Page 19 - West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club Yearbook 2017-18

So Hornsby are 2 for 24 off 20 overs today. We’re hoping to take some early wickets to continue the pressure and hopefully get the reward.
Day 2
WPHC 162 defeated Hornsby 81
Day 2 was supposed to be 40 degrees heat with blustery winds from the north. We bowled 20 overs in the first session without getting a wicket. John Rose had a belief that their second main batter was susceptible to LBW. He bowled according and achieved that LBW in the 21st over on Day 2 with Hornsby on 3 for 48. That batter has hit over 600 runs this season and prior to getting out had hit 32 runs.
This was the highest score from a Hornsby batter in this match. We now had Hornsby’s two best batters out. This strengthened our resolve and we upped the pressure by bringing in two fielders close to the pitch and batter. The bowlers bowled a really good line and length throughout the remainder of the match with only 13 sundries conceded. The next batter retired hurt when John Rose connected with that batters arm with him only scoring 3 runs. He did not return to the field.
The Opposition seemed to despair about this time and never really managed to bat that well from this point onwards.
They lost a further two wickets with John Rose and Captain Mike taking one each. At the 29th over of Day 2 Hornsby were 5 for 56 and struggling to deal with very good pace bowling from Ben Kinchington and John Rose and the slower bowling of Nirav Desai, Wanam Tamhankar and Captain Mike.
Nirav was bowling a difficult length and our substitute fielder Tim ”Nathan Lyons” Worthington managed to stretch his frame over the pitch and take a superb low lying catch on the pitch. So we had Hornsby at 6 for 63. Ben Kinchington managed to get a LBW against the Hornsby captain who had scored 6 runs. We finally managed to get the last two batsmen when John Rose trapped the 8th batsmen LBW for 9 runs and Nirav Desai got the last batsmen for a duck with Luke Christensen holding the catch after juggling it several times as the wicket keeper.
Luke Christensen did a fantastic job of wicket keeping today. As the retired batsmen did not come out to bat Hornsby conceeded the match with the loss of 9 wickets for 81 runs. So the match ended after 48 overs on Day 2 and 68 overs in total. Further Hornsby decided not to put us back in to bat. John Rose took 4 for 10 off 16 overs. Captain Mike took 2 for 12 off 11 overs and Nirav Desai took 2 for 22 off 14 overs.
Ian Williams, Thiru Pukazthenthi and Parin Pillamarri fielded diligently all day stopping numerous runs. A big thank you to Steve Quanborough and Tim Worthington who were substitute fielders throughout both days and were instrumental in cutting down so many runs going towards boundaries.
Captain Mike, Ben Kinchington and Tim Worthington are blood relatives which makes this match winning premiership very special. What a fantastic result considering that we had two players Wanam Tamhankar and John Rose with fractures in their hands, Brent Van Wck suffering from blood poisoning and Ian Williams sleep deprived from the birth of his first newborn baby mid week.
Well a premiership in D2 with a wait of some 12 years since the last. Also the only premiership in the senior club for 2018.
All I can say is that the ‘drop kicks’ did well. A fantastic result due to the combined efforts of all our players who brought determination, fortitude, true grit and discipline to every game this season including the last seven which we won. Well done lads.
Team – Nirav Desai, Luke Christensen, Ben Kinchington, Mike Kinchington (C), Parin Pillmarri, Thiru Pukazhenthi, John Rose, Steve Quanborough, Waman Tamhankar, Brent Van Wck, Ian Williams.
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