Page 27 - West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club Yearbook 2015-16

Finalists
D1 Grade
WPHC 118 lost to Berowra 7/251 dec
Day 1 (WPHC 1/26 chasing Berowra 7/251 dec)
Berowra won the toss and batted on a fast scoring Greenway Park that offered the bowlers little help. After struggling to get some early wickets despite tight bowling, we finally managed to get some traction after the break and eventually took some wickets to walk get into their middle order. Rowan Love finished with 3/35 and Raj Kulkarni 2/24.
Raj and Brendan Hawkins went out to face 14 overs in the final 45 minutes of the day, doing well, with Brendan unlucky to be dismissed on the final ball of the day. We have 225 left to get tomorrow or bat the day out and settle for a draw which will also work as Minor Premier.
Day 2
We had high hopes but lost a few wickets at the wrong time and the momentum was hard to turn.
Team members
Dean Carlin, Luke Christensen, Roger Friend, Brendan Harkin (C), Max Harkin, Raj Kulkarni, Rowan Love, Robert Love, Tom Poole, Ryan Loveridge, James Woolnough.
D2 Grade
WPHC 97 lost to St Ives 9/251 Day 1 – WPHC 97 & St Ives 3/91
After winning the toss and batting it was a tough day in the office against the Minor Premier with the boys getting a below par score in 54 overs. Best for us was Sreeni Pillamarri who top scored with 27and a good 22 from Pav Kozyrev. In the remaining overs we got some important early breakthroughs with Berowra being 3/59 at one stage but they within striking distance and we need early wickets to give us a chance of pushing for a 4 innings result.
Day 2
St Ives basically batted us out of the match to get a score where the Captains agreed to call the game over early. Our bowlers tried hard but the opposition was just too good on the day. Wickets were spread with Mike Kinchington 2/29, Amit Ninan 2/28, and one each to Sreeni, Amitava Sen, Connor Hindmarsh and James Asquith. While we tried hard they were just too good.
Team Members
James Asquith, Dylan Bish, Nick Clegg, Connor Hindmarsh, Siby Joseph, Mike Kinchington, Pav Kozyrev, Indranil Mukherjee, Amith Ninan, Sreeni Pillamarri, Peter Westerberg (C).
Anecdotes
Youngest achievers
When Gav Taylor (A1) scored his 3,000th career run on 12th September 2015 he became the youngest player in our 84 year history to notch up 3,000 runs at 23 years 3 months and 17 days of age. While on Gav, he holds a number of other records:
• Gav is our youngest player to make his A1 debut – 15 years and 3 months and 30 days when he took the field Vs Hornsby @ Parklands on the 22nd September 2007
• Playing C1 in 2005/06 Gav was only 13 and 4 months and scored a classy 58* which is the highest recorded score by a 13 years old in C1 or higher.
Brothers in arms
Julian Raffel (A2) and Allan Raffel (B1) are both outstanding cricketers in their own right. On 12th September 2015 they become the first brothers to Captain a WPHC side at the same time. This is a great achievement from these two outstanding leaders.
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