Tasmania University Cricket Club
Scores and Reports
Season 2006/07
Second Grade
Round 4 v. North Hobart (limited overs game)
Played at the TCA ground, 11th. November 2006.
(Toss won by : )
Nick Paine 38 Heath Chick 26 |
Josh Parker 3-20 Paul Hudson 2-28 |
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After last week’s resounding victory against Clarence we rocked up to the TCA Ground chock full of confidence. Once again, Blairy was there with the assistant’s assistant in tow – one Jonty Blair. The warm-up was good but didn’t have the same intensity as last week. We welcomed Tom Briscoe to the club. Tom’s family has recently moved to Hobart from Sydney. His father is working on the Charles Woolley radio program. Tom played second grade with the strong Eastern Suburbs club in Sydney last season. At the toss the skipper had the choice of heads or Bradman. In a moment of confusion he called heads. Of course, Bradman came up. If only I had thought about it for just a bit longer! As it turned out the toss was an important one to win as the heavy rain overnight had left the surface of the pitch reasonably soft and moist. With a grin from ear to ear (and that is the truth!) the opposition captain, Peter Di Venuto inserted us. Paul Collins was named as the captain in the Mercury and was obviously a last-minute withdrawal from the team. 
Jubb and Matthews opened the innings and from the start the ball was decking about. The tacky surface held the ball up as well and it was carrying through with good bounce. Jubb was showing good temperament until he slashed at a wide one and was well caught in the slips. Shortly afterwards, Kerm was trapped in front from Di Venuto’s first ball. At 2 for 20 we were looking a little shaky but a good partnership of 44 runs between China Paine and Sammy Boxtrain clawed us back into the match. China was playing some exquisite square drives and Sammy was frustrating the opposition the way he always does.
With the score on 64 we lost 3 wickets. Sammy Boxsell was caught at the wicket for 9 from the bowling of Di Venuto. It took the umpire an eternity to give it out and Sammy accepted the decision graciously. Jack Boon had been playing with patience until he was stumped off the bowling of Guinane for 8. His back foot lifted as he overbalanced playing forward defensively to the leg spinner. China was caught at the wicket from the faintest edge for a well-compiled 38 runs. Bigger things are in store for China though and it won’t be long before he plays a big innings for us.
Hudson and the skipper played cautiously for a few overs. Guinane was in the middle of a good spell and the scoring rate had dropped off. With the score on 5 for 72 Huddo stroked the ball into the covers, called the skipper through and ambled through for what he thought was an easy single. Apparently he didn’t see the cover fieldsman lurking in his blind spot, Guinane swooped on the opportunity and threw the stumps down leaving H red-faced! Shortly afterwards the skipper tried to break the shackles against the leg spin of Guinane but only succeeded in hitting the ball in the air to mid on. At 7 for 72 in the 31st over we needed to bat the 50 overs and try to get as close to 150 runs as we could. Chick and Hick put on a good partnership before Chicka guided one straight to the keeper. He had been stroking the ball very cleanly and his innings of 26 runs included 3 fours and a maximum. 8 for 118 became 9 for 122 when Briscoe was run out and we were soon bowled out for 123 when Twang parker was caught at the wicket leaving Hickster stranded on 17 not out. Now Hickster has played a lot of cricket for Uni but he claims this was his first game at the TCA ground – hard to believe. He’d made a good start though! This was a disappointing batting effort considering we couldn’t bat out the 50 overs and the wicket had played pretty well after 15 or 20 overs. With our bowling attack, we knew we’d take a few wickets with us in the field. It would just be a matter of whether we could take enough with the paltry total we had posted. Twang and Briscoe opened the bowling. Twang’s opening over included 4 wides but no runs off the bat. Tom had to punch into the strengthening breeze and his first over was a maiden. Everyone was immediately impressed with Tom’s left-arm outswingers (to the left hander) and he is a bit underdone, at the moment, but he should be ‘up and about’ in a few weeks causing all sorts of problems for opposition batsmen. Twang struck first having McKeowen caught behind and struck again dismissing Guinane by a good catch in the slips from Chicka with a ball that kicked off a length at good pace. Twang struck for the third time having Bowerman caught at the wicket. Shortly afterwards Tom claimed his first wicket for the club having McIntyre caught at the wicket. North Hobart had slumped to 4 for 31 with the centurion from last week and sometimes first-grader Guinane in the sheds. We were in with a sniff! Di Venuto came to the crease and immediately attacked the bowling. Parker, 9 overs 3 for 20 and Briscoe, 10 overs 1 for 23 had come to the end of their good spells and the ball was thrown to Huddo and Box train. Huddo bowled with his usual good control but Sammy took some stick in his first few overs. The game had slipped away from us when H claimed the wicket of Di Venuto. To Sam’s credit he fought back well. His first 2 overs went for 23 and his last 6 overs gone for 22. Sam would have learned a lot from this experience. Bowling against good batsmen on a wicket that is flattening out is a tough job but it is where character comes through. In these situations it is more about bowling with a definite plan of attack rather than seeking to bowl wicket balls. We claimed our 6th wicket with the score on 112 when Huddo claimed his 2nd wicket and the Hickster, who closed Mobius at 7:30 a.m., took his fourth catch as wicketkeeper. Who has him in their fantasy team? North Hobart cruised past our total in the 37th over and we were left to ponder a bad day at the office. We are putting very competitive teams on the park now and our thoughts must quickly turn to the New Town match next week. We need to find some consistency in our game and that will come with hard work over the next month. |
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