Sport
15 March, 2024
Path to big dance: Pair steady after disastrous start
ARNOLD proved ladder positions mean nothing in finals, when they unceremoniously dumped minor premiers Kingower out of the premiership race in Saturday’s semi-finals. Arnold’s efforts were even more meritorious as after being sent in, openers...
ARNOLD proved ladder positions mean nothing in finals, when they unceremoniously dumped minor premiers Kingower out of the premiership race in Saturday’s semi-finals.
Arnold’s efforts were even more meritorious as after being sent in, openers Phil Scholes and Henry McCullough were both back in the shed without a run on the board.
Ryan Metelmann and Cam Dale got the innings back on track with a 50-run third wicket partnership with Metelmann the aggressor, scoring 34 off 30 balls with seven boundaries. Dale was eventually dismissed for a more subdued 31 off 69 balls, however his innings was just what his team needed at that stage.
Davies swung lustily for a quick fire 19, while Heath Lock played a sensible knock occupying the crease while a more than handy 61 runs were added for the last four wickets.
An interesting aspect of the Arnold’s innings was that there was just one two and one six hit, otherwise all the scoring was in boundaries and singles.
For Kingower, Kyle Simpson and Lachie DeJong both took three wickets while David Rose took three catches behind the stumps.
Kingower started their chase brightly with Matt Rowe taking nine off the opening over. Then the rot started when Ben Rose was caught down the leg side off McCullough.
McCullough may not have worried the scorers when batting, however they were made to work with his bowling as his four over spell produced four wickets for just nine runs.
With Metelmann chipping in with the wicket of Rowe, Kingower’s innings was in tatters at five for 27.
A 43 sixth wicket partnership between Simpson and David Rose gave Kingower a glimmer of hope, however when leg spinner Dale bowled Simpson with a quicker ball , Kingower’s innings petered out 49 runs short of their target.
Rose was last man dismissed for 43, caught in the deep by Campbell Hancock, his third catch of the innings. Phil Scholes also snared three victims behind the stumps while Dale backed up McCullough’s four wickets by bagging three himself.
Kingower v Arnold
Arnold
P. Scholes b J. Leach 0
H. McCullough c D. Rose b K. Simpson 0
C. Dale c D. Rose b K. Simpson 31
R. Metelmann lbw b M. Rowe 34
M. Dale c J. Leach b L. DeJong 1
C. Hancock b B. Rose 9
A. Davies c B. Pickles b K.Simpson 19
H. Lock not out 33
K. Hewett c D. Rose b M. Rowe 5
B. Metelmann B. Pickles b L. DeJong 9
S. Hewett b L. DeJong 0
Extras 20
Total 161
Bowling J. Leach 8-2-1-41, K. Simpson 8-2-3-41, M. Rowe 8-2-2-27, L. DeJong 7-1-3-25, B. Pickles 4-2-0-4, B. Rose 4-1-1-14
Kingower
M. Rowe c P. Scholes b R. Metelmann 10
B. Rose c P. Scholes b H. McCullough 0
W. Deason c C. Hancock b McCullough 6
J. Leach b H. McCullough 8
K. Simpson b C. Dale 24
B. Pickles c C. Hancock b McCullough 0
D. Rose c C. Hancock b Metelmann 43
L. DeJong c K. Hewett b C. Dale 14
I. Johnston-McCloud c P. Scholes b H. Lock 0
R. Smith b C. Dale 3
N. Leach not out 0
Sundries 4
Total 112
Bowling R. Metelmann 6.1-0-2-30, H. McCullough 4-1-4-9, C. Hancock 3-0-0-18, M. Dale 4-2-0-12, C. Dale 8-1-3-23, H. Lock 5-0-1-19.