured the Hedley Howarth Trophy and we have to be content with the Allan Thompson Memorial Cup for runner-up. Some gnashing of teeth when we finished just 1 point behind but, looking back, we weren’t helped by having a draw in Round 1. (North Shore 292/9, Parnell 87/4) and a disaster in 3. (Cornwall 103/10, Parnell 84/10). Covid’s Level 3 cost us Day 1. of Round 6. against bottom of the Table, Grafton United whilst Suburbs defeated Takapuna outright on Day 2. but, in reality, it was Round 3. that scuppered us. Ninety Nine – the Dreaded Number One short of 100 - the points Suburbs New Lynn amassed through the 2020/21 Season and Parnell left on 99. And dismissal at 99 – the score dreaded by all batsmen, a century being the acknowledged pinnacle of success! But many have been dismised for 99, Ben Stokes one of the most recent in the 2nd ODI for England vs India. And Martin Crowe’s 299 vs Sri Lanka is remembered better than most innings of over 300. Nervous nineties – Clem Hill, the great left hande Australian batsman, in the 1912 Boxing Day Test at Melbourne was dismissed for 99 and then, in the next Test at Adelaide, was out for 98 and 97. Hill scored six Test 90s – 96, 99, 98, 97, 91* and 98. In his 49 Tests Hill scored 3412 runs at 39.41 – 7 x 100s, highest 191. Bobby Simpson, another great Aussie, made his Test debut in December 1957 and in almost 7 years hit two 90s but no 100s before cracking the ton in style – 311 vs England at Old Trafford, July 1964. He finally retired in 1978, in 62 Tests having scored 4869 at 46.81 and hit 10 x 100s – 2 being over 200 and his highest, 311.
Men’s Premier Grade – Hedley Howarth Trophy – 7th and Final Round: [NOTE: At start of Day 1. – Parnell in 3rd place – 2 points behind North Shore and 15 behind leader, Suburbs NL. Round 7. Parnell vs Papatoetoe, North Shore vs Grafton United, Suburbs NL vs Auckland University]
20 & 27 March Parnell vs Papatoetoe at Papatoetoe Rec. 1. PAPATOETOE 259/10 (57.1) L Clark 95 (78), L Istead 84 (54), & 249/10 (55.1) S Setia 121* (165) 1st Innings 2nd Innings Dean van Deventer 12 0 70 1 8 1 35 1 Ganesh Ratnasabapathy 9 1 40 1 Josh Fisher 12 0 73 4 Lockie Ferguson 8 1 40 3 Jack Parsons 12 4 40 3 4 0 33 0 Nikith Perera 12 5 30 1 9 1 48 2 Andy Lane 1 0 8 0 Aniket Parikh 3 0 26 1 12 2 33 1 Kartikey Trevedi 12 2 16 1
PARNELL 283/6 dec. (46) Flynn McGregor-Sumpter 36 (52), Andy Lane 36 (42),Aniket Parikh 112* (101), Brad Rodden 25 (26), D Bhatti 2/39 (9) & 227/2 (34.4) Ben Rae 124* (111), Flynn McGregor-Sumpter 17 (28), Andy Lane 68 (65), Aniket Parikh 8 (5) RESULT: Parnell won outright by 8 wickets
DAY 1. We had begun by skittling the first 9 Papatoetoe batsmen for 170 but allowed their 10th wicket to add 89 – 259/10. By stumps we were 240/5 with Aniket on 83 and 1st innings points looked assured. Suburbs were struggling against AUCC. Just the faintest glimmer of hope. An outright to us, losses to North Shore and to Suburbs – the Trophy could still be retained???
DAY 2. Changes from Day 1. – Lockie, recalled to the Black Caps, and Ganesh were replaced by Josh Fisher and Kartikey Trevedi. Kartikey is a leg spinner who joined from Sydney where he played 2nd Grade. For our Reserves he has had a very good season taking 28 wickets at 16.60. 1st innings points were quickly secured as was Aniket’s100. Then Captain Flynn declared – 283/6. From here, Craig’s photos can do the talking:
Aniket on his way to 112* and the declaration and receiving congratulations on his ton from Dean Papatoetoe, in their 2nd innings, looked for runs from the outset but lost wickets regularly though opener, Shane Setia, carried his bat for 121* - a masterly knock!
