Two hundreds in one match highlighted round six of AIC First XI premiership action
Two hundreds in one match and a thriller between a couple of Saints highlighted round six of AIC First XI premiership action today.
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Two hundreds in one match and a thriller between a couple of Saints highlighted round six of AIC First XI premiership action today.
Padua’s George Kelsall struck 124 not out against Iona, but then Iona’s Mitchell Yarrow returned serve with his own century as the bayside school reeled in Padua’a imposing total of 8-230.
In the end Yarrow made 108 not out and Jack Wilson 66 not out as Iona scored 1-227 in reply.
“It was great to watch and he produced every shot in the book,’’ said Iona College director of cricket Sean Devlin.
“It was a run-a-ball innings and he was well supported by Jack Wilson.
“The running between wickets and shot selection by both players was outstanding.’’
Iona’s shock win damages Padua’s premiership aspirations, meaning they lose touch with front runners St Patrick’s College and Villanova College.
Paddies (7-187) moved closer to back-to-back AIC First XI cricket premierships with a nailbiting win over St Laurence’s College (6-184) while Villanova maintained its joint presence at the top of the table.
Villanova’s (8-230) late order batting set up its win against an improved St Edmund’s College (102).
In the other match Marist Ashgrove fought back to defend 134, dismissing St Peters Lutheran College for 102.
When round six started, all eyes were on Runcorn where St Laurence’s had plotted an ambush.
It was a thriller as St Laurence’s debut First XI player Mackenzie Douglas took 4-18 to turn the match on its head.
St Patrick’s lost 5-11 to go from 1-99 to 6-110 before Benjamin Buechler - again - and his partner in crime Bailey Reed answered the call the arms for Paddies.
Reed scored 19 to help Buechler take Paddies to 7-163, and then Buechler (37 not out) combined with Lachlan Hartshorn to scramble their side home.
What a match it was. Paddies’ bowling meant that Laurie’s (6-184) had to be content with a sub-200 tally.
St Laurence’s could manage just 55 in the final 10 overs as Hayden Vickers, Bailey Reed, Joel Heinrich, Benjamin Buechler, Harrison Clench and Lachlan Hartshorn kept a lid on St Laurence’s.
Hartshorn was tremendous. After conceding just eight runs from his first five overs at a time when Laurie’s were looking to push on with things, he came back in his second spell to claim another two wickets (3-18, 7 overs).
The St Laurence’s batting was disciplined against their probing rivals, with Xavier Santos (21, 82 balls) and Oliver Lunt (46, 77 balls) adding 76 before Nick Parrott and Luke Stenhouse loosened up.
Clench’s dismissal of Lunt, the AIC’s best batsman this season, was crucial because Lunt was starting to ramp things up.
When St Patrick’s took to the batting crease, Charles Moore produced a smooth as silk half century, reaching the milestone from just 45 balls.
Fellow opener Clench had the best seat in the house as Moore stroked six fours and two sixes to reach 50.
But Laurie’s Douglas and Noah Edmonds took six wickets between them and St Patrick’s looked gone at 6-110.
St Laurence’s coach Cameron Wigan praised Douglas’ debut effort. “It was an outstanding debut performance, bowling 10 overs unchanged to shift the momentum in our direction,’’ he said.
At Banyo, George Kelsall (124 not out) fired home side Padua College to 4-226, only for Yarrow to return serve with his own matchwinning century for Iona.
Needing to win to stay in touch with St Patricks and Villanova, Kelsall raced away with his innings to put Padua in the box seat after the first innings.
Kelsall initially teamed with Pacey Broadhurst (40, 108 balls) and ensured Padua’s loss of two early wickets would not turn into a landslide of dismissals.
Broadhurst patiently played through 133 minutes, adding 128 runs with the authoritative Kelsall before round five matchwinner Bodie Richardson (2-43) claimed his 12th wicket of the season for Iona.
Iona had started strongly as Daniel Linning, Archer Linning and Mitchell Yarrow lassoed the Padua batsmen with their bowling.
