West End Men’s 4th Grade

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Feb 262018
 
4th Grade v Prospect, Day 1:

We lost the toss and were sent in with the overcast conditions making a bowl tempting. After falling to 2/10 early, Jack Konnis and Nick Mosey set about repairing the innings. Jack fell for 20, while Nick continued on from his Round 3 form (his last hit he says) to post another 50. The day belonged to Adam Clements however, scoring a quick 111 and hitting the bowling to all parts. Dylan Mosey played a key supporting role to make 39 batting around Adam and our bowlers.

We were bowled out for 251, giving us 5 overs to bowl. We took 1 wicket for the night, which fell in odd fashion as the batter attempted to loft Adam over his head before becoming stranded with his partner at the bowler’s end looking for a second.

West End Men’s 4th Grade Round 11

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Feb 202018
 

Day 1
Today was a good day for the 4th Grade, with first innings points already secured. With some rain clouds around, we won the toss and bowled first. Our openers bowled tight and when Nick Holmes made the breakthrough after about 12 overs, the pressure paid off and Holmes quickly had three more. Liam Greber took the ball from Nick’s end and took 4 of his own bowling tight in-swing, Nick got a run out and came back later to get his fifth. This impressive display from Liam and Nick, supported by the tight bowling of Adam, left West Torrens all out for 81 at afternoon tea.

Our batting innings started slowly as our openers got settled. Unfortunately, D-Sub got run out just as he was looking a bit more confident. Jack Konnis was joined by Hamish Porter and they put on 125 together, accelerating as they approached the target and beyond. Jack was eventually dismissed for about 80, while Hamish made his first senior fifty just before stumps and is not out. We finished the day at 3/153, leaving us in a strong position for a potentially valuable outright to be set up next week.

Day 2
 Having already secured first innings points last week, we batted on planning to bat for about 10 overs and aiming to add 60 to our lead. Adam Clements made this target look easy, reaching his 50 inside the fifth over of the day (he was 5* overnight!). Adam was hitting anyone and anything over the boundary, and looked brilliant. Jordan Leiman, in his first game for the season, joined in the party for a quickfire 20. We declared our innings closed after Adam and Jordan both got out, and we were 6/229. This meant we had added 76 in just 7 overs.

Bowling for the outright took a bit more patience than the first innings. Nick Holmes was once again one of the key destroyers, taking the first 3. After Holmes’ spell West Torrens appeared to shut up shop, and this worked well for them, reaching 3/30 after about 30 overs for tea. After tea they strangely started playing more shots (no complaints here), and D Sub helped himself to a five wicket haul with his typically consistent leg spin. Caleb bobbed up for his first senior wicket and Holmes took another one late to finish with 9 wickets and a run out for the match. West Torrens were all out for 100, giving us the outright victory that could be crucial come finals time. Prior to this week we were in a vulnerable position in 4th, with 4 teams within a game of passing us into the finals, but today’s result could lift us to third depending on other results.

West End Men’s 4th Grade Round 11

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Feb 122018
 

4th Grade v West Torrens: Day 1

Today was a good day for the 4th Grade, with first innings points already secured. With some rain clouds around, we won the toss and bowled first. Our openers bowled tight and when Nick Holmes made the breakthrough after about 12 overs, the pressure paid off and Holmes quickly had three more. Liam Greber took the ball from Nick’s end and took 4 of his own bowling tight in-swing, Nick got a run out and came back later to get his fifth. This impressive display from Liam and Nick, supported by the tight bowling of Adam, left West Torrens all out for 81 at afternoon tea.

Our batting innings started slowly as our openers got settled. Unfortunately, D-Sub got run out just as he was looking a bit more confident. Jack Konnis was joined by Hamish Porter and they put on 125 together, accelerating as they approached the target and beyond. Jack was eventually dismissed for about 80, while Hamish made his first senior fifty just before stumps and is not out. We finished the day at 3/153, leaving us in a strong position for a potentially valuable outright to be set up next week.

West End Men’s 4th Grade

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Jan 222018
 
4th Grade Report: v TTG Day 1
Today didn’t go the way of the 4th Grade from the start of the day. With rain soaking the pitch overnight, and more threatening, both captains were looking to bowl. Unfortunately, after a delayed start, we lost the toss (with more rain sprinkling). Jack Konnis and young Campbell Watts battled through the most challenging period, dealing with slow tennis ball bounce off a good length. Once our opening partnership was broken, steady wickets fell as batters struggled in the conditions. At 4/50-odd at tea, we hoped the worst of the conditions were past, and Oliver Harms came out swinging afterwards reaching 21. Fred McClure offered some resistance at the end, before branching out chasing more runs on his way to around 20. We were eventually bowled out just past 100, giving us 7 overs at them to finish.

