Batsmen fight hard for rewarding results

Batsmen seized the day to close Round 15 in SCCA Division 1 fixtures, as they fell over the line at Maroochydore, broke records at Gympie and saved outright losses at Caloundra and Glasshouse.

Coolum coach Sam Curtis hit 161 to help steer his side to victory over Gympie. Picture: Warren Lynam

Batsmen seized the day to close Round 15 in SCCA Division 1 fixtures, as they fell over the line at Maroochydore, broke records at Gympie and saved outright losses at Caloundra and Glasshouse.

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At Manthie Oval, Sammy Curtis, Queensland Cricket’s area manager and also the Sharks’ coach, relived his glory days at Wairarapa across the ditch to post 161 as the visitors easily ran down Gympie’s 221.

Starting the day needing to limit the Gold’s overnight 6/211, the Sharks’ opening bowler Tiaan Scheepers solved the problem to take his tally to 4/34 in just four more overs, setting a chase of 222 for the visitors.

This would match the young club’s previous highest total set in their win over Nambour in Round 12.

Lacking experience, the Coolum top order has been fragile without elders Curtis and Tim Hynes, both returning from injury in this game, and both were soon at the crease at a too-familiar 2/5.

Kelvin Cochrane, returning from his Scorchers’ experience, was responsible for both, but would have to toil until the 61st over for his next, just after Curtis had stroked the winning run.

Coolum’s Tim Hynes hit 27 on Saturday. Picture: Warren Lynam

The senior players had lifted the Sharks to 98 before Hyne’s demise on 27, while Curtis, with 15 fours and three sixes, pushed Coolum’s highest individual score from his unbeaten hundred in Round 8 to greater heights as the visitors mounted their greatest total at 286.

Tewantin-Noosa resumed on 5/64 at Kev Hackney Oval, more than halfway to the Swans’110, in beautiful batting conditions ready to claim possibly second spot on the ladder.

At the end of the session, after 24 overs of agony for the Thunder followers, the innings closed at 111, two balls after Tom Freshwater’s slash to third man had reached the boundary, the target, and the ladder position.

Starting the morning for the Thunder were Jarrod Officer and Dom Taylor, the senior players the visitors needed to guide the way, both scoreless.

Sam Gunson, replacing Mark Jackson with the ball to complete the over, confirmed his specialist batsman status with two wides and two runs to get Officer off the mark as the visitors commenced their crawl to the line.

Officer went for a dozen as the Thunder reached 81, bringing Scott Aufderheide to the crease, with Luke McInnes taking his third of an eventual five wickets, strangling scoring while the total went to 99, enough to calm some of the visiting spectators’ nerves.

With Reid Anderson miserly at the northern end, the loss of Aufderheide, then Taylor for 8/102 had Tewantin skipper Jake Dennien out of his seat, not to settle till after lunch.

Tewantin/Noosa’s Tom Freshwater. Picture: John McCutcheon

Tommy Freshwater and Cody Pyne were now facing, as Callum Stitt replaced Anderson, and Pyne’s stalwart one run innings off 17 deliveries ended spectacularly as McInnes, at short cover, horizontally intercepted a foot-high off drive.

This set the scoreboard at 9/104 and pulses well into three digits as Freshwater shepherded a

cautious Lea, who had turned a single of Stitt’s last ball then negotiated a McInnes maiden.

Singles off each over then had Freshwater facing the 67th over, starting at 9/107, the wider fourth ball from Stitt lighting up the batsman’s eyes for the full stroke, and there are no diagrams in the scorebook of the closest of victories.

Caloundra and Nambour, both down on the first innings on day one, showed second innings courage to stave off outright defeat against Caboolture and Glasshouse respectively with unbeaten second stands.

At Henzell Oval, the Lighthouses closed the day at 7/168, building on skipper Wally Wright’s 94 to stifle Caboolture’s 3/226 declaration hopes of an easy roll after the home side’s first innings 100.

