We are well and truly into the cricket season now, with plenty of great results across the grades!
A special congratulations to young Travis Hodge, who scored his maiden century in Tier 3 over the weekend! What a fantastic achievement, young man. Well done!
And a big shout-out to Ian, who fell just short of his century, finishing on an impressive 97 runs! So close to that magic 100, but a fantastic effort nonetheless!
Pizza Night is back this Wednesday! Stick around after junior training, grab a slice and enjoy a catch-up with your Rovers family.
Good luck to all our teams heading into another great week of cricket. Go Rovers!
BYE
The mighty twos twelve game winning streak, stretching back to February has come to an end as Barron (7/192) chased down Rovers 5/191 with eight balls to spare and a see-sawing encounter at GP2.
Batting first the Twos new open pair got us off to a great start, adding 61, before Archie fell for 26. Presty quickly followed, but Will Palmer and Ian quickly got thinks moving again. Ian, who is making runs for fun at the moment reached his second half century for the twos this year, eventually falling for a well made 63.
Will and Barnsey kicked on in the latter overs, with Will reaching 31 and Barnsey a belligerent 47 off 40.
Defending 191 we started well. Xavier bowled another great opening spell without luck. At the other end Watto (1/17) was keeping it tight and eventually grabbed the initial breakthrough. When Archie got the second thanks to a sharp catch from Langers it was two for not many and the green machine was rolling.
Unfortunately, from that point, things went wrong. Some loose bowling, dropped chances, missfields and missed run outs all crept into the game – highly unusual for the twos who generally have very high standards.
Barron took the opportunities we gifted them and came storming back. Sauce grabbed a wicket on drinks and Northy took an absolute screamer not long after, but Barron had the run rate under control.
Thresh (2/28) came back and hit the stumps to give us a glimer of hope, but there was to be no escape this time.
Every team has bad days. That’s ok. The important thing is how you bounce back next week. The mighty twos will be determined to return to the winners list!
Magnum Plumbing KSS Rovers 8-175 defeated Norths Babinda Electrics 174
Terranovus Rovers 99 lost to Mulgrave Kerala 3-100
Another game, another win! A much-deserved victory for the boys today, and what an incredible team effort it was. The teamwork out on the field was fantastic, with everyone stepping up and contributing throughout the game.
A massive congratulations to Ian, who put on an outstanding batting performance, scoring an incredible 97 off 81 balls! Mungus backed him up with a solid 30 off 44, while Rhys added a quick-fire 17 off 20 to keep the runs coming.
It was definitely a batter’s deck out there today, but that didn’t stop the boys from putting in an amazing effort with the ball and in the field. Ian chipped in with 2 catches and a (a breakup worthy) run-out, while Rhys had a fantastic day with 3 wickets of his own. A special mention to Taj for taking an absolute screamer, and to Rocco for a great catch behind the stumps!
Another shout-out to Taj and Rhys for their impressive bowling economy, keeping things tight and putting the pressure back on the opposition.
An outstanding all-round performance from the boys, with some brilliant batting, sharp fielding and fantastic teamwork. Everyone played their part, and the result speaks for itself.
Back-to-back wins! Huge congratulations to the whole team. #bleedgreen.
HVAC Bhutanese Rovers 155 defeated Muddies Senior Men 3rd Grad 90.
Halpin Partners Tier 3 Rovers – Winner winner chicken dinner!
The Halpin Partners Rovers hit the road again, this time to the green pastures of Innisfail to take on Cassowary Coast.
*INTENT was the word of the day!* And the boys certainly delivered.
Great running between wickets, positive batting and constant pressure on the fielders set the tone from the outset. For once, the scoreboard was ticking over faster than the kilometres on the team bus!
A fantastic team batting performance:
– Thomas – 38 off 59
– Hugh – 26 off 26
– Luca – 46 off 56
– Bikram – 20 off 18
– Lucas – 16 off 15
We finished 8/195 off 33 overs – easily our best team batting performance of the season so far!
Then came the bowling, and the boys clearly had dinner reservations back in Cairns!
Neil and Thomas opened with zip, control and accuracy, reducing Cassowary Coast to 4/11. From there, the opposition were always chasing the game.
Only three Cassowary Coast batters managed double figures as wickets continued to tumble.
Bowling honours:
– Thomas – 2/12 off 3 overs
– Neil – 2/10 off 4 overs
– Hugh – 2/19 off 3.1 overs
A brilliant all-round team effort and a well-deserved victory!
