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CENTRAL COAST U18s COLTS ON THEIR WAY TO QUEANBEYAN FOR A WEEK OF REP CRICKET
The Central Coast Colts will today depart for Queanbeyan to compete in the Country Cricket NSW Colts Country Championship.
The four day carnival will see all seven Country Zones plus ACT play a mixture 50 over and T20 matches commencing tomorrow.
The Central Coast will open their campaign on Monday with a 50 over match against Greater Illawarra. Tuesday will see a T20 double header with Newcastle the opponents in the morning followed by Central North in the afternoon. Further 50 over matches against Western Zone on Wednesday and Riverina on Thursday will round out the carnival.
The team with the most points at the end of the carnival will be declared the winner.
Central Coast last won the carnival in 2019/20.
The Central Coast are confident of a strong showing under the leadership of Kincumber Avoca, allrounder, Bailey Lidgard.
Central Coast Representative Chairman, Trevor Allison is happy with the squad that has been selected.
“The squad is well balanced with the majority of the team playing in 1st Grade competitions” Allison said.
“The carnival is a great opportunity for the players to test themselves against the best Under 18’s players in Country NSW and a strong performance by the team will give individuals the opportunity to press for higher honours”. He added.
All matches will be livestreamed via the MyCricket App (Central Coast Zone) with scores also able to be viewed HERE
For more information or comment, contact Mr Garry Burkinshaw, CCCA Chairman on 0400 987 844.
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CENTRAL COAST READY TO FACE NEWCASTLE IN THE McDONALD’S COUNTRY CRICKET NSW MEN’S COUNTRY CRIKCET FINAL THIS SUNDAY
7 December 2022
The Central Coast will be hoping to taste success for the first time when they take on Newcastle in the final of the McDonalds Country Cricket NSW Men’s Country Cricket Final this Sunday at Newcastle No 1 Sportsground.
Whilst Central Coast have yet to hold the Country Championship trophy aloft, their opponents are having won it a record 18 times including the last three years. Despite not having won the trophy Central Coast are no stranger to the finals having reached the final match on four occasions in the last 8 years.
Central Coast reached the finals by winning their Pool in Orange a fortnight ago and will be entering the final with the knowledge that their best cricket is equal to anyone in the competition including the powerhouse, Newcastle.
They will welcome back star all-rounder, Simon Keen for the final and his experience and strength through the middle order with bat as well as with the ball will certainly be an added bonus.
Jake Hardy was a standout in Orange with the bat averaging 112, opening the batting including an unbeaten 122 and a 94. He will receive excellent support from skipper Broc Hardy who has been in outstanding form this season whilst Brett Russell, Callum Rainger and Tom Owen will provide strength through the middle order whilst Harry Woodhead showed in Orange that he can “bomb” them late in the innings.
Central Coast’s strength though is undoubtedly with the ball and Newcastle will no doubt look to take down this strength from the start. Opening bowlers Alex Patterson and Scott Burkinshaw will have an important role to play and if they can get some early wickets this will expose the Newcastle middle order to the Central Coast’s main threat, their left arm spin cartel. Veteran, Chris Archer has been a standout performer at this level for in excess of 10 years and why he
only has represented NSW Country at two carnivals is anyone’s guess. Newcastle is aware of Archer’s influence and will look to dominate him. This year Archer has a very accomplished partner in Conner Haddow. The English native has excellent credentials and was a standout in
Orange taking 11 wickets including 7/24 in the final match against ACT. Youngster Tom Owen rounds out the cartel and whilst still learning his craft has the ability to take important wickets as is the skipper Hardy who has the knack of picking up wickets with his off spinners.
On paper this match looks to be very even contest but we all know matches, let alone finals are not won on paper and it is the team that wins the big moments on Sunday that will take home the spoils.
The match commences at 10am and if you can’t make it to Newcastle you can watch all the action live via the MyCricket App (Central Coast Cricket Zone) or you can follow the live scores
at https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/org/country-cricket-nsw/summer202223/mcdonalds-male-country-championships/game-centre/5866d65c
For more information or comment, contact Mr Garry Burkinshaw, CCCA Chairman on 0400 987 844.
Central Coast Squad – images below
Broc Hardy © (The Entrance), Kobe Allison (The Entrance), Chris Archer (Northern Power), Scott Burkinshaw (Lisarow Ourimbah), Ross Forrester (Lisarow Ourimbah), Conner Haddow (The Entrance), Jake Hardy (The Entrance), Simon Keen (The Entrance), Tom Owen (Narara Wyoming), Alex Patterson (Terrigal Matcham), Callum Rainger (Wyong), Brett Russell (Warnervale), Harry Woodhead (Kincumber Avoca); John Rainger (Coach), Richard Mear (Manager)
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BIG WINS AND REGRETABLE LOSSES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR CENTRAL COAST CRICKETERS
5 December 2022
From U12s through to Over 40s Masters and every age in between, it was a big weekend for cricket as we scream towards the holiday break.
