Waimate Cricket Club

Waimate chased down 141 against Temuka to win by six wickets at the Temuka Oval.

Nathan Sew Hoy (49) and Hayden Matthews (48 not out) guided Waimate to a six-wicket win over Temuka.

Temuka had scrambled to 141 all out thanks to Hayden Broker’s 33 and Dylan Lees’ 24.

Waimate made it home with almost 10 overs to spare thanks to an unbeaten partnership of 62 between Matthews and Alan Reid as Reid batted 63 balls for his 3 not out, but I am reliably informed he was trying to get Hayden through to his fifty.

It was a great win for Waimate after Temuka managed to give most of the Waimate team food or water poisoning and some interesting sprints were seen by square leg umpires to the toilets as the day wore on. Waimate with the World Cup Rugby Final still on the mind are now very weary of the new South African player in the Temuka side – does he have a sister named ‘Suzie’ who does afternoon teas?

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Celtic amassed 276-4 against Waimate at Celtic Sports Ground No 1, on the back of Craig Davies’ innings of 154* which included four fours and 10 sixes and came off just 135 balls.

With the long weekend Waimate were down on usual starters (5 ring-ins), but their bowling attack had no answers for a Celtic line-up which kept the runs flowing.

The hard-working Alan Reid picked up 2-42 from his nine overs, while Connor Farrell earned his first wicket in senior cricket, but it cost him 60 runs.

Davies was in devastating form, hitting balls over the ropes at will.

All but one of the Waimate bowlers were hit over the boundary at some point.

Davies was helped by being dropped by Mark Medlicott when he was approaching his half century.

Davies carried his bat, and found some good support from Dan Laming 43, Sam Carlaw 28 not out and Jacob Naylor 24.

Waimate were never in the chase, and were on track to do worse that Star’s effort at 31-8 before being dismissed for 52. Only two Waimate batsmen made it into double figures, with Nathan Sheppard taking a bouncer to the helmet on his way to 12 and Glen Drake, struggling with an ankle injury, making 10 when coming in at No 10.

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Waimate’s first home game of the season at Knottingly Park against Roncalli was reduced to 22 overs, after rain halted play after nine overs.

Ed Kilbee top-scored for Roncalli with 45, and he shared in a 72-run second wicket partnership with captain Tom Pavletich , who made 27.

The Waimate bowlers struggled to contain the run rate, as the school team posted 130-5.

Waimate’s best performers with the ball were Glen Drake, who took 2-36 from five overs and Ben Matheson who had figures of 2-19 from three overs.

In reply, Waimate could not get a partnership going and struggled to increase the scoring rate.

Ben Watson’s medium-fast bowling had both Waimate openers, Nathan Sew Hoy and Nathan Sheppard, out with just 11 runs on the board. Watson finished with 2-1 from his five overs, which included four maidens.

None of Roncalli’s six bowlers went for more than four runs an over, as Waimate finished on 70-7, with captain Jason Sew Hoy top-scoring on 14. He said after the rain delay, his bowlers struggled to grip an already wet ball, and in fading light, none of the batsmen was willing to occupy the crease.

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Waimate started their season with a win over arch-rivals Star on the opening day of the South Canterbury cricket season.

Star looked to be in control of their match when Arkinstall and Danny Campbell put on 117 for the second wicket, but the drinks break did the trick, Campbell was run out for 58, and when Arkinstall succumbed to Nathan Sheppard on 60, Waimate began to get back on level terms.

Spinner Glen Drake chimed in with three middle-order wickets to see Star slump to 196 all out in the 44th over.

Nathan Sew Hoy and Sheppard combined for an opening stand of 66, with Sew Hoy scoring 54 and Sheppard 27.

Waimate lost six wickets for 41 runs after that to be 107 for six thanks to the medium pace of Arkinstall who bagged his five-wickets with nagging line-and length bowling. But the experienced Alan Reid and teenager Scott Willoughby combined for an unbroken 90-run partnership for the seventh wicket to guide the visitors home.

Reid’s was left not out 33, while Willoughby played a more controlled innings than in previous seasons to remain unbeaten on 47.

