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Parnell Cricket Club Incorporated - Established 1858 Update No.160 - Christmas is Nigh RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: International: a) 3nd Test – New Zealand vs Pakistan – Test Drawn, but what a game! b) Lockie Ferguson – has IPL Contract with Kolkata Knight Riders Interprovincial: a) Auckland U21 Women (with Parnell’s Yasmin Kareem) won National Tournament b) Auckland U19s, captained by Parnell’s Harry Miller) won National Tournament ACA Age Group: Eastern Districts CA (Parnell/AUCC/Grafton United) won: Under 14s, Under 17 Under 18s won their Interdistrict Tournaments Club One Day Grades: Grade Winners of the Pre Christmas Championships: 2B Parnell Hawks 4B Parnell Super Eagles Sunday T20 Parmell Rounders Premier Mens’Grade – T20 Championship Round 4. Saturday, 22 December from 11am PARNELL vs ELLERSLIE at Cornwall Park 2. ELLERSLIE 81/10 (19) A Burton 31 (45), Keegan Russell 2/21 (4), Ollie Pringle 2/14 (3), Josh Fisher 4/18 (4), Aniket Parikh 2/14 (4) PARNELL 83/3 (19) Aniket Parikh 31 (26) RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 7 WICKETS Round 5. Saturday 22 December from 3pm PARNELL vs PAPATOETOE at Cornwall Park 2. PAPATOETOE 99/10 (18.3) Ollie Pringle 2/21 (3), Josh Fisher 2/10 (4), Aniket Parikh 2/7 (2), Razin Bharde 1/12 (2) PARNELL 100/2 (13.1) Jesse Simpson 22* (32), Andy Lane 51 (33) RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 8 WICKETS After the disappointment of the abandoned game last Thursday, it was beautifully fine at Cornwall. Idyllic setting, and notable for Will Somerville’s Parnell debut. And whilst Will bowled well in both games he didn’t pick up a wicket in either. Didn’t stop our other two offies with Aniket picking up 2/14 and 2/7 and, vs Papatoetoe, Razin took 1/12. The spinners bowled exceptionally well in tandem, totally dominated both opposing teams. Cornwall 2. Is sometimes a difficult ground to adjust to – boundaries straight are short by quite long square. Earlier our pace attack dominated, too - Keegan took his Prem opportunity well capturing the first two Ellerslie wickets, Ollie and Josh followed up strongly. Fielding was exceptional– that Papatotoe lost 3 to run outs speaks for itself. Batting – Jesse played the rock in both whilst Andy really took it to the opposition – 51 off only 33 balls says it all. Aniket, Ollie and Brad all pushed the scoring along –our eventual run rate could be crucial to us qualifying for the Finals. In all, a most successful day. Harry Miller, fresh from skippering Auckland U19s to National victory – here stumping Ellerlie’s pro, Alan Burton, their top scorer Parnell’s 3 offies – Black Cap Will Somerville on debut for the Club, Aniket Parikh and Razin Bharde Three views of Keegan Russell - 1 & 2 as the batsman sees him and an excellent take of a skier in the deep Premier Mens’Grade Jeff Crowe Cup – Limited Overs Championship (50/50) Round 4. Saturday 15 December PARNELL vs BIRKENHEAD at Birkenhead War Memorial Domain 1. BIRKENHEAD 172/10 (47) S Rajwer 62 (88), Henry King 3/32 (10), Ollie Pringle 2/16 (9), Josh Fisher 2/29 (8), PARNELL 173/3 (24) Ben Rae 78 (44), Jesse Simpson 26* (50), Andy Lane 46 (42) RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 7 WICKETS Henry King, Ollie Pringle and Josh Fisher with Christy O’Brien behind the stumps , deputising for Ben Horne (Aces) & Harry Miller (captaining Auckland U19s) First, Henry, Ollie and Josh broke the back of Birkenhead’s innings having them 6/86 – they recovered somewhat but then ……….. Their 172 was proved utterly inadequate as Ben Rae (1 & 2 above) unleashed a superb range of shots and, whilst Flynn McGregor-Sumpter left early, Jesse Simpson (3) played the rock. And Andy Lane, entering on Ben’s dismissal at 102/2, rattled the runs on most elegantly to just a couple short of victory. Then Skipper Brad finished it off – a most satisfying batting display! ACA Age Group Tournaments – EDCA Win Under 14s, 17s and 18s Flynn Dudson, captain – left front, leads his victorious EDCA U18 Team from the winners’ photo shoot The Tournaments commenced last week amid some controversy over the many changed formats. Eastern Districts Cricket Association (EDCA), comprising players from Auckland University, Grafton United & Parnell CCs, has dominated the Championships to date: FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES Under 14 Dev. T20 Under 16 – 40 Overs Under 17 – 40 Overs Under 18 – 40 overs 1. Eastern Western Eastern Eastern 2. North Harbour Burgundy North Harbour Manukau Western 3. North Harbour Gold Cornwall/Ellerslie Western Cornwall/Ellerslie 4. Western Eastern North Harbour North Harbour 5. Manukau Cornwall/Ellerslie Manukau U17s: Parnell U17 players selected for the ACA Trial on Friday 21 December are Nathan Robinson, Nikith Perera & Dinesh Kharel U14s - aspects of concern were: 1. 