Posted by Neville Smeda on September 11, 2009
The Awards Banquet for season 4 has been scheduled for Saturday the 19th of September at the T&N Smeda Stadium Banquet Hall.
At this banquet the club will honour those who have excelled throughout the season. There will also be an Academy graduation ceremony as well as announcements for changes in the new season.
The agenda is as follows:
17h00 Registration
18h00 Supper
18h45 Dessert and Video Highlights package
19h00 Academy Graduation
19h15 Captain’s report
19h30 Manager’s report
19h45 Awards ceremony
20h15 Announcements for next season
20h30 Adjourn
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Posted by Neville Smeda on September 11, 2009
The T&N Crusaders ended their regular season on a high in a one-day league match against SVD LOL with a 10 wicket victory.
The home team won the toss and elected to bat first, which was disappointing for the nearly 4000 spectators who showed up to watch a good match as SVD LOL were bowled out for a pathetic 15 in 11.4 overs. The damage was done by the three quicks in the line-up, with Blott(4/3), Ayres(3/6) and Legg(2/1) being the successful parties.
O’Shea(12*) and Prince(5*) finished the match in 15 deliveries, ensuring that the Crusaders stay within the playoff zone for next season.
O’Shea was disappointed with the match, “Obviously we’re happy with the win, but we came here to play cricket and this was dreadful. I really hope that the organizers of next season will be more strict about the quality of teams within the various divisions”.
The Crusaders finish 5th in the IV.20 one-day division.
The team was: Prince, O’Shea(c), Jeremy, Lothrop, Simpson, Kenny, Ahad(wk), Hayward, Blott, Legg, Ayres. 12th: Stearman.
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Posted by Neville Smeda on September 11, 2009
After 5 losses in a row for the T&N Crusaders, they finally picked up an away victory against Bubbles Best in a one-day league match at the Bubble Dome.
Crusaders won the toss and chose to field first, an excellent decision with the ball doing some movement early on. Bubbles did not start well with Plaatjies being bowled by Eddie Ayres in the second over. Partnerships threatened, but nothing substantial was produced as the visiting bowlers kept plugging away at the middle order. Keeper McKinley made 37, but nothing else of note was sufficient to reach a decent target, ending on 150 all out. John Simpson was the best of the bowlers, picking up 3/39. Chris Hayward’s 2/15 and Mike Legg’s 2/22 provided good support for Simpson.
The target was never going to be a challenging one, with Prince(32) and O’Shea opening with a stand of 59 in just 8 overs. Prince’s wicket fell, followed by Jeremy(13), before Lothrop(25*) joined O’Shea to end the agony for the home team. O’Shea won the man of the match award for his 75*.
O’Shea commented after the match, “I was very impressed with our spinning effort, I thought the conditions were perfect for the spinners. Even though it was an emphatic victory, I almost wish that we could have had Chris Kotzo and Stephen Harding added to our bowling mix to really exploit the pitch. We still have work to do if we want to stay out of the relegation zone, and we’re definitely going to be up for it next week”.
The Crusaders have one more one-day match left of the season against SVD LOL, an away match.
The team was: Prince, O’Shea(c), Jeremy, Lothrop, Simpson, Kenny, Ahad(wk), Hayward, Blott, Legg, Ayres. 12th: Stearman.
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