NSW Premier Cricket Rd 13: Rain causes chaos, Sydney grade results
Wet and wild conditions caused chaos in round 13 of NSW Premier Cricket. But there was some actionin others grades.
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Wet and wild conditions on Saturday played havoc with the entire first grade fixture in round 13 on Saturday.
There was no play at all in first grade.
The only second grade match was Western Suburbs v Eastern Suburbs 4-73 (N Taylor 50no S Khan 3-21), Fairfield-Liverpool 2-26 (T Elliott 2-11) v Mosman.
All other games were a casualty of the conditions.
In third grade one game was played din Sydney v Blacktown Mounties 5-127 (A Le Lievre 4-38), UNSW 1-20 v Randwick Petersham.
There was no play in fourth grade with the only fifth grade game St George v Sydney University 4-139 (M Fredriksson 58 T Lamont 29), Sutherland v Hawkesbury 1-72.
BIG HITTERS IN ROUND 12
A Penrith gun scored his third century of the season and a teenager collected his first five wicket haul in a memorable 12th round of NSW Premier Cricket.
Sydney youngster Jack Nisbet only turned 18 last month.
But on Saturday he produced a performance beyond his years which saw him collect 5-32.
Nisbet made his first five wicket haul in just his third first-grade match.
Tyran Liddiard was also in the spotlight with the Penrith star scoring his third century of the season in his clubs draw with UNSW.
Well done Jack Nisbett...5 /32 off 17 overs v St George at Drummoyne Oval pic.twitter.com/WY9Mwnk7CO
— Michael Haire (@michaelhaire2) February 6, 2021
Other notable performance on the weekend included:
#Matt Moran (Mosman) last round missed his debut first-grade century by two runs but on Saturday, after enduring a rain delay when 94, he reached the milestone.
he then went on to score 150*.
#Manly keeper Jay Lenton extended his 110 not out to 156 not out, the highest of his 11 centuries.
#Manly’s Sam Gainsford scored his first century as did Eastern Suburbs’ Jordan Cox.
#Sydney’s Nic Bills took 5-41, taking him to 42 wickets for the season. It is the fifth consecutive season he has reached the 40-wicket mark.
#Other five-wicket performances - Lachlan Ford (WS) first; William Salzman (CpC) first; Chad Soper (fourth)
ROUND 12 RESULTS
Campbelltown-Camden 212 (B Patterson 83 S Skelly 29 J Isakka 26 A Whatley 23 B Larance 23 H Verma 3-40 H Sandhu 3-74 J Fawcett 2-28 D Bent 2-29) bt Blacktown Mounties 190 (R Shirazi 49 J Gauci 33 J Newton 22 T Flynn-Duncombe 22W Salzmann 6-51 B Larance 2-10) at Joe McAleer Reserve.
Fairfield-Liverpool 4-185 (A Nair 59no A Naqvi 34 P Uppal 32 J Simmons 29 R Srivastava 25no B Simpson 2-54) bt Bankstown 184 (B Taylor 50 D Nicotra 34 M Hinds 28 M Simpson 26 J Baraba 3-36 C Sammut 3-61 R Allington 2-19) at Rosedale Oval.
Sutherland 4-173 (D Fallins 66no J Biviano 58 C Williams 23 Q Titterton 2-47) bt Gordon 9 (dec)-170 (M Newman 66no J Bekis 38 D Hunter 31 T Garg 3-26 D Fallins 3-35) at Glenn McGrath Oval.
Hawkesbury 172 (S Baldwin 59 P Moore 27 J Aitken 3-20 W Graham 3-30 J Campbell 2-43) drew UTS North Sydney 6-110 (J James 59 T Jagot 22 M Shinwari 3-29 J Wholohan 2-26) at Owen Earle Oval.
Mosman 2 (dec)-273 (M Moran 150no H Dalton 93no) drew Eastern Suburbs 4-149 (J Cox 100no J Turner 2-16 M Moran 2-36) at Allan Border Oval.
Northern District 4-131 (B Davis 48 C Green 32no) bt Parramatta 130 (L Dempsey 32 B Abbott 30 S Copperfield 28 C Soper 6-38 C Green 2-10) at Mark Taylor Oval.
Penrith 7 (dec)-204 (T Liddiard 100 R Hackney 59 T Weir 20 T Scoble 4-41 D White 3-40) drew UNSW 9-204 (T Scoble 67 J Attenborough 36 S Hassan 35 E Jamieson 24 C Tremain 24 K Balgowan 4-44 R Fletcher 2-76) at Pratten Park.
Sydney University 7-146 (R McElduff 38 D Holloway 33 T Cummins 24no J Ralston 3-41 A Semple 2-45) bt Randwick Petersham 145 (R Ayre 50 D Singh 37 D Holloway 4-53 B Joy 2-40) at Coogee Oval.