Zac Martin posted a maiden century, unbeaten on 136 as the visitors possibly rued a slow final session on day 1.

Glasshouse's Daniel Cahill. Photo - Zahner Photography

Nambour denied Dan Cahill his first century of the season when Corey Perren bowled him in the first over after resuming on 97 as Glasshouse batted on to 4/252 at home.

Steve Ledger’s 41 and a PB 67 from Angus Douglas, whose determination to frustrate the Rangers’ outright hopes kept him in the middle for 222 deliveries.

The visitor’s 9/171 at the end kept Glasshouse in third spot as Tewantin-Noosa improved.

SCCA DIVISION 1 RD 15 2D1 DAY 2 21-11-2020

GLASSHOUSE V NAMBOUR HINGST OVAL

NAMBOUR 1 ST INNINGS 136

GLASSHOUSE 1st INNINGS (RESUMING AT 2/161)

Cahill D. b C.Perren 97

Taylor J. ct Ledger b Jankowiak 18

Taylor T. ct Jankowiak b Ledger 30

Schultz J. not out 57

Moffett L. ct Douglas b Kross 41                     

Total: 4/252 (dec)

FOW: 77, 131, 161.

Bowling: Coughlan 11-0-49-0, C.Perren 9-2-53-1, Close 4-1-41-0,

Kross 6-0-55-1, Jankowiak 4-0-26-1, Ledger 8-0-22-1. Overs: 51.6.

NAMBOUR 2nd INNINGS

Ledger S. lbw b Heise 41

O’Connor H. ct Moffett b Heise 0

Douglas A. ct Fleiter b Fischer 67

Trace J. run out 6

Dodd S. ct Manuel b Owen 13

O’Shea C. ct Moffett b Owen 0

Perren T. b Heise 10

Jankowiak K. lbw b Manuel 15

Perren C. b Heise 0

Kross T. not out 13

Coughlan A. not out 0

Sundries: 2

Total: 9/171

FOW: 1, 52,61, 84, 116, 146, 150, 179.

Bowling: Heise 23-7-56-4, Manuel 10-2-20-1, Fischer 24-10-49-1,

Owen 16-6-35-2, Sawyer 4-2-5-0, Procopis 2-1-1-0. Overs: 79

WON BY GLASSHOUSE ON 1 ST INNINGS

MAROOCHYDORE V TEWANTIN-NOOSA

KEV HACKNEY OVAL

MAROOCHYDORE 1st INNINGS 110

TEWANTIN-NOOSA INNINGS

Wright C. ct Watson b Stitt 2

Bennett A. b McInnes 11

Kratzmann A. lbw b McInnes 3

Dennien J. ct Watson b Jackson 28

Baker S. b Jackson 15

Officer J. ct Watson b McInnes 12

Taylor D. ct Finch b McInnes 12

Aufderheide S. ct Watson b McInnes 11

Pyne C. ct McInnes b Stitt 1

Freshwater T. ct Watson b Stitt 8

Lee H. not out 1

Sundries: 7

Total: 111

FOW: 4, 9, 26, 61, 64, 81, 99, 102, 104, 111.

Bowling: Stitt 17-4-28-3, Jackson 7.2-2-15-2, McInnes 28-13-37-5

Anderson 12-6-17-0, Gilder 2-0-9-0, Gunson .4-0-4-0. Overs:66.6.

MAROOCHYDORE 2nd INNINGS

Stitt C. lbw b Freshwater 9

Gunson S. ct Bennett b Taylor 23

Willox Z. b Freshwater 10

Schloss B. ct Officer b Baker 45

Finch W. ct Pyne b Lea 19

Olsen M. ct Pyne b Taylor 38

Gilder Z. not out 11

Watson M. not out 5

Sundries: 12

Total: 6/172

FOW: 13, 27, 53, 81, 142,162.

