Cricket action winds up for 2023

Southern Spirit Cricket Club 1st Grade Skipper Liam O'Farrell scored 156 with 19 fours and 3 sixes

Round 5 of the Men’s Diggers The Entrance Two Day Cricket Competition finished on December 16, in the last match day of the year.

Wyong 10/242 defeated Warnervale 10/113 and 4/107 at Woongarrah Sporting Complex.

Warnervale began their batting innings chasing Wyong’s 242 and with no luck at all were all out for 113.

Their top scorers were Lesley Smith 34 (3 fours and 1 six) and Harrison Townsend 23 (3 fours).

Wyong bowler Jack Harris took 4/19 off 12.3 and Blake Koen 3/34 off 10.

Wyong sent Warnervale back out to bat to take the outright win but Warnervale weren’t going down without a fight thanks to Daniel Hill 40 (8 fours) and Kaleb Daley 34 (8 fours).

Wyong took the 1st innings win after their attempt to bowl out Warnervale for the second time.

Narara Wyoming 10/177 defeated Lisarow Ourimbah 10/55 and 4/77.

Lisarow Ourimbah commenced their batting innings but were all out for just 55 runs thanks to Narara bowlers Thomas Owen (3/15 off 13 with 6 maidens) and skipper James Smith (3/6 off 10 with 4 maidens).

Narara Wyoming sent Lisarow Ourimbah back out to bat where they finished the day 4/77 with Daniel Thompson 46 (5 fours and 2 sixes).

Narara Wyoming took the first innings win after not being able to bowl out Lisarow Ourimbah for a second time.

Southern Spirit 3dec/250 defeated Brisbane Water 10/93 and 10/91.

Southern Spirit continued their batting innings against Brisbane Water’s 93 on Day 1 and declared at 250 with skipper Liam O’Farrell scoring 156 (19 fours and 3 sixes) and Raj Sharma 56* (5 fours and 1 six).

Brisbane Water went out for their second batting innings and were again all out for just 91 runs after 29.1 overs.

Matthew Jones took 5/25 off 15 with 5 maidens and Jaylen Johnston 3/30 off 9.1 in a really strong outright win for Southern Spirit.

Northern Power 9dec/152 defeated The Entrance 10/151 and 5/66.

Northern Power continued their batting innings but unfortunately suffered a collapse of the middle of their batting order.

Top scorer was Joe Hawkins 58 (5 fours and 1 six).

The Entrance skipper Broc Hardy ended the innings on 4/52 off 21 with 4 maidens along with Dylan Bennett 3/43 off 14 with 4 maidens.

The Entrance were sent back out to bat for their second innings with opener Simon Keen out on 30 and skipper Jake Hardy 19* at the end of the day.

Northern Power were unable to bowl out The Entrance giving them the first innings win.

Kincumber Avoca 9/222 and Terrigal Matcham 9/216 ended their match on a draw.

Kincumber Avoca continued their batting innings but with a few unlucky ducks they finished their innings on 222 with Dylan Robertson 112 with 12 fours.

Terrigal Matcham’s Austin Haba took 5/66 off 18 with 3 maidens.

Terrigal Matcham went out to bat with the openers getting off to a great start.

Lloyd Radcliffe put up a steady 81 with 7 fours and 1 six.

Kincumber Avoca’s Dylan Robertson took 5/77 off 22 but by stumps, Kincumber Avoca were unable to bowl out Terrigal Matcham leaving the match a draw.

In the Women’s Ibis Styles The Entrance T20 Competition, Kincumber Avoca defeated Wyong.

Kincumber Avoca batted first with top scorer being opener Heidhi Cullen on 30* with 5 fours.

Wyong’s Ebonnie Leard took 3/21 off 4.

Wyong went out to chase down the runs with only two batters reaching double figures.

Chantelle Logan was out on 20 with 2 fours and after 18.5 overs Wyong were all out for just 73, Scarlett Sheridan and Sophie McCrae taking two wickets each.

Northern Power White went out to bat against The Entrance who were 9/73 and after 15.4 overs put up a low 73 which turned out to be just enough.

The Entrance bowlers Skye Gallagher and Karina Davidson each took three wickets.

The Entrance went out to chase the runs but all players except one were wiped out for less than 10 runs each.

Karina Davidson ended on 19 with 2 fours.

Northern Power bowler Zara Hepplewhite took 4.18 off 4 with 1 maiden; absolutely incredible bowling.

Lisarow Ourimbah defeated Narara Terrigal at Carrington Street with Lisarow Ourimbah winning the toss and electing to bat.

Aanya Siingh put on an outstanding performance with 68 not out off 30 with 12 fours.

Gunisha Garg (55 not out off 30 with 9 fours) and Jade Burkinshaw (31) helped take the side to 3/180 after their overs.

AlexBobbi Smith finished up 2/24 off 4.

Narara Terrigal went out to chase down the runs with Ava Drury putting on 24 with 3 fours along with AlexBobbi Smith 24 with 3 fours.

Narara Terrigal were 8/81 after the overs with Lisarow Ourimbah taking a strong win.

Both the men and women will recommence the season after a Christmas break on January 6.