Issue # 04 – 2017/18 : THE PITCH REPORT

Issue # 04 – 2017/18 : THE PITCH REPORT 1


Sections -

1) Straight Drive – Message from the Editor

2) Action Replay – Covers Round details– Match Results.

3) Cover Drive – Covers upcoming Round details

4) Caught Behind - Reminders

5) Long Hops - Cricket Fun Facts

6) Our Sponsors –


MID-SEASON MEETING Please note that the 2017/18 mid-season meeting will be held on Thursday, 23rd November 2017 at L S Reid Reserve, Oak Avenue, Doveton at 7.30pm.

Please make sure your club representatives are present at 7.00pm, to collect the 2nd consignment of balls prior to the meeting start.

As requested by many of you, the following "Match Rule" and "Updated MCC Law of Cricket" will be discussed further.

Please see below the Agenda for the "Mid-Season Meeting", scheduled for the 23rd November 2017.

AGENDA for Start of season meeting * Roll Call for all Club delegates/representatives. * President's Address * Vice - President's Address * Secretary's Address * Registration Secretary's Address * Treasurer's Address * Umpires Appointment Secretary's Address * Rules - Clarifications and Discussion * Any Other Business

Rules to be discussed: MCC Law: Substitute can act as a Wicket Keeper VSCA Match Rule: 10 (b) Grade 2 – 5: No more than 5 Fielders on the boundary line at any time.

Mansoor Kazi - Vice President


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SEASON 2017-18 - ROUND 5 - RESULTS

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3

Lions SC def Gladiators CC Lions SC def Melbourne District United Southern Warriors CC def by St Pats

Melbourne Eagles CC tied United Stars SC Berwick Strickers CC def by Melbourne Sharks CC Badshah’s XI def by Lions SC

Old Cambrians SC def by Southern Rangers CC Old de Mazenodians CC def Melbourne Blues SC Old Cambrians SC def by Casey Warriors CC

Melbourne Blues SC v BYE Melbourne Eagles CC def Thunders SC Melbourne Blues SC v BYE

Grade 3A Grade 3B Grade 3C

Melbourne Sixers SC Inc def by Occean 11 CC Old Cambrians SC v BYE Melbourne Premiers CL def Thunders SC

Melbourne Flash CC def by Sunrisers CC Hartley def by Melbourne Blues SC United Stars SC def Melbourne Sixers SC Inc

United Stars SC def Lions SC United Stars SC def Melbourne Eagles CC Melbourne Eagles CC def Lions SC

Melbourne Blues SC v BYE Gladiators CC v BYE Old Cambrians SC def Southern Warriors CC

Grade 4 Grade 4A Grade 5

Badshah’s XI def Melbourne Blues SC Carlisle Park Vikings def Melbourne Crickeroos East Oakleigh v Bye

Old Calypso CC def Gladiators CC Southern Rangers CC def by Southern Warriors CC Lions SC v Bye

Old Cambrians SC def Vic Cavaliers SC Melbourne Super Giants def Melbourne Blues SC Southern Warriors CC def by United Stars SC

Melbourne Sixers SC Inc def by United Stars SC Melbourne Hellenic def by Melbourne Flash Melbourne Sixers SC Inc def by Melbourne Eagles CC


SEASON 2017-18 - ROUND 6 - RESULTS


Lions SC def Melbourne Blues SC Melbourne Blues SC def Melbourne District United Lios SC def by Old Cambrians SC

Old Cambrians SC def United Stars SC Melbourne Eagles CC def by Old de Mazenodians CC St Pats def Casey Warriors CC

Gladiators CC def by Southern Rangers CC Lions SC def Melbourne Sharks CC Badshah’s XI def by Melbourne Blues SC

Melbourne Eagles CC v BYE Berwick Strickers def by Thunders SC Southern Warriors CC v BYE


United Stars SC def by Sunrisers CC Gladiators CC v BYE Melbourne Premiers CL def by Southern Warriors CC

Melbourne Blues SC def by Occean 11 CC Hartley def by United Stars SC Old Cambrians SC def Melbourne Eagles CC

Melbourne Sixers SC Inc def by Lions SC Old Cambrians SC def by Melbourne Blues SC United Stars SC def Lions SC

Melbourne Flash CC v BYE Melbourne Eagles CC v BYE Melbourne Sixers SC Inc def by Thunders SC


Melbourne Sixers SC Inc def by Vic Cavaliers SC Southern Warriors CC def Melbourne Super Giants East Oakleigh def Southern Warriors CC

Gladiators CC def Melbourne Blues SC Southern Rangers CC def Melbourne Flash Lions SC def by United Stars

Old Calypso CC def United Stars SC Carlisle Park Vikings def Melbourne Blues SC Melbourne Eagles CC v Bye

Old Cambrians SC def Badshah’s XI Melbourne Hellenic def by Melbourne Crickeroos Melbourne Sixers SC Inc v Bye


