Sandgate-Redcliffe v Wynnum Manly
Men’s First Grade Round 10 - Two Day
26 November & 3 December 2022 at Trevor Hohns Field
Day One:
“Flip me a ‘Tails’ and we’ll bat” were Corey Hunter’s words at the toss and that is exactly what happened on a warm day at Trevor Hohns Field.
Brad Radford and Jordan Kingdon started in positive fashion bringing up 50 just before drinks and adding a further 30 runs in the next 20 minutes. It was the end of the 19th over when Radford, on 46, lofted a drive off Max Fisher and was well caught by Harrison Sweeney at cover. Jehan Daniel joined Kingdon continuing the positive approach of the first hour and a half. By lunch, the partnership was 44 from 60 and Wynnum were 1/124.
The 50 partnership came up in the second over after lunch and Jordan Kingdon’s 50 an over later. The pair accelerated past 150 to Daniel’s 50 from 54 balls including 8 fours and 3 sixes! The 100 partnership was registered at the start of the 39th over from just 118 balls, but another attempted slog by Daniel off Connor Weal went high to mid-on and was pouched by Max Fisher; Wynnum 2/184. Corey Hunter signalled intent with a boundary off his first ball and three consecutive boundaries in Weal’s next over. By drinks, Wynnum were 3/203. The partnership passed 50 at the end of the 48th over; but Hunter was out for 38 shortly after when Weal got under one off the bowling of Max Fisher. Jordan Kingdon had played an important role anchoring the innings in support of aggressive knocks by his partners, but was cruelly out on 96 - drawn out of his crease by Chris Abbey and stumped by Matt Schubert. Grayson Jones and Jed Wilson steered Wynnum to Tea on 4/280 from 60 overs.
After Tea, Jones and Wilson took charge. Classy stroke play was complimented with clever rotation of the strike, not allowing the bowlers to settle. Wynnum passed 300 in the 66th over and the partnership passed 50 a couple of balls later. Wilson was the first to reach 50, stroking 9 boundaries along the way. A Jones boundary at the end of the 76th over brought up his 50 and the second century partnership of the innings. Jones and Wilson changed gear and clubbed 5 fours and a six in the next four overs to take Wynnum to 4/399 at drinks. The new ball was now due, but before it could be taken, Wilson lofted Weal into the hands of Chatura Kaluthantri and was out for a sparkling 75 from 69 balls; the partnership just 2 short of 150. In the quest for quick runs, Jones was out for 83 a few overs later, trying to slog Abbey through mid-wicket. Reuben Burger and debutante Henry Taylor added 22 from 19 before Burger was bowled by Kaluthantri and the declaration was made at 7/435.
Sandgate negotiated five overs from Sam Hatherall and Josh Fraser without loss; the scene now set for an intriguing day 2.
Day 2:
In contrast to the warm conditions of the previous week, a blustery day moderated the temperature, making conditions beautiful for play, if not a little problematic at the scoring desk! A few days of very wet conditions mid-week had little to no impact on the Trevor Hohns Field wicket as Dan Seaton and Steve Cawood could attest. Picking up where they left off seven days earlier, the pair plundered the Wynnum attack in the opening session; taking 69 off the 16 overs to the drinks break. Cawood brought up a 50 from just 48 balls including 11 boundaries before drinks and the 100 partnership was registered four overs after the break. In the very next over, Cawood chopped on off Steinhardt and Wynnum had their first wicket; 1-104. Harry Sweeney joined Seaton and guided Sandgate to Lunch on 1/126 (109 for the session); Seaton bringing up his half-century four minutes before the break.
The Seaton/Sweeney partnership reached fifty 24 minutes after lunch, but came to an end a couple of overs later when specialist “partnership-breaker”, Jehan Daniel, took the top of Sweeney’s off stump and in his next over had Seaton steering one into the hands of Hatherall at gully for a well-made 82. Liam Guthrie chimed in six balls later to remove Caden Sweeney on the stroke of drinks via an edge to Burger. 1/167 had become 4/173 in the space of 21 balls! 9 balls later, it was 5/179 when Grayson Jones held on to a beauty at slip off Guthrie. Jack Cooper and Matt Schubert consolidated, adding 28 over the next 8 overs before Guthrie once again enticed an edge; Cooper out for 28, giving Burger his second catch. Schubert and Chathura Kaluthantri held out till Tea with Sandgate on 6/219.
The batsmen came out after tea deciding to have a crack! The partnership added 65 from 51 balls including seven 4s and four 6s; Schubert’s 50 coming up from a six in the 70th over. Having been hit for a boundary by Kaluthantri in the first ball of his spell, Josh Fraser’s next ball was a peach; taking the edge of Kaluthantri’s bat for Burger to take his third of the day, moving nicely to his right. Nine balls later Sam Hatherall had Sandgate skipper Chris Abbey in all sorts, edging to Jones who took a second catch in front of his face at first; 8/290. Schubert and Connor Weal dug in, adding just four runs in the next four overs. Cameron Steinhardt was re-introduced from the Racecourse end and this time, hitting into the wind, Schubert came unstuck - sky-ing one to the safe hands of Jones at long-on right on drinks; 9/294. Weal and Max Fisher resisted for 8 overs before Liam Guthrie picked up his fourth of the innings; Daniel taking the catch at third slip.
The second win of the season for the Sea-Eagles having previously beaten the same opposition in a T20 thriller way back in August. One game remains before the Christmas break - Valley at Bill Albury Oval. “Two-in-a-row” sounds better than “one-in-a-row”!
