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undefeated all season only to lose the Grand Final after a 100 run 10th wicket partnership by the opposition.
The lesson from this is that the longer a winning and losing sequence the closer a Team gets to breaking the cycle.
Postscript:
The boys went on to win the B1 Grand Final and be back-to-back Premiers.
Photo: Our B1 Premiers 2024/25 @ Parklands Oval 16 March 2025.
Lightning strikes twice
There are very few Tied games in a season but spare a thought for the C4 Reds (Ross) who tied their game against ARL. What makes this remarkable is that this is the Reds second Tie against the same Team in the same season. He is the Match Report from the Reds Skipper (Ross S):
“In round 1 WPH C4 Reds played ARL, a 1 day game at Campbell Park. The game ...ARL 10/186, batting second WPH Reds 9/186 after 35. Match tied. Skipper’s first ever tie in 50 plus years of playing club cricket.
Round 10 vs ARL again, a 1 day game at Foxglove. The game ...ARL 9/201, batting second WPH Reds 7/201 after 35. Match tied....
Same opposition, a second tie in the same season. Gotta be an unwanted Club record....
But that’s not all. On both occasions the same batter facing the last ball....Anand Sadasivam. In game 1, despite messages and vocalisation from the team he blocked out 3 balls in the 35th over thinking if we lost his wicket we lost the game as we were 9 down....the team won’t let him forget that....
So today, Round 10 guess who is batting. Anand again facing, scores tied. This time he is well aware of the situation. Last ball...single all that is needed, tries to play the ball past short cover into a gap, but fielder dives and takes a brilliant 1 handed catch .....match tied again....chances same batter involved in a tie against the same team in the same season unfathomable.”