Nymagee and Ox Colts record early cricket victories
Wednesday October 14, 2009
The first games of the 2009/10 local senior cricket competition were played on Saturday with first up victories to Nymagee and Ox Colts.
All teams were depleted due to the school holidays however both games were competitive and played in good spirit.
On the turf wicket, last season’s premiers Nymagee started the defence of their title against Atlas Copco/Golfy 2 who themselves were defending the Bert Oldfield Cup.
Nymagee won the toss and batted first, making a total of 180 from 44.2 overs.
Captain Jade Buckman and Roger Mitchell set up the good score with an opening partnership of 76 (Mitchell scored 34 and Buckman top scored with 40).
Other batting of note was Travis Buckman with 32, Chris Gilbert with 31 and Phil Harley 18.
The best bowlers for Atlas Copco/Golfy 2 were Jake Harbison with 4/31, Damien Harbison 2/19 and Rhys Power, who took 3/34 with his off-spin bowling.
In reply, Atlas Copco/Golfy 2 were dismissed for 77 off only 21 overs.
Captain Jake Harbison led by example capping off a good all-round performance top scoring with 38. The only other score in double figures was sundries with 10.
Best bowling for Nymagee came from young Mitchell Shields taking 3/5 off four overs in his first match for Nymagee. Other bowlers of note were Chris Barnett with 3/18 and Wade Smith 2/5.
It is only to be expected that players would be rusty in the first game of the season but the Atlas Copco/Golfy 2 team let themselves down with a poor fielding performance dropping at least 10 catches in Saturday’s match.
In the other game Ox Colts won the toss and batted first against RSL on the synthetic wicket.
Ox Colts was dismissed for 122 from 36 overs. No batsmen were able to settle in against some good tight line and length bowling from the RSL bowlers.
Captain Stewart Fraser top scored with 18, David Watson made 17, Stephen Nicholson 13 and Mark Fraser 10.
The best bowlers for RSL were Wade Potter 4/23 from 10 overs, Shane Munro 2/24 and Clay Neale 2/22.
In reply, RSL was dismissed for 72 from 23 overs. Top scorer for RSL was Potter with 21 closely followed by his father Geoff Potter who made 20.
The only other batsman to reach double figures was Clay Neale with 10.
The best bowling for Ox Colts came from Watson with 5/12 from five overs,
Fraser 2/15 and Daniel Howard 2/22.
The highlights of the first weekend’s matches were the good all-round performances from young cricketers Jake Harbison, Wade Potter and David Watson, which all bodes well for Cobar cricket for both the local and representative season.
Any individuals or teams looking to play in the proposed Twenty20 competition are advised that nominations close Saturday October 24 after the Miner’s Ghost Twenty20 match.
Nominations should be lodged with Doug North, Tony Moore or details left with players at Saturday afternoon matches prior to the closing date.—contributed
Next story | News home