We went out hoping for more of the same from the pitch, but the sun had dried the pitch out and their batters were able to take advantage of the attacking fields set, reaching 50 no wickets down.

For a young team (the oldest being just 20), the conditions proved too tough to adjust to, with many wickets falling to catches in front of the wicket. We still have runs in the bank to come out and defend next week, albeit not as many as we would like, and a possible outright result could be set up.

 
Day 2
Trying to take 10/50 to win the game was always going to be a challenge, but the flat hard wicket we were presented with was not the minefield we were dreaming of. Unfortunately we were also forced to play with an older ball as our new ball was sent into the pond early in the day. Our openers bowled well, restricting the scoring and finally getting our first breakthrough when Jack Konnis tried to swallow a catch at gully. TTG never looked like they intended to bat themselves into a position for an outright, which was disappointing as it made for a pretty boring day in the field. They slowly approached our score until just before the tea break, passing us three down. Fred took three quick wickets around the tea break, including a sharp caught and bowled that will leave a reminder on Fred’s chest, and when Dylan Silvy dismissed their opener for 70-something the game was called.

On any other day, taking 5/100 in a day’s play would have put us in a good position, however this time around we didn’t have enough runs on the board. If both teams had been faced with the same conditions, then maybe it would have been a different story but, as they say, that’s cricket.

West End Men’s 4th grade Round 9

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Jan 152018
 
4th Grade Report: v TTG Day 1
Today didn’t go the way of the 4th Grade from the start of the day. With rain soaking the pitch overnight, and more threatening, both captains were looking to bowl. Unfortunately, after a delayed start, we lost the toss (with more rain sprinkling). Jack Konnis and young Campbell Watts battled through the most challenging period, dealing with slow tennis ball bounce off a good length. Once our opening partnership was broken, steady wickets fell as batters struggled in the conditions. At 4/50-odd at tea, we hoped the worst of the conditions were past, and Oliver Harms came out swinging afterwards reaching 21. Fred McClure offered some resistance at the end, before branching out chasing more runs on his way to around 20. We were eventually bowled out just past 100, giving us 7 overs at them to finish.

We went out hoping for more of the same from the pitch, but the sun had dried the pitch out and their batters were able to take advantage of the attacking fields set, reaching 50 no wickets down.

For a young team (the oldest being just 20), the conditions proved too tough to adjust to, with many wickets falling to catches in front of the wicket. We still have runs in the bank to come out and defend next week, albeit not as many as we would like, and a possible outright result could be set up.

West End Men’s 4th Grade Round 5

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Nov 262017
 
Day 1, Electing to bat first at St Clair, the D Grade got off to a good start. Chapman, Konnis, and Subramaniam all found plenty of gaps in the field and ran well. 1/66 at the halfway point gave us a good platform to build from. When Sub fell for 22, Michael Silvy came to the crease, playing his first senior Kensi game since the early nineties. In fact, Chappy was the only member of the team to be alive during his last Kensi performance. Silvy struck them beautifully, and raced to a half-century, finishing with a very quick 64, including 10 fours and a six. Chapman was the rock of the innings with a composed 48. Wickets in hand allowed the batsman at the end to bat with confidence, White (16*) and Nick Holmes (26*) combining for a partnership of 44 off just 19 balls. The team finished on 5/212.

Darcy Hunkin (6 overs, 1/10) got the first wicket after a tight opening spell from himself and Holmes (8 overs, 1/35). Woodville tried to accelerate but Steven Tanti was unplayable. He looked like he was bowling on a different pitch, getting plenty of bounce and zip. Steven finished on 2/15 from his 6 overs. Silvy returned to the bowling crease with a wicket, whilst Liam Greber bowled well at the end of the innings to take 3/31 in just his second senior game. Woodville never really got close to the total, finishing 8/177. A good win for the D Grade after an up and down start to the season.

West End Men’s 4th Grade Round 4

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Nov 132017
 

Day 1, Not a lot to speak about in what was a tough day for the D’s, despite starting a couple of fielders short our early bowlers restricted the runs well. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get a breakthrough. Glenelg were 0/100 after 40 overs at Tea.

From there, their batsmen accelerated and played very well to lift the scoring rate. Eventually, Ingram broke through to break the opening stand after more than 60 overs. The scoring continued despite some strong efforts with the ball. Liam Greber got his first senior wicket after bowling well all day, whilst Hunkin also claimed a late one. The damage was already done though, and Glenelg finished the day 3 wickets down, with a score in excess of 370. It leaves a tough chase for the boys next week.

