Terrace in shock win; Churchie pace pair star while Sons of Test guns also shine
GPS First XI cricket: The sons of two Bulls Test bowling champions shone, Terrace charged from behind to win while TGS and Churchie remained unbeaten after round 2 action. Story here.
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The sons of two Queensland Test bowling champions continued a proud family tradition while Terrace came from the clouds to win and Churchie seamers Daniel Boreham and Ed Storen were a gold plated stars on day two of GPS First XI cricket today.
Terrace produced a come from behind win against The Southport School (86) at Tennyson, with a supreme bowling and fielding effort defeating their total of 5-133 (45 overs).
In another highlight, Ed Kasprowicz (the son of Michael) made his debut for Nudgee in its six wicket win over Ipswich Grammar School, while Zac McDermott (son of Craig) continued to enhance his reputation for The Southport School.
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Toowoomba Grammar School (5-121) also made it two wins to start the season with a rollicking bowling effort against BSHS (120). This was despite BSHS No.3 Jack Sonter’s classy 53 and a stoic bowling effort, but nothing could stop TGS captain Thisaja Samarawickrama driving his team to victory.
And Churchie’s spectacular start to the season continued with seamers Ed Storen (10-6-9-3) and Daniel Boreham (8-1-21-4) producing grand returns against Brisbane Grammar School in a eight wicket win.
But for the moment let us peer into the past to understand the present.
Thirty-four years ago Michael Kasprowicz was playing for Queensland as a Year 12 student at Brisbane State High School, while three years earlier Ipswich Grammar School old boy Craig McDermott was bowling for Australia aged just 19 years.
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Between them those two Bulls’ fast bowling greats took 744 Sheffield Shield wickets and now they both have high achieving sons.
Like father, like son, Ed Kasprowicz is also a Queensland rugby representative just as Michael Kasprowicz was, while Zac McDermott is in his second season of First XI after starring last year, including making our Team off the Season.
It must be noted Zac McDermott is not a fast bowling tearaway like his dad, but a fast medium swing bowler who also bats in the top five.
But McDermott’s approach to the crease is very much like his father, as is his smattering of zinc cream, and it is a trip down memory lane watching him.
At the Terrace Internationals Oval, Terrace leader Tom Stubbins rattled TSS’s cage with a storming effort in defence of his team’s 6-133, leading to a shock victory.
Stubbins and left arm orthodox spinner William Ilott both claimed two early wickets as TSS slumped to 4-31 and in danger of defeat.
James Eustance for Terrace then maintained the rage, with his subtle right arm off-spin claiming the next four wickets as TSS were in a tumble at 8-77.
TSS were notorious for finding a way to the winners post, but even they seemed sunk with Josh Carter (25) feel caught and bowled to Eustance. They were dismissed for 86.
Earlier, TSS new ball bowler McDermott again tied the opposition down with a new ball burst of 7-2-13-0 which, alongside his new ball partner Ryan Summers (10, 0-21) set the tone of the innings.
For the second week in a row Terrace opener Christian Jardine (35, 70 balls) stood up to the pressure, and later in the innings Harry Frost (21), Tom Jeffries (26) and Hayden Evetts (23 not out) tried to find a way around the middle innings bowling of TSS pair Spencer Alcock (1-16) and paceman Griff Williams (1-22).
Alcock’s run out of Jeffries did not help Terrace’s cause and in the end Terrace the Brave came to rest at 6-133 from 45 overs.
As he so often does, Jacob Bath again found wickets (2-31), but he was challenged by Evetts before a premature end to the Terrace innings.
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At Northgate, Churchie’s right arm seamers Storen and Boreham feasted to claim seven wickets between them after Churchie’s left arm orthodox spinner Henry Hillier set the high of examples from over No.1.
BGS were restricted to 92, with Churchie reaching 2-93 from 25 overs.
Hillier kept the pressure on from the outset, bowling his 10 overs for just 1-14 and behind him Storen and Boreham struck.
Charlie Moore (2-21) was again among the wickets while off-spinner Tighe Morris kept things tight as BGS struggled to 92. Max Clark scored a brisk 23 for BGS, while Sam Brown (17) fought hard for an hour and a half.
In reply Churchie’s top order did not have it all their own way as paceman Soham Sane and leg-spinner Oliver Skerl challenged their rivals, but Jack Ryan (29 not out) was positive while Morris (23 not out) played a supporting role.
At Mills Oval, TGS captain Thisaja Samarawickrama was elite with the bat and taking the new ball with his off-spin as the home side piled on the pressure early against BSHS.
Thisaja Samarawickrama’s opening spell of 6-1-6-0 put BSHS behind the clock from the outset, and he eventually finished with 1-8 from nine overs.
But as is always the case, TGS produced an evening team bowling effort as medium pacer Charles Lachmund (1-13), off-spinner Cooper Webster (2-27), seamer Dom Black (2-15) and left arm orthodox spinners Gautam Malhotra (1-32) and Ewald Kruger (1-22) all pitched in.
Multi-talented sportsman Kruger was following on his six wicket haul from round 1.
TGS did not have it all their own way, and the match twice hung in the balance after Jake Kranen, Tom Moloney, Oliver Peck and Daniel Skipwith.
At 3-39 the game could have gone either way, particularly after Skipwith’s dismissed of round 1 batting hero Chace Oates.
But Charlie Bignell pushed forward positively, making 20 with three fours before Jem Du struck in his second over and it was 4-72.
Then Samarawickrama stroked 43 not out from 38 balls and the game was safe, while Webster scored 22 for TGS.
It was some performance by the Toowoomba Grammar skipper.
At Nudgee, the home side bowled IGS out for 141 on the way to a four wicket win as Nudgee captain Jack Balkin (60 not out) scored a half century and his Queensland under 17 teammate Amitoj Sidhu 27 enroute to victory.
IGS fought all the way in defence of a small total, with Luke Wegner leading the way.
While one always felt Nudgee had the game in hand, the home side needed the classy 71 ball knock from their skipper Balkin to withstand an upset loss.
In the morning session Kasprowicz opened the bowling with a hot wind blowing slightly into his face. His unbroken six overs of outswing yielded 6-0-11-0, but he beat the bat several times.
Kasprowicz bowled an off-side line and was rewarded when skipper Jack Balkin reinforced the catching cordon by adding a third slip in his third over.
But it was his fellow new ball bowler, Angus McLean, who struck first and second, and later claimed another two wickets to finish with a stunning return of 4-22.
After IGS’s opener Raziel Bhandari had displayed the first sign of aggression, McLean claimed his wicket, brilliantly caught left handed by the athletic Noah McFadyen at second slip.
McFadyen then made it two catches in nine balls when his bucket hands consumed a nick, again off McLean, and IGS were 2-12.
IGS batting pair Luke Sanderson (27) and Cody Dalziel (30) then steadily fought off Nudgee’s challenge, although never driving clear of the disciplined Nudgee bowling or its field.
Indeed two run outs turned the game after Sanderson and Dalziel had inched their side from 2-12 to 2-77.
Nudgee skipper and off-spinner Balkin was involved in two run outs while Matt Fielding and Bailey Todd combined for another as IGS slid to be all out for 141.
Balkin, the Queensland under 17 captain, and left arm orthodox slow bowler Jackson Andrew (2-33, 10 overs) were outstanding in whirling away, backed by an eager field.
McLean, a right arm outswing bowler, mixed his off stump line with a couple of rearing effort balls that smacked into the gloves of Nudgee keeper Sujal Raiyani.
And as was the case last season, Nudgee’s right arm seam support bowler Carter Corless (2-19) was rewarded mid-innings.
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