Season 14 round-up

FIRST-CLASS STATISTICS

NAME	MTCHS	RUNS	AVE	H.S.	WKTS	AVE	B/B
Matt O’Shea	10	1132	70.75	136	-	-	-
Steve Lothrop	9	709	54.54	368	-	-	-
Graeme Jeremy	9	738	49.20	178	-	-	-
John Simpson	9	587	39.13	180	1	100.00	1/23
Michael Prince	7	434	36.17	92	-	-	-
Graham Ferdinand	9	320	29.09	85*	19	34.37	5/65
Chris Kotzo	1	27	27.00	27	1	39.00	1/26
Pete Moller	3	104	20.80	45	-	-	-
Rohana Ahad	10	253	16.87	35	36 cts	7 stmps	-
William Downing	4	114	14.25	23	-	-	-
Stephen Harding	4	64	10.67	26	6	38.33	3/18
Mike Legg	1	19	9.50	18	1	109.00	1/82
Allan Blott	4	31	4.43	23	3	109.00	2/115
Chris Hayward	10	42	3.00	15	51	11.80	9/20
Carlos Hibbert	7	21	2.10	9*	18	33.22	4/35
Eddie Ayres	10	8	0.83	4*	39	27.49	5/85
Tim Fox	3	0	0.00	0	2	152.50	1/49

PARTNERSHIPS

1. O’Shea & Prince 200
2. O’Shea & Jeremy 193
3. Jeremy & Simpson 242
4. Simpson & Lothrop 462
5. Lothrop & Ferdinand 99
6. Ferdinand & Ahad 61
7. Lothrop & Hayward 56
8. Ferdinand & Harding 80
9. Blott & Hibbert 37
10. Lothrop & Ayres 44

ONE-DAY STATISTICS

NAME	MTCHS	RUNS	AVE	H.S.	WKTS	AVE	B/B
Matt O’Shea	15	815	101.88	156*	-	-	-
Pete Moller	3	133	66.50	83	-	-	-
Graeme Jeremy	13	389	64.83	101*	-	-	-
Geoff Kenny	7	259	64.75	109	-	-	-
Steve Lothrop	11	229	45.80	64*	-	-	-
Michael Prince	11	263	32.88	114	-	-	-
Ron Stearman	9	78	26.00	56*	2	6.00	2/12
William Downing	3	40	20.00	37	-	-	-
Rohana Ahad	15	97	16.50	41*	23 cts	2 stmps	-
John Simpson	6	31	15.50	16*	0	-	0/71
Graham Ferdinand	12	60	6.20	29	5	60.00	2/1
Chris Hayward	13	15	5.00	9	18	15.67	6/27
Chris Kotzo	2	5	5.00	5	1	66.00	1/66
Eddie Ayres	14	10	3.33	7	32	14.34	7/5
Allan Blott	6	6	3.00	6	2	88.00	2/13
Tim Fox	10	6	2.00	4	27	9.63	5/7
Stephen Harding	7	2	2.00	2*	5	63.80	1/39
Carlos Hibbert	4	1	-	1*	3	4.67	3/6
Mike Legg	4	-	-	-	3	67.00	2/15

PARTNERSHIPS

1. Kenny & O’Shea 233
2. Kenny & Moller 163
3. Jeremy & Lothrop 118
4. Lothrop & Ferdinand 69
5. O’Shea & Stearman 95
6. Lothrop & Ahad 53
7. O’Shea & Hayward 16
8. Hayward & Harding 8
9. Ahad & Fox 5
10. Ahad & Ayres 19

T20 STATISTICS

NAME	MTCHS	RUNS	S/R	H.S.	WKTS	R/R	B/B
Chris Hayward	8	4	200.00	4	18	5.33	4/13
Matt O’Shea	9	573	189.11	131*	-	-	-
Pete Moller	5	145	183.54	101	-	-	-
William Downing	3	18	180.00	10*	-	-	-
Rohana Ahad	11	23	176.92	14*	23 cts	-	-
Geoff Kenny	6	238	173.72	109	-	-	-
Michael Prince	6	263	164.38	122*	-	-	-
Graeme Jeremy	7	292	156.99	74	-	-	-
Ron Stearman	5	74	134.55	49*	-	-	-
Steve Lothrop	7	145	125.00	42	-	-	-
Graham Ferdinand	10	29	111.54	17*	12	5.26	3/3
John Simpson	5	35	87.50	20*	-	-	-
Eddie Ayres	7	1	25.00	1	9	6.50	3/27
Allan Blott	3	1	0.00	0	3	9.82	2/10
Tim Fox	9	0	0.00	0	15	6.76	3/22
Carlos Hibbert	3	-	-	-	11	4.57	6/11
Chris Kotzo	2	-	-	-	4	2.67	2/2
John Branson	1	-	-	-	0	8.00	0/32
Kieran Strou	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Legg	4	-	-	-	7	7.44	4/23
Stephen Harding	8	-	-	-	20	5.25	4/9