West End Men’s 4th Grade Round 3

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Nov 052017
 

Day 1
It was a spectacular day of cricket at Col Waite for the D Grade. Year 12 student Hamish Porter won the toss in his first game as D Grade captain, and we had a bat first. Wickets fell early, but Konnis was solid with 28. His wicket saw the Mosey boys come to the crease together. With Nick pulled out of retirement by a lack of available players. The brothers batted together for the first time, and were working beautifully as a pair when D Mosey fell for 16, a partnership of 68. Nick Mosey continued on, smacking the ball to all parts of the ground in a spectacular knock from a man who hadn’t picked up a cricket bat in 2 years. Nick had strong support from Vivian (16) and N. Holmes (15), but there was no mistaking that he was in control. Nick hit 7 sixes and 20 fours on his way to a spectacular score of 145. Certainly a handy innings from the late call-up.

After N Mosey fell, the team found itself in a bit of trouble, but a mature knock from the young skipper H. Porter (33) was vital to draining the momentum from the Port Adelaide bowlers. The tail put on 46 runs for the last 4 wickets, and batted out a good number of overs to tire out the opposition. Ingram was the last wicket to fall, he referred to his terrible swipe as a “tactical declaration” in hindsight. The D’s finished with 272, Port had 15 overs to bat.

N Mosey 145
H Porter 33
J Konnis 28

A pair of peaches from Nick Holmes and Darcy Hunkin saw the openers removed quickly. Their number 3 was looking to play shots, but Darcy had other ideas. The 16 year-old in his second senior game unleashed a devastating spell of left arm bowling that decimated the Port line-up. Darce knocked the number 3’s leg stump out of the ground, before hitting middle with his very next ball. Facing a hat-trick ball, the Port batsman decided to attack, and charged down the wicket. Darcy struck him on the pad, and got his hatrick. A fantastic effort, but it didn’t stop there. Darce stuck again in his next over to claim 5-for. The opposition clearly rattled by his in-swingers, 4 of his wickets were LBW, rare for a left-armer. Not to be outdone Holmesy got another two wickets and Darce finished off his age-mandated spell of 6 overs by knocking over another one.

Port finished the day on 9/29 after 14 overs, an incredible effort by the boys, especially Darcy. 6-for, including a hat-trick in his second senior game, all at age 16. A beautiful spell of bowing.
Hunkin: 6 overs, 6-4.
Holmes: 7 overs, 3-24

An amazing day of cricket. The team will be hoping that they can skittle them again next week to claim a strong outright win.   Kensington 10/272. Port Adelaide 9/29

Day 2
The D Grade came in to day 2 in a fantastic position. Despite being a bowler down due to uni exams, they were confident they could get the job done. It was an odd start to the day. With one of Port Adelaide’s not out batsmen getting lost on his way to the ground, on the second week of the match. The umpires instructed Kensi to take the field, and after 3 minutes, the batsman was timed out and the innings was over.

Hamish put them back in to bat again, still 243 in front with a whole day to bowl. Any doubts that Darcy Hunkin was just a one-week wonder were quickly destroyed as the left-armer took 3 early wickets, aided by 1 from Nick Holmes. A couple of their batsmen looked to settle, but 2 wickets to Ingram and H. Porter, as well as an excellent run-out from the boundary by Sam Vivian knocked down any chance of an unlikely comeback.

Darcy picked up another wicket late to finish with 10 for the match. An extraordinary effort. Port were all out for 61 in the second innings, giving the D Grade the win by an innings and 182 runs before tea on Day 2, a comprehensive result. Well done to skipper Hamish Porter, who made 33, took 2 wickets, and captained well despite being a fielder short all day. Nick Mosey for his blistering knock of 145. An of course to Darcy who put in a special bowling performance to finish with 10 for the match.

A great win, the D’s will look to continue to build for the rest of the season.

West End Men’s 4th Grade Round 2

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Oct 222017
 
The D Grade played up at Col Waite oval and bowled first. An experienced batsman got on top of us early before Daniel Subramaniam (8 overs, 0/25), Seb Porter (8 overs, 2/36) and Hamish Porter (8 overs, 3/25, 1 run out) tightened things up and got us back into a good position. East Torrens scored some key boundaries late to reach 6/216 from their 40 overs. Jack Konnis (53), in his first senior game and Dan Subramaniam (43) in a rare appearance at the top of the order, got the team off to a great start. The pair were exceptionally composed in the middle, and took us to 0/90 at the halfway mark, leaving us about a run-a-ball to get from there. Unfortunately, Konnis fell straight after drinks, and the scoring stagnated. This meant that the later players had to come in and swing hard, but we had about as much luck as the bloke we spotted trying to fish in the creek. We lost 10/40 to be all out for 130, well short of the total. The opening stand, the fielding, and the bowling of the Daniel, Hamish, and Seb are all positives to take out of the disappointing loss.