Star captain Phil McGregor said the win was there for the taking, but they let it slip.

Waimate captain Jason Sew Hoy said his team was short of bowlers but was happy to get a win considering the middle-order contributed very little.

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40 years after joining the South Canterbury competition after winding up the local sub association, Waimate have had their best season of results ever.

Waimate won trophies in every men’s grade they entered, and topping it off the seniors won the Tweedy Cup, the premier trophy in South Canterbury club cricket, after earlier winning the SCCA Trophy as top qualifier in the Round Robin and being runner-up in the Daily Freightways One Day competition.

Waimate also won the Second Grade trophy again with Greg Paul hitting an unbeaten century in the final to beat favourites Celtic, the fourth grade won their trophy for the third year in a row and the JAB won their Two Day competition.

 

The success of the Waimate Cricket Club was shown at the SCCA Prizegiving where as well as the team trophies Waimate also featured in the individual awards with Alan Reid winning the Williams Cup for Bowler of the Year with 56 wickets @ 15.45 (including 6-95 off 44 overs in Tweedy Cup Final) and the SCCUA Graeme Lowrie Spirit of Cricket Award for the senior cricketer who epitomises the way the game should be played which is chosen by umpires.

Glen Drake also showed his class by winning the L J Grant Trophy Young Player of the Year and also took out the nights supreme prize, the Graeme Blanchard Memorial Trophy for a youth cricketer who displays an excellent attitude on and off the field for fair play, a team player who inspires the spirit of cricket and has good work ethics.

Read what the Timaru Herald said about Alan and Glen here

Click here to read the story about the Tweedy Cup Final

Click here to read about the SCCA end of year prizegiving

More photos and details about the season will be added soon.

Timaru proved losing is a habit, while Celtic and Temuka appear to be hitting their straps, as the third round of South Canterbury two-day cricket came to an end.

Both Timaru and Waimate looked like the winner of their match at Ashbury Park, on Saturday, but in the end, they both tried to throw it away with some sloppy top-order batting.

Waimate’s opening bowlers, Matthew Sew Hoy and Alan Reid took nine for 80, as Timaru were bowled out two runs short of victory, as they capitulated, despite a low-order rearguard effort, to gift Waimate a one-run win.

Earlier, 69 from Srinivas KS and 45 from Logan Taylor had given the home team a 25-run first innings lead.

Reid and Sew Hoy took three wickets each, in the first innings, on a pitch which had variable bounce and little moisture.

Waimate’s top-order continued the match’s theme of faltering top-order batting, as Jordan Morrow took the first three wickets to fall, on his way to a five-wicket bag.

Glen Drake had to retire hurt but he returned to make a gritty 27, while wicketkeeper Scott Willoughby wasted no time in making 28.

A last wicket stand between Matt Devlin, 31, and Matthew Sew Hoy, 12, pushed the target beyond triple figures, with Timaru left 106 from 36 overs to win.

The run-rate was slow but the tumbling of wickets was not.

Timaru were waving the white flag at 46 for 7, until a 49-run, eighth wicket partnership between Zane Sanders, 27, and Gerald Piddock, 23, but when they were both dismissed, it was left up to Grant Brookland and Morrow to score the six runs needed.

They could manage only four, as Morrow was trapped leg-before-wicket for 0, to give Sew Hoy his fifth wicket of the innings.

Timaru captain Hayden Butler said poor batting was becoming a common theme for the season.

“Yet again no-one got runs, someone from our top five has to get a [big] score.”

Waimate captain Jason Sew Hoy said Reid, and his brother, Matthew Sew Hoy, were exceptional.

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Waimate Seniors were unable to take advantage of the rep players being away in the Celtic side, although it was somewhat boosted by Mark Tutton flying in from Florida and new recruit Willie Wright, but it was Matt Mealings (has a Waimo Mum) who made the big difference between Celtic and Waimate. His unbeaten 92 lifted Celtic to 200 all out. The next best score was Ants de Joux’s 19, such was Mealings’ domination of the innings.

