3rds Pile on Runs, 7th Grade Challenged

At long last third grade have batted first and put on an impressive batting performance, getting well on top of the Belrose attack at Nolans 3 on Saturday.

Skipper Darren McDermott finally won a toss and chose to bat, and he enjoyed the spoils himself, scoring 50 opening the batting. Dave Quarford built on his stellar start to the season putting on 57 at first drop before retiring with heat exhaustion.
James Dyson returned to the cricket field for the first time since the England Tour and he looked like he had not stopped playing at all. He had no problems with the bowlers and he hit a brilliant 74. He looked destined to score a century, but was dismissed by a classic catch. Nearly the rest of the entire lineup chipped in with a score between 10 and 30 and the Plateau were bowled out with 301 runs on the board.

After some confusion from the opposition about whether we had to bowl 70 overs in a day or not, the 3rds hit the field for 7 overs. Mick grabbed one of the Belrose wickets, and they will resume next week at 1/30.

7th grade are locked in a tight match for the first time this season. After winning every single one of their completed matches outright, they now face a tough run chase against Harbord Bowling. It a great effort from club stalwart John Jackson to dismiss Harbord for 150, with Jacko taking 4 wickets.

The Plateau began the run chase and also began to lose wickets. They will resume next week at 4/60, skipper Dom Wheeler is at the crease.

First grade have set themselves something to bowl at, but will be somewhat disappointed with their total of 207. Captain Rob Minnett got going opening the batting and he posted 91. At 2/171 the top side looked like posting a huge total. But they then lost 6 wickets for a meager 9 runs. 1 batsman short, the final pair managed to add 17 more before they were bowled out. Belrose are 0/11 in reply.

In the first chewy cup game for 09/10, Dan Peters has ripped through the Breakers batting lineup. He took 6/16 off 9 to halt the innings at 151. Thirds are already halfway to the total at 3/74.

4ths were another team to post a huge total last weekend. They hit Belrose for 350. Adam Presley got approximately 90 and plenty of others chipped in including a 50 for Graeme Faulkner.