WAIMATE CRICKET CLUB

The Waimate seniors had a good first day of probably their final match of the season and currently “have the wood” over Celtic with only a further seven runs required to take first innings points with 10 overs to play and four wickets in hand including not out batsmen Jason Sew Hoy on 48 and Alan Reid on 2.

After at one stage having Celtic in panic mode at 37-5 after Matt Devlin’s wily spin had bamboozled them, an ex-Waimo (still living in the district) James Laming got Celtic out of jail with an unbeaten century.

Celtic finished 224-7 when the compulsory declaration came after 50 overs.

Waimate began similarly to normal with two wickets gone and only 6 on the board, but Naffa Sew Hoy, perhaps in his final cricket match before marriage and retirement decided to go out on a high, and would have been devastated to be given out lbw for 86 when in sight of a maiden senior century!

Glen Drake 23, Adam Polson 10 and Matt Devlin 33 all helped the cause and after 40 overs Waimate finished 217-6 when play finished for the day.

Waimate can finish the season with a good result, and if things were to ge really well have an outside chance of making the final, but need to win outright as well as on the first innings and then score a minimum of 125 runs in their second innings to pip Star and Temuka. This of course assumes that they bowl Celtic all out second time round, and that Temuka don’t beat Geraldine outright. Good stuff to dream about anyway.

A good season despite being the most travelled team and some of the new younger players have made the step up to senior well, while others have had patches where they have shown with the right application they can still compete at the top level.

You can read the scoreboard so far here >> scoreboard

Waimate did not enjoy the recent rounds of Twenty20 matches after being the only team forced to travel for every match and then further compromised by twice having to play on inadequately prepared pitches on the Timaru ground which certainly did nothing for the batsmen’s confidence and in both games turned the matches into a lottery.

This weekend they again travelled to Timaru to take part in finals day. Playing off for 5th or 6th position is never much fun, and especially when it is a rerun of their last game the previous weekend against Temuka.

However a win would at least give the victors bragging rights and the opportunity to play Twenty20 cricket on a decent batting strip probably made the early morning start a bit better. After a southerly blast went through Sth Canterbury in the morning, the Waimate versus Temuka match turned out to be played in the best conditions of the day.

Beginning at 10.45am the cloud eventually disappeared and temperatures were in the high 20′s with no breeze to cool things as Waimate lost the toss and were asked to bat.

Naffa Sew Hoy lhad a slightly different approach as he looked to bat for quite a few overs, but unusually for him struggled to get the ball into the gaps and  when he was second out joining Adam Polson in the pavilion the Waimate total was only 24.

Todd Bailey batting at No 3 continued his recent run of good form and in tandem with Glen Drake added 44 runs before Glen was out for an aggressive 26. Todd added a further 14 runs with Jason Sew Hoy before falling lbw for 37 which he scored from 31 deliveries.

Nathan Sheppard struggled to get bat on ball but helped Jason add another 15 runs, and young Findlay Keen was out lbw  shortly later after getting one of those deliveries you dread early on.

Matt Devlin strode to the wicket with Waimate 102-7 in the 15th over to join his skipper and the pair immediately set about taking the attack back to Temuka.

Their 50 partnership came off only 25 deliveries and didn’t include any extras as all the scoring shots were off the bat. Jason almost matched the Aorangi Oval record for the fastest fifty as he scored his 50 from only 22 balls, one ball behind Chris Cairns who held the record at 21 balls until New Year’s Eve this season when Shannon Stewart set the new record off 19 deliveries.

Jason’s fifty came up at the same time as Waimate’s 150, but he was run out shortly after by a direct hit for 57 but his scoring rate in excess of 200 made sure Waimate would post a competitive total.. Matty D kept the attack going until the end with a lively rate just under 200 and entertained the supporters by displaying a couple of classic poses as he invented a new technique for the slog-sweep over cow corner. Unfortunately no cameras at the ground caught the pose, else we would be sending the photo to the ICC to put in their next coaching manual!

Matt ended 30 not out from 16 balls and Waimate posted 175-7 from their 20 overs.

Temuka began similarly to Waimate and were 74-2 at the 10 over mark similar to Waimate’s 68-2 at the same stage. Chris Opie (run out for 63) and Ritchie Preston (43) added 64 for the 3rd wicket and for a long while Waimate looked in danger of being overhauled, but then the pairing of Jason and Matty D struck again.

Jason caught Preston off Matt’s bowling and with Preston out for 43 after a 41 run partnership with Paul Coles the Temuka challenge wilted and they could only manage 156 which in the end gave Waimate the win comfortably.

Jason and brother Matt (Chucky) both took  2-21 and Murray Prattley with 2-32 and Glen Drake 1-28 as well as run out each chimed in to help the win.

