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was a dedicated player, he showed up to every training session and every game. Ryan made a promise to beat his previous best score and he definitely kept the promise. When he middles it people have to move their cars for safety. His deliveries are just fricking fast.
Due to IPL commitments, Ansh could only make it to a handful of games but he clearly made his mark in that duration of time. Heck, he was really needed for the games after December. Shiven was late to the party too but surprised everyone after taking some valuable wickets and catches. Saharsh was promoted from the U11 team to U12 Red after December because the U11 batters didn’t know how to handle his spin. Harsh!
The team’s assistant coach Ronan constantly helped them at training with everything they needed to work on. Without his help, the team would be destroyed by the other groups who opposed them.
This season has been a rollercoaster and a crazy one as it seems. The team finished 8th place out of 19 teams. Huge improvement from the last season.
Coach : Roshan Withanage Assistant coach: Ronan Bennett Manager: Muditha Dissanayake
U12 Green
What a great team and what a fantastic year the WPHCCC Under 12 Green team had this season. Firstly, it was great to see so many boys returning to play another season with the same team. We had 8 boys return from the 19/20 season and 4 newcomers. The team dynamic was awesome and they got off to a terrific start, winning the first 7 matches of the season. Only two losses and two rainouts saw the team finish in fourth place and qualify for the finals. In what was a wet summer, there were multiple times when the parents tended to the soaking pitches and outfields with brooms, mops, blowers and towels – anything to get the boys on the field (who were itching to play.)
Some highlights included: 6 different wicket takers in the game against Glenorie – with 2 run outs to complete the innings; Aushada making an unbeaten 56 runs off 35 balls, helping him to achieve the batting award for the team; Daniel taking 4 wickets for 6 runs against another WPHCCC team, helping him to achieve the bowling award for the team. Tejas was awarded the team player of the year due to his team spirit displayed, tenacious effort put into all training sessions and tremendous improvement throughout the whole summer.
The most pleasing moment for the coaches and parents to see was the amazing sportsmanship and camaraderie shown in the game against Berowra. An opposition player was trying cricket for the first
time who had a pronounced disability. The Green team picked up on this, and rather than show fierce determination to take his wicket, helped the boy to his first runs of the season – resulting in huge celebration from both teams, on and off the field. A truly wonderful sight to witness, and one that will live long in the memories of all involved.
Every boy in the Green team played with great spirit and were often commended from the opposition for their sportsmanship and encouragement. It is a pleasure to be part of this team with such wonderful kids and I look forward to the 21/22 season.
Coach: Kamran Bloach Manager: Anthony Gray
U12 Orange
The 2020/21 season kicked off with most of the boys returning from last season, and the addition of three new teammates. Despite plenty of enthusiasm to be back playing cricket, things began slowly for the boys with a couple of early losses in our first few games. From there though the team settled, going undefeated for the remainder of the season including a succession of close finishes to secure our spot in the finals. Sadly the weather robbed the boys of the opportunity to challenge in the finals, but that didn’t detract from
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