ROUND 8 MATCH REPORTS V FAIRFIELD-LIVERPOOL & METRO

Adam Semple, take a bow!

After RPC were bowled out for 101 away from home against Fairfeld, the veteran all-rounder produced a spell for the ages, finishing with figures of 6/37 including an incredible hat-trick. The performance from Sempy took him past 400 poles for the club, which is no surprise for the man who seems to get better with age.

Elsewhere, 2nd Grade went down in a nail-biter as Adam Docos fell agonisingly short of a century, while a brilliant display from Mandar Mariguddi in 4th Grade helped them to a second-straight win. 3rd Grade were called off due to rain, while 5th Grade were able to put themselves on the fringe of the top six with a great win and in Metro Green E-Young Khoo returned his best figures of 4-11.

Lefand Group 1st Grade @ Rosedale Oval

Randwick Petersham 101 (31.3 overs) Ali 26 def. Fairfield-Liverpool 84 (27.5 overs) Semple 6-37

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It’s never over ‘til it’s over. That old saying was right on the money today when Randwick Petersham pulled off an amazing win against Fairfield-Liverpool in the 1st Grade cricket match at Rosedale Oval, Warwick Farm—101 to 84. And the man behind it all was the same man who has been behind many of Randwick Petersham’s great wins since he joined the club 16 seasons ago in 2006-07–Adam Semple. Defending a poor total, Randwick Petersham needed a big bowling effort and Semple turned it on, taking 4 wickets in 6 balls including a hat-trick! At 0-11 in the 4th over, Semple bowled the opener Singh, had the next batter, Sharma, get a nick to ‘keeper Anthony Sams off a high ball, while next ball he shattered the stumps of Luke Ohrynowsky (who always seems to get runs against us) as he shouldered arms. A hat-trick! Adam’s first for the club.

He completed the over with a wide and a single but first ball of his next over, an edge to Sams saw opener Naqvi back in the pavilion for a 4-13 scoreline. Not content with 4 wickets in 6 balls, second ball of the following over he again sent the bails flying, giving him 5 wickets in 13 and leaving the Lions struggling at 5-21. Worse was to follow for the home side with a run out and Basit Ali bowling the experienced Jarrad Burke for a 7-41 scoreline. And while a defiant batting tail got the total to 7-80, needing just 22 to win, it was Semple the “Iron Warrior” once again, claiming a wicket before the innings was wrapped up 4 runs later. Adam finished with the amazing figures of 6-37 off 10 overs including his prized hat-trick. He also achieved another milestone as his 5th wicket gave him 400 for the club. It was also his 8th 5 wicket haul.

Earlier in the day, skipper Daya Singh had lost the toss and the Randy Petes were sent in to bat after overnight storms. The conditions looked ideal for bowling. And so it proved to be, with the side up against it from the get-go. Prolific run-scorer Will Affleck was bowled for an 18 ball duck, but worse was to follow with 3 more wickets going down with the score on 19. The Lions seamers kept up the pressure and at 7-48 there was some doubt about the side making 50. However, Basit Ali had other ideas and belted 26 with 3 sixes in a 19 ball partnership of 32 with Ash Burton, who ended up last-man-out scoring 17 with the total 101 from 31.3 overs.

In a strange twist, both teams scored the majority of their runs after being 7 wickets down with the no. 9 on either side top-scoring. What a game!

Adam Semple – Hattrick

What a day for the Randy Petes – 8th January 2022!!

Headlined by back to back Test centuries by the Randy Petes no. 1 son Usman Khawaja the day was bountiful for current and former Randy Petes both home and abroad.

In Melbourne, Jason Sangha took the reins of the Sydney Thunder leading them to a 129 run defeat of the Renegades with Dan Sams starring with a MOTM performance – 98* from 44 balls and 1-10.

While in the West Indies Andrew Balbirnie played a skipper’s hand with 71 (his 13th ODI half century and passed 2,500 ODI runs in the process) and was ably supported by Harry Tector scoring his 5th ODI with 53.

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Suttons City 2nd Grade @ Petersham Oval

Randwick Petersham 9-249 (50 overs) Docos 96, Robinson 43 def by Fairfield-Liverpool 6-250 (49.5 overs) Hussain 3-29

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With 2^nd grade finishing off 2021 with a great win against Sutherland, they were looking to continue that momentum. New skipper, Adam Docos lost the toss – with Randwick being sent into bat on a good cricket wicket considering the big down pour of rain the night before. James Mahony Brack and Josh Mellick started off steadily, with the first wicket falling on 25. The score ticked along with Randwick reaching drinks at 1-70 odd. Runs continued to tick along with the top order all finding starts (James Mahony Brack – 25, Jack Lyle – 14). Randwick were looking good at the second drinks break with the score at 3-150 with Max and Adam playing positively throughout the middle overs. Adam unfortunately fell agonisingly short of his 100, out on 96 followed then by Max on his second grade debut on 43. Randwick ended their innings on 9-249.

