Stacks on Ash Henry! His Berwick team-mates piled on top of him as Henry claimed another wicket to put Berwick into a dominant position against Buckley Ridges. 76418 Picture: Jarrod Potter
By Jarrod Potter
ASH Henry (6/33) terrorised the Buckley Ridges (124) batsmen in round nine of DDCA cricket as he guided Berwick (3/40) into a dominant position.
Henry, the Berwick legspinner, ripped through the Ridges’ middle order, to remove the sloggers. Te Ahu Davis and with an incredible piece of fielding, jumped up to his left and caught Daniel Watson off his own bowling to leave Buckley Ridges 6/65.
The fightback came in earnest from Shaun Ferreira (43), who ensured the Park Oval boys had something to defend. Ferreira, with a hitting cameo from Jeremy Kuru, pushed the score to 124, with the last three wickets adding 55.
Ash Perrin (3/14) bowled a good line all day and knocked over the important wickets of Chris Batchelor and Matt Goodwright.
Buckley Ridges managed to knock over three Berwick batsmen before stumps. Kuru (2/19) and Davis (1/16) claimed a couple of early wickets, but with Berwick shuffling their batting order around to see out the last 15 overs of the day, the Bears will go in heavy-price favourites for this week. Gavan Wills retired hurt on 1.
@BT Sub Sport News:DOVETON v SPRINGVALE STH
Nick Fairbank (88) and Jason Arnberger (85) peppered the boundaries for Doveton (9/293cc) as Springvale South was left to their mercy.
No Springvale South bowler was spared from their carnage as eight bowlers were used to find some way past the Doveton middle order wallopers. They were both dismissed nearing their centuries, but by then the Doves had hit Springvale South into a corner.
Andrew Sharp (4/53) cleaned up the tail, leaving a lot of work for the Springvale South top order this weekend.
@BT Sub Sport News:PARKFIELD v MORDIALLOC
The tail wagged hard at Parkfield (194), after a diabolical collapse against Mordialloc (1/0). From smooth sailing at 0/26 to 6/51, Parkfield was in dire trouble before some uncharacteristic lower-order resistance got them to a winnable total.
Hemantha Alles (39) and Tony Payne (31) set the tempo back in Parkfield’s favour. Chathura Athukorala (5/37) and Nick Connellan (3/70) were the best Mordialloc bowlers.
In response, Alles got a crucial breakthrough in the one over left, getting Tim Richardson to nick it to Spoljaric.
@BT Sub Sport News:KEYSBOROUGH v
NORTH DANDENONG
Gayan Sameera (80 not out) led North Dandenong (6/258dec) as they look for outright points against Keysborough (1/4). Everyone got a start for the Norths, with Sameera and Craig Gunawardana (38) coming in down the order to cash in after a good start from the likes of Janahan Kumaralingam (31) and Scott Neeson (25). Mushy Perera (3/57) was the best of the Burras, bowling 23 overs in very hot conditions.
The response from Keysborough was tepid, with Jonathan Mohamed (1) out on the verge of stumps, nicking one to Gunawardana off Pepper.
@BT Sub Sport News:DANDENONG WEST v
HEINZ SOUTH DISTRICTS
HSD (8/227cc) posted a difficult chase for Dandenong West, with Trevor Davies (85 not out) and Navoda Ganegoda (53) piling on the runs in an 82-run partnership. Peter Atkinson (4/41) continued his great form with the ball for Dandenong West.