Bowling: Aufderheide 8-3-10-0, Freshwater 16-4-44-2,

Taylor 18-2-60-2, Lea 9-5-11-1, Wright 2-1-3-0, Dennien 6-0-20-0,

Baker 3-1-5-1, Curry 3-2-0-2, Bennett 2-0-5-0. Overs: 67

WON BY TEWANTIN-NOOSA ON 1ST INNINGS

GYMPIE V COOLUM KEITH MANTHIE OVAL

GYMPIE INNINGS

Lidbettter L. ct Mackee b McLean 5

Waugh L. ct T.Scheepers b McLean 80

Brady S. ct Beutel b T.Scheepers 24

Ashton T. lbw b Hynes 45

McGlone M. ct T.Scheepers b Mackee 21

Vidler J. ct Beutel b McLean 9

White J. b T.Scheepers 13

Batten A. ct Beutel b T.Scheepers 3

Cave A. b T.Scheepers 0

Hughes J. ct Dale-Westbrook b McLean 1

Edwards B. not out 2

Sundries: 18

Total: 221

FOW: 15, 67, 160, 168, 189, 211, 217, 217, 218, 221.

Bowling: Scheepers 17.1-5-34-4, Dale-Westbrook 9-3-12-0, Hynes 22-4-46-1,

McLean 27-7-48-4, Churchill 6-1-9-0, Brooks 11-2-21-0, Lam 4-0-16-0,

Neville 1-0-8-0, Curtis 2-0-2-0, Mackee 2-0-9-1. Overs: 101.1.

COOLUM INNINGS

Lam J. ct Batten b Cochrane 1

Churchill H. ct Vidler b Cochrane 1

Hynes T. ct Cave b White 27

Curtis S. ct S.Brady b Cochrane 161

Mackee T. lbw b Cave 13

Neville W. ct Hughes b Vidler 4

Scheepers T. ct White b Vidler 16

McLean J. ct Vidler b White 36

Beutel L. lbw b Vidler 4

Brooks S. b Vidler 2

Dale-Westbrook J. not out 18

Sundries: 3

Total: 286

FOW: 2, 5, 98, 165, 182, 222, 237, 257, 257,

Bowling: Cave 21-4-72-1, Cochrane 15-5-43-3, Vidler 15-2-46-4,

Edwards 7-0-21-0, White 12.5-1-61-2, Waugh 3-0-9-0, McGlone 4-0-11-0.

Overs: 77.5.

WON BY COOLUM ON 1 ST INNINGS

CALOUNDRA V CABOOLTURE HENZELL OVAL.

CALOUNDRA 1 ST INNINGS 100

CABOOLTURE 1 ST INNINGS

Martin Z. not out 136

Ryan L. b Cain 29

Simpson C. b Glew 26

Schubert M. b Glew 26

Sundries: 9

Total: 3/226 (dec)

FOW: 110,198, 226.

Bowling: De Kauwe 8-1-32-0, Buckley 3-0-9-0, Kelly 10-0-25-0,

Glew 10-2-50-2, Gordon 3-0-14-0, Muir 8-0-40-0, Cain 6-1-6-1,

Reimers 5-1-17-0, Cottrell 7-1-28-0. Overs: 60.

CALOUNDRA 2nd INNINGS

Wright W. b Flew 94

Cain T. ct Schubert b Millyard 13

Kelly B. ct Schubert b Millyard 16

Maidment A. lbw b Corlet 8

Reimers P. ct Simpson b Flew 6

Gordon J. ct Schubert b Flew 0

Peters J. not out 11

Muir A b Corlet 0

Cottrell I. not out 8

Sundries: 11

Total: 7/ 168

FOW: 39, 70, 117, 132, 132, 149, 152.

Bowling: Flew 22-7-53-3, Corlet 12-3-27-2, Millyard 21-10-32-2,

Bell 6-4-2-0, Clark 9-5-18-0, Lee 6-1-25-0, Ryan 2-1-1-0, Simpson 1-0-2-0.

Overs: 79.

WON BY CABOOLTURE ON 1ST INNINGS

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