Finishing just before 2.00pm meant the families had a chance to visit the Bay, while the rest of the team would have been safely ensconced in the sponsors bar at the Empire when the cold southerly hit.

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Waimate began the day with 10 overs still available in their first innings and went on the attack adding a further 56 runs with captain Jason Sew Hoy picking up his first half century of the season.

Todd Bailey also made the most of it getting off a run of three ducks to score 13 not out and Matt Devlin also was unbeaten on 18,  enabling a declaration at 243-7 after 50 overs.

Batting a second time the Geraldine batsmen all got starts but no one could go on. Young Harry Miller after a week’s cricket at the U17 tournament found some form as he top scored with 30 in a very good innings, while George Harper was next best with 27.

However, it was Matt Devlin’s day as he ripped through the Geraldine tail on his way to a career best 5-26 after earlier Murray Prattley chimed in with two caught and bowled dismissals against last week’s top scoring Matt Walker and English pro Matt Barnes, and this time Geraldine could only post 135, leaving Waimate needing 57 for victory which they accomplished easily despite the loss of 3 wickets.

Waimate players enjoyed the win that much that by 9.00pm they had only made it as far as Adam Polsons across the road from the Knottingley Park exit, and Muzza had re-delegated babysitting duties as his not out became longer and his caught and bowleds more difficult.

Next week its the first 2 rounds of the Twenty20 competition and Waimate will be hoping to show their skills in the short format of the game and take this week’s form with them.

Scoresheet

Waimate hold the upper hand in the two day game against Geraldine at Knottingley Park. Glenn Drake made an unbeaten 64 for Waimate to help them to first innings points but unfortunately he has had to retire as he is unavailable next week when he is away with JT’s High School team at a tournament in Brisbane.

Geraldine batted first and were soon struggling at 50-5 but they ended up with a reasonable score after a large eight wicket partnership got them to 163-7 when the compulsory declaration was made after 50 overs.

Matt ‘Chucky’ Sew Hoy (3-61) and Al Reid (2-53) bowled 38 of the 50 overs between them for Waimate in good workouts and Al will be again upset he didn’t get to bowl all 25 from his end. Muzza Prattley with 1-13 from 5 and Glenn Drake 1-16 from 5 will both be happy to have had a roll though!

In reply Naffa Sew Hoy again started well before being out caught and bowled for 44, and Findlay Keen (28) helped Drake add 34 before Jason Sew Hoy (30 not out) joined Drake to post an undefeated 75 run partnership and at stumps Waimate were 187-3 and looking to go on  full attack for the remaining 10 overs next week to try and put further pressure on the Geraldine 2nd innings as Waimate look for an outright victory and maximum points, but also give themselves enough time to dismiss Geraldine.

Scoresheet

Although Waimate were soundly beaten when we took on Celtic at Aorangi Oval in the only club match being played there this season (other than finals) it was good to see former club stalwarts helping out the team when they are short and they created a little bit of family history.

Lyndon Bailey (patriach) had the chance to beat son Todd’s duck when he replaced him in the middle, but unfortunately he was a bit slow to get back and was out stumped without scoring either. Later in the day Todd’s youngest also made it onto the field making three generations in one day, although not technically accurate as he was following a cricket ball that rolled down the hill and over the sideline (not a listed player) but did chase it hard as kids are known to do.

As for match details, all that can be said is that the match was not played in the best of spirits and Colin Booth’s comment to Celtic that “Don’t your players come along to enjoy your cricket” probably summed it up.

Scoresheet

Waimate lost to Temuka in the penultimate round of the Senior One Day competition, but are still in with a chance of making the top four for finals with one round to play depending on other results.

Scoreboard

Timaru travelled to Waimate and batted first with openers Gerald Piddock (19) and a rejuvenated Chris Leonard (24) who was no longer the oldest senior cricketer on the field adding 41 for the first wicket in what was the best partnership to eventuate. The availability of Kris Howes probably dampened Waimate’s day as he top scored in the middle order with 33, and Hayden Leonard again thwarted the attack on his way to 21 not out as Timaru posted a competitive 157.

Alan Reid put in the hard yards as he bowled unchanged from one end for Waimate and was rewarded with 5-76, while Craig Booth took 3-11 and is wishing he had been brought into the attack earlier.

In reply Waimate were soon in trouble at 38-4 before Craig Booth (24) and skipper Jason Sew Hoy (35) added 54 runs to get things back on track at 92-5, but another mini collapse to be 116-8 at stumps has Timaru in the strongest position going into day two to not only gain first innings points, but also to try and push for the outright.