9 players only per team 2. Short, 45m boundaries 3. T20 format not popular/prefer 40+ overs Considered just “backyard cricket” – previously considered a top level Tournament these reductions were perceived as reducing the status/worth of the competition. Note that only 4 teams took part – neither Cornwall/Ellerslie nor Manukau fronted and, as the results show, the playing standard was, apart from Eastern, weak. Note that these T20s were for Development teams. The A Teams compete, again in T20s, in mid January. Metro Park, Millwater, Hibiscus Coast – a huge park, bleak and treeless. Fortunately only a zephyr was blowing yesterday (despite that, chairs were being blown away) – wouldn’t want to be there if a breeze came up. Thought that Councils were past “designing” blasted heaths – easy to mow but totally lacking in character. The games – note the results and the win margins: Round 1. EDCA 206/7 (20) beat Western 38 (11) by 168 runs 2. EDCA 197/7 (20) beat Nth Harbour Gold 84 (12) by 113 runs 3. EDCA 158/7 (20) beat Nth Harbour Burgundy 57 (10) by 101 runs 4. Final Nth Harbour B’dy 101 (15.4) lost to EDCA 102/0 (9.5) by 8 (max) wickets U16s – FINAL, for 3rd/4th: EDCA 154/10 A Prasad 44, H Lowe 39; J Bonisch 4-14, W Gogarty 2-24 CORNWALL/ELLERSLIE 158/9 H Drillien 40, L Chandulal 24, W Gogarty 24; A Molamure 4-29, F O’Louhghlin 2-49 RESULT: CORNWALL/ELLERSLIE won by 1 wicket to take 3rd place, EDCA 4th U17s FINAL, for 1st/2nd: MANUKAU 159/10 C Thompson 45, J Wallace 41; D Kharel 2-16, B Seavill 2-39 EDCA 160/3 J Stephan 61*, N Robinson 56; Y Vesuna 2-13 RESULT: EDCA won by 7 wickets for 1st place, Manukau 2nd U18s – FINAL, for 1st/2nd: WESTERN 108 H Johal 30, N Sharma 21; S Bhana 3-16, B Service 3-22 EDCA 112/5 S Dhambagolla 50*, F Dudson 25; P Rehal 1-11 . RESULT: EDCA won by 5 wickets for 1st place, Manukau 2nd TOURNMENT STATS/AVERAGES – EDCA PLAYERS ONLY BATTING Inn NO Runs HS Ave SR BOWLING Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave UNDER 14s Z Essenhigh 4 3 122 47* 122 137 J McAnulty 8 1 22 7 6.86 C Joyce 4 1 107 52 36 167 T Lindberg 8 0 35 4 8.75 B Fenwick 2 0 98 48 47 162 R Chilluvuri 5.3 0 33 3 11.00 T Lindberg 2 1 70 60* 70 171 L Hari 4 0 27 2 13.50 N Parkman 2 0 60 33 30 143 C Joyce 3.3 0 20 2 10.00 UNDER 16s H Lowe 5 1 180 51* 45 58 F O’Loughlin 32 1 162 9 18.00 Aakash Prasad 2 1 83 49 83 98 A Molamure 24 2 92 8 11.50 A Molamure 5 0 78 39 16 57 Aakash Prasad 13.3 1 38 6 6.33 Aavan Prasad 1 0 74 74 74 100 W Lintott 24 0 131 5 26.20 M Dudson 4 2 67 37* 34 69 A Krishnan 30 5 136 4 34.00 UNDER 17s N Robinson 5 0 194 73 38 85 B Seavill 39 5 176 13 13.54 D Kharel 5 0 133 53 27 83 D Kharel 32 5 94 6 15.67 J Brazendale 5 1 98 57 24 66 C McKenzie 36.1 4 167 6 27.83 J Stephan 5 1 94 61* 24 64 N Perera 40 5 116 5 23.20 C McKenzie 4 1 93 52* 31 89 J Herbert 21 1 127 3 42.33 UNDER 18s S Dhambagolla 5 2 266 100 89 78 W Muller 23.3 2 109 10 10.90 G Cory-Wright 5 0 116 63 23 57 T del la Varis 21.4 1 69 9 7.67 F Dudson 5 0 113 57 23 61 S Stephan 35 10 106 8 13.25 G Olliff 5 0 112 68 22 156 B Service 36.1 2 103 7 14.71 W Muller 4 0 64 48 16 125 S Bhana 27.2 6 65 4 16.25 The victorious Under 14s, a most efficient unit. Note the vast, treeless/featureless Metro Park, Millwater, Hibiscus Coast Premier Women’s Grade – Pearl Dawson Trophy (T20 Championship) 15 December Rounds 1. & 2.. at Shore Road Reserve 1. Round 1. PARNELL 36/10 (18.3) Emma Irwin 18* (49), Roz McNeill 4/2 (8), Claire Mains 3/6 (4) TAKAPUNA 37/1 (10.2) RESULT: PARNELL LOST BY 9 WICKETS Round 2. PARNELL 72/7 (20) Emma Irwin 21 (23), A Bowden 3/6 (4) HOWICK PAKURANGA 73/1 (14) RESULT: PARNELL LOST BY 9 WICKETS Coming off successive wins, it was disappointing that Parnell had these two reverses.