Our Junior rep teams all worked hard and put in a lot of effort, but unfortunately no wins on Sunday.
After a great win under lights on Saturday in the Country Cricket U16 Bradman Cup, Central Coast 135 went down North Coastal 177. Jaylen Johnson had another great day, 34 off 59 incl 3 x 4s, and Zachery Graham was the best with the ball 2 for 10 off 6.
In the U12 Foster Shield elimination final match against C&WSCA at McEvoy Oval, Central Coast finished 8/116 while C&WSCA chased that down with an over to go, finished 5/117. Kye Holt led the way with the bat 35 off 98 balls, with wickets to Tiernan Barnes, Joshua Smeulders and Reese Bridger.
Our U17 Watson Shield team faced Blacktown Blue, all out for 202 while Bankstown finished 8/203 in the second last over. Alex Cutting was the stand out batter, not out 66 off 114 balls incl 5 x 4s. Liam Roche 4 for 49 off 10 overs.
The Over 40 Men’s Masters comp was a great day of classic cricket!
The Entrance 239 defeated Wyong 9/81. Dane Stevenson 63 of 40 with 4 x 4s and 2 x 6s. Scott Allardice bowled 3 for 17 off 7 overs.
Kincumber Avoca 7/246 defeated Brisbane Water 157. Shout out to Kincumber’s Shaun Robertson 43 not out off 43 balls incl 3 x 4s and Brett Hanson 3 for 18 off 7 overs. BW’s Lee Maraga 3 for 35 off 7 overs and Paul Mayles 47 not out off 44 balls incl 8 x 4s.
Narara Wyoming 3/111 defeated Warnervale 110. Narara’s Peter Cross retired 43 off 25 balls with 7 x 4s and 1 x 6. Bowler of note Gareth Walsh 3 for 16 off 7 overs.
Southern Spirit 119 was defeated by Terrigal Matcham 2/122. Scott Bratley retired 40 off 59 balls including 3 x 4s AND bowled 2 for 19 off 5 overs.
Northern Power v Lisarow Ourimbah – technical difficulties, results to be confirmed.
On Saturday, it was Day 2 of Round 4 of the Diggers The Entrance Men’s 1st Grade comp…
Southern Spirit 220 defeated Wyong 219. Top batter from today was Mitchell Fiddock 79 off 160, including 10x 4s. In the bowling Lachlan Rainger took 4 for 38 off 18 overs.
Ladder leaders The Entrance finished 288, defeating Warnervale 89 and 5/129. Warnervale’s Martin Graham 50 off 113 balls including 5 x 4s and 1 x 6 while The Entrance’s Simon Keen 4 for 26 off 13 overs and Conner Haddow managed 3 for 17 off 13 overs in the first innings and 3 for 31 off 20 overs in the second innings.
Terrigal Matcham 225 defeated Lisarow Ourimbah 101 and 3 for 106. Ross Forrester 41 off 117 with 5 x 4s and 1 x 6. Bowling credit to Josh Bridge 3 for 15 off 9.
Brisbane Water 256 defeated Narara Wyoming 133 and 1/77. Batting shout out to Aras Baird 45 off 67 with 3 x 4s and 1 x 6. Alex Searle bowled 4 for 16 off 6.2 overs.
Kincumber Avoca 9-d/252 defeated Northern Power 10/68 and 4/68. Jordan Liddle from NP 62 off 94 balls with 10 x 4s, Kincumber’s Baily Lidgard also finished with 62 off 53 balls with 4 x 4s and 2x 6s. Bowlers of note include Joshua Abel 4 for 53 off 21.3 overs and Bryce Birks 4 for 33 off 16 overs.
In round 8 of the ibis Styles The Entrance Women’s 1st Grade competition…
Terrigal Matcham 3/65 defeated Wyong 6/63. Wyong’s Arlya Leard scored a huge 41 off 25 balls including 6 x 4s, while Grace Dignam again impressed with 33 not out off 15 balls including 5 x 4s and bowled 2 for 13 off 4 overs.
Narara Wyoming 4/69 defeated Kincumber Avoca 5/67. Sophie McCrae top scored 25 not out off 35 balls including 4 x 4s. Laura Mercer from Kincumber Avoca took 2 for 12 off 3 overs and Narara’s Rebekah Stevens took 2 for 6 off 3 overs.
Northern Power 7/133 was defeated by Lisarow Ourimbah 2/179. Northern Power’s Emma Raychaudhuri 54 not out off 40 balls with a huge 11 x 4s, and Lisarow’s Molly Kidd 44 not out off 30 balls including 8 x 4s. Bowling stand out Jess Holmes took 3 for 21 off 3 overs.