Sydney 7 (dec)-313 (B McClintock 120 A Mosca 67 D Smith 34 H Manenti 33 P Francis 3-43 T Copeland 3-89) bt St George 92 (T Copeland 33no M Hopkins 25 J Nisbet 5-32 N Bills 5-41) at Drummoyne Oval
Manly-Warringah 304 (J Lenton 110no S Gainsford 77no L Ford 6-107 O Oborn-Corby 4-58) bt Western Suburbs 181 (T Brooks 44 C Hotham 27 E Herd 4-46 R Hadley 3-54) at Pratten Park.
FIRST GRADE STANDINGS
Sydney University 66 Sydney 57 Manly-Warringah 52 Fairfield-Liverpool 45 Northern District 44 UTS North Sydney 34 Randwick Petersham 34 Bankstown 34 Eastern Suburbs 34 St George 33 Gordon 32 Western Suburbs 32 Sutherland 25 Mosman 21 Parramatta 21 Penrith 20 UNSW 17 Campbelltown-Camden 14 Hawkesbury 10 Blacktown Mounties 1.
KEEPER STUNS WITH RECORD
On the first day of round 12 Manly Warringah wicket keeper Lenton scored his third consecutive century with 110 not out in the match against Western Suburbs which didn't even start until 3.10pm.
It is the second time the 30-year-old former Sydney Thunder gun has done this, achieving it first in the 2015 2016 season.
The only other wicketkeeper to score three consecutive centuries was Hammy Love back in 19 29–30.
In previous years at this time Lenton has been with the Sydney Thunder is in the Big Bash League.
But this season, after missing selection in the team, he has been giving his all to Manly Warringah.
“It’s a real team thing this year,” Lenton said.
The wicket keeper said emphasis had been put on thriving during Manly’s time without their BBL guns Steve O’Keefe, Ollie Davies and Jack Edwards and Ollie Davies.
“I wanted to make sure we got over this time in good shape,’’ Lenton said.
“We have tried to improve our depth. put a but more weight on our shoulders.’’
In a big weekend for keepers, Sydney’s Beau McClintock scored his second century of the season and the fourth of his first grade career.
His teammate, Anthony Mosca, scored 67 to go to 867 runs for the season.
Mosca now leads UTS North Sydney is Tom Jagot, who has yet to bat in this round due to the weather, on the run scoring list by 24 runs.
TEENAGER SHINES AS SYDNEY SIZZLES
It was a big day out for Hawkesbury teenager Patrick Moore and teammate Scott Baldwin on the opening day of round 11 of NSW Premier Cricket.
The pair both scored their initial first-grade centuries in their away match against Parramatta.
Young opener Moore, just 19, had scored a century (100*) in second-grade last season but never before in first grade.
In fact, in his 20 first-grade matches and 12 T20 outings, he had only two half-centuries (79, 76 run out) to his name.
That changed when he scored 123 alongside Scott Baldwin.
Baldwin, 124, scored his first century at any level in grade cricket on a sizzling hot Saturday in his 87th match at any level.
Hawkesbury 6-362 (S Baldwin 124 P Moore 123 C Mizzi 24no R Mizzi 22 J Brett 21 H Goulstone 3-79 M Sullivan 2-60), Parramatta at Old Kings Oval.
Two other big performers were Jake Fawcett (Blacktown) and Chris Williams (Sutherland}.
Fawcett scored his fourth first-grade century and went past 2000 runs to 2040 at 28.73 while
Williams scored his second century of the season and the sixth of his career.
He put on 185 for the opening stand with Jarryd Biviano whose 88 run out was his sixth half-century of the season. Both players went past 500 runs for the season.
In other notable performances on day one, Matthew Moran (Mosman) finished just two short of his initial first-grade century and Tom Jagot (UTS-North Sydney) fell six short of his fourth century for the season. His 94 took him past 800 runs for the season, to 843 at 70.25, and past 4000 first-grade career runs, to 4040 at 41.22.
Bowler Craig di Blasio (Sydney) claimed his first five wicket haul in first-grade while Ben Joy (Sydney University) took 5-34 to go past 200 wickets and Riley Ayre (Randwick Petersham) took 5-71 in his second career five-wicket performance.
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He’s been in fine form all season and Tom Jagot from UTS North Sydney has been rewarded with his third century of the 2020/21 Premier Cricket season in round 10.
Jagot’s great performance in his club’s win over Manly Warringah saw him rack up 104, taking his aggregate for the season to 749 runs (at 68.09).
This has elevated him to the of the leading scorers list ahead of Sydney’s Anthony Mosca (748 at 57.53) by one run.
UTS North Sydney 6-279 (T Jagot 104 T Reynolds 78no A Bariol 66 R Hadley 3-39 T Kaye 2-50) bt Manly-Warringah 9 -273 (J Lenton 101 B Bryant 75 R Farrell 38 J Campbell 3-34 J Aitken 3-46) at North Sydney Oval.
