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Under 15 White
Season 2016/17 was a very challenging one for the Whites. We began with 14 players, losing 1 seasoned player from the previous season and adding three new players to the team. The boys had a great time training and playing with their mates, and there were some solid performances from the team and individuals throughout the season.
Season Highlights:
• Attendance and fun at training – a weekly social highlight for the boys.
• The two wins against Berowra Maroon in rounds 2 and 9 – some great teamwork in the field and great knocks across the games by Ed, James S, Yash, Jonno, Louis and Jude were highlights. Also some impressive bowling by Rahul Nathan 1/7 off 2, Jonno 4/31 off 11, & Johny K.
Player Profiles:
• Jonathan Moran (co Captain)
Jonno had a great season in the co-captain role with Yash. He is maturing well as an all round cricketer and on many occasions he led from the front by accumulating a solid number of runs (240 runs @ 27av), taking 12 wickets (with a 15av) with two bests of 4/24 against Kenthurst and 4/31 against Berowra Maroon. Jonno was the well deserved recipient of the team bowling award this season - great job Jonno and well done.
• Yash Patel (co Captain)
Yash had a terrific season and worked well together with Jonno in the co-captain role. Yash is a great cricketer and was the deserved winner of the team batting award with total season runs of 213 with a 27 average. He also did brilliantly behind the stumps & in the field (9 catches, 3 stumpings and 3 runouts). Well done Yash.
• James Boulous
JB bowled consistently all season & worked really hard for his wickets. In fact, JB was one of the hardest working players in the team: always pushing himself to do the best he could. He was very unlucky at times not to go on with his batting. He took 2 hard earned wickets (best 1/11 v. Castle Hill) and was unlucky not to take more, as he consistently created chances with his deadly accurate centre stump balls. Saved loads of runs in the field and became a very good mid-wicket fieldsman this season. He is a team favourite with the boys and always supports all the boys in the team. Well done JB.
• Jude Boyle
Jude has developed into a very good batsman. He is a run-making machine and he seems to be doing it easier and easier as he matures as a player. One minute he’s on 5, next time you look up its 25, then he grabs your attention and he’s moving through 50. Jude made several brilliant knocks this season, with a best of 74 against Berowra Maroon. Jude’s wicket keeping is also getting better and better, and his bowling is very handy (6 wickets with a 17.5av). Great work Jude
• Ed Corby
Ed is quite a gifted cricketer with good technique who is shaping into a quality player. His batting came along well this season with a top score of 25 against Berowra Maroon in round 2. We’d like to see Ed open up a bit more, some of his best batting came from knocks where he batted fluently. His off spin bowling was always exceptional (10 wickets @ 22.8av), with his best bowling of 3/17 against Kenthurst in round 7. He selflessly opened the batting for the majority of the season – well done Ed.
• Rahul Das
Rahul was one of our new players. He had a slow start to the season but ended up being a solid contributor in the field. He top scored with a knock of 10 against Castle Hill that was very handy against some quality bowling. Always put a solid effort in the field and his ground fielding improved as a result. Needs to get into the nets in the off-season and practice his batting and bowling – could be the sleeper for next season.
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