By JARROD POTTER
DDCA – SEMI-FINALS (Saturday results)
SPRINGVALE South (2/38) was on the verge of a Turf 1 grand-final appearance after the first day of DDCA semi-finals.
TURF 1
With a chance to get back to the grand final and avenge last year’s defeat, Heinz Southern Districts (168) had a horror start to lose Trevor Davies (0) instantly. The skipper Matthew Cox (65) held on as long as he could, but had little to work with throughout the order. It looked like Cox and Brad Downe (16) had resumed where they left off last time at Harold Road – putting on 65 for the second scalp – but Downe became the first of Malinga Bandara’s (4/64) victims.
The middle order amounted to a minor obstacle for the Bloods to work around, as Cox succumbed after a gutsy half-ton to… Bandara. The former Test spinner had free reign over Heinz as field crowded around the lower order.
Bandara called for short leg, silly mid-off, slip, leg slip and a catching point to threaten the tail and it paid off. Ryan Patterson (25no) flayed a few over the top to try and keep the Cobras moving, but eventually ran out of partners as Bandara and Jarrod Armitage (3/30) cleaned up the tail.
It wasn’t all one way traffic though; Heinz took two massive wickets late on day one, getting rid of Michael Vandort (1) and Nathan King (2). Harry Staude (22no) and Mitch Forsyth (9no) held on to leave 90 overs to hunt down a spot in the grand final; potentially the Bloods’ first finale since the 2013/14 loss to Parkfield.
Cranbourne has been set a lofty target by Berwick (9/213), led by a strong start from Premier recruit Nathan Pilon (66). Berwick weathered the tough conditions early to cash in, despite losing early wickets to Steve Spoljaric (3/55). After Pilon’s input, the middle order consolidated around Ryan Crawford (38), Jack Williams (35) and Josh Holden (31). Cam Kelly (3/51) took a couple of crucial middle order scalps to keep the target down for the Eagles.
TURF 2
St Mary’s (106) and Keysborough (9/88) might go the distance after a wicket-laden day one. Yoshan Kumara (3/31) and Gayan de Sliva (3/45) set the stage for a small chase at Coomoora, but Keysborough’s batting completely fell apart. Ruwantha Kellepotha (32) was the best of a sorry bunch as Corey Ely (4/25) and Cameron Roberts (2/21) seared through the Knights, leaving only Abhinay Motupalli (3no) and de Silva (5no) to chase the remaining 17 runs for victory on the first innings.
Narre North (154) has something to work with following a late-order charge from Ben Doran (56). Doran’s knock saw off the worst of Dingley (1/70) – especially Jasenthuliyana Chathuranga (4/26) who had 15 maidens in a diabolical spell.
TURF 3 TO 7
Beaconsfield (186) set an imposing target for Doveton North (1/21) after a strong start from Gehan Perera (54). Doveton North still has plenty to do after losing an early wicket, especially against the Tigers’ fleet of bowlers. Buckley Ridges (9/288dec) on the other hand had time to spare for a declaration as Suren Ekanayake (78) and Jake Cronin (85) flourished against Springvale South (2/27). It would take a minor miracle for the Bloods’ second XI to book its spot after losing two early scalps.
Springvale (185) is extremely well placed against Dandenong West (5/6) in Turf 4, following a resounding knock from number three Thilanka Harsha (69). Harsha’s knock – especially in tandem with Pasindu Madushan (23) to set the stage for a strong tally, surprisingly only taking 49.2 overs. Dandenong West fell horrendously – especially at the hands of Randeep Sahota (4/22) to be 125 off the pace with five wickets in the sheds. Parkdale (124) is up against it defending its meagre tally from Lynbrook’s (2/37) advances. Chris Wilkie (36) was the best of the Dales’ brigade, but Lynbrook had plenty in the tank via Stephen Veal (3/20) and Jesse Walia (3/35).
Berwick Springs and Doveton didn’t get under way in Turf 5, while Buckley Ridges’ (7/136) thirds already has defeated Dingley (122) with great bowling from Farhan Hussain (4/35).
Beaconsfield’s (240) Turf 6 line-up is dominating Lynbrook (0/4) – thanks to Heshal Silva (71) and Brett Monagle (69). Matthew Dodman (125) was the best of the Turf grade batsmen on Saturday, knocking in a ton for Narre North (205) to leave an uphill struggle for Keysborough (0/8). Kyle Jeffs (4/51) bowled well for the Knights as did Bhushansing Patil (3/45).
Cranbourne (5/121) has pasted Mordialloc (69), to all but book its Turf 7 grand final spot, while Berwick Springs (121) is locked into an interesting battle against St Brigid’s/St Louis (2/63).
For the final results and fixtures for the DDCA grand finals, click onto www.dandenong.starcommunity.com.au on Monday morning.
