Darters v Seahawks
3-day final at the Heathridge Oval
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[b]Davistow Darters Edfield Seahawks[/b]
Dawlat Ameer +H Mørk
RA Langley ND Barnaby
+M Gaukroger P Bharat
DA Kearsley DP Towns
CA Naik G Nayak
HG Warwick DK Rai
DJ Comley DP Tucker
NS Hoy GN Nayak
DJ Watt JE Sanders
DM Kennett NA Borcich
NL Patrick RS Whitehead
A low-scoring match at the pace-bowlers' paradise saw Davistow Darters run off with the CW Grade trophy, led by their newly acquired all-rounder Harry Warwick and wild slogs from the Edfield top order. It was Edfield who bowled first, and they made good use of the pitch - Nick Borcich took two wickets in three balls, as the Darters crashed to five for 2, and Sanders and Nayak kept the pressure up. Three reprieves prevented the Darters to be bowled out before tea, as the Darters crashed to 64 for 8 and the clouds built up.
However, Harry Warwick resisted, and a rare boundary from David Kennett took the Darters past 70. When Warwick finally edged Gaurav Nayak onto the stumps, he had made 23, while Kennett failed to capitalise on a dropped catch - he ended on 8, while Nath Patrick hit 10 as the Darters were bowled out for 93. Gaurav Nayak took four for 17, Eddie Sanders three for 14 and Nick Borcich two for 25.
Edfield didn't want to be worse, however. After Mørk and Barnaby had hung in for 18 minutes, Barnaby drove to Dawlat for 1, Bharat was magnificently caught behind off a streaky shot for a golden, and Mørk managed to be plumb to an over-the-wicket delivery from Watt - before Gary Nayak suffered the same fate, leaving the Seahawks at 9 for 4. Watt dug out two more after tea, and Patrick one, as the Seahawks had lost their first seven wickets for 16 - in 10.2 overs. Sanders and Tucker added 33, and Whitehead hung about with Sanders, before he was out for 84.
When the Seahawks fielded, they did so appallingly. Seven chances were spilled - most of them relatively easy ones - as Dawlat hit 37, Warwick made it into double figures, and the Darters made it to 106 for 4 and a lead of 118. On the second morning, Warwick got two more reprieves before he was caught by Rai on 36, Watt thumped 13, and Kennett ground out a single to point after actually hitting a ball - and despite Borcich's impressive spell of 5-37, the Darters had made 159.
Under ominous skies, Mørk gave a return chance to Watt early on, but Watt honestly said that he did not catch the low ball. It could have been crucial - Mørk went on to make 20 in an opening stand of 40 - but Bharat failed, making only 2, and the fellow opener Barnaby was dismissed at the stroke of tea to leave the Seahawks at 60 for 3, requiring 111 for victory. In dark conditions, only Towns passed 20, as the Seahawks' highest partnership was 22 - off 19 balls, including five fours before Gaurav Nayak outside edged for a five-ball 13. Then Towns was dismissed, leaving them at 100 for 8, and though Sanders hit 10, it was never enough as Warwick got his second wicket and ran out Sanders to leave the Seahawks all out for 119.
Darters 96 & 159 beat
Seahawks 84 & 119 by 49 runs
A statistics file is attached with all the stats for CW players in three-day cricket. One-day stats may come later if I'm sufficiently bored.