At Drummoyne Oval Ryan Felsch scored his third century to become one of just five players to hit 15 (or more) sixes in an innings and joins Victor Trumper as the only players to twice hit 12 sixes (or more) in an innings. FULL STORY HERE
Steve Eskinazi scored his second century of the season, the fifth of his three seasons in the Sydney competition.
Sydney’s Nick Bills took his 22nd five-wicket haul which took him to an impressive 34 wickets for the season.
Sydney set a new record score for a limited-over match on a big day out for the club.
Sydney 7-422 (R Felsch 135 S Eskinazi 111 H Manenti 46 A Mosca 42 M Rodgers 28 A Van Den Nieuwboer 2-70 A Kherkhah 2-95) bt Hawkesbury 267 (P Moore 38 S Baldwin 37 J Brett 35 B Qureshi 34 R Mizzi 27 J Wholohan 27 C Mizzi 25 M Farquharson 20no N Bills 5-65 H Sherriff 2-41) at Drummoyne Oval.
In other standout performances in round 10:
#Manly Warringah’s Jay Lenton scored his ninth century.
#Youngster Lachlan Hearne (Mosman), who turned 20 last month, scored his fourth century.
#Tyran Liddiard (Penrith) scored his second century of the season and his career.
Liddiard is the son of former NRL star Glen.
First Grade Standings: Sydney University 50, Sydney 45, Manly-Warringah 40, Fairfield-Liverpool 39, Bankstown 34, St George 33, Eastern Suburbs 33, Northern District 28, Randwick Petersham 28, UTS North Sydney 27, Gordon 26, Western Suburbs 26, Sutherland 19, Penrith 19, UNSW 16, Parramatta 15 Mosman, 14 Hawkesbury 9, Campbelltown-Camden 8, Blacktown Mounties 1.
First Grade limited overs final standings:
Sydney University 26, Sydney 25, Manly-Warringah 20 (NRR 1.25), Bankstown 20 (0.76), Randwick Petersham 20 (0.73), Fairfield-Liverpool 19 (0.06), Northern District 19 (0.02), St George 14, Gordon 13, Penrith 13, Eastern Suburbs 13, Parramatta 13, UTS North Sydney 13, UNSW 13, Western Suburbs 13, Hawkesbury 7, Sutherland 6, Mosman 6, Campbelltown-Camden 1, Blacktown Mounties 0.
R OUND NINE STANDOUTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
After a long lay-off due to the holiday break and the coronavirus cancellation of cricket prior to Christmas, cricketers were keen to make their mark.
And there were plenty turning heads, including Tom Doyle, Jame McCormack and Scott Copperfield.
Doyle scored his second century of the season and the first of his first grade career in Sutherland’s loss to Sydney on the weekend.
Doyle scored 109 as Sydney 7-241 beat Sutherland 6-239.
Cormack, 102, scored his second century of the season, the fourth of his first-grade career in Bankstown’s win over Parramatta.
Parramatta’s Copperfield, playing in his 158th first-grade match, had a day out he will long remember with a century.
Prior to his spectacular display on Saturday he had 11 half-centuries to his name, with a highest score of 97 not out back in 2013-14.
But he had scored 206 not out in a second-grade match last season.
There were numerous other close calls with Daniel Solway (Bankstown) missing his 18th century by just five runs and Cameron Weir (Penrith) also missing a century by the same margin.
In other top batting performances Ryan Mizzi (Hawkesbury) scored a career high 92 - his 10th half-century - and Puru Gaur (Randwick Petersham) was left on 92 not out.
Top bowlers across the weekend included:
#Adam Semple (Randwick Petersham) who took 5/21, his 6th five wicket performance.
#Toby Gray (Northern District) who took his first five wicket haul (5/39).
#Adrian Isherwood (UNSW) produced the all-round performance of the Round (85 not out + 4-21). This took him to 405 runs at 40.50 and 23 wickets at 30.08
NSW Premier Cricket round nine also doubled as the fourth round of the 1st Grade Limited-Overs Cup Round 4.
First Grade Limited-Overs ladder: Manly-Warringah 20 Randwick Petersham 20 Sydney University 20 Sydney 19 Northern District 19 Bankstown 14 Eastern Suburbs 13 Parramatta 13 Fairfield-Liverpool 13 St George 8 Gordon 7 Hawkesbury 7 Penrith 7 UTS North Sydney 7 UNSW 7 Western Suburbs 7 Sutherland 6 Mosman 6 Campbelltown-Camden 1 Blacktown Mounties 0.
First Grade standings: Sydney University 44, Manly-Warringah 40, Sydney 39, Eastern Suburbs 33, Fairfield-Liverpool 33, Northern District 28, Randwick Petersham 28, Bankstown 28, St George 27, UTS North Sydney 21, Gordon 20, Western Suburbs 20, Sutherland 19 Parramatta 15, Mosman 14, Penrith 13, UNSW 10, Hawkesbury 9, Campbelltown-Camden 8, Blacktown Mounties 1.
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