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O’Malley, Warwick score big tons PROVINCIAL By IT Gully PENINSULA Old Boys’ and Baxter stars Dylan O’Malley and Daniel Warwick continued their dominant starts to the season with a massive 154 and 141 respectively in Round 3 of Provincial cricket on Saturday. O’Malley has already chalked up over 200 runs in three hits this season with scores of 24, 46 and now 154 against Pines on the weekend. Fellow opening bat Wade Pelzer has also blasted his way into the new season with 130 run in three innings after scoring 94 against Pines. Peninsula Old Boys finished their 80 overs in excellent condition at 5/345. Matty Hyden scored 39.
Harley Parker was the best of Pines bowlers with 3/102 from 33 overs. Craig Entwhistle bowled 1.3 overs before being forced to throwing the nugget to Damien Lawrence, who finished his over. Down the road at Baxter, the Rolls Royce that is Warwick also opened the innings against Sorrento and hit 16 fours and two sixes on his way to an unbeaten 141. Warwick has 233 runs in the three innings this season after scores of 38, 54 and 141. Chris Brittain also continued his great start to the season (13, 61 and 57) with a half century before being run out and Justin Bridgeman was solid again with 43. Ben Matters came in at the end of the innings and
scored a quick fire 42, helping his side to 7/298 before declaring the innings. That declaration with four overs left in the day proved to be a master stroke with two wickets falling in the final 25 balls of the day (one no ball). Jack Falck and Mick Dunball (six) were both sent packing by Chamika Sattambi (2/7) in his opening spell for the season. Mooroduc recruit Shamith Kannangara was another who scored a ton on Saturday, this time against Pearecdale. Kannangara was a shining light for the Ducs who managed to score 8/239 against the Panthers with Ben Williams opening with 40 and Carey Sawosz scoring 33 batting at nine.
Will Kennedy bowled just 12 overs in the opening two games of the season but bowled 22 on Saturday with a return of 4/72 to be the best of the Panthers’ bowlers. Kaine Smith also snared 3/50 from 22 overs. Langwarrin has set Crib Point 241 for victory at Crib Point Reserve after scoring a competitive total on Saturday. The Kangas won the toss and batted first with Simon McEvoy and Aaron Edwards top scoring with 55 each, skipper Trav Campbell hitting 42 and Joel Bateman 37. Jacob Cook usually gives the Kangas a tough time and he was the pick of the bowlers with 2/37. Glenn Barclay and Henry Dolphin also claimed a couple of wickets each.
Mt Eliza will need to produce something strong with the ball to defend its 6/196 against Long Island. Keith Biggs top scored for the Mounties with an unbeaten 56 while Timmy Strickland offered strong support with 45 and Jordan Fuhrmann hit 38. James Paxton did a lot of work with the ball for the Islanders, bowling 26 overs and finishing with 3/68. Chris Hocking also bowled extremely well in his 26 overs, finishing with eight maidens and a return of 2/75. The Islanders faced the final three overs of the day without loss. Mornington will defend 254 against Somerville at the Eagles’ nest.
Hitting the sticks: Despite this setback, Rosebud did well with the bat getting to 9/184 against Flinders. Picture: Rab Siddhi
The Demons’ painful start continues DISTRICT By IT Gully Rye’s pain continued in round three of MPCA District cricket after losing 14 wickets in 45 overs against Mt Martha on Saturday. After a disastrous 2015-16 season which saw the Demons relegated, they have started the new season pickingup where they left off – in trouble! In just two and a half games of cricket so far this season, the Demons have lost a staggering 42 wickets for just 312 runs. On Saturday against the Reds, the Demons batted first and were rolled for just 79 in 35 overs.
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Rhys Whitling snagged five wickets for Mt Martha while Matt Travena was the highest Rye run scorer with 14. The Reds didn’t fare much better with the bat in reply. Chasing quick runs, they got themselves in a little bit of strife before eventually declaring after 35 overs at 9/115. Tom Baron and Max Cairns snared 4/49 and 4/44 respectively for Rye. That gave Mt Martha the final 10 overs of the day to eat into the Rye top order, which they successfully did taking 4/20. The evergreen Nick Christides blasted 130 for Delacombe Park as they amassed 316 against Baden Powell. In was vintage Christides who took
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to the Braves’ bowling attack with contempt as he smacked five fours and 10 sixes on his way to his century. Jon Guthrie had the best seat in the house at the other end, scoring 31 of the opening stand of 140 before he lost his wicket. The Parkers went from 0/140 to 6/230 before Evan Campbell came in at the end and hit a quick 61. The Braves faced the final four overs of the day and lost Tyson Jackson to Rob Fisher for one. The Braves will resume on day two at 1/10. Billy Quigley top scored for Rosebud with 85 runs and Matt Maher scored 41 as the home side whipped up 9/184 against Flinders.
Max Royal was the best of the Sharks’ bowlers with 3/46. A total of 12 wickets fell on the opening day of the match between Seaford Tigers and Red Hill. The Tigers batted first and were dismissed for 147 with Ash Mills top scoring with 61. Lincoln Toy helped himself to 4/35 and Glenn Collett has started the season in fine fashion, adding 2/29 to his solid start. In reply, the Hillmen wouldn’t have been happy losing 2/14 with 18-yearold Max Watters picking up 2/9 for the Tigers. Heatherhill has already won its match against Seaford. The Hills rolled Seaford for just 109
in 48.4 overs with Jon Powell collecting 3/12 off seven overs to be the pick of the Hills’ bowlers. The Hills then replied with 5/188 with Jake Theobald unbeaten on 55. The match between Boneo and Main Ridge looks in the balance on the scoreboard after day one but the Ridge have enormous batting talent. Boneo batted first after losing the toss and were bowled out for just 133. Luke Collins was the best of the Ridge bowlers with 5/36 from 19 overs while Travis Barker picked up 2/11 off four overs. The Ridge faced the last 15 overs of the day and lost 2/35.