NSW Women’s Premier Cricket: U18s Brewer Shield Round 4, Team of the Week
Headed by a hat-trick hero and blessed with endless spin options, this week’s best of the U18s Brewer Shield would take some beating. Round 4 Team of the Week.
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A handful of players dominated in the latest round of the Brewer Shield, but the lengthy list of key contributors made the Team of the Week difficult to select.
With nine sides represented, the talent spreads far and wide. Here’s our round four Team of the Week.
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TEAM OF THE WEEK: ROUND FOUR
1. Keira Terrey (Manly)
The backbone of Manly’s 6/210, the opener struck 80 off 141 balls and looked like carrying her bat until she was dismissed in the second last over of the innings.
2. Ava Gaughan (Bankstown)
With a patient 73, Ava was the only player to post more than 32 runs on a challenging Roseville wicket in a knock that put Bankstown on the road to an important victory over Norths.
3. Japleen Kaur (Penrith)
In a Penrith card featuring four ducks and two scores of one, Japleen’s unbeaten 74 stands out like a sore thumb. Currently enjoying a golden run of form, she has amassed 152 runs in her past three starts without being dismissed.
4. Diya Sambrane (Gordon)
Cricket is easy for some, and with her third consecutive half century the opener’s 70 proved the difference in Gordon’s narrow win over Uni. With half the job done, she then backed up and took 4/24 from 10 overs of quality spin.
5. Taylor McMahon (St George-Sutherland)
Unflappable in both disciplines, Taylor keeps pumping out the hits for the Slayers. On a moist Olds Park wicket her eight overs yielded 1 for 3 before she made batting look easy, hitting a match-winning 60 off 78 deliveries.
6. Cosette Thomas (Greater Hunter)
Following her first Brewer outing of the season, the Greater Hunter all-rounder’s run-a-ball 60 and 2/25 demanded Team of the Week selection.
7. Natalie Williams (Parramatta)
Another to star with both bat and ball, Natalie crafted a patient 53 off 132 at the top of the order. But it was her fizzing leggies that quickly wrapped up the result. In seven overs, the left-armer snared 3/23.
8. Keerti Vatul (Blacktown)
A vital cog in an improving Blacktown side, the wicketkeeper took a catch and made a stumping before rounding out a big day with 54 runs at first drop.
9. Matilda Brown (Manly)
A blistering spell of 4/3 from six overs was enough to catch the selectors’ attention, but it was Matilda’s hat-trick that will go down as one of the highlights of the season.
10. Farrah Cody (Southern Swans)
In an unbeaten side, Farrah has improved with every outing across the opening four rounds. Always tough to score against, she was rewarded with a bag of four wickets against Penrith, and only conceded 13 runs from eight overs.
11. Lacey Metcalfe (Bankstown)
Rocked North Sydney’s batting order by removing four of the top five batters on the way to picking up 4/24 off 10 overs. In a cracking start to the season, she now tops the Brewer bowling list with eight wickets at 7.25.
ROUND FOUR WRAP
All seven matches in round four of the Brewer Shield were 50-over contests on a weekend that featured a swag of stunning performances.
There was a hat-trick at Manly and several fine all-round efforts across the board. Results wise, both St George-Sutherland and the Southern Swans showed why they remain to teams to beat.
MATILDA’S TRIPLE TREAT
Manly registered their third win of the season with a comfortable victory over Northern District, but the day belonged to pace-ace Matilda Brown who rocked the visitors with a remarkable hat-trick.
Earlier in the day Keira Terrey set the foundation for Manly’s 159-run victory. Batting for all but the final nine balls of the innings, the opener compiled a composed 80 from 141 deliveries to guide her side to 6/210.
By the time Brown entered the attack in the eighth over, ND’s were in trouble at 2/15. She warmed to the task with a wicket in her second over, before landing three consecutive blows to start her third.
“Matilda came on and immediately found her rhythm,” said Manly coach Bill McLerie of the right-arm quick who finished with a breathtaking 4/3 from six overs.
“The first ball of the hat-trick was an inswinging yorker that took out middle stump. The next two were both full and hit the pads. She was hitting the crease hard and I think she surprised the batters with the her pace.
“We’ve been doing a lot of work to help her transition from synthetic to turf. She bowled too short in the early rounds, but has worked hard and taken the feedback on board.”
In a strong team performance, all six of Manly’s top order reached double figures in a card where Annabel Kyme (36 off 93) combined with Terrey to put on 102 for the first wicket.
For ND’s, Kingkini Mazumdar (2/24, off 10 overs) continued her good form with the ball and was joined by Zara Hepplewhite (2/36) as the other multiple wicket taker.
PARRA BOUNCE BACK
Parramatta have bounced back in spectacular fashion to comfortably account Campbelltown-Camden at Raby Sports Complex.
The 125-run victory looks simple enough on paper, but it could have been a different story without the patience of Natalie Williams at the top of the order.
Anchoring Parra’s innings, the left-hand opener batted until the 48th over to register 53 from 132 balls. With the hard work done, Georgia Aldridge (43 off 42) chimed in at the fall of the sixth wicket to take the total to a competitive 8/192.
