NSW Premier Cricket: Teen Ethan Jamieson, Jay Lenton star, Jarrad Burke retires, Rd 17 results, ladder

It was a great day out for an 18-year-old who scored his initial first grade century and a big one for a retiring veteran. Stars and standouts of NSW Premier Cricket heading into the finals.

Western Suburbs captain Josh Clarke has his fingers crossed the weather will play ball for the club this weekend.

After two weeks on the sidelines due to inclement weather, NSW cricketers were ready to go big on the weekend and that’s exactly what happened.

The final round of the regular season of first grade competition saw numerous stand-out performances, including one from a UNSW teenager.

It also saw the retirement of Jarrad Burke who finished his first-grade career with 1-27 for Fairfield-Liverpool against Blacktown just days before his 39th birthday.

Burke, in 428 matches, scored 10965 runs at 29.71 and 683 wickets at 22.03.

LIST:CRICKET’S TEEN GAME CHANGERS

Jarrad Burke batting for his old team, Campbelltown, in 2019.

At the opposite end of the age spectrum, Ethan Jamieson, who had scored two centuries for the St George club in Green Shield matches in the past, made a real impact in first grade on Saturday.

He came in at 2-38 with UNSW chasing 281, then scored his debut first grade century and was last out at 245.

Over at Waverley Oval, Angus Robson scored his third century of the season, 101 not out.

It was the 10th of his career and Robson added 195 for an unfinished fourth wicket with Marcus Atallah.

Angus Robson from Easts.

Robson and his brother Sam, who has 13 centuries, now join three other sets of brothers who have scored 10 centuries in Warren and Mick Bardsley, Syd and Charles Gregory and Gar and Mick Woddy.

It was Atallah’s (102 not out off 86 balls with six sixes) first grade century.

In the same match Jarred Biviano scored 116 for Sutherland, his second century of the season and sixth of his career.

Jay Lenton produced the third highest individual score of the season with his 159 for Manly Warringah.

It was Lenton’s third century this season and 14th in first grade and including eight sixes.

Hayden Kerr of the Sixers celebrates with Jay Lenton during the Big Bash League.

Sydney opener Ryan Felsch was another individual who put out a head turning performance with his 124 of 87 balls, including 11 sixes.

Other notable performances on Saturday include St George player Blake McDonald scoring 98, his second 90 of the season.

Chris Green taking 3-49 and then scoring 100 for Northern Districts.

Lachlan Shaw scoring 98 for Northern District.

Randwick Petersham bowler Ryan Ninan producing his first five wicket haul.

NSW PREMIER CRICKET FINAL STANDINGS AFTER RD 17

Northern District 91 Mosman 85 Randwick Petersham 81 Manly Warringah 75 St George 59 Sydney 58, Western Suburbs 51 * Sydney University 46 UNSW 46 Eastern Suburbs 44 Parramatta 42 UTS North Sydney 40 Fairfield-Liverpool 40 Bankstown 29 * Gordon 28 Sutherland 23 Penrith 22 Hawkesbury 22 Blacktown Mounties 21 Campbelltown Camden 17

* To play Sunday 13 March.

NSW PREMIER CRICKET RD 17 RESULTS

Fairfield-Liverpool 5-177 (R Srivastava 61no J Simmons 51 N Glynn 20no J Wood 3-39) bt Blacktown Mounties 176 (J Newton 64 J Baraba 3-45 H Sandhu 2-30 A Nair 2-35) at Joe McAleer Reserve

Mosman 1-163 (P Forrest 86no L Hearne 50no L O’Farrell 20) bt Campbelltown Camden 162 (W Salzmann 66 A Mishra 47 D Crawford 3-21 E Eales 2-26 H Dalton 2-31) with 1 bonus point at Allan Border Oval.

Eastern Suburbs 3-269 (M Atallah 102no A Robson 101no J Bank 21) bt Sutherland 6-265 (J Biviano 116 J Arnold 63 C Williams 26 T Doyle 22 C Thompsett 3-39) at Waverley Oval.

Manly Warringah 5-313 (J Lenton 159 R Farrell 92no E Herd 29 B Roughan 3-54) bt Hawkesbury 198 (B Fitton 58 D Mckay 56 P Moore 32 R Hicks 25 S O’Keefe 3-19 E Herd 2-54) at Manly Oval.

Northern District 6-275 (C Green 100 L Shaw 98 S Rodgie 47 P Francis 2-49) bt St George 8-274 (B Macdonald 98 T Vane Tempest 54 B Nikitaras 47 P Francis 35no C Green 3-49 R Pawson 2-30 T Gray 2-57) at Hurstville Oval,

Sydney 6-281 (R Felsch 124 N Doyle 43no T McDonald 35 W Fort 35 J Mosca 25 H McLean 2-42 R Meppem 2-47) bt UNSW 245 (E Jamieson 100 S Thanabalasingam 66 C Di Blasio 4-46 R Felsch 3-43) at Drummoyne Oval,

Randwick Petersham 8-232 (C Hawkins 96 R Ayre 55 B Ali 25 R Aitken 4-54 M Alexander 2-33) bt UTS North Sydney 188 (J Avendano 57 R Aitken 33 T Jagot 29 R Ninan 5-39 B Mitchell 3-11 D Singh 2-33) at Coogee Oval.

Parramatta drew Penrith (abandoned).

Gordon drew Sydney University (abandoned).

Western Suburbs v Bankstown (to play Sunday 13 March) at Pratten Park.

AGE NO BARRIER FOR JOSH CLARKE IN CRICKET

They can control their own destiny but not Sydney’s big wet which could play a major role in the make up of the Belvidere Cup finals series.

Few other teams have been more adversely affected by washouts in recent weeks in NSW Premier Cricket then Western Suburbs.

Heading into the final round of first grade competition, they are just a point off the top six after two straight weekends of cancelled cricket.

Josh Clarke leads his team out in a Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup.

“We are hoping for some relief so we can have a crack at it,” said captain Josh Clarke, who has been closely watching rainfall levels at his home near the Nepean River at Penrith.

“We are up against Bankstown and we can still get sixth place.

“Sydney play UNSW who are eighth.

“We’re hoping Sydney get knocked off. We are still a chance if we win with a bonus point.

“It’s basically a three-way battle for sixth. It’s good for us that UNSW has something to pay for.”

In a stellar season, Clarke, who runs a cricket coaching business, scored his first century, 126 not out, against Gordon in December. His second was 134 not out against Mosman in February, the seventh highest score this season

It also took Clarke past 8000 runs to 8059 at 39.31.

For the season he has 891 runs at 52.41.

Western Suburb’s coaching staff Josh Clarke and Chadd Porter inspect equipment during a round of the AW Green Shield.

The stats show Clarke, a former member of the Thunder Academy, still has plenty to offer the sport he loves.

“I’ve never given up on the dream. I still train as hard as I ever did,’’ he said.

“I just go out and try and do my best, put some performances out there maybe get a chance at some stage.

“The dream is still alive. In cricket in my position you almost peak 26-34 so I’m coming into my best years at the moment.

“Right now I’m trying to do as well as possible for Wests. I’d like to see us sneak into the finals.. Playing finals cricket is where it is at. It throws a bit of a spotlight on you.’’

Northern District leads the Belvidere Cup standings from Mosman, Randwick Petersham, Manly Warringah, St George and Sydney heading into this weekend.