Capt. Flynn’s Aunt Sally carried out the drinks during Papatoetoe’s innings Kartikey Trevedi on debut for the Prems – very tidy 12 1 16 1
With a minimum of 40 overs left in the day. Our target was 226 for the outright and the possibility of retaining the Hedley Howarth Trophy as AUCC had lead Suburbs NL on the 1st innings. However, AUCC had declared at 237/3 so Suburbs, though losing 3/36, were hell bent in knocking off the 256 to gain the title. Flynn and Ben got our 2nd innings underway and picked up singles with great regularity and we were going at 5 per over when Flynn was lbw to Plummer at 57. Wih Andy joining Ben we never looked back – both were very assured, not in the least rushed or bustled but the runs came at a good pace. Five an over became 6 or even better but no risks were taken –a succession of powerful straight drives in the V plus cuts and pulls when the ball was dropped short.
Ben Rae (left) and Andy Lane – a superb partnership of 156 off 130 balls set us up beautifully for the outright win
A truly great partnership between Ben and Andy and it was a great surprise when the latter skied one a was caught for 68. No alarums Ben continued on his way, secured his ton and, with Aniket, knocked off the remaining runs with ease.
Ben Rae, 124* off 111 balls and match won outright, leaving the field to applause from Papatoetoe and to be greeted by Andy (left foreground), his partner for most of the innings
Then the news – Suburbs NL had knocked off the 256 needed to beat AUCC outright and so captured the Hedley Howarth Trophy by just 1 point, 100 to our 99.
Women’s Premier Grade – Prichard Cup – Round 11 – Final for 3rd /4th .
27 March vs Howick Pakuranga at Lloyd Elsmore Park 1. PARNELL 229/7 (50) Yaz Kareem 31 (55), Olivia Lobb 33 (62), Steph. Carr 23 (48), Emma Baker 42 (52), L Ross 4/21 (10)
HOWICK PAKURANGA 223/10 (39.5) M Downes 68 (80), A Parr 57 (40), Shriya Naidu 2/27 (7), Maddi Curran 0/53 (10), Kat. Browne 1/27 (2), Renee Macmillan 1/33 (8), Makayla Mason-Jones 4/23 (6), Steph. Carr 1/27 (4), Yaz Kareem 0/26 (4) RESULT: Parnell won by 6 runs to finish 3rd (behind Takapuna – 1st, Cornwall – 2nd) Brilliant result for our Team! The scoreboard tells it all – recent photos from Craig follow:
Yaz Kareem Olivia Lobb Emma Baker (sorrry Emma , don’t have one of you batting)
Shriya Naidu Makayla Mason-Jones
Men’s Premier Reserve Grade – President’s Cup – Round 7.
20 & 27 March vs Eden Roskill at Shore Road Reserve 1. PARNELL 297/10 (79.4) Will Ormiston 86 (117), Matt James 43 (93), Michael Fourie 20 (46), Giacomo Lamplough 33 (45), Pankaj Kumar 51 (55), Josh Milne 24 (54) & 51/0 (5) Will Ormiston 23* (12), Matt James 23 (18) EDEN ROSKILL 282/10 (79.2) N Parpudi 91 (191), SS Singh 101 (186), Pankaj Kumar 2/45 (16), Prashant Dhanjee 1/56 (16), Josh Milne 4/81 (22), Ashwin Haran 3/51 (10) RESULT: Match Drawn – 1st innings points to Parnell who finished 4th to Cornwall (unbeaten in 7 games), Grafton United – 2nd & Papatoetoe 3rd Parnell were One Day Champions Eden Roskill, the side we skittled for 67 in the One Day Final, showed a great deal more fight and there would have been great relief when Josh had Parpudi lbw at 215 and bowled Singh at 222. A 9th wicket stand then looked dangerous taking the score from 256/8 but Josh ended that at 281 and Prashant took the 10th wicket 1 run later. Game called off soon after – just time for Will and Matt to get a little practice for 2021/22. Congratulations to Captain Giacomo and the Team on a very successful season! Craig’s photos from the library:
Pankaj Kumar Josh Milne
Women’s Premier Reserve Grade – Friendly T20 Sat., 27 March, vs Kumeu at Huapai Domain 2a . KUMEU 88/8 (19) O Ross 32 (23)Wilmarie Pretorious 2/12 (4), Lune Strydom 2/3 (3), Monalisa Verma 1/34 (4), Anna Wijffels 1/22 (3) PARNELL 89/3 (14.5) Lune Strydom 39 (44), Wilmarie Pretorious 13 (14) RESULT: Win to Parnell Wonderful to actually get a game after missing several weeks – Covid and defaults. And a win to cap the season to boot – brillant! Roll on 2021/22!
