June 2
Cricket Web Colts v Cricket Web Red
CW Oval
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
Twin hundreds from Kenny Dobson and Sean Bennett led the way, as Cricket Web Red comfortably overcame a challenging total to defeat Cricket Web Colts by 7 wickets. The Reds chased 271 and got home with almost 4 overs to spare in a very impressive effort in front of their home crowd.
The Colts openers were off to an explosive start, taking David Kennett for 33 from his first 3 overs, and raising the 50 in the 6th over, after the loss of Daniel Towns for 27. The score continued to race along at more than 7 per over, even as Jasotharan played around a Raghav delivery on 30. Sean Bennett was given the ball to try to drag back the scoring, and bowled his 10 on the trot, taking 2-30 and dramatically pulling back the scoring rate. Chris Dwyer also operated to good effect, exposing that slower bowlers were the key on such a surface. Arunava Das flicked Bennett to mid-on, out for 59, and the innings looked to be falling apart.
Pooja Bharat laboured for 72 balls to score 38, highly uncharacteristically, and it was left to some hefty blows by Mike Wilson and Tarick Weber at the end to make the most of the pleasant start. Weber in particular was on form, and he hit 3 sixes and 2 fours in 42 from 31 balls. The eventual score of 270-8 paled in comparison to earlier expectations, but still stood a tall challenge for a struggling CW Red batting lineup.
The team's leading batsman, Matt Luff was caught and bowled for a first ball duck, providing David Pares with a dream start to a very impressive debut. He was the only seam bowler who kept his composure for the Colts, whilst Jack McNamara plugged away later with his fingerspin, but failed to take a wicket. Overall the Colts were powerless to contain a partnership of 238 for the second wicket. When Thad Bochat finally broke through, as Dobson holed out to the deep, he followed up with the wicket of David Kearsley a ball later. In the final 7 overs then, 33 runs were needed.
But whatever hint of interest there was in a contest at that stage was quick removed in Wilson's next over. Bennett shuffled across his stumps to successive deliveries and paddled the ball fine for boundaries. In Bochat's next over, Moerk clubbed him back overhead for six, then late cut for a boundary. In the space of 12 balls, 24 runs were scored, and the requirement was down to 9 from 5 overs. Wilson went up in appeal for lbw against Bennett to start the 45th over, but it was turned down. The following ball was again paddled fine for four. With 3 runs needed from the final 24 balls, Moerk stepped back and lofted Bochat over cover-point to pick up his second boundary and finish the game.
Cricket Web Colts 270-8 (50 overs)
AS Das 59 [75], TV Weber 42 [31], P Bharat 38 [72]
SV Raghav 3-52 [9], SA Bennett 2-30 [10]
Cricket Web Red 272-3 (46.1 overs)
SA Bennett 129* [133], GKK Dobson 117 [132], H Moerk 17* [10]
T Bochat 2-53 [8.1], DPW Pares 1-40 [10]
Cricket Web Red won by 7 wickets.
Man of the Match: SA Bennett
Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Blue
PDV Dome
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
Dan Smith scored a brilliant hundred, then Zac Gelman bowled his full 10 overs on the trot and devastated Cricket Web Blue in another crushing one-day win for Cricket Web Black. Smith set up a total of 257 with his innings, then Gelman finished with figures of 4-32 and CW Blue were bowled out for 158 to lose by 99 runs.
The Blacks were inserted and lost Ian Markus for a tame 13, run out by Ben Wilshere's throw. But Dan Smith was in full flow at that point, and had 41 from 43 balls by the time Ashley Arnold (6) flashed Fuller to Wilshere at point. In Blackman he found a willing partner, and the resulting union matured to 85 runs. Williams then found the thin edge of Blackman's bat for 46, and Dunn returned with the wickets of McMeekin (21) and Armstrong (7) in quick succession. The game looked to be slipping away from the Blacks, and Dan Smith had been slowed down significantly in the process. He was dropped by Demeza on 87 - Williams the bowler - and raised his hundred with his 119th ball.
Matt Smith finally bowled the CW Black captain for 115, leaving Gelman to tidy up the innings effort with 23 from 23 balls. Dave Richards stated a rare failure, a first ball duck, so George Roberts got some time in the middle and hit a fine cover drive in 10 from 8 balls. CW Black finished on 257-7, then set their largely unproven attack to work on defending it.
The pace of Ben Fox was matched smartly by his accuracy, and he took two wickets in an 8-over opening burst, while Nath Patrick dismissed Thamba Mamesh at the other end. By the close of the 14th over, CW Blue were struggling at 56-3. Gelman's first over cost 7 runs, but he settled down quickly after that, and though Richards was not his usual economical self, the Blacks were able to build enough pressure to consistently take wickets. Only Robert Cribb showed any true ability in the situation, and he watched his teammates flounder against the changes of pace presented by Gelman. Cribb was last out, tragically run out when Patrick deflected a straight drive from Dunn onto the stumps at the non-striker's end. It was a fittingly woeful dismissal to end a very poor showing by CW Blue.
Cricket Web Black 257-7 (50 overs)
DP Smith 115 [137], AJ Blackman 46 [59], ZE Gelman 23* [23]
MJ Smith 2-46 [8], RG Dunn 2-50 [10]
Cricket Web Blue 158 all out (36.5 overs)
RGEWS Cribb 48 [65], SE Fuller/J Ullungura 17 [23/26]
ZE Gelman 4-32 [10], BB Fox 2-32 [8]
Cricket Web Black won by 99 runs.
Man of the Match: ZE Gelman
