Thrash Talk: Coromandel Ramblers bowler Jacob Handke comes close to pefect game taking 9/28
A LOCAL cricketer has taken a club-record 9/28 but came ever so close to a perfect 10-wicket haul. Plus stumps fly via an umpire’s hat-cam, an unstoppable Glenelg batsman and more in this week’s Thrash Talk.
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Here is what caught our eye at the weekend:
HANDY HANDKE’S NINE-WICKET HAUL
Last week we made the statement “none of you bowlers are going to top this” following Lee Jacobs’ haul of 9/49 for One Tree Hill in Para Districts Grade Three.
Well, in Adelaide & Suburban Section Three, Coromandel Ramblers’ Jacob Handke made a fool of us, and Mitchell Park, taking an astounding 9/28 from 16 overs, in the process helping his team defend a meagre 129 with a 33-run victory.
And to top it all off, Handke’s haul was a club record.
It would have been a perfect 10-wicket game if not for a run out by teammate Tom Donnelly, which snared the only other batsmen Handke did not remove.
But we hear Donnelly’s run out was good in its own right.
STUMPS FLY AT PROSPECT
Seeing the stumps cartwheeling away after a brilliant delivery is one of cricket’s greatest sights (unless you’re the unfortunate batsman) and one which makes the great game unique.
This vision – captured by SACA on an umpire’s hat in the Prospect versus Southern District game on Saturday at Prospect Oval – is an absolute ripper.
Pirates opener Harvey Brennan is the unlucky recipient of the ball from Stingray Mishal Khan.
It was also Khan’s maiden wicket for the club, it does not come much better than that for an opening bowler.
More of this please, SACA.
WINTER RUNS WILD AGAIN
Not content with his outstanding 176 off 135 balls in a one-dayer last week, Glenelg’s Jake Winter went big again on Saturday as he blasted an unbeaten 165 against Adelaide University.
Winter was in magical touch with 20 fours and two sixes to make the bulk of the Seahorses’ 9/283 at Park 12.
The skipper spent all day at the crease, 403 minutes to be exact, and will resume this Saturday with Liam Thompson at the other end.
Winter’s back-to-back big scores have catapulted him up to first on the Grade Cricket runs leaderboard with 439, just ahead of Kensington’s Jake Brown (434) and Uni’s Ben Wakim (400).
More big scores are likely on the horizon with this round featuring the first two-day fixtures of the season.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
IT TAKES TWO
Match-winning partnerships come in all shapes and sizes.
In ASCA Section Five, Glenelg ANA were in trouble at 6/107 chasing North Haven’s 167.
Enter Jamie Craig who smashed 113 with 11 fours and seven sixes, putting on 93 for the seventh wicket with Daniel Slater, who played his part with a solid two. ANA cruised on to 9/241.
FARLEY ON FIRE
In ASCA Section Eight, Morphett Vale ran through Sheidow Park for just 76.
Joshua Farley then came out and hammered 117 not out in just 21 overs to enable a declaration at 3/180.
Sheidow then batted out a dull draw with 4/141.
NO ANSWER TO RIDDLE
A mighty effort with the ball in ASCA Section One by ICC Sharks’ Trent Riddle was not enough to bring home the points.
Despite taking 7/31 from 16 overs and restricting Cove to 177, ICC didn’t even get close, collapsing for 92.
PARK PLAN PAYS OFF
We had a little snip at Sheidow Park’s ASCA Section Nine side last week for declaring at 0/167 – after all it is only round three.
So when South Road made their way to 1/73, it seemed like not only was an outright gone, but first innings might be up for grabs too.
Seems they knew a little more than me. The Roadies lost 7/3, thanks to a Matthew Eastman hat-trick as part of 4/5 from six overs
VALE TAKES ITS CHANCE
Another good declaration was in ASCA Section Four, where Morphett Vale had limped to 8/105 and decided there was more value in bowling than batting for the rest of the day.
It paid off.
They had reduced Coromandel to 3/6 at stumps, from which they never recovered and were all out for 87.