Men’s Third Grade Sat., 20 & 27 March. Round 7. – vs Grafton United at Orakei Domain 1.
PARNELL 94/10 (46) Pete Hickman 21, Kelly Lunow-Haldane 38 & 153/10 (42) Anku Dogra 19, Ysir Patel 30 GRAFTON UNITED 153/10 (59) Wicket takers – Kelly Lunow-Haldane 1, William Wild 1, Pete Hickman 3, Anku Dogra 2 & 94/5 (30) Wicket takers – Ewen Anderson & Pete Hickman 1 each RESULT: Grafton United won outright by 5 wickets
Men’s Sixth Grade – Our Fourths/“Prunes” Sat., 20 & 27 March. Round 7. – vs Waitakere at Walker Park 1.
WAITAKERE 161/10 (53.3) Rudi Bisschoff 6/30 (11o 3m), Awsiya Syed 2/23 (9), Lance Pooley 1/12 (5) & 106/10 (47.4) Anjana Premashantha 2/19 (15o 3m), James Partridge 5/35 (17o 7m), Jacob Penrose 1/0 (1) Sam Noland 2/5 (2) PARNELL 201/8 (46.4) Lance Pooley 50 (76), Tim Konara 87 (97) & 70/3 (12.1) Eli Paewai 41 (47) RESULT: Parnell won outright by 7 wickets
Presidents’ Grade – Championship Bowl Sat. 27 March Round 4. – vs Takapuna at Sunnynook Park 2
PARNELL 177/8 (35) Andrew Barker 34 (23), Greg James 21 (34), Mark Robinson 30 (39) TAKAPUNA 143/10 (34) Mark Robinson 3/15 (7), Marc O’Gorman 1/11 (3), John Nicol 1/40 (6), Greg James 2/21 (5) RESULT: Parnell won outright by 34 runs
Auckland Grammar School (with 6 Parnell Players) is Winner Of the National Junior Secondary Schoolboy’s Tournament
Played in Palmerston North last week, Auckland Grammar School won all 5 games by very comfortable margins. No fewer than 6 Parnell lads were in the Grammar team – Pawan Kharel (who was named Player of the Tournament), Astin Palenski, Ashan Weerasinghe, Marco Alpe, Henry Waite and Bruno Duder. GAME RESULTS: vs St Patrick’s College, Silversteam won by 8 wickets vs Napier Boys’ High School won by 9 wickets vs Tauranga Boys College won by 6 wickets vs John McGlashan won by 8 wickets vs Christ’s College won by 28 runs
NZ Cricket’s Report on the Final Game: Auckland Grammar School 222/5 (P Kharel 68, A Weerasinghe 34) beat Christ’s College 194 all out off 39 overs (H Shore 58, F Huston 28, A Palenski 3-30), Fitzherbert Park #2
Auckland Grammar School secured their fifth win and claimed the 2021 Junior Secondary Boys tournament title after the two strongest teams duked it out on the final day. Auckland Grammar’s Pawan Kharel put up an aggressive display, spending over an hour and a half at the crease and creating room for the middle order to launch from. Kharel, the player of the tournament, put on another strong display with 68 runs before being run out by Christ’s Finn McCormack-Young. Aashan Weerasinghe contributed an extra 34 runs, hitting the tournaments only six. The counterattack from Christ’s College was cut short as the top order fell away with little impact to the scoreboard. Felix Huston made 28 while a surprise late order star, Hunter Shore, bumped his teams total up by adding 58 runs. A Palenski shone with the ball taking three wickets for 30 runs, including the final wicket, winning Auckland Grammar the game and the title for the 2021 Junior Secondary Boys tournament.
