NSW Premier Cricket: Teen big hitter stars in Rd 9, Players of the Week, standings

A 16-year-old big hitter, a scoring sensation and a rising star stole the show in round nine of NSW Premier Cricket. Players of the Week, stars and standings.

NSW Premier Cricket produced some big performances in round nine.,

Harjas Singh hasn’t even turned 17 yet but he was mixing it with when twice his age when he produced a performance he will long remember in round nine of NSW Premier Cricket.

Playing for Blacktown before his 17th birthday next month, the young gun cracked his first first-grade century on Saturday.

Making his debut last season, Singh has grown in confidence and in the match where the Blacktown Mounties defeated St George, Singh scored 101.

The match was only his 12th in first grade and his previous highest score 38 not out.

But he has long shown potential, with centuries in fifth-grade, fourth-grade and AW Green Shield, and last season two in second-grade.

There were some wonderful performances from batsmen and bowlers on the weekend.

NSW PREMIER CRICKET PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

#In his 300th first grade match Scott Rodgie opened for Northern District to score 111 not out and move up the all-time scoring list.

It was the second century of the season for the top player and 18th of his career.

It’s also took him past 500 runs for the season to 508 at 56.44.

It also took him to 9585 runs and No. 34 on the all-time scorers list above NSW Coach Phil Jaques (9566).

#Mosman’s Elijah Eales produced the best bowling figures of the round with his 4-27.

It was his third four-wicket performance in a season of limited-over matches.

Eales also produced his second half century of the season with his 51 not out.

Anthony Sams in NSW Premier Cricket before the Christmas break.

#Chad Soper’s (Northern District) produce his second four wicket performance of the season - 4-30 - to help his side to victory over Mosman.

#Manly’ Warringah’s Joel Davies scored a whopping 91 in the match against Fairfield Liverpool.

It was the teenagers third score of 70 or over in a season which saw him make his first grade debut late last year.

Joel Davies, right, continues to make a big impression.

The brother of BBL rising star Ollie Davies, made his runs out of the 171 he added for the 4th wicket with 35-year-old veteran Ahillen Beadle.

#Beadle scored 107 not out, his 11th century.

#Anthony Sams from Randwick Petersham scored his second century of the season and his 12th in first-grade.

#Aiden Bariol (UTS-North Sydney scored his third century in his side’s win over Penrith, scoring 105.

#Blake Nikitaris from St George missed his third first-grade century by a single in the match against Blacktown Mounties.

FIRST GRADE CRICKET STANDINGS AGFTER ROUND NINE OF PREMIER CRICKET

Northern District 57 Mosman 46 Randwick Petersham 42 Manly-Warringah 38 Sydney 37 UNSW 32 Sydney University 31 St George 30 Bankstown 27 UTS North Sydney 25 Western Suburbs 25 Eastern Suburbs 24 Sutherland 20 Gordon 19 Parramatta 19 Penrith 13 Fairfield-Liverpool 13 Hawkesbury 13 Campbelltown-Camden 8 Blacktown Mounties 7.

NSW PREMIER CRICKET ROUND EIGHT RESULTS, STARS AND STANDOUTS

Bankstown’s Nick Carruthers was the only player to crack a ton in round eight as Premier Cricket returned to NSW after a Christmas break.

Abiding by new protocols as Covid surges across the state (see below), Carruthers made 101 for his fifth century before he was the first wicket to fall at 142.

The Bankstown opener faced 67 balls and hit six sixes and eight fours.

His opening partner Daniel Solway was also run out, six short of his 19th first-grade century in the match against Sydney.

Other Players of the Week in Sydney first grade included;

#Adam Semple whose 6/37 for Randwick Petersham against Fairfield-Liverpool included a hat-trick.

Semple sent Fairfield-Liverpool from 0-11 to 3-11 in the fifth over. In his next over he took another wicket with his first ball to give him four wickets in five legal balls.

Adam Semple of Randwick-Petersham had a memorable return. Pic: Jeremy Ng

He took another wicket with the third legal ball of his next over and Fairfield-Liverpool were 5-21. It was his eighth five-wicket performance in first-grade and took him to 399 wickets.

#Devlin Malone’s 4-32 for Sydney University saw him capture at least one wicket in his past 12 consecutive matches.

This has him as the leading wicket-taker with 26 at 15.3.

#Another standout was Chad Sammut (Hawkesbury). His 5-28 was his second five-wicket performance.

NSW PREMIER CRICKET FIRST GRADE RESULTS AND STANDINGS

Randwick Petersham 101 (B Ali 26 J Baraba 4-37 M Shinwari 2-16 D Patel 2-27) bt Fairfield-Liverpool 84 (G Singh 21 A Semple 6-37) at Rosedale Oval.

Hawkesbury 1-166 (D Mckay 88no B Fitton 64no) bt Eastern Suburbs 162 (W Simpson 45 J Preddey 44 C Sammut 5-28 J Wholohan 3-31) at Owen Earle Oval.