PARTNERSHIPS

1. Kenny & O’Shea 239
2. O’Shea & Jeremy 122
3. Moller & Stearman 106
4. Prince & Stearman 96
5. Jeremy & Simpson 60
6. Prince & Ahad 31
7. Ahad & Hayward 4
8. Ahad & Blott 3
9. –
10. Ahad & Ayres 1

FIRST-CLASS LEAGUE VI, DIVISION 21

TEAM	P	W	L	D	BAT	BOWL	PTS
Blue Balls	10	9	0	1	47	30	207
Xerox XI	10	5	2	3	35	28	145
T&N Crusaders	10	4	4	2	28	28	120
Putney CC	10	3	4	3	26	26	106
NUTs	10	2	7	1	17	24	73
The Walkers	10	1	7	2	21	20	63

ONE-DAY LEAGUE IV, DIVISION 20

TEAM	P	W	T	L	PTS	Net R/R
Bubbles Best	14	13	0	1	52	54.27
The Jewelers	14	11	0	3	44	33.00
Hales	14	10	0	4	40	28.96
T&N Crusaders	14	9	0	5	36	26.24
Moos	14	7	0	7	28	16.37
Vanha	14	4	0	10	16	-20.89
Jillian Within Temptation	14	1	0	13	4	-66.54
Douglasdale CC	14	1	0	13	4	-71.42

WORLD T20 LEAGUE VI, DIVISION 448

TEAM	P	W	T	L	PTS	Net R/R
Ravi at Hyd	11	11	0	0	44	84.78
T&N Crusaders	11	10	0	1	40	60.18
Naruto’s XI	11	9	0	2	36	61.08
Klunkalush CC	11	8	0	3	32	39.08
Ferndale Flyers	11	7	0	4	28	6.95
EC Knight Riders	11	5	0	6	20	3.67
Tegalteam	11	5	0	6	20	-16.32
Werrington CC	11	4	0	7	16	-29.64
DDCC	11	3	0	8	12	-17.57
Lahore Badshahs123	11	3	0	8	12	-43.02
TeamS	11	1	0	10	4	-83.77
Noon Raiders	11	0	0	11	0	-65.42

SOUTH AFRICA CUP

Round 1 – Argentina Basel 44/0 beat Crusaders 41 all out

Semi-final – Uff CC 172 beat LBW 143

Semi-final – Synergy 243/2 beat Black Forest 242/8

Final – Uff CC 248/5 beat Synergy 233

Awards Banquet – season 14

The Awards Banquet for season 4 has been scheduled for this Saturday at the T&N Smeda Stadium Banquet Hall in the clubhouse.

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 and Video Highlights package

18h45  Academy Graduation

19h15  Dessert

19h15  Captain’s report

19h30  Manager’s report

19h45  Awards ceremony

20h15  Announcements for next season

20h30  Adjourn

Crusaders thrash Putney

Having been thrashed by an innings by Putney Cricket Club in their initial first-class encounter this season, the Crusaders were looking to rectify that result in their return match at Putney Cricket Ground. The pitch was enticing for the fast bowlers, and the speed trio of Eddie Ayres, Carlos Hibbert and Allan Blott were licking their lips to get an opportunity to bowl. They were not disappointed as the home side put the Crusaders into bat first.

Putney’s first innings was dismal as they were carted out for 88 thanks to some excellent fast bowling by Ayres(3/24), some precise swing bowling from Graham Ferdinand(2/7), and some inspirational spinning by Chris Hayward(3/8). Audie was the only one to offer any resistance with 23*

Crusaders took to bat and masterfully put all expectations of another large defeat to rest as a record fourth wicket partnership of 462 between John Simpson(180) and Steve Lothrop paved the way to an immaculate total. Firstly it was Prince’s 54 and Jeremy’s 62 that began the domination after O’Shea fell for 19. But Simpson and Lothrop batted for the better part of a day as they took the bowling to all parts of the ground. Lothrop made a whopping and career best 368 before being adjudged in front against Geldenhuizen, but by then the damage was done and the lower order just hung around long enough to get the Crusaders to 796 all out.