Alan Reid and Matthew Sew Hoy again stood out with the ball for the home side with Alan taking three for 34, and the ‘Chuckster’  grabbed two for 28 from 8.1 overs.

Waimate’s reply was a stuttery one with Alan’s unbeaten run with the bat coming to an end. With their highest partnership being 42 runs, they didn’t have a pair who could see them to the total, but Glen Drake showed that 15 days of cricket on the trot was no problem as he again top-scored with 33.

Unfortunately for Waimate some tight bowling from Celtic meant they fell 21 runs short.

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Waimate Seniors showed their liking for a home ground and the one day format as they won their third successive one day match with wins over Temuka, Roncalli and Timaru this weekend to cement their position at the top of the table alongside Celtic and Temuka.

Although there are still four rounds to play before the finalists are decided, Waimate will want to take advantage of every opportunity next weekend when they take on Celtic at Knottingley Park. As a Hawke Cup match is being played that weekend, Celtic will be without 6 of their ‘stars’, so it will be a good chance to continue the winning form before Christmas.

Last weekend Waimate had a comfortable win over Roncalli, thanks to the all-round efforts of Glen Drake.

Usually a menace with the bat, the teenager turned into trouble with the ball, taking four for 20, with his left-arm spin, in his first bowling spell this season.

He then added 31 with the bat, supporting Alan Reid who managed 33 not out, as Waimate cantered to Roncalli’s total of 154. Nathan Sheppard also posted his best innings of the season with 26 before being run out, as did Scott Willoughby with 19 not out, and Matt Devlin was solid with 20.

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This weekend Waimate played Timaru at home, and while Timaru assembled a fairly strong lineup, Chucky (Matt Sew Hoy) must have had an early night  as he terrorised the Timaru batsmen on his way to 4-8 from 8 overs, while Alan Reid picked up 2 wickets as well. Glen Drake removed both Timaru’s top scorers and Theo Davidson added a wicket to his run out, and at one stage Timaru were 57-7 before scrambling through to 92 all out in the 34th over. Richard Ford was welcomed back to and managed to roll the arm over for four overs, but without any luck.

Waimate set about the chase confidently before Shep was out for unlucky 13 with the total 22, but then Glen Drake continued his fine form to score 44 not out in a 70 run partnership with Alan Reid (29 not out) to seal the win for Waimate.

Alan’s new batting policy of opening and holding up one end certainly seems to be paying dividends and he hasn’t been dismissed in his last three innings, all games Waimate have won.

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After a forgettable previous round in the Tweedy Cup, Waimate got back to their winning ways in the latest round of the one day competition.

Playing at home against a Temuka side without usual Waimate nemesis’ Richie Preston and Kevin Teahen, confidence was good before the match, although the Temuka side that arrived was bolstered by the inclusion of former Geraldine opening bowler Tom McKnight and former South Canterbury rep Les Humphris.

Waimate got things off to a good start by winning the toss and asking Temuka to bat. Temuka lost their first wicket to Al Reid without a run on the board, and when Chucky Sew Hoy bowled AC, they were in more trouble at 11-2. Humphris batted well to put runs on the board and Temuka were not badly placed at 72-4 before losing their final 6 wickets for only 26 more runs.

A good all-round bowling performance saw Waimate to victory. Three wickets from Matthew Sew Hoy, and two each from Murray Prattley, Matt Devlin and Alan Reid ensured Temuka’s total, of 98, would not be enough.

Waimate cruised to the target with the loss of four wickets with Al Reid batting through to protect his average with an unbeaten 16 while Jason Sew Hoy (23) and Murray Prattley (26) made sure the target would be safely reached.

Of special interest was Temuka’s game plan with the approaching rain clouds. Both teams must have played at least 20 overs for the game to be declared a match and for a result to be achieved. Waimate were surprised that with rain coming closer and Temuka still needing to bowl 3 more overs for it to be a result that they took their quick bowlers out of the attack and replaced them with spinners to get through the overs more quickly. As Waimate were well ahead of the required run rate, it is hard to believe Temuka were being sporting and making sure Waimate gained points, and one suspects that with their captain away, some of the current players did not have a full grasp of the rules, but thank you Temuka, and Waimate are happy to take the 6 points.