BEST BATTING – ALL GRADES - SEASON 2017/18 – ROUND 5

Grade

Name

Runs

Team

Opponent

Grade 1

Javed I Khan 139 Melbourne Eagles CC United Stars SC

Ian G Daniel 92 Southern Rangers Old Cambrians SC

Ravindra Karunaratne 77 Old Cambrians SC Old Cambrians SC

Thiwanka Ranasinghe 76 Gladiators CC Lions SC

Yoshan Kumara 65 Gladiators CC Lions SC

Dulan Berman 63 United Stars SC Melbourne Eagles CC

Harsha Desilva 59 Lions SC Gladiators CC

Isuru Perera 56 Lions SC Gladiators CC

Grade 2 Mohammed Jamal Khan 104 Melbourne Eagles CC Thunders SC

Pubudu Edirisinhege 75 Melbourne Sharks CC Berwick Strickers CC

Shanika Fernando 69 Berwick Strickers CC Melbourne Sharks CC

Sarwar Khan 62 Melbourne Eagles CC Thunders SC

Kasun Perera 60 Melbourne Sharks CC Berwick Strickers CC

Chandana Arachchilage 56* Old de Mazenodians Melbourne Blues SC

Supun Gamage 55* Thunders SC Melbourne Eagles CC

Grade 3 Sajeewa Karunaratne 56* Lions SC Badshah’s XI CC

Grade 3A

Ashad Uduman 68 United Stars SC Lions SC

Rajintha Ekanayake 56* Melbourne Flash CC Sunrisers CC


Grade

Name

Runs

Team

Opponent

Grade 3B

Mujahid Azwer 78* Melbourne Eagles CC United Stars SC

Jeewaka Ekanayaka 64 Melbourne Blues SC Hartley CC

Zakir Fazal 56 United Stars SC Melbourne Eagles CC

Karlo Perera 63 Melbourne Blues SC Hartley CC

Grade 3C

Lyonil Borgonah 61 Melbourne Premiers CL Thunders SC

Deepesh Jha 57 Melbourne Premiers CL Thunders SC

Mohammed Rafeek 55 Old Cambrians SC Southern Warriors CC

Grade 4

Ashwyn Mohandas 88 United Stars SC Melbourne Sixers SC Inc

Roshan Silva 63* United Stars SC Melbourne Sixers SC Inc

Shamendra Kannangara 62 Melbourne Sixers SC Inc United Stars SC

Rakitha Wijetunge 59* Old Calypso CC Gladiators CC

Prasath S Vithanage 56 Old Cambrians SC Victorian Cavaliers SC

Grade 4A

Ankit Desai 64 Melbourne Super Giants CC Melbourne Blues SC

Dulanga Yapa 68 Southern Rangers CC Southern Warriors SC

Shanaka Siriwardana 62* Melbourne Blues SC Melbourne Super Giants CC

Don Chanaka S Wijesinghe 50 Southern Warriors CC Southern Rangers CC

Grade 5

Amila Samarasingha 96 Melbourne Sixers SC Inc Melbourne Eagles CC

Brett Ryan 75 United Stars SC Southern Warriors CC

Shamila Gunawardana 55 United Stars SC Southern Warriors CC


BEST BATTING – ALL GRADES - SEASON 2017/18 – ROUND 6

Grade

Rajakaruna Name

Runs

Team

Opponent

Grade 1

Shiran 92 United Stars SC Old Cambrians SC

Dhanushka Wijemonna 80 Lions SC Melbourne Blues SC

Imesh Rabel 77 Gladiators CC Southern Rangers CC

Amare Arachchi 63 Old Cambrians SC United Stars SC

Niroshan Jeewantha 59 Old Cambrians SC United Stars SC

Harry Johnson 52 Melbourne Blues SC Lions SC

Ian G Daniel 52 Southern Rangers Gladiators CC

Grade 3 Sameera Makalanda 79 Lions SC Old Cambrians SC

Chatura Jayaweera 69 Melbourne Blues SC Badshah’s XI CC

Rajind Dassanyake 56 Melbourne Blues SC Badshah’s XI CC

Grade 3A

Yohan Liyanaarachchi 83 Lions SC Melbourne Sixers SC Inc

Channa Gunawardana 65 United Stars SC Sunrisers CC

Manu Goraya 60 Sunrisers CC United Stars SC

Sumeet Sharma 55 Sunrisers CC United Stars SC

Shamendra Kannangara 52* Melbourne Sixers SC Inc Lions SC

Grade 3B Karlo Perera 50 Melbourne Blues SC Old Cambrians SC


Grade

Name

Runs

Team

Opponent

Grade 3C

Shivanka Withanachchi 72 Thunders SC Melbourne Sixers SC Inc

Pasindu Sunilchandra 68 Old Cambrians SC Melbourne Eagles CC

Samantha Seneverithna 57 United Stars SC Lions SC

Kasun Weerasinghe 56 United Stars SC Lions SC

Chaminda Koralage 56 Thunders SC Melbourne Sixers SC Inc

Grade 4 Prasath S Vithanage 88 Old Cambrians SC Badshah’s XI CC

Grade 4A

Dulanga Yapa 73 Southern Rangers CC Melbourne Flash CC

Buddhi Wijayawardena 54 Carlisle Park Vikings Melbourne Blues SC

Amila Wideanelage 53 Melbourne Flash CC Southern Rangers CC

Grade 5

Brett Ryan 57 United Stars SC Lions SC