Randwick started poorly with the ball, with Fairfield reaching 0-80 at the first drinks break. Randwick applied the pressure during the second session, with Mr Reliable Akhter Hussain finishing with 3-29 off his 10 overs. Randwick kept pegging back Fairfield, with the score at 5-150 at the next break. Unfortunately, Randwick struggled to break the 6^th wicket partnership with both batsman batting with plenty of intent. The next wicket fell at 6-220 with the game going down to the wire and Fairfield needing 10 off the final over. Unfortunately Fairfield got the chocolates on the 2^nd last ball of the game.

The boys will be looking to claw their way back into finals contention next week against Parramatta.

Adam Docos – 96

Petersham RSL 3rd Grade @ Fairfield Oval

Randwick Petersham drew Fairfield-Liverpool

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Charlie Howard

Mellick Wealth Management 4th Grade @ Coogee Oval

Randwick Petersham 184 (46.3 overs) B Chaplin 39, D Sidney 35 def. Fairfield-Liverpool 180 (50 overs) M Mariguddi

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Mandar Mariguddi

After a shock win prior to the break against Sutherland, there was a sense of belief within the 4th Grade side that had them ready to bag another six points against the Lions. After plenty of rain overnight but the sun shining on Saturday morning, the best groundsman in Sydney, Kane Campbell, had the Coogee deck in immaculate condition.

RPC won the toss and elected to bat first, with Damo Sidney (35) getting the side off to a hot start in trademark fashion. At 1/52 after 10 overs, things were looking good – but unfortunately, we started to lose a few wickets. Ben Chaplin (39) was able to steady the ship in the middle overs, while some steady contributions from Jackson Dodd (17) and Mandar Mariguddi (19) helped us to a healthy total of 184.

Things got off to a great start with the ball, as Mariguddi (6/27) was able to catch the edge of the Fairfield opener first ball – but the catch was put down. Adam Coombs (1/31 off 10) was able to shake off the heat from a rowdy bunch on the sidelines and opened the account for RPC and take the first wicket. Mariguddi didn’t have to wait long, taking the next couple of poles in his first spell. Nigel Singh (1/39 off 10) struck next, and we had Fairfield on the ropes early.

Cullen Hathurisinghe (0/24 off 10) and Liam O’Loughlin (1/21 off 8) were able to steady things in the middle, despite a solid fifth-wicket partnership for the Lions, before Mandar came back on to clean things up. There was a slight scare towards the end as the Fairfield tail-enders started swinging, but RPC were able to take the last couple of wickets and hold on to win by four runs.

The win puts RPC within striking distance of the finals picture, and with a big game against the 3rd-placed Parramatta next round, there’s a big chance to stamp their authority on the competition.

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Community Bank Clovelly Bendigo Bank 5^th Grade @ Kensington Oval

Randwick Petersham 4-188 (45.3 overs) A Syed 70*, L Takacs 54* def. Fairfield-Liverpool 8-186 (50 overs) A Ramakanth 2-33

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Azaan Syed 70* & Luke Takacs 54*

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Congratulations to Azaan Syed on making his Grade debut for RPCC in 5^th grade.

Due to the overnight rain play only commenced at 11 AM.

RPCC won the toss and decided to bowl in humid conditions on a wicket that was a bit soft due to the early morning rain and it also had a bit of grass cover which could help the medium pacers. The outfield was lush green and looked like it would get faster as the day progressed.

The RPCC medium pace bowlers were advised to keep the ball up to the bat and make the batsmen to play at the ball. The current humid conditions and soft grassy deck will do the rest.

Opening bowlers Samarpreet Singh (1 for 38 off 10) and left armer Matthew Adam (1 for 34 off 7) started off the proceedings. Matt Struck in his 1^st over with a beauty of a delivery that came back from outside off to take the opener’s middle stump. In Sam’s 2^nd over caught the other Fairfield Liverpool opener plumb in front to a ball that swung in late. Fairfield Liverpool 2 for 2 in the 3^rd over.

Left armer Freddy Whalebone (1 for 28 off 10) and Cotter Litchfield (1 for 34 off 10) bowled great lines in their first spell. Freddy struck in his 3^rd over enticing the batman to drive for Cotter to hold onto a fine catch to right in 1^st slip. Cotter then had Fairfield’s attacking number 3 batsman caught behind. Fairfield 4 for 45.