Waimate captain Jason Sew Hoy said choosing to bowl first, after some rain in the days leading up to the match, proved vital to their success.

Temuka captain Willy Stone said Waimate used the conditions well and his under-strength team failed to put partnerships together.

You can see the scoreboard here

A brilliant century to youngster Glen Drake with 111 not out turned a match that seemed destined for a draw into a last ball outright victory to Waimate when Glen drove the final delivery between the cover fielders for four and the team score to 174-6.

On the first day of the match it was Allan Reid’s turn to shine after a couple of poor seasons with the bat by his standards, he opened the batting and finished the day 60 not out after earlier bowling nearly half the overs to take 4-70. Below are the excerpts from the Timaru Herald.

Destructive bowling and gritty half-centuries shaped the opening day of the South Canterbury senior two-day cricket competition.

Waimate have the upper hand against Roncalli College, thanks to the all-round effort of Alan Reid on Saturday.

Reid opened both the bowling and the batting at a bitterly cold Ashbury Park, taking four for 70 from 18 overs with the ball and then scoring 60 not out with the bat, leaving Waimate requiring 34 runs from six overs to get first innings points.

Roncalli captain Jacob Naylor won the toss and chose to bat on what looked like a perfect day to be a seam bowler, with both the overhead and pitch conditions conducive to movement.

Roncalli struggled early, and were going at one run an over for the first 15 overs.

They were also losing wickets, until Naylor and opener Alex Brooks combined for a 46-run, third-wicket stand.

Brooks went for 30 but Naylor carried on, looking fluent, before he missed a straight ball from Reid two short of his half century.

Needing to lift the run rate, it was up to Bruce Carlaw to find the boundary.

In need of a runner due to an injured hamstring, Carlaw carved the Waimate attack to all parts in an innings of 60, which included nine fours and two sixes.

The 175 required looked like a stiff target when Roncalli’s compulsory declaration came at the end of 50 overs.

Waimate stayed focused, and while Reid was dropped at first slip early, he calmly made his 50, while receiving support from Murray Prattley, who found the rope regularly until he was dismissed on the second-last ball of the day for 27 to give Roncalli hope of snaring first innings points next week.

Four of Roncalli’s six bowlers took a wicket, and even Carlaw managed a recovery from his hamstring problem to bowl seven overs, without success.

Day 2 Report

An unbeaten 111 from Waimate teenager Glen Drake has spurred his side to a last-ball, four-wicket outright win over Roncalli, in the senior two-day cricket competition.

The 16-year-old struck 14 fours and five sixes in the 82-ball innings.

The match appeared to be petering to a draw with 10 overs to go, with Waimate showing no interest in chasing the 10 runs an over required.

Some strange field-settings from Roncalli, including an over where they had nine fielders behind the bat, gave Drake confidence to attack in the final few overs, and he did not look back, striking a boundary off the final ball, for victory.

Earlier in the day, Waimate had gained a 15-run, first-innings lead, after lusty hitting from Nathan Sheppard saw them score 48 from their six remaining first-innings overs.

Roncalli’s second innings was a measured one, but they suffered from a constant lack of wickets.

Another half century from Bruce Carlaw, who made 62, and small contributions from Ben Simpson, 20, Andy Brooks, 20, Jacob Naylor, 19 and Grant Watt, 18, saw them set a target of 173 for Waimate to win.

Waimate shared the wickets around, with Matthew Sew Hoy, Matt Devlin and Murray Prattley snaring two-a-piece.

Waimate lost wickets early, in reply, but with only 34 overs to see out, they were unlikely to be bowled out.

The stroke play of Drake was the difference between the sides.

Needing three runs from the final ball, Drake calmly struck a cover-drive to the boundary between the two boundary fielders.

Waimate captain Jason Sew Hoy said the win was one of the best he had ever been a part of.

“It was amazing. I just told [Drake] to go out there and play his natural game, and we just got closer and closer.”

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