VSDCA: Brighton’s Glen Parker rips through Port Melbourne
A Brighton star grabbed a hat-trick with a difference, while a string of brilliant performances with bat and ball lit up VSDCA south-east section. Full report...
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Bowled him!
That was the catch cry as Brighton’s Glen Parker cut a swathe through Port Melbourne, claiming a hat-trick, in the VSDCA on Saturday.
Making the achievement even more impressive, all three wickets were bowled, the stumps taking a fair old rattling at North Port Oval.
“That’s his first hat-trick,’’ Brighton skipper Pete Cassidy, who himself took a hat-trick last season, said.
“It’s pretty cool to do and he bowled all three which is pretty unreal.’’
Parker’s off cutters ripped the heart out of the Borough batting as they crashed to 59 all out in reply to Brighton’s 150.
His hat-trick reduced Port from 6-47 to 9-47, and he finished with 5-18 off eight overs.
Cassidy said he had a quick chat to Parker before he delivered the hat-trick ball.
“Everyone kept trying to change the field,” Cassidy said.
“I said, ‘you’re going to bowl him anyway, what’s the point?’
“He goes, ‘yeah, fair enough’, and he literally went straight through him.
“I said, ‘there’s no point having fielders everywhere, just do what you did the last two balls’, and he said ‘fair enough’.”
Parker knocked over Port Melbourne No. 10 Ankit Shetty to complete the hat-trick.
Brighton set about chasing outright points but fell short by only two wickets.
The Tonners cracked 2-68 off 11.4 overs in their second dig before declaring with a lead of 159.
Batting a second time, Port Melbourne was 8-95, gripping on to deny the visitors maxium points. Port youngster Nicholas Benson (17no off 49) and skipper Ryan McDonald (17 off 61) showed fight.
“We probably needed another two or three overs,” Cassidy said.
“They’re hard to get.”
Cassidy was the star of the second innings, grabbing 6-21 off 13 overs to go with his 3-20 in the first dig.
Brighton hopes to welcome back champion batter Rick Damiano from illness this week.
In other games, Croydon and Oakleigh shared the points after a tight finish. In reply to Croydon’s 208, Oakleigh made 9-208, with Sam Jones (64) and Jack Clark (58) batting well. Croydon’s Thomas McQuinn took 5-30 off 20 overs.
Ormond banked another win after chasing down Moorabbin’s 147, making 221 in reply, with James Bartholomeusz (49), skipper Thomas Cameron (43) and opener Rory Freeman (40) showing the way. Moorabbin skipper Damsara Menuwara took 5-77 off 25 overs.
Noble Park’s Sahan Perera made a brilliant 121 not out off 143 balls in his side’s loss to Elsternwick (308). Noble Park replied with 267. Elsty paceman Oliver Birts collected 7-119 from a marathon 31.4 overs.
Malvern beat Balwyn, with Sam Huitema (38), Luke Schumann (33) and Christopher McCormick (28) scoring vital runs.
Akshay Ballal’s 112 last week set up Mt Waverley’s win over Box Hill. Thomas Simmons (68) and Liam Dick (46) shared a 117 run openng partnership for Box Hill.
Caulfield champion Jacob Thorne grabbed 4-35 off 21.2 overs to go with his 97 as the Fielders (9-272) defeated Donvale (104).
Bayswater No. 3 Sachin Halangode was run out for 98 off 125 balls and opener Brodie Richardson made 53 in their side’s win over Endeavour Hills.
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