CRICKET
Day two of round seven of the Central Coast Cricket Competition on Saturday, January 27, saw a massive outright win for Narara-Wyoming over Wyong.
Narara-Wyoming was bowled out for 198, with Peter Cross top scoring with 72 and Andrew Ryan contributing 65 runs.
Lachlan Rainger was the pick of the bowlers finishing with six for 30 from 17.3 overs.
Wyong entered the crease for their second innings with the bat and were bowled out for just 67 runs, giving Narara-Wyoming the win.
Warnervale declared at 9/305 at the start of day two, which saw Southern Spirit openers Liam O’Farrell and Matt Jones come to the crease.
Jones fell in the second over which gave Warnervale the momentum taking a few quick wickets.
Liam O’Farrell was able to reach 55 before being dismissed.
Southern Spirit was bowled out for 10/174.
Warnervale’s Harry Townsend was the pick of the bowlers, finishing the day four for 30 from 18.5 while Daniel Hill picked up three wickets.
Lisarow-Ourimbah finished their first innings declaring for 9/200, with Max Oteiwi top scoring with 51 not out.
Dave Molan led the bowlers, finishing with three wickets.
Northern Power’s top order batters were hit hard by Scott Burkinshaw’s bowling; he took five for 62 from 29 overs by the end of the day.
Ben Gillies was the top scorer for Northern Power, adding 46 to the total.
In an epic finish Northern Power were just three runs short of what Lisarow-Ourimbah had set for the chase.
Brisbane Water had a big task in front of them to chase down the 210 set by Terrigal at Duffy’s Oval.
The Brisbane Water batters fell just 15 runs short, with 31 being the top score from John Thurlow.
Terrigal Matcham’s bowling attack proved to be to strong and saw Riecko Parker-Coles take five for 76 from 21 overs.
The Entrance were bowled out for 189 with Broc and Jake Hardy scoring a half century each and Kobe Allison scoring a quick 41.
Kincumber-Avoca bowlers Michael Pate and Liam Roche finished with three wickets each.
Kincumber-Avoca entered the crease in what looked to be great match-up with The Entrance bowlers.
Kincumber-Avoca wicketkeeper Harry Woodhead put up a great fight, top scoring with 37, but The Entrance showed why they are on top of the table, bowling out Kincumber-Avoca for 165.
The Entrance bowlers Gregory Kitchen, Kobe Allison and Jarrod Blackman all took three wickets each.
In the women’s first grade competition, Northern Power Orange 0/107 defeated Northern Power White 5/106 with Angela Wark top scoring on the day 31 not out off 21 with five fours and Emma Raychaudhuri 2/17 off three.
Kincumber Avoca 6/135 comfortably defeated The Entrance 5/59.
Layla Graham smashed 36 off 30, being the top scorer in the match, and Scarlett Sheridan yet again had great bowling figures of 2/6 off four.
Narara/Terrigal 1/59 defeated Wyong 9/56.
Emily Humphreys finished not out on 23 off 13 with four fours and skipper Alex Bobbi Smith took 2/7 off two.