NOTE: Pawan Kharel, Player of the Tournament, scored 237 runs at 79.00. He also took 4 wickets.
Junior Prizegiving – Sunday 21 March
This was very well attended and full details will be given in a later Update. Meantime enjoy the photo below from Amy Coyte:
Year 3 Dragons – L-R Tom Larkin (most improved), Jack Williams (5 wicket bag) Freddie Halliday (team award), Harry Walton (5 wicket bag) – thanks Amy Coyte for the photo!
Under 12s – Social Game: Parnell vs East Coast Bays – 21 March
MANAGER/COACH ASH HILL REPORTS: We were well beaten in the end, with our guys struggling to adjust to the pace of the grass wicket / red ball and not getting enough runs on the board to create pressure...... and our poorest fielding effort of the season didn't help. That said, that was the purpose of the game and it was an excellent learning experience for the boys as they transition into college cricket. The more of opportunities like this that the club can offer to future year groups the better in my view.
The game was played in great spirit, with the bean bags and picket fences showing PCC in all its glory. We hosted an afternoon tea which was very well received and had drinks/speeches at the club at the end of the game. ECB are keen to reciprocate next summer and so we look forward to evening the ledger in the "battel of the bridge"!
Finally, thank you to Ian Trott for taking an interest in the game. All of the boys appreciated you being there, and the coaches benefited again from a few well-timed observations!
Short scoreboard:
Parnell 142/10 off 37.5 overs. Finn Hill 46; Johnny Ormond 36. For East Coast Bays, Oscar Chandler 3/19 off 5 and Xaver McKinnon 3/14 off 5. ECB 144/4 off 23.3 overs. Oscar Smith 55 and Liam Kristiffor 58. For Parnell no real standouts but tidy spells from Freddie Blyth; Finn Hill and Ushitha Caldrea (who was the pick of the bowlers with 3 overs 0/6 and was unlucky not to pick up 2 or 3 wickets).
Senior Prizegiving – 21 March
Great to see our Premier Women at Saturday’s Prizegiving – bubbling after beating Howick Pakuranga to finish 3rd in the Prichard Cup. More details in the next Update
Relics of the Past
Haggitt’s Rabbits vs Speakman’s Unspeakables Thursday 25 March, 5.30pm – Shore Road 1.
TEAMS – from: Brad Winger (capt. Unspeakables), Chey Barnes (capt. Rabbits), Cam Rope , Mark Smith, Mark Turner, Dave Bygrave (wk), Mike Burgess, Charlie Urry, Bryan Haggitt (senior), Richard Hobbs, Jamie Pike, Will Shearman, Jono Mar, Mike Ravlic, Gary Philson, Billy Walton and Gavin Nell
A gloriously fine afternoon, the teams assembled for a 15 over game starting at 5.30pm. The Rabbits elected to bat and Haggitt and Barnes opened the innings to the left arn spin of Hobbs. The first two balls bounced, spun sharply away and were left alone. Third ball cut, seemingly through gully – off for a run but NO – sent back, Ravlic pounced, keeper removed bails and Haggitt departed (the Doctor may have just rplaced the bails and stayed) but the crowd had not come to see me! So endeth the commetary – photos will tell the story:
Dave Bygrave back behind the stumps and your Editor at the crease. The Photographer alluded to similarities of the latter to the good Doctor – Aged – yes, beards – yes, girth – yes (sadly), caps – yes (but don’t think WG played for Hong Kong CC), run scoring ability – the Doctor certainly had that over me! But I did middle the ball – even if it was only with the toe!