Then, later, with Kelsall was in full flight, young Segger produced an outstanding spell for Iona, including when Kelsall was looking to push toward his century.
Archer Linning’s dismissal of Ryan Pembroke (16) added to the drama as Kelsall tried to work his way through the 90s.
Padua’s Sebastian Heselden then eased pressure with some fluent batting while Kelsall watched from the other end.
Kelsall then tapped Seggar for a single to move to 99 before raising his 100 from just 127 deliveries (11 fours, one six).
A late surge by Sebastian Heselden also helped Padua to a seemingly matchwinning total.
When Iona batted, Yarrow took a positive mind frame into the innings, racing along at a run-a-ball.
Yarrow has been one of the batsmen of the competition and today’s performance underlined his class.
His batting partner Wilson was Steady Eddy at one end, watching the left handed Yarrow plunder runs all around the wicket.
It is not often in an AIC season you see one century, let alone two in one match, and the efforts of Kelsall and Yarrow were remarkable.
“It is unheard of,’’ Iona’s Devlin said, praising Padua’s Kelsall for his century.
At Andrew Slack Oval, the giant-killing run of St Edmund’s College came to an end against Villanova.
Defending 8-230, the Villa bowlers swarmed around their rivals to ensure there was no surprise result.
Eddies’ Kobe Rae, Peter Schmidt and Lachlan Skull tried hard with the bat, but the sustained team bowling effort of Ben Jeffs (3-33), Ben Fingland, Connor Moloney (3-7) and Gus Godwin did the damage. In the end Eddies made 102.
There was promise early from St Edmunds who initially challenged Villanova in the field before a Liam McConville-batting line-up enabled Villa to escape.
Indeed Eddies’ Harry Sammut was in such fine form with the new ball that he bowled out his 10 overs early, taking 1-23 in the opening 75 minutes.
Around him St Edmund’s bowlers Andrew Bremner, Ben Naish, Isaac Jordan and Lachlan Skull kept things nice and tight.
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But after raising its 100 in the 35th over - having lost four wickets along the way - Villanova came home with a remarkable 130 in the final 15 overs.
Ben Sciacca (33) did a fine job early for Villa, batting 95 minutes before McConville and Fingland (21, 28 balls) looked to up the ante.
Dimitri Horton (14) maintained momentum but the real go forward came when Thomas Rieck blazed 30 from just 16 balls toward the end and all of a sudden Villa were 230 and in control.
In a local derby at Ashgrove, Marist Ashgrove fought back to defend 134 after St Peters collapsed for 91.
It was a day for bowlers as Saints attack of George Thomas (3-21), Curtis Beevers (3-21), Raju, Oscar Wright, Tom Johnston and Matt Harvie shone early, only for the Marist bowlers to rise to the occasion in the afternoon session.
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St Peters batting of Sam Batiste (31) and Lachlan Donohue (19) got through the open salvo of Marist fast bowler Jacob Kumaru and Baxter White, but then Donohue was run out.
Batiste to tip toe the innings along to 1-51 before the Saints batting started to lose its grip to Armitage, Zipf, Waite and O’Neill.
From 1-51, St Peters were 5-67 and Ashgrove’s score of 134 seemed a long way off.
Ashgrove pacemen White and Kumaru then returned against the lower order to claim three wickets between them and Ashgrove had staged a great escape.
Earlier in the day St Peters bowlers corralled the Marist batsmen, restricting them to 5-100 after 37 overs, before the bowlers got among the lower order wickets to dismiss Ashgrove.
It was a tremendous team bowling effort which, supported by the field, must have raised the confidence of the Saints team.
Consistent Marist batsman Cooper Mackie was the pick of the Ashgrove line-up, with his 30 coming after 103 minutes of occupation.
Mackie and Darcy Lewis (21) added 53 before Johnston dismissed Lewis.
Impressively St Peters displayed bowling depth throughout the innings, with Wright returning the outstanding figures of 2-21 from 8.4 overs.
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