Trushna Hadawle (2/18) and Molly Small (2/27) were the pick of the Ghosts bowlers, before Williams and Aldridge backed up their early deeds with the ball.
Aldridge (2/5) struck twice with the new ball, and the left-armer was well support by Sarah Bawcombe (1-5) before Williams (3-23) decimated the middle order with her well flighted left-arm leg spin.
“Coming off a couple of losses, it’s a very good win and we’re happy about picking up a bonus point too,” said Parramatta co-coach Suresh Madala. “The attitude was very good and the energy in the field was great.
“Our plan was for Natalie to bat deep into the innings and then to pick up the pace at the end. She played her role very well, and it freed up Georgia to play her natural game.
“We tried Nat at the top a couple of times last year, because we had the confidence that she could do it, so today’s performance will be great for her confidence.”
Parramatta knocked the Ghosts over for 67 inside 23 overs to register their second win of the season.
“The left and right-arm opening combination is working nicely for us. Georgia has been very accurate and is bowling with good pace, and along with Sarah they’ve been getting early breakthroughs,” said Madala.
“Nat’s bowling has come a long way since last year. She bowled more towards leg stump last year, but now she is attacking the stumps more and making it harder for batters to play with confidence.”
ROCKY START AT OLDS
A week’s a long time in cricket, and so it proved at Olds Park after Sydney overcame a difficult start before going down to St George-Sutherland by six wickets.
In round three the Penshurst venue proved a graveyard for bowlers, but after being sent in, the visitors soon slumped to 7/35 on a pitch far greener than seven days earlier.
Sophie Weaver (2/37) and Beth Millican (3-14) made the early inroads with consistent line and length bowling, before Zoe Wong (16 off 74) and Saskia Taylor (29 off 90) weathered the storm in a 32-run stand from 19 overs.
More defiance from Anique Michel (18* off 59) at No.10 saw Sydney reach a respectable 9/109 from their allotted 50 overs.
And it looked a whole lot better when opening bowlers Tara McCall (2/13) and Olivia Pelly (1-15) had the Slayers teetering at 3/18 in reply.
But as she’s done throughout the opening month of the competition, Taylor McMahon once again stamped her class. When the punishing right-hander arrived at the crease in the third over, the Slayers were 2/5.
She was still there 25 overs later, hitting the winning boundary in a stand-alone 60 from 78 balls as the Slayers extended their unbeaten start to four matches.
PERFECT SWANS
The Southern Swans have maintained their perfect record after chasing down Penrith’s 139 for the loss of five wickets.
The Panthers arrived at Port Kembla, and if not for a magic knock from Japleen Kaur they could well have been heading back home prior to lunch.
In a scorecard featuring eight scores below 13, Kaur kept the innings afloat. With nine boundaries, the in-form No.3 carried the hopes of her side finishing 74 not out from 118 balls.
Natalia Egan opened the bowling for the Swans and finished the day with 2/10, while Farrah Cody took the honours with 4/13 from eight tidy overs.
With the bat, the home side charged to the finish line in the 31st over. Ava Dragovic top scored with a better than a run-a-ball 42 not out, with Amelia Valdez was next best with 27.
UNI CLIFFHANGER
Gordon have held on by seven runs in a thriller at Sydney University.
After bowling out Gordon for 133, Uni crept towards the target and required 11 for victory off the final over. Three runs came from the first two balls, but Gordon’s Ivy Platt (1/9) held her nerve to take the match winning wicket in just her second over.
Once again, Diya Sambrane had a day to remember. The Gordon opener top scored with 70, worlds away from Amy Hill who was next best with 13. Then with the ball, she removed the dangerous Ella Wade (37 off 100) with her off spin on route to a match defining 4/24.
Gordon threatened to wrap up the victory earlier, but found stubborn resistance from Amelia Basseal (24 off 51) who almost pulled off a miracle from No.9.
BANKSTOWN TOO STRONG
Bankstown’s season is back on track after they ended a two-match losing streak with a 28-run victory over UTS North Sydney.
Skipper Ava Gaughan set up the win with a knock of 73 as her side posted a challenging 8/168 at Roseville Park. Ruby Carlyon added an unbeaten 21 in the middle order, while for the Bears Sam Williams was the pick of 10 bowlers, finishing her five overs with 3/13.
In reply, most North Sydney batters got away to solid starts but none kicked on to post a match winning score. Ekmehar Kaur Sidhu was best with 32, but it was Bankstown’s Lacey Metcalfe who was the star, breaking the back of the chase with an impressive 4/25 from 10 overs.
HUNTER MAKE IT THREE
Greater Hunter proved too strong for Blacktown, picking up their third win of the season with a 79-run victory at Storey Park.
In her first Brewer outing of the season, Hunter all-rounder Cosette Thomas showcased her skills. Her 60 from 61 was the best in a Hunter total of 6/227, and she backed it up in the field, taking 2-25 including the prize wicket of Keerti Vatul for 54.
Layla Graham was another to impress for the visitors. After a breezy 21, she capped off a fine day, taking 3/14 with her lively right-arm pace.
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