Leg spinner Atharv Ramakant (2 for 33 off 10) was brought into the attack and had the 2 Fairfield batsmen in all sorts trouble repeatedly beating them in the air with flight, turn and bounce of the wicket. Atharv’s efforts was rewarded with 2 wickets but should have had at least 3 more. Definitely the pick of the bowlers.

RPCC were right on top and looked all set to run through the lower middle order but under hot and humid conditions the Fairfield batsmen made the best of some uncharacteristic poor fielding, dropped catches and some loose bowling to score 64 runs in the last 10 overs. 2 good run outs at the end of the innings by Atharv and Matthew helped our fielding showed that our fielding could. Fairfield Liverpool 186 for 8 in 50 overs.

With the wicket a bit dryer and the ball coming onto the bat the RPCC top 5 batsmen were advised to play conservatively initially and rotate the strike. Partnerships would be the key and if we had wickets in the bank at the 35^th over we could chase 80+ runs in the last 15 overs.

Unfortunately, the RPCC’s were put under pressure early with a RPCC losing opener Armann Sidhu (0) the first ball of the innings.

Youngsters Daman Brar (7) debutant Azaan Syed (70 not out) played the next few overs cautiously and then both began stroking the ball beautifully with flicks, cuts and drives. Unfortunately a loose shot from Daman in the 10^th over trying to go over the top off midoff saw his demise when he seemed to be getting into full flow.

Cotter Litchfield (18) joined Azaan and the scoring rate picked up with both batsmen playing some cracking drives with Cotter being the dominant batsmen. Just when the Fairfield bowlers had no answer how to contain the run flow Cotter edged a short ball wide outside off which 9 times out of 10 would have been put away to the cover point boundary. RPCC 3 for 51 in 16 overs.

Next in Freddy Whalebone (21) after a very watchful start taking 13 balls to get off the mark opened up and played some beautiful pull and cut shots and brilliant running between wickets turning ;s into 2’s and 2’s int0 3’s in humid conditions. Freddy was unfortunately adjudged run out going for a 4^th run. The partnership yield 49 runs. RPCC 100 for 4 in 27 overs.

Luke Takacs (54 not out) then joined Azaan and both played sensibly leaving the wide balls, punishing the balls pitched up or on the leg stump and turning over the strike with some brilliant running between wickets. Luke was in such a dominant mood and got to his 50 in under 60 balls and in the process got RPCC to victory in the 47^th over.

It was a great team effort overall but an excellent batting display by all the top order batsmen. It was our home ground and we were not going to lose this game on our home turf.

Special mention for debutant Azaan Syed. His unbeaten 70 was filled with maturity and determination and it is really hard to think that it was only his first grade game.

It was fantastic singing the Team song in the open field.

Big thank you to Chairman of selectors Alan Wright who did everything possible to move this game to Kensington Oval when the Don Dawson was closed due to the ground being unfit for play.

Also, thank you also to all the parents who came to support the team and helped us to pack away the covers and chairs at the end of play. Also, to both Metro captains Jay Patel and Jeremy Jatzrab for all their support always helping out 5^th Grade. Really appreciate all you do.

Cartwright Insurance Brokers Metro Green @ Snape

Randwick Petersham 105 (48.2 Overs) W Dodd 26 def by North West Sydney Gold 135 (42 Overs) E Khoo 4-11, T Gibson 2-12

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Green won the toss and bowled first on a wicket that had spent most of the week under covers. Tom Gibson (2-12) bowled with pace and accuracy to get the early breakthrough, as the opposition captain chanced his arm and likely used up all his 2022 luck after being dropped twice and had the edge of the bat shaved on numerous occasions. At 1-79, the opposition captain’s luck ran out and two more wickets followed. Led by E-Young ‘Pingu’ Khoo, the Green team pegged back the opposition, and dragged back the score to keep them to 135. Pingu capped off the performance with career best figures of 4-11. Will Dodd (26) and Yuvraj Mengi (24) kept the Green team in the chase, but the experienced opposition used their nous well and squeezed the runs. The chase fizzled out with 30 runs left to get.

E-Young Khoo – 4-11

E-Young Khoo Pingu 2 - RP Gold v UNSW Kensington 2020-21

Mr Taxman Metro Gold @ DP North

Randwick Petersham 59 (28.2 overs) def by UNSW 2-60 (11.3 overs)

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UNSW won the toss and put Gold into bat. The experienced opening bowling pair put the young Gold side to the sword, before the opposition leggie cut through the middle order. 59 runs was never going to be enough, though Alvin Rajesh and Charith De Silva each picked up a wicket to ensure that UNSW didn’t have the chase entirely their way.

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