There was plenty of action on November 19 in the Central Coast cricket competition, with big first grade matches backed up by Junior Reps and Round One of the Glen Rowlands Shield One Day Competition.
Round 4 of the Diggers The Entrance Men’s 1st Grade competition saw a number of matches evenly poised after Day 1, with Day 2 of the matches set to take place on December 3.
At Rogers Park, Southern Spirit will resume Day 2 at 2/78 having dismissed Wyong for 219.
Winning the toss and batting, Wyong had a mixed batting card with Jack Harris 77, Corne Botes 53 and Callum Rainger 34 all getting amongst the runs with batsmen failing to trouble the scorer.
Lachlan Bull and Jaylen Johnston were the pick of the Southern Spirit bowlers each taking four wickets.
Southern Spirit made a solid start, with Mitch Fiddock 25 and Zane Smith 22 to take up the chase on Day 2.
Ladder leaders The Entrance again flexed their batting muscle to leave Warnervale facing an uphill battle on Day 2.
Winning the toss and batting at Woongarrah Oval all The Entrance batters, bar one, reached double figures as they were dismissed for 288 in the 69th over.
It was a Hardy fest with Jake 67, Broc 55 and Ash 48 all amongst the runs along with Shaun Byfield who made a well compiled 44.
Overseas recruit Max Chappell stood out for Warnervale, taking 5.63 off 14.1 overs with his off-spinners while new ball bowler Daniel Watson took 3 for 67.
Warnervale was 4/29 at stumps.
Kincumber Avoca will require another 181 runs to take the points against second placed Northern Power at Harry Moore Oval.
Winning the toss and batting, Northern Power were dismissed for 201, after being 4/156 and then losing their last four wickets for just two runs.
Jordan Liddle was the pick of the batters with 62.
Kincumber Avoca safely negotiated their way to stumps finishing on 0/20.
At Duffys Rd, Terrigal Matcham are slightly in front of Lisarow Ourimbah after Day 1.
Batting first after winning the toss, Lloyd Radcliffe fell just 11 runs short of a well-deserved century.
His 89 runs came off 143 balls with 16 boundaries.
Chris Brown 26 and allrounder Josh Bridge 23 were the next best.
Magpies skipper Ben Sunshine continued his excellent form with the ball taking 4/47 off 17 overs with Dan Thompson 3/34 and Ben Doyle 2/45 (19 overs) also performing well with the ball.
Lisarow Ourimbah lost both openers before stumps and will resume Day 2 on 2/32 with overseas recruit Ross Forrester to lead the chase, currently unbeaten on 12.
In the final game, Brisbane Water put in their best batting performance of the season to have the upper hand against Narara Wyoming at Fagans Park.
Brisbane Water elected to bat first after winning the toss and put on 55 for the 1st wicket before Brad Brown was dismissed for 20.
Shaun Eaton continued his good recent form reaching 58 before being dismissed by the left arm spin of Tom Owen.
The match was evenly poised at 7/187 before Lewis Cavender and Eric Den Hartog put on a partnership of 69 for the 9th wicket.
Cavender was the last man dismissed for 86.
The Bluetongues innings finished in the 75th over with the score on 256.
The Lions will resume on Day 2 at 2/39.
Day 2 will be played on December 3 as both 1st & 2nd Grade have the coming weekend off with the Central Coast representative side competing in the McDonalds Country Cricket NSW Country Championships in Orange commencing on Friday.
Round Six of the @iibis Styles The Entrance Women’s 1st Grade competition saw wins to the top three teams, Terrigal Matcham, Northern Power and Lisarow Ourimbah all record victories.
In the Match of the Round Northern Power 1/158) accounted for Wyong by just 12
runs at Taylor Park (7/146).
Lisarow Ourimbah worked hard at Sohier Park before overcoming Kincumber Avoca by five wickets.
Kincumber Avoca finished their 20 overs at 4/88 after winning the toss and electing to bat first.
In response, Sophie Karczmarz, 23 retired and Rachel Scarr 24 got the Magpies off to a great start and although the loss of three quick wickets in the middle of the innings gave Kincumber Avoca a sniff of victory, skipper Amy Cunningham put the game to bed finishing unbeaten on 12.
In the final game, ladder leaders Terrigal Matcham showed no mercy on Narara Wyoming with a convincing win at Umina Oval.
Meanwhile, The Central Coast will travel to Orange this weekend to participate in the Southern Pool of the McDonalds Country Cricket NSW Country Championships.
Central Coast, captained by Broc Hardy, will take on Western Zone, Riverina and ACT in three 50 over matches, which commence on Friday, November 25.
Source:
Media release, Nov 21
Central Coast Cricket