Through both innings there were some remarkable cricket shots played, some ,in their daring, reminiscent of the “Golden Age” of long ago – recovered memories, perhaps:
Turns dynamically onto the front foot “Oops – is that down his throat?”
Mark Smith Billy Walton Chey Barnes Turns bowling
Matt Willacy with bat, Dave Bygrave sharp behind the stumps Jamie Pike batting, Turns keeping and an alert slip Gavin Nell bowling, Kerry Dawe umpiring
Gary Philson driving Matt Willacy Charlie Urry taking the long handle Cam Rope
Dave Bygrave with the bat Gary Philson with the ball Turns takes a catch Jono Mar hurls one down
Mike Burgess Billy Walton Mike Ravlic bowling at pace Brad Winger with the ball
Mark Smith Jamie Pike Charlie Urry Gavin Nell batting
Will Shearman then Chey Barnes – top scorer for the Rabbits, Brad Winger and Richard Hobbs who’s batting clinched the game for the Unspeakables
The game ended in the twilight gloom, the Unspeakables victors with 2 balls to spare Great photos from Craig Speakman – thanks Craig! And many thanks to Brad Winger for organising this great game. Rehydration followed and old yarns retold.
Our Professional Coaches are Available To Coach
Ian West - Henry Cameron - Callum McCarthy IAN WEST (NZC High Performance Coach) 021 142 5142 [email protected] Our Head Coach, Ian has a strong history of coaching and developing high performing players and successful teams in England, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand. Since 2017/18 he has been Head Coach for Auckland A team and the U19s and has been EDCA’s Director of Cricket. He also had stints at Gloucestershire CCC. Ian played Premier cricket in the North Yorkshire and Durham League plus in Victoria, Australia, and for several Auckland clubs..
HENRY CAMERON (Level 2. Australia) 027 605 1016 [email protected] Welcome to Henry, Parnell’s newly appointed Head Women’s Coach. Henry grew up in the Wairarapa but has spent the last four years in South Australia coaching premier cricket including women’s teams. Now living in Remuera, Henry also runs his own personal training business.
CALLUM McCARTHY (ECB Level 2.) 027 297 0511 [email protected] In his second season at Parnell having come to us from the UK to play in 2019/20. Callum is an experienced coach – coaching in Warwickshire and he also had a season in Australia with the Trafalgar CC in Victoria. Callum presently Coach to our Men’s Premier Reserve team.
PLUS PARTIME PLAYER COACHES:
Ollie Pringle – Aniket Parikh
OLLIE PRINGLE (Level 2. NZ) 022 303 2544 [email protected] Ollie is an outstanding player for our Prems – opening bowler and top order bat. On the fringe of greater playing honours for some seasons, Ollie is now contracted to Auckland Aces and made his 1st Class debut – long overdue recognition! He also coaches at Saint Kentigern College plus EDCA teams and has trained our Premier Women.
ANIKET PARIKH (Level 2. NZ) 021 112 7163 [email protected] Aniket is a spin bowling all-rounder in our Premier team. A great addition to the Club since his move here in 2018/19. He represented New Zealand U19s at the 2016 Junior World Cup and in 2017/18 had an Auckland Aces contract.Part of the EDCA/Parnell Pro Coaching Program & runs his own private sessions specialising in batting and spin bowling coaching.
OUR AFFILIATED COACHES:
IAN TROTT (Level 3. ECB) 021 025 92441 [email protected] Ian, Parnell’s Head Coach for 11 seasons, is now Auckland Grammar’s Head Coach. Ian’s successes at Parnell, for EDCA and overseas – South Africa, England, Dubai – are legendary. Ian is still seen frequently at the TJC taking Grammar practices and taking ‘one on ones’ which can be arranged by appointment.
JONATHAN McINROY (Level 3. Sth Africa) 022 023 6496 [email protected] Jonathan came to Parnell from Port Shepstone High and had considerable success with Parnell youngsters and EDCA Girls in District Age Group Tournaments. Jonathan has moved on from full time coaching but is still available for ‘one on ones’.
