Sydney Shires Cricket: Round four wrap

Two teams remain undefeated after round four of Sydney Shires Cricket, but last year’s premiers have left themselves a lot of work.

Warringah was bowled out for 134 a week after scoring 320.

Two teams remain undefeated, one got its first win, and a pre-season premiership fancy has a lot of work to do after round four of the Sydney Shires Cricket first-grade competition.

Epping banked another win in its second-straight home game with a five-wicket triumph over Roseville.

The visitors elected to bat first, and were cruising early as Matt Gubbay and Ben McLean built a 77-run opening stand.

However, McLean’s wicket started a minor batting collapse for Roseville, as they fell from 0/77 to 5/106.

Henry Evans (30) provided some late support to Gubbay (73) to drag the visitors to 9/187 from 50 overs.

Epping’s chase got off to a shaky start, as both openers and the first-drop batsman fell for less than 10 to leave the home side at 3/22.

Lane Cove celebrates a wicket in their win over Warringah.

Akshay Nichkawde (74) and Billy McCarthy (38) took over from that point, and put on 126 runs to put Epping in a winning position.

Anthony Azize and Michael McKeough guided them home with four overs to spare.

Burwood was also forced to work hard for its fourth win of the season, surviving an unbeaten century from Mt Pritchard’s Cosikan Beadle for a seven-wicket win at Greenway Park.

Mt Pritchard-Southern District’s innings featured only two players scoring in double digits despite finishing at 7/207, while Burwood had three players score more than 35 runs in a steady run chase.

Meanwhile, last year’s undefeated minor premiers Auburn suffered its third loss of the season while handing North West Sydney its first win.

Lane Cove’s bowling cut through Warringah’s batting order at Tantallon Oval on Saturday.

Auburn batted first at Bruce Purser Reserve, and built a defensible total of 9/217 thanks to key innings from Najeeb Azzimi (58) and Gagandeep Dhillon (29).

They struggled to make inroads with the ball however, as Ahsan ul-Haq (70) and Amanjyot Singh (99) combined for a 170-run opening partnership as North West Sydney cruised to 2/218 with two overs to spare.

Full Results

Warringah couldn’t muster enough with the bat against Lane Cove in a loss that leaves them in seventh spot on the first-grade ladder.

First Grade

Epping (5/188) def. Roseville (9/187)

Lane Cove (6/135) def. Warringah (134)

Burwood (3/208) def. Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts (7/207)

Lindfield (5/131) def. Pennant Hills (130)

Strathfield (4/176) def. Balmain South Sydney (175)

North West Sydney (2/218) def. Auburn (9/217)

Second Grade

Epping (6/161) def. Roseville (9/159)

Warringah (9/222) def. Lane Cove (169)

Burwood (6/153) def. Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts (152)

Auburn (178) def. North West Sydney (8/167)

Lindfield (245) def. Pennant Hills (181)

Strathfield (6/119) def. Balmain South Sydney (116)

Third Grade

Epping (9/156) def. Roseville (144)

Lane Cove (7/253) def. Warringah (199)

Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts (179) def. Burwood (151)

Auburn (137) def. North West Sydney (90)

Lindfield (7/97) def. Pennant Hills (95)

Balmain South Sydney (7/111) def. Strathfield (3/112)

Fourth Grade

Epping (7/147) def. Roseville (146)

Warringah (8/234) def. Lane Cove (215)

Burwood (171) def. Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts (46)

North West Sydney (5/249) def. Auburn (137)

Lindfield (5/143) def. Pennant Hills (142)

Strathfield (189) def. Balmain South Sydney (109)

50s and 100s

Lane Cove players react after a LBW shout was turned down at Tantallon Oval on Saturday.

First Grade

Cosikan Beadle (Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts) 118 not out

Amanjyot Singh (North West Sydney) 99

Tom Moffitt (Burwood) 78

Paul Donovan (Strathfield) 75

Akshay Nichkawde (Epping) 74

Matt Gubbay (Roseville) 73

Ahsan ul-Haq (North West Sydney) 70

Najeeb Azzimi (Auburn) 58

Henry Chapman (Lindfield) 56 not out

Rohith Pulla (Balmain South Sydney) 54

Max Squire (Burwood) 51 not out

Second Grade

Robert McSweeney-Atkins (Warringah) 70

Muhammad Abbas (Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts) 62

Stephen Mathewson (Lane Cove) 53 not out

Alexander Gubbay (Roseville) 52

Ashay Parulekar (Lindfield) 50

Third Grade

Jack Dodds (Lane Cove) 73

Sam Barnett (Warringah) 72

Tom Jackson (Burwood) 54

Fourth Grade

Hasindu Sellahewa (North West Sydney) 83

Tyson McCallum (Lindfield) 65

Anujan Nagendiram (Auburn) 64

Lachlan Apps (North West Sydney) 63

Zachary Quintal (Epping) 62

Jaiveer Singh (Roseville) 52

Kevin Davies (Warringah) 50