For more information or comment, contact Mr Garry Burkinshaw, CCCA Chairman on 0400 987 844.
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Three big releases from the weekend’s rounds…
Central Coast now in the FINAL for the McDonalds Country Cricket NSW Men’s Country Championships, our Junior reps also had some big wins on Sunday and a wrap up of very impressive weekend for women’s 1st grade.
https://centralcoastsports.com.au/cricket/PDF/281122_mcdonalds_cup.pdf
https://centralcoastsports.com.au/cricket/PDF/281122_junior_reps.pdf
https://centralcoastsports.com.au/cricket/PDF/281122_womens.pdf
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BIG RESULTS AFTER A HUGE WEEKEND OF CRICKET
Plenty of action across the weekend led to big wins and sorry losses, but that’s the way the cricket ball rolls…
Big First Grade matches on Saturday, backed up by Junior Reps and Round One of the Glen Rowlands Shield One Day Competition.
Here’s what you missed…
FIRST GRADE
Round 4 of the Diggers The Entrance Men’s 1st Grade competition commenced with a number of matches evenly poised after Day 1.
At Rogers Park, Southern Spirit will resume Day 2 at 2/78 having dismissed Wyong for 219. Winning the toss and batting, Wyong had a mixed batting card with Jack Harris 77 (74 balls 7 x4s and 5 x 6s), Corne Botes 53 and Callum Rainger 34 (5 x 4s, 1 x 6) all getting amongst the runs whilst four batsmen failed to trouble the scorer. Lachlan Bull and Jaylen Johnston were the pick of the Southern Spirit bowlers each taking four wickets.
Southern Spirit have made a solid start to their chase and Mitch Fiddock 25 and Zane Smith 22 will take up the chase on Day 2.
Ladder leaders The Entrance again flexed their batting muscle before Simon Keen turned back the clock late on the day to have Warnervale facing an uphill battle on Day 2.
Winning the toss and batting at Woongarrah Oval all The Entrance batters, bar one, reached double figures as they were dismissed for 288 in the 69th over. It was a Hardy fest with Jake 67, Broc 55 and Ash 48 all amongst the runs along with Shaun Byfield who made a well compiled 44. Overseas recruit Max Chappell stood out with ball for a Warnervale attack which worked tirelessly all day. Chappell took 5.63 off 14.1 overs with his off-spinners whilst new ball bowler Daniel Watson took 3 for 67.
Batting late in the day the Warnervale top order had no answer to Keen and they slumped to 4/13 before Grant Robertson 12 and Chris Sheppeard 11 were able to negotiate safely through to stumps with the score at 4/29. Keen was superb taking 4/17 off 7 overs.
Kincumber Avoca will require another 181 runs to take the points against 2nd placed Northern Power at Harry Moore Oval.
Winning the toss and batting, Northern Power were dismissed for 201, after being 4/156 and then losing their last four wickets for just 2 runs. Jordan Liddle was the pick of the batters with 62 whilst Ben Gillies 34, Mathew Clarke 30, Jeremy O’Connell 29 and Josh Abel 27 all got starts. Fresh from his ten wickets in 2nd Grade last week Bryce Birks was again amongst the wickets taking 4/33 whilst skipper Dane Heuston was also effective with his left arm spin taking 4/42. Michael Pate was his miserly self, conceding just 24 runs off his 16 overs removing both openers in the process. Kincumber Avoca safely negotiated their way to stumps finishing on 0/20.
At Duffys Rd, Terrigal Matcham have their nose slightly in front of Lisarow Ourimbah after Day 1.
Batting first after winning the toss, Lloyd Radcliffe set the platform for the Bellbirds falling just 11 runs short of a well-deserved century. His 89 runs came off 143 balls with 16 boundaries. Chris Brown 26 and allrounder Josh Bridge 23 were the next best. Magpies skipper Ben Sunshine continued his excellent form with the ball taking 4/47 off 17 overs with Dan Thompson 3/34 and Ben Doyle 2/45 (19 overs) others to perform well with the ball.
Lisarow Ourimbah lost both openers before stumps and will resume Day 2 on 2/32 with overseas recruit Ross Forrester required to lead the chase, currently unbeaten on 12.
In the final game, Brisbane Water put in their best batting performance of the season to have the upper hand against Narara Wyoming at Fagans Park.
As will all other games Brisbane Water elected to bat first after winning the toss and put on 55 for the 1st wicket before Brad Brown was dismissed for 20. Shaun Eaton continued his good recent form reaching 58 before being dismissed by the left arm spin of Tom Owen. The match was evenly poised at 7/187 before Lewis Cavender and Eric Den Hartog put on a partnership of 69 for the 9th wicket. Cavender was in a belligerent mood being last man dismissed for 86 which was made off just 74 balls and included 7 fours and 6 sixes. The Bluetongues innings finished in the 75th over with the score on 256. With the Fagans Park wicket favouring spin all year it was no surprise that skipper James Smith and Owen did the majority of the bowling. Owen finished with 5/74 off 28.1 overs and Smith 3/99 off 26 overs.