ROY GOODYEAR (Level 3. Accredited NZ, BCCI, Aust.) 027 222 3433 [email protected] Roy played 1st Class cricket in Zimbabwe and for Natal. An umpire of international standing, Roy has coached at St Kentigern and King’s Colleges. A wealth of experience – Roy is available for ‘one on ones’ and for mentoring.
THE TURKISH BREAD COMPANY:
Ken Vaughan turning out for our Pressies Phone: 09 8377871 Fax: 09 837 7872 Mob: 027 6454688 PO Box 21-738, Henderson, Auckland 0612 turkishbread.co.nz
Owner Ken Vaughn has 2 sons playing at PCC – Harry - U 10 Latham and Charlie - Year 4 Super Jets and we are very grateful for the support. I encourage you to try their awesome range of products www.turkishbread.co.nz
Henry Cameron Training
Have you ever been involved in fitness training specifically designed for cricket? A six week training program is starting up soon. It's designed to increase your fitness, strength and power for cricket. If you are interested in what the program has to offer then contact Henry. [email protected] 027 605 1016Henry Cameron HCT (Henry Cameron Training) ++++++++++++++++++++++ Roy Goodyear
CRICKET COACH AND MENTOR “My wealth is in seeing others succeed”
Grow your cricket resilience Duration 5+ sessions
Where do you want to go with your cricket? What do you want to achieve? How will you get there?
Roy received glowing testimonials from Martin Crowe and Mark Chapman for his mentoring
CONTACT ROY GOODYEAR – COACH AND MENTOR – 027 222 343
Urgent Message From Mike Wood, Player Sports Hi all, Things are getting real with Hollie’s fundraising drive. It’s off to a great start but we have a long way to go. Please see below and attached. • Please print off and throw them up in sports clubs, workplaces, schools, anywhere you think might be beneficial to the cause. • Obviously any digital sharing of these flyers is welcomed also. • Consistent high volume traffic to the Givealittle page over the next 6 weeks will be the key to success. • Hope for Hollie’ Givealittle: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/helping-hollie-fund • Hope for Hollie’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hopeforhollie Thanks in advance, Mike. (For those not aware – Hollie’s Dad John works at Players Sports)
Mike Wood Managing Director 021 979 222 / 09 522 8170 14 Melrose Street, Newmarket, Auckland 1023
Dr Simon Kelly
Mt Eden Chiropractic www.mtedenchiro.co.nz 096388266 Personal recommendations from: PHIL HORNE: “Simon Kelly provided outstanding care for our Premier Men’s squad in 2018/19, and this season Simon has also worked with our Premier Women’s squad. I can personally recommend Simon’s expertise and his involvement played a very significant role in ensuring our players were in improved shape through the season.”
BRAD RODDEN PCC Premier Captain concurs –“Simon and Mt Eden Chiropractic were a fantastic addition to Parnell Cricket Club last season and we very much appreciate their working with us again this summer. Simon and his team have given their time selflessly to us and provided an excellent service that gives our players every opportunity to stay fit and on the field all season. Simon gets a glowing review from every one of the players that goes in to see his team and his involvement again this season gives us an edge not many teams would be lucky enough to get. On behalf of PCC, thank you very much Simon. Brad” hil also adds that Simon hopes to play some matches for our Presidents team and his young son Riley, who plays for the Club
Players Sports
Players Sports Newmarket and Scarbro Tennis Centre stores are now open again to the public. You can shop in store, buy online or collect and collect. Visit www.playerssports.co.nz As you would assume extra health and safety measures are in place at both locations, however none of these measures will prevent the Players team providing you the best in store customer service they can as you seek to gear up for the sporting year ahead.
Please shop local and support our sponsors!
Brad Rodden asks that we all support his mate Paddy at The Corner! And you all know where The Corner is!
10 Years major Sponsor of Parnell Cricket Club!! Many, many thanks Ascot!!!
This Update is emailed to all on the Parnell CC’s Junior and Senior database. The latter includes Supporters or those who have expressed an interest in receiving Club news. If you no longer wish to receive these Updates please utilise the instructions on the header page of this email and delete yourself from the mailing list.