Waimate who were eight down overnight and still 40 runs short of a first innings lead put up a good rearguard action on Day 2 with young Finlay Keen making 21 not out but they ended up 13 runs short on 143 when the compulsory declaration was made after 50 overs.

Timaru made a good fist of their second bat with opener Gerald Piddock leading the way with 40 and handy contributions by Grant Brookland (33) and Hitesh Angrish (35 not out) to be able to declare at 177-7 leaving Waimate 190 to win from 43 overs.

For Waimate Craig Booth was again amongst the wickets taking 3-11 for the second time in the match.

Waimate were never in the hunt with only Adam Polson (12) and top scorer Andrew Davidson (14) making double figures and in the end Alan Reid who faced 51 balls for his 6 runs and had to face the last over with the whole Timaru team crowding around the bat as they strived to get the last wicket and outright victory, held on to see Waimate finish at 69-9 and save a draw.

Scoresheet

At Knottingley Park a depleted Waimate team batted first against Star, but with only Sam Devlin (34), Murray Prattley (20) and Extras (12) making double figures the score of 101 was always going to be difficult to defend. Medium pacers Mark Evans (3-16) and Hamish Dickson (2-24) were the most successful of the Star bowlers.

In reply Waimate started well with both Star openers out lbw quickly but then Todd Elliotte with 32 supported by Chris Anders (10) saw Star consolidate, and Tim Butler (14 not out) and Hamish Dickson with 28 not out saw Star home with 9 overs to spare and 6 wickets in hand.

Waimate
A Polson c Moodie b Butler 6
S Devlin c Moodie b Evans 34
T Suddaby b Butler 0
M Prattley c Elliotte b Evans 20
H Matthews b Dickson 0
C Booth c McGregor b Moodie 8
T Bailey b Dickson 0
N Sheppard lbw b Evans 0
A Reid stp Anders b Elliotte 9
M Sew Hoy b Hinton 7
S Horsnell not out 4
Extras (2b, 3lb, 6w, 1nb) 12
Total (for 10 wkts) 101
Bowling: C Hinton 7.2-2-9-1, T Butler 9-0-31-2, H Dickson 9-5-24-2, M Evans 9-5-16-3, T Elliotte 6-4-11-1, M Moodie 1-0-6-1.

Star
P McGregor lbw b Reid 4
A McRae lbw M Sew Hoy 0
T Elliotte run out (Matthews) 32
C Anders c M Sew Hoy b Booth 10
T Butler not out 14
H Dickson not out 28
Extras (3lb, 15w) 18
Total (for 4 wkts) 104
Bowling: A Reid 9-1-21-1, M Sew Hoy 9-1-24-1, M Prattley 7-0-16-0, C Booth 7.2-1-20-1, T Suddaby 4-0-18-0.

In Geraldine, Waimate’s new skipper, Jason Sew Hoy, won the toss and elected to field, a quickly vindicated decision after both openers were out without scoring. At 19-3 Matt Barnes and Guy Metcalf (43) settled in to a good partnership adding 78 with Barnes eventually scoring 51 before both became victims of schoolboy Glenn Drake who ended up with 3 wickets for 28 on his senior debut. Geraldine eventually posted 155-7.  Matt ‘Chucky’ Sew Hoy had a great spell only conceding 13 runs from his 9 overs and taking a wicket while Alan Reid was quickly into stride with 2-20 from his nine over spell. Murray Prattley and Craig Booth both picked up a scalp each too.

Waimate’s reply started slowly too as both openers were gone with 28 on the board before Nathan Sew Hoy with 54 was joined by Murray Prattley who celebrated the recent birth of another son with 44 in a 96 run partnership in good time that saw the Waimate move very close to victory. Phil Chapman (3-12) who was bowling particularly well for Geraldine tried to slow proceedings, but with the other bowlers unable to match him the pairing of Jason Sew Hoy and Nathan Sheppard, both 14 not out, easily saw Waimate through to victory by six wickets and get the season off to the best possible start.

Scoreboard:

Geraldine

B Miller c N Sew Hoy b Reid 0

G Muff c Sheppard b M Sew Hoy 0

P Lill c N Sew Hoy b Booth 13

M Barnes c N Sew Hoy b Drake 51

G Metcalf b Drake 43

H Miller c M Sew Hoy b Reid 4

B Guthrie not out 13

D Lensley b Drake 0

D Hammond not out 10

Extras (2b, 4lb, 14w) 20

Total (for 7 wkts) 155

Fall: 0, 6, 19, 97, 121, 134, 138.

Bowling: A Reid 9-2-20-2, M Sew Hoy 9-3-13-1, C Booth 9-0-26-1, M Prattley 6-0-37-1, G Drake 9-0-28-3, N Sheppard 3-0-26-0.

