Sunday saw the inaugural Hunter Valley T20 tournament, played in Singleton, and when it comes the Under 12 division, eight teams competed for top honours.
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The first two rounds were played here, and the third round, as well as the final will take place in Scone on February, 21.
In the first match Singleton lost to Cessnock after posting a score of 4/49.
Alex Stafa top scored with a well-deserved 19 runs.
Ethan van Zyl, Alex Stafa and Dorian Thornberry were the pick of the bowlers,taking a wicket each.
The second match was against a confident Maitland Under 11 side.They won the toss and decided to bat first.
Ethan van Zyl took three wickets in his allotted four overs to send the Maitland openers walking.VanZyl was well supported by Finn Arnold who took two wickets. Alex Stafa was economical as usual, only conceding sevenruns of his four overs.
Josephine Pearce, Dorian Thornberry and Joseph Druery were unlucky not to be rewarded with a wicket for some very good bowling.
Joseph Druery was the pick of the fielders by taking a catch and two runouts. Ethan van Zyl assisted by Dorian Thornberry also got a run out.
Abbott Stacy and Alex Stafa took a catch each, and some excellent fielding from Keanu Botha, Cody Burley and Jack Knight helped to restrict Maitland from posting a really big score. Maitland ended up posting 79 from their 20 overs.
Aditya Ratheesh and Abbott Stacey opened the batting and laid down a solid foundation before losing Ratheesh in the fifthover.
Van Zyl came in at number three, and not long after was dropped, this proved to be very costly as he paired with Stacey started to build up a valuable partnership. However, Stacey was run out trying to up the run rate.Alex Stafa scored a quick fire five runs before being bowled. With only a couple of overs left the run rate crept up to six an over. Bailey Morriss came in and provided van Zyl with excellent support running between the wickets to make sure van Zyl stayed on strike.
In a tight finish, van Zyl needwas under pressure to hit one run for victory from the very last delivery. The Maitland fielders at this point moved in to stop a single but a chest high ball saw him getting a top edge and sending the ball over the keepers head. Resulting in a well-deserved win for the U12 Singleton team.
Batting results were – Ethan van Zyl 35 not out, Bailey Morriss 5 not out, Alex Stafa 5, Aditya Ratheesh 5 and Abbott Stacey 4.
JUNIOR CRICKET
•Under 13’s
In Under 13’s at Cook 4 Valley/Glendon won the toss and elected to bat in what proved to be an exciting match against PCH.
After the loss of an early wicket to PCH’s Kieran Leslie, Valley/Glendon’s Luke Meyn (9 runs) and Jordan Kemp (24) settled into a good partnership. Baxter Newberry also batted well (9 runs) contributing to a total of 7/87.
Other wicket takers for PCH were Max Andrews (2 for 10) and Sam Holz (2 for 8) and Riley Jupp also snared a wicket.
PCH displayed top notch fielding with Max Andrews, Ewan McLoughlin and Rhys Shearer all taking great catches and Kieran Leslie effecting a run out.
PCH also lost an early wicket to Aiden Bagnall’s bowling (1 for 14) before a Rhys Shearer (22 runs) and Caitlin Yallop (retired 25 not out) batted extremely well and put on 60 runs in a great 2nd wicket partnership.
Shearer eventually lost his wicket to Harry Maher (1 for 16). An exciting finish saw PCH young guns Kieran Leslie and Riley getting the team home in a close finish on the final ball of the game.
At Cook 2 Glendon were too good for JPC Gold who won the toss and elected to bowl against a strong batting side. Top scorers for Glendon were Beau Parnell (retired 27 not out) and Jesse Bates (24 runs including four 4’s) with the help of runner Ethan van Zyl.
JPC Gold’s Josephine Pearce displayed outstanding bowling (1 for 7) with Heath Russell, Bradley Flaye and Jack Knight the other wicket takers. Lachlan Stephens was great in the field. Glendon finished on 5/113.
Strong bowling by the Glendon side saw the run chase end in the 13th over. Ethan van Zyl was the star bowler (3 for 2) with Beau Parnell, Abbott Stacy, Drew Parnell, Baylie Morriss and Joseph Druery all taking wickets.
•Under 16
In the Under 16’s Glendon/Valley took on PCH at Cook 3. Glendon/Valley won the toss and sent PCH to the crease. Great batting saw PCH finish on 5/141, with Jack Shade (46 runs) and Alex Holz (22 not out) the top scorers in a solid team effort.
A great catch at mid off by Alex Thomson saw the first of the wickets fall and Preston Miller (1 for 5), Jairus Knight (1 for 3), Hayden Campbell (1 for 17) and Cayden Oldham (1 for 6) all contributed with the ball.
Solid bowling saw Glendon/Valley’s run chase limited to 51 with Brendan Leach the not out batsman on 13 and Preston Miller (9) and Oran Marzol (7) also contributing. For PCH Bailey Schultz (2 for 5), Charlie Gibson (2 for 3), Cody Palmer (2 for 5) and Cameron Shearer (2 for 5) the top bowlers. Cody Palmer also took a great catch in the field.
Don’t forget our Pink Stumps Day is coming up on February 19 and bye teams have a fun game.