DDCA SEMI FINALS – A GRADE TO JUNIORS
A GRADE
Aspendale 3/35 v North Dandenong 99 (D Sidebottom 36;G Crutchley 28)
Sandown Park 53 (N Karunakaran 29;G Chadha 6/17;K Nadadur 3/6) v Lynbrook 84 (I Warnakulasuriya 3/18; I Dayalan 2/8;T Kamalamohan 2/23) and 0/9;
B GRADE
St Mary’s 0/15 v Buckley Ridges 184 (L Michael 37;R Turner 37;G Weerasinghe 29;R Martin 25;A Anthony 4/34;M Findlay 3/45;M Storti 2/33);
Berwick Springs 9/250 (A Woolley 111No;D Willis 26;S Singh brar 3/61;I Singh 2/14;M Hoye 2/28) v Lyndale 1/21;
C GRADE
Hallam Kalora Park 260 (J Smit 72;M Mcguigan 46;P Cutting 33;S Contencin 29;L Simmonds 5/67;J Bowen 3/62;A Manning 2/23) v Dingley 0/0;
Springvale 1/9 v Lynbrook 229 (V Singh 93;M Dala 42No;A Agarwal 25;P Kumar 4/52;H Batth 2/33;H Palla 2/39);
D GRADE
Narre South 1/23 v Parkfield 140 (I Zaman 47;M Hardie 28;J Maine 4/46;A Murphy 3/19;S Sarwari 2/27);
Berwick 244 (G Wilcock 60;W Viney 46;D Bergwerf 35;D Lewis 4/74;T Palzer 2/38;N Brooks 2/48) v Berwick Springs ;
E GRADE
Doveton 9/266dec (B Hendy 82;C Gray 51No;V Lyer 34) v Dandenong West 0/13;
St Brigid’s/St Louis 1/42 v Berwick Springs 166 (P Ferguson 62;T Karunarathna 30No;A Mcneil 3/23;S Goodman 3/26;B Fitzgibbon 2/55);
F GRADE
Berwick Springs 0/4 v Buckley Ridges 210 (W Ali 88;D Loveridge 4/58;B Tisdale 2/34);
Beaconsfield 107 (D Mcdermott 46;K Meewella 5/25) v Sandown Park 6/119 (M Mahendran 81;J Hocking 5/24);
ONE DAY 1
Springvale South 3/139 (M Zeitoune 50No;Z Hussain 2/17) def Buckley Ridges 137 (Q Nazari 26;D Fernandesz 4/24;D Arter 3/25;M Wenke 2/49);
Southern Pirates 9/176 (K Van twest 64No;J Rowswell 26;S Williams 3/42;B O’brien 2/30;L Williams 2/47) def Keysborough 104 (K Tucker 5/17;M Ah-tye 2/20;C Earle 2/27);
ONE DAY 2
Parkdale 4/192cc (K Bergen 50No;A Mckenzie 50No;S Hiscock 25) def North Dandenong 146 (D Trusler 44;S Jowzy 6/17);
Cranbourne 9/138 (B Nicol 56No;H Ruaporo 26;K Hettiarachchi 3/30;J Hinds 2/41) def Narre South 132 (S Mcdonald 56No;H Ruaporo 4/19;C Piastrino 4/25);
UNDER 17 – 1
Springvale South 1/13 v Narre North 129 (L Richardson 31;J Dooley 30;J Zietsman 29;B Sharp 3/15;C Sigaras 2/20;M Wetering 2/37);
Endeavour Hills 150 (L De zilwa 70;T Hanigan 4/31;J Quigley 2/14;S Ayres 2/14) v Cranbourne ;
UNDER 17 – 2
Berwick 0/77 (J Phillips 55No) v Parkfield 168 (B Sturzaker 43;R Payne 32;J Mccabe 27;R Cannon 3/20;J Phillips 2/19;J Siritunga 2/21);
Narre South 8/163cc (S Wilson 34;Z Faruk 2/25;S Srinivas 2/28;P Kumar 2/33) v Lyndale ;
UNDER 17 – 3
Fountain Gate 3/263cc (K Singh 101No;M Premi 61;A Sadath 43No;S Woolley 33;M Dudley 2/55) v Endeavour Hills ;
Narre Warren v Beaconsfield 170 (W Ryan 45;T Robinson 29;S Kulasekara 3/21;U Tahir 3/26;C Brinkmann 3/47);
UNDER 15 – 1
Berwick Springs 0/13 v Dandenong West 115 (R Siwes 30;R Rajapaksa 3/12;S Waingade 3/12);
Buckley Ridges 9/177cc (J D’rozario 54No;N Munasinghe 46) v Berwick ;
UNDER 15 – 2
North Dandenong 5/224cc (B Kroon 53No;Y Pednekar 52No;S Kulkarni 50No;J Camilleri 2/17) v Springvale South ;
Berwick Springs 9/136cc (L Chugg 34;S Law 26;D Vanderwert 3/14;H Rao 3/20) v Lyndale ;
UNDER 15 – 3
Narre South 9/141cc (U Herath 33;Y Mirranay 28;E Henman 3/17;C Kooranpala 2/18) v Berwick ;
Cranbourne 0/20 v Beaconsfield 139 (J Heylbut 51No;R Disher 3/19;B Osborne 2/24);
UNDER 13 – 1
Berwick Springs Blue 4/204cc (G Sekar 38No;B Paroissien 27No;C Pedro 26No;R Tisdale 26No;J Sawrey 25No;T Ferdinand 25No) v Cranbourne ;
Lynbrook v Berwick 6/205cc (B Hinchliffe 40No;M Islam 26No;I Jassal 25No;B Fowkes 25No;R Mark 3/28);
UNDER 13 – 2
Berwick v Noble Park 9/150cc (J Crozier 39No;J Frank 27;P Kengeri 27No;J Fitzpatrick 3/12;D Boland 3/27);
Narre North v Fountain Gate 9/142cc (D Premi 25No;B Niezgodka 2/7;A Akin 2/9);
UNDER 13 – 3
Noble Park 7/100cc (A Stefan 27No;N D’souza 26No;N Munasinghe 3/6) v Buckley Ridges ;
Berwick 134 (B Wemyss 31No;Z Rizwan 2/6;A Sajan 2/10;M Sandhu 2/15) v Endeavour Hills 0/6;
UNDER 13 – 4
Narre Warren v Berwick 6/106cc (R Kathriarachchi 3/3);
Beaconsfield v Narre North 9/171cc (W Makani 39No);