Mosman 220 (P Forrest 43 J Turner 40 J Cox 39 M Moran 26 N Hinton 20 C Cook 4-42 J Saggers 3-43) bt Gordon 183 (J Ritchie 45 B Parsons 35 T Elliott 4-20 J Turner 2-25 M Moran 2-34) at Allan Border Oval.

Parramatta 7-273 (R Hackney 94 J Workman 54 A Calvert 41 D White 3-47 K Padmanabhan 2-60) bt UNSW 189 (E Jamieson 50W Wolter 32 R Meppem 23no A Calvert 2-7 L Hodges 2-29 M Sullivan 2-31 A Singh 2-49 O Simonsen 2-52) at Old Kings Oval.

Northern District 0-74 (A Cahlin 37no S Rodgie 25no) bt Penrith 9-97 (R Pawson 3-15 D Lowery 2-9 S Rodgie 2-26) on DLS with 1 bonus point at Howell Oval.

Manly-Warringah 7-101 (R Farrell 25 J Davies 20 T McKenzie 2-20 N Stapleton 2-27 P Francis 2-28) bt St George 100 (L Bartier 20 G West 3-17 J Davies 2-15 J Carden 2-16 J Seward 2-19) at Hurstville Oval.

Sutherland 7-209 (T Pinson 59 A Deitz 40no C Williams 32 T Doyle 23 J Clarke 3-22 M Ahmadi 2-49) bt Western Suburbs 7-208 (N Cutler 54 J McDevitt 44 J Rush 31no M Ahmadi 22 I Taylor 21 J Clarke 20 T Doyle 2-26 A Ritchie 2-42) at Glenn McGrath Oval.

Bankstown 6-273 (N Carruthers 101 D Solway 94 J Cormack 48 A Glendenning 3-47) bt Sydney 6-272 (B McClintock 64 T McDonald 63 N Doyle 61no J Mosca 26 A Glendenning 20no D Burns 3-59) at Drummoyne Oval,

Sydney University 2-145 (R McElduff 59no J Gauci 28 L Robertson 21no) bt Blacktown Mounties 140 (S Doshi 27 H Singh 21 D Malone 4-32 D Holloway 2-35 C Maladay 2-37) with 1 bonus point at University Oval,

Campbelltown-Camden drew UTS North Sydney at Raby 1 (abandoned).

BELVIDERE CUP STANDINGS AFTER ROUND EIGHT

Northern District 51, Mosman 46, Randwick Petersham 36, Sydney University 31, Sydney 31, Manly-Warringah 31, St George 30, UNSW 26, Western Suburbs 25, Eastern Suburbs 24, Bankstown 20, UTS North Sydney 19, Gordon 19, Parramatta 19, Sutherland 14, Fairfield-Liverpool 13, Penrith 13, Hawkesbury 13, Campbelltown-Camden 2, Blacktown Mounties 1.

Nick Carruthers was a round eight standout.

NEW RULES FOR NSW PREMIER CRICKET AS COVID 19 SOARS IN SYDNEY

Officials are committed to delivering a full season of Sydney cricket but new protocols and recommendations have come into play from January 4 as Covid numbers explode and NSW Premier Cricket prepares for its return this weekend.

A long list of changes will be circulated to clubs in the competitions as Covid numbers rise daily across Sydney and regional areas.

Numerous sports, including cricket, basketball and football, have been affected in recent weeks with schedule changes, match cancellations and players and staff falling ill.

Hugging and high-fiving is also out.

As a result, from this weekend victory songs must now be sung outside, hanging out with a rival team is a no and shaking hands at the end of a match is off the cards as it is recommended players do to socialise after games.

Hugging or high-fiving during wicket celebrations is also out as officials work to keep NSW Premier Cricket on track for a full season of play.

Other protocols that will be introduced include;

# No more that two people in change rooms at any one time and players should only enter to pad up or change clothing.

# Players and officials must sit outside while watching the game.

#All team meetings, pre and post play to be conducted outdoors.

#Keep a safe distance during wicket celebrations - no hugging or high-fives etc.

New protocols will be in force for this weekend

# No shaking hands at the conclusion of a match.

#Victory songs to be held outdoors.

#Post-match meeting between the captains and umpires to be conducted outdoors.

#Scorers to score outdoors where possible and keep a safe distance from one another. If

this cannot be done, then scorers must wear a mask indoors.

These protocols are in addition to the Covid-19 Supplement Playing Conditions already in force.

Heading into this weekend, officials said there is no plan to amend the schedule but “some tweaking may be made should the spread of infections force us to make some changes’’.

Heading into round eight of the battle for the Belvidere Cup, Northern District leads from Mosman, Sydney, St George, Randwick Petersham and UNSW

Originally published as NSW Premier Cricket: Teen big hitter stars in Rd 9, Players of the Week, standings