Patrick Chisholm 54 East Oakleigh Southern Warriors CC


BEST BOWLING – ALL GRADES- SEASON 2017/18 – ROUND 5

Grade

Name

O

M

R

W

Team

Opponent

Grade 1

Dinusha Rathnasiri

6

0

22

5

Lions SC

Gladiators CC

Sameera Vishwaranga

8

0

56

5

Old Cambrians SC

Southern Rangers CC

Grade 2

Agampodi Desilva

8

2

43

5

Melbourne Sharks CC

Berwick Strikers CC

Grade 3

Braden Taeuber

7

0

23

5

Southern Warriors CC

St Pats

Grade 3C

Dwain Mendes

8

0

28

5

Melbourne Premier CL

Thunders SC

Grade 4A

Wijetilaka Dilan

8

2

13

6

Melbourne Flash CC

Melbourne Hellenic

Grade 5

Rasika De Silva

6.3

2

11

5

United Stars SC




Grade

Name

O

M

R

W

Team

Opponent

Grade 1

Dinusha Rathnasiri

6

0

22

5

Lions SC

Gladiators CC

Sameera Vishwaranga

8

0

56

5

Old Cambrians SC

Southern Rangers CC

Grade 2

Agampodi Desilva

8

2

43

5

Melbourne Sharks CC

Berwick Strikers CC

Grade 3

Braden Taeuber

7

0

23

5


St Pats

Grade 3C

Dwain Mendes

8

0

28

5

Melbourne Premier CL

Thunders SC

Grade 4A

Wijetilaka Dilan

8

2

13

6

Melbourne Flash CC

Melbourne Hellenic

Grade 5

Rasika De Silva

6.3

2

11

5

United Stars SC




Grade

Name

O

M

R

W

Team

Opponent

Grade 2

Hasindu Waduge

6

0

15

5

Old De Mazenodians SC

Melbourne Eagles CC

Priyankara Silva

7.5

0

27

5

Lions SC

Melbourne Sharks CC

Grade 3

Tiron Fernando

8

0

22

6

Old cambrians SC

Lions SC

Grade 3A

Sampath Arachchige

7

0

21

5

Lions SC

Melbourne Sixers SC Inc

Lal Senanayake 8 0 45 5 Melbourne Blues SC Ocean11 CC

Grade 3C

Pasindu Sunilchandra

8

0

23

5

Old cambrians SC

Melbourne Eagles CC

Mahesh fernando 8 1 25 5 Melbourne Sixers SC Inc Thunders SC

Grade 4A

Sumidu Amaratunga

8

0

23

5

Southern Rangers CC

Melbourne Flash CC

Dinesh Paththinige

8

1

24

5


Melbourne Super Giants CC


SEASON 2017-18 - ROUND 7 - FIXTURES


Gladiators CC v United Stars SC Melbourne Eagles CC v

Melbourne Blues SC

Old Cambrians SC Caseyy

Warriors CC

Old Cambrians SC v

Melbourne Eagles CC

Lions SC v Thunders SC

St Pats v Lions SC


Melbourne Blues SC v

Southern Rangers CC

Berwick Strickers CC v Old de

Mazenodians CC

Old Cambrians SC v Melbourne

Blues SC

Lions SC v BYE Melbourne District United v

Melbourne Sharks CC

Badshah’s XI CC v BYE


Melbourne Sixers SC Inc v

Sunrisers CC

Hartley CC v Melbourne Eagles CC

Melbourne Premiers CL v

Melbourne Eagles CC

Melbourne Flash CC v Melbourne

Blues SC

Old Cambrians SC v Gladiators CC Old Cambrians SC v Lions SC

Occean XI v United Stars SC Melbourne Blues SC v BYE Southern Warriors CC v

Melbourne Sixers SC

Lions SC v BYE Unted Stars SC v BYE Thunders SC v

United Stars SC


Old Calypso CC v

Victorian Cavaliers SC

Carlisle Park Vikings v Melbourne

Super Giants

United Stars SC v Melbourne

Sixers SC Inc

Badshahs XI CC v Gladiators CC

Melbourne Crickeroos v Southern

Rangers CC

Lions SC v East Oakleigh

Melbourne Sixers SC Inc v Old

Cambrians SC

Southern Warriors SC v

Melbourne Flash CC

Southern Warriors CC v

BYE

United Stars SC v Melbourne Blues

SC

Melbourne Blues SC v Melbourne

Helenic

Melbourne Eagles CC v BYE


LONG HOP

CRICKET

FUN

FACTS

&

JOKES


Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan before India

Can you imagine Sachin Tendulkar playing for Pakistan before India? This

happened during a practice match between India and Pakistan at the Brabourne

Stadium in 1987 where Tendulkar came on the field as a substitute fielder for

Pakistan.

. Peter Siddle is the only bowler to take a hat-trick on his birthday

Peter Siddle remains the only bowler in international cricket to take a hat-trick on

his birthday. This happened during the Brisbane Test against England on

November 25, 2010.

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