WAIMATE CRICKET CLUB

While watching cricket on Saturday a certain gentleman mentioned that he didn’t want his score or any record of his involvement in the match being shown. I have therefore deliberately not mentioned his name in this article.

However while watching the cricket I was able to study some of the attempts for “Movember”, and must congratulate those involved for helping a good cause.

BUT, I did notice that one member seems to be outshining the others and it wasn’t until researching my records while updating the new website that I realised he was five years ahead of the others as this photo from 2003 clearly shows. All that was needed was to finish off the start!

The Star versus Waimate match  went down to the wire after Star declared their second innings closed and left Waimate the mammoth task of scoring 284 runs to win at a run rate of 5.68 per over or more importantly to try and bat 50 overs to save an honourable draw.

Waimate were soon in trouble as wickets fell in pairs and after being 29-3 then lost 3 more wickets in the seventies to be 77-7 before Nathan Sheppard and Jason SewHoy began a long fightback as they tried to see out the overs. The loss of Sheppard changed little as Matt SewHoy (14 not out) joined his older brother and between them saw out the last hour without losing another wicket to deny Star an outright victory. Along the way Jason with 28 not out reached his highest senior score,  batting for more than 20 overs to defy the bowlers.

For Star Mark Evans was again on song picking up 4-22 from 11 overs, but after being reintroduced alongside Craig Hinton in an effort to finish Waimate off. Hinton (2-25) had earlier picked up an unusual hat trick by taking a wicket with his first delivery after previously finishing the Waimate 1st innings with 2 wickets in two balls.

Despite numerous appeals for lbw (which are always hard to get with player/umpires) Star couldn’t break the ninth wicket partnership and the match ended with Waimate on a precarious 134-8 and Star only getting first innings points.

The guys can go into the next rounds of one day matches feeling a lot more confident after holding out rep bowlers and growing in confidence with time in the middle. Chucky is still pressing oldest brother and captain Naffa to bat further up the order, and he did nothing to detract from this while Jason finally got a chance to show some of the skills we have seen for many years.

Star
First innings 159
Second innings (18-0 overnight)
T Bouch c S Devlin b M Devlin 40
C Fraser c Ford b M SewHoy 81
T Butler run out 1
D Reid b M SewHoy 8
P McGregor c J SewHoy b M SewHoy 16
C Anders not out 44
M Evans c N SewHoy b M Devlin 7
H Dickson lbw b M Devlin 13
J Blanchard not out 1
Extras (7lb) 7
Total (for 7 wickets dec) 218
Fall: 123, 126, 128, 147, 152, 179, 216.
Bowling: S Devlin 12-3-37-0, R Ford 8-1-50-0, A Reid 3-29-0, M SewHoy 15-1-46-3, M Devlin 16-1-49-3.
Waimate
First innings 94
Second innings (target 284)
C Booth c Evans b Lane 0
A Reid b Hinton 23
N SewHoy c&b b Evans 34
H Matthews c Fraser b Hinton 0
M Devlin c Dickson b Evans 5
R Allan c Butler b Evans 7
N Sheppard c Hinton b Bouch 7
S Devlin c Butler b Evans 4
J SewHoy not out 28
M SewHoy not out 14
Extras (4b, 1lb, 6w) 11
Total (for 8 wkts) 134
Fall: 9, 29, 29, 52, 71, 71, 77, 100.
Bowling: J Lane 16-3-49-1, T Butler 6-1-20-0, C Hinton 13-4-25-2, M Evans 11-3-22-4, J Blanchard 2-0-7-0, T Bouch 2-0-6-1.
Result: First Innings Win to Star.

Waimate Fourth Grade had plenty to celebrate after beating TBHS Black outright on Saturday afternoon. Batting first Waimate produced two century makers with Glen Drake scoring 112 and Brad King 106 as Waimate posted a massive 332-7 in 40 overs. Hayden Russell also scored 32.

In reply TBHS could only manage 46 in their first innings and then 32 in their second. However the highlight was again Brad King who achieved a hat-trick and managed a rare feat by achieving two of the higher honours in cricket all on one day (century and hat-trick).

Quick match figures below.
Waimate 332-7
G Drake 112, B King 106, H Russell 32
Josh 6 0 41 2, Brodie 8 0 52 2, Marcus 3 0 22 1

TBHS Black 46 and 32 B Ridden 10, C McFarlane 10, W Rooney 5 and Andrew 8, W Rooney 6, Brodie 3 T King 3 1 5 3, B King 6 2 9 3, B Messer 1 0 3 2 and T King 3 1 3 3, B Knig 2 0 5 3, F Keen 3 0 15 2