Round 14 (31/1/09)

In Round 14 of HCCA matches Kingston Crows A grade were on the road to take on Glen Huon. Batting first on a very dry and obviously very quick outfield we were able add 65 for the opening partnership before losing Jason Wicks for 24. This brought Dan Elliott and Brett Stevenson together and they combined for another marvellous partnership of 153 before Stevenson was dismissed for 77. Elliott continued his fine form posting 145 with 4 6s and 20 4s. Although the Crows were 1/121 after 25 overs they were able to finish up on 5/346 after their 50 overs. Other contributions came from Marc Owen 24, James Murray 23no and Mal Godfrey 20no.

Glen Huon seemed reasonably placed at 2/52 but 3 wicket in one Jason Wicks’ over saw them crash to 6/56. Michael Parbs was able to produce a fine innings but they were dismissed for 142 after 37 overs. Jamie Knott 3/22 and Jason Wicks 3/21 made the early breaks and then Dan Elliott rounded of a dream day by taking 4/28.

B grade took on top side Southern Tigers at home and batting first were in early trouble. At 3/55 things weren’t looking too good and that didn’t appear any better at 6/115, but Jason Jones, 53, found and ally in Matthew Creek, 42 with 8 4s, and they added 68 for the 7^th wicket. With contributions from the tail we were eventually dismissed for 225 in the 50^th over. Of the top order Chris Tomlin made 41 and Marcus Newman 23.

Shannon Woolley picked up an early wicket but the Tigers looked to be travelling fairly well when they took the score to 62 without further loss. Shannon and Ash Woodhead then wreaked havoc as the Tigers crashed to 6/76 and then 9/99 before some big hitting by their last 2 batsmen saw them dismissed for 146. Woodhead finished with 5/54 after at one stage having 5/26 while Woolley snared the last three catches of the innings to go with his 4/35.

C Grade took the short journey down to Margate to take on their C2 team and scored a very good win although that was looking unlikely when we dismissed for 103 off 27 overs. Dan Woodhead made the most of his experience in B grade and held the innings together making 46 with 6 4s. Brad Bailey batting at No 5 made 18 but the rest of the batting sheet looked very disappointing.

However the lads struck back with ball as Margate C2 were 1/0, 3/1 and 5/16. They struggled then to 25 and lost 3 more wickets. They were dismissed in the 22^nd over for 44 thus giving the Crows a 59 run win. Opening bowlers Brad Bailey 3/10 and Dean Heywood 2/15 did the early damage and then Gab Lefleur amazingly took 3/0 off 2.2 overs. Leggie Malcolm Scriber took the other wicket.

Hopefully this win will give the boys some much needed confidence for the remainder of the year.

The semi final of the Statewide Twenty20 competition sees the Kingston Crows take on Clarence at Kingston Beach on Friday Feb 6 at 5.15. Obviously Clarence is one of the strongest cricket teams in the State but we are confident the Crows’ players will give it their best shot and do their Club and the HCCA proud.

Well done to all involved in the “Bogan Night” last Saturday night. Thanks also to anyone who has helped around the Club in recent weeks. The two Twenty20 matches played at the Crows were very well patronised and a lot of work was done by a number of people. Thanks again.

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