Waimate

A Polson b Chapman 13

T Bailey c H Millar b Chapman 6

N Sew Hoy c Barnes b Chapman 54

M Prattley b Lill 44

J Sew Hoy not out 14

N Sheppard not out 14

Extras (4b, 2lb, 9w, 1nb) 16

Total (for 4 wkts) 161

Fall: 11, 28, 124, 133.

Bowling: P Chapman 9-3-12-3, B Millar 9-0-52-0, B Guthrie 4-0-17-0, T Metcalf 9-2-28-0, D Lensley 2-0-18-0, P Lill 5.2-0-22-1, D Hammond 2-0-7-0.

Result: Win to Waimate by 6 wickets.

Day 1

In Geraldine, after Waimate succumbed for 72 in their first innings to Chris Esh with his outstanding return of 6-12 including the hat-trick (ask Chucky and Sammy D), Geraldine also struggled early on and were 53-5 before Drennan with 95 and the in form Regan Tate with 68 joined forces to add 153 runs for the sixth wicket, and take Geraldine well away from any danger.

Alan Reid was again the best of the Waimate bowlers with 4-41, while Jason Sew Hoy took two wickets after relinquishing his keeper’s role in preparation for next season.

Waimate are faring no better in their second innings as Drennan with 3-7 took out the top order and Esh with a relatively expensive 4-24 has continued on from the first innings, and unless it rains it will take a Herculean effort for Waimate to save the match.

Day 2

After being 49-7 overnight Waimate put up a good second innings fight and show their pride had been pricked the previous weekend going on to score 178 after Todd Bailey scored his maiden senior fifty and Jason Sew Hoy finished off a great season by passing 500 runs on his way to 79 not out.

Geraldine lost two wickets on their way to the 42 runs required, but was a deserving winner after their efforts on day one, and will be hoping all their players are available and back from University for next weekend’s final.Waimate
R van Royen c Pagan b Chapman 3
R Ford b Drennan 5
N Sew Hoy lbw b Esh 20
A Reid b Esh 22
J Sew Hoy b Esh 8
N Sheppard c Walker b Morrison 2
T Bailey b Esh 3
R Fox b Esh 2
M Sew Hoy b Morrison 0
K Weir b Esh 0
S Devlin not out 2
Extras (2lb, 3nb) 5
Total (for 10 wkts) 72
Fall: 9, 17, 51, 60, 65, 69, 72, 72, 72, 72.
Bowling: H Drennan 7-1-19-1, M Morrison 4-0-8-2, P Chapman 4-0-31-1, C Esh 6-0-12-6.
Geraldine
S Pagan b Reid 10
G Muff b M Sew Hoy 10
M Barnes c J Sew Hoy b M Sew Hoy 2
M Walker c Fielder b Reid 8
G Metcalf c Fox b Reid 5
H Drennan lbw J Sew Hoy 95
R Tate b J Sew Hoy 68
T Sowden not out 1
Extras (2b, 4lb, 1w 3nb) 10
Total (for 7 wkts declared) 209
Fall: 20, 24, 24, 38, 53, 206, 209.
Bowling: A Reid 15-5-41-4, M Sew Hoy 13-3-39-1, R Ford 4-0-14-0, J Sew Hoy 12-0-38-2, R Fox 5-0-22-0, R van Royen 2-0-17-0, K Weir 4-0-32-0
Waimate 2nd Innings
N Sew Hoy b Esh 13
R van Royen lbw b Drennan 0
N Sheppard c Sowden b Drennan 5
A Reid b Drennan 0
R Fox c Drennan b Esh 8
J Sew Hoy not out 79
R Ford b Esh 0
M Sew Hoy lbw b Esh 0
T Bailey c Metcalf b Drennan 50
R Allan stp Pagan b Sowden 0
S Devlin b McKnight 7
Extras (2b, 7lb, 5w, 1nb) 15
Total (all out) 178
Fall: 1, 9, 11, 26, 43, 43, 43, 131, 131, 178.
Bowling: H Drennan 11-3-41-4, C Esh 19-5-59-4, M Morrison 3-0-9-0, P Chapman 3-1-3-0, T McKnight 6.4-0-30-1, T Sowden 4-1-23-1.
Geraldine 2nd Innings
S Pagan b Reid 14
T McKnight run out J Sew Hoy 2
M Barnes not out 11
G Metcalf not out 7
Extras (3b, 1lb, 3w) 7
Total (for 2 wkts) 42
Bowling: A Reid 5-1-21-1, M Sew Hoy 4-2-3-0, R Ford 0.3-0-2-0, R Allan 1-0-11-0.
Result: Geraldine won outright.