Former NSW Country bowler Den Hartog took two Narara Wyoming wickets prior to stumps, however veteran bat Peter Cross ensured Brisbane Water did not have things all their own way reaching 33 not out at stumps and he will be pivotal in the run chase on Day 2 when the Lions resume at 2/39.
In a peculiar twist Day 2 will be played in a fortnight as both 1st & 2nd Grade have the weekend off next with the Central Coast representative side competing in the McDonalds Country Cricket NSW Country Championships in Orange commencing on Friday.
Round Six of the @iibis Styles The Entrance , Women’s 1st Grade competition saw wins to the top three teams, Terrigal Matcham, Northern Power and Lisarow Ourimbah all record victories.
In the Match of the Round Northern Power were able to see off a determined Wyong outfit by just 12 runs at Taylor Park.
After being sent into bat, Northern Power through Bec Callan 47 not out (25 balls 4 x 4s, 3 x 6s), Emma Raychaudhuri 34 retired and Crystal Osborne 29 not out were able to reach 1/158 off their 20 overs.
In response, Wyong challenged the competitive total all the way however despite their best efforts finished their 2o overs at 7/146. Arlya Leard continued her excellent season finishing unbeaten on 45 (31 balls 8 fours) with her sister Ebonnie Leard 23 and skipper Chantelle Logan 21 the next best. Northern Powers fielding was a highlight with four run outs.
Lisarow Ourimbah relished their first opportunity to play at Sohier Park, but were made to work hard before overcoming Kincumber Avoca by 5 wickets.
Kincumber Avoca finished their 20 overs at 4/88 after winning the toss and electing to bat first. Skipper Sophie McCrae continued her excellent season at the top of the order leading from the front before retiring at 27 with Heidi Cullen 17 and Veronica Brown 16 all providing good support.
In response, Sophie Karczmarz, 23 retired and Rachel Scarr 24 got the Magpies off to a great start putting on 37 however the loss of three quick wickets in the middle of the innings gave Kincumber Avoca a sniff of victory before skipper Amy Cunningham put the game to bed finishing unbeaten on 12. Youngster Narthana Sivasampavan was the star with the ball taking 3/26 from her four overs whilst McCrae rounded out a good match conceding just 7 runs off her 4 overs.
In the final game, ladder leaders showed no mercy on Narara Wyoming with a convincing win at Umina Oval.
Terrigal Matcham young gun Tara French, fresh from her recent selection in both the NSW Country U19 and NSW CHS side, dominated the match with both bat and ball.
With the ball she took 4/11 off her 4 overs and also took a catch as Narara Wyoming were dismissed for 49. Ella Bridge was also amongst the wickets with 3/8 off 3.4 overs.
With the bat French was equally as devastating scoring an unbeaten 30 off 18 balls with 3 fours and a six as her and Ava Drury 17 were able to pass the Narara Wyoming score without loss.
SUNDAY – THE GLEN ROWLANDS SHIELD ONE DAY COMP PLUS JUNIOR REPS
Round One of the highly contested Everything Sports Glen Rowlands Shield One Day Comp ended like this…
Warnervale 5/140 defeated Wyong all out for 139. Jack Harris 42 off 37 balls including 7 x 4s, Max Chappell 4/17 off 7.4 overs.
Kincumber Avoca 9/151 defeated Brisbane Water all out for 117. Will Byrne 45 off 56 balls, 3 x 4s and 3 x 6s. Bryce Birkes 2/17 off six overs.
Northern Power 8/105 defeated Lisarow Ourimbah all out for 77. Ben Yeates 26 off 63 balls including 2 x4s. Jeremy O’Connell took 4 for 16 off five overs.
Southern Spirit 6/86 defeated The Entrance all out for 84. Daniel Friend 26 not out off 39 balls including 3 x 4s. Mitchell Starkey took 4 for 28 off 8 overs.
Click for the detailed scorecards
JUNIORS!
Our Junior rep update…
U12 Foster Shield – Well done! Central Coast 125 defeated PJCA 115. Shout outs to Jordan Gunter 48 off 111 balls including 2 x 4s and bowling credit to Max Melvin 3 for 25 off 8 overs.
U17 Watson Shield – Central Coast unfortunately all out for 67, defeated by Eastern Suburbs 0/68. Great effort from Jaylen Johnston 19 off 34 balls including 3 x 4s.
Results and updates are available in real time on the MyCricket app or on PlayHQ.