Putney fought hard for the draw, thanks mostly to Smuts’ fighting 62, but with the wicket offered the seamers immense assistance, the home team could not manage more than 196. Hibbert capped a good match with 3/46, Ayres took 3/57 and Hayward contributed with 3/20 in 10.1 overs. Crusaders won by an innings and 512 runs and there was no doubt as to who the man-of-the-match was.

The team was: O’Shea(c), Prince, Jeremy, Simpson, Lothrop, Ferdinand, Ahad(wk), Hayward, Blott, Hibbert, Ayres. 12th: Kenny.

Surprise, but deserved, victory for Crusaders

In a one-day league match this week, the Crusaders hosted top of the log The Jewelers on a dusty wicket, perfect for the spinners. Captain Matt O’Shea won the toss and asked the visitors to bat first, hoping to make first use of the conditions.

Eddie Ayres ousted opener Upton in the first over for a duck and much excitement was created from that wicket. However, the enthusiasm died somewhat as Lentin(66) and Stearman(112) put on 178 for the second wicket before Chris Hayward trapped Lentin in front at the start of his second spell. Just 5 runs later, both Stearman and Chikosi(11*) ended up at the same end after poor calling by Chikosi, and Stearman was run out, causing a batting collapse. The next 8 wickets fell for just 24 runs as Eddie Ayres(4/51) and Tim Fox4/24) took control of the innings in their final spells, limiting The Jewelers to 203 all out.

Having never beaten The Jewelers, this was a perfect opportunity to correct that record, although O’Shea warned of complacency during the break, reminding his team that these were all very experienced bowlers who were not sitting at the top of the table for nothing.

O’Shea took the lead in the chase and hit the ball to all parts of the park as he shared in the opening stand of 151 with Michael Prince. Prince was bowled by Naipaul for 52, but the damage had already been done and the rest was just a formality. O’Shea reached his century off 103 balls with a beautiful six off Robinson, hit right over his head, and finally ended the innings on 122*. Graeme Jeremy contributed well with 24* off 19 balls in the 2nd wicket stand of 55, giving the Crusaders a massive victory by 9 wickets.

Manager Neville Smeda had much to say after the game about the pre-match preparations, “We had such a big selection issue, mostly regarding our batting order. We knew that experience would be a big factor against such a top-rated team that we were divided between keeping our tried and tested, or bringing in experience. In that regard we were juggling the names of Prince and Kenny to open, with the former showing the experience and Kenny being the man in form. Then we were unsure of Simpson or Stearman in the middle order, with Simpson having played very little one-day cricket this season. I’ll be the first to admit that I pulled captain Matt aside right after the toss and told him that I think I may have messed up on leaving John Simpson out as experience is key in matches like this. The rest is history”.

O’Shea added, “What a way to end the week, three enthralling victories. I just don’t have words to describe the excitement in the camp right now”.

The team was: Prince, O’Shea(c), Jeremy, Lothrop, Stearman, Ferdinand, Ahad(wk), Hayward, Harding, Fox, Ayres. 12th: Simpson.

Final T20 week round-up

The Crusaders completed their T20 league matches this week with another 100% week of victories, ensuring their 2nd place finish just 4 points behind the winners.

The first obstacle was to overcome a weakened Lahore Badshahs123 team. The task was minimal as the match was wrapped up within 20 overs. Lahore won the toss and elected to bat first on a green top, and their batsmen were outdone by the quicks with Ayres picking up 2/5, Hibbert 2/14 and Blott 2/10. Hayward chipped in at the end with 3/17, giving him the player of the match award. Prince(30*) and O’Shea(32*) knocked the runs off in the 6th over of their innings, leaving them victory by 10 wickets.

The final T20 match of the season was against Noon Raiders and captain O’Shea was more than happy to elect to bat on a belter of a wicket. Openers Geoff Kenny and O’Shea batted through the entire innings before Kenny was caught on the mid-wicket boundary for 109 off the last ball of the innings, assisting O’Shea(130*) in getting to 239/1 after 20 overs. Noon Raiders stood very little chance of reaching the target and were bowled out in the 11th over for 55. Tim Fox led the charge with 3/22 and was well-supported by Graham Ferdinand(3/3). Chris Kotzo, in a rare apperance for the Crusaders 1st XI, bowled beautifully to take 2/2 in 7 balls, once again showing that there is no substitute for experience. O’Shea took the player of the match award and took great delight at finishing 2nd in a competition that his side has traditionally struggled in.

“I’m thrilled. We have not played well in T20 cricket, but this season we made a concerted effort to improve on our skills, and it has paid off. To finish second in a group of 12 teams, its something special and the entire team has gelled well together this season”.