Players of the Week: Luca and Neil – outstanding contributions from both!
Next week: We find ourselves in unfamiliar territory… actually playing cricket in Cairns!
It’s RIVALRY ROUND against the other Rovers team. Club bragging rights are on the line, friendships may be tested, and somebody is going to have a very uncomfortable training session the following week.
What a time to be alive!
Tier 3 FNQ Nature Tours V Norths at Brendan Nash Oval
FNQ Nature Tours delivered a thumping 90-run victory over Norths, piling on 5/233 before restricting the opposition to 9/143.
The day however belonged to Travis, who produced a magnificent unbeaten 124 from just 98 balls, including 20 boundaries. It was Travis’s first century, and once the runs started flowing, the scoreboard operator was busier than busier than a mosquito at a nudist colony..
Kaden also enjoyed a memorable day, recording a personal-best 29 before backing it up with the remarkable bowling figures of 2/3 from three overs. Travis completed a fine all-round performance with 1/5, while Jack claimed 1/4 and delivered a maiden.
With regular captain Caleb unavailable, Hayden stepped into the captaincy role for the first time to guid the team. Tier 2 players Thomas J and Aadit answered the call to help with numbers and made valuable contributions. Aadit collected 2/9, while Thomas J took a wicket and a catch. Not bad for a couple of fill-ins!
The Holloways supplied a terrific afternoon tea, ensuring nobody went home hungry and congratulations to our award winners Travis, Kaden, Aadit, Thomas J and Eli.
Our attention now turns to training on Wednesday afternoon before next week’s intra-club showdown against our fellow Rovers.
Tier 2. WGC Rovers 8-171 def Atherton 8-165. The Redbacks just outlasted the plucky redfooters in a steamy classic at Endeavour #2. Asked to bat first, Luca (20*) and Max (37*) were our batting standouts with useful contributions also coming from Nish, Shenuka and Ryan. Though we found the ropes regularly, we let the tablelanders off the hook (and out of the sun!) by losing a clump of wickets and not batting out our overs for the first time this season.
When it was our turn to bowl we chipped away and got ourselves in the game – Luca and Andrew combined for a crucial stumping dismissal in the middle overs.
Jacob bowled full on the straight on the way to 4-21 (all bowled) to set up a titanic finish. Atherton’s top scorer hit a monster 6 of Aadit’s leg spin to leave them just one good hit away from victory. All seemed lost but our skipper has ice in his veins and responded with his version of a “gatting ball” next delivery to dislodge the off bail and leave some little green cricketers very happy (and relieved!!) with a tense victory. Next week we leave our Endeavour Park fortress to hit the Tablelands to see if we can keep our unbeaten start to the season going.
Our awards today went to Max and Jacob.
Tier 2 – Zarraffa’s Rovers 8/177 v Norths Cairns Bulk Meats Gold 6/188
What a brilliant game of cricket! Rovers put in a terrific all-round effort but fell agonisingly short, finishing 8/177, just 11 runs shy. Liam was absolutely outstanding with the ball, taking 3/13 from five overs including two maidens, with Cooper and Oliver also grabbing wickets. Tom and Danura kept things tight, and overall it was a great bowling effort from the whole Rovers side.
The chase turned into an absolute cracker. Oliver was sensational, smashing an unbeaten 72 from just 38 balls, including 14 fours and a six. Tom was equally impressive with 44 from only 23 balls, including eight fours and a six. After retiring, Tom returned late in the innings and was eventually the final wicket to fall as Rovers fought right to the end. Teddy showed fantastic resilience against some of the best bowling of the day, digging in when it mattered and helping keep us in the contest.
Super proud of the whole team. We were only a few little 1% moments away today, and that’s the exciting part. We learn from today, turn those 1%ers in our favour next week and we’ll get the win. The fight, teamwork and never-give-up attitude were fantastic to see. Huge thanks again to Big Bad Brad for stepping up for us again this week! Looking forward to next week already. Let’s keep building, Rovers!
Award winners Teddy, Oliver & Liam.
Tier 1 AGL Rovers 175 def Barron River 101.
In the sizzling morning heat we lost the toss again and were sent in to bat first. Again. It seems only the coach was put off by this as just about everyone had their best performances of the year. After a solid start from Mahish and Herbert, runs were flowing from Henry (23), James (23), Ollie (33) and Emmett (29). Boundaries were the popular choice over running in the heat. Tight bowling was a feature again, and every player picked up at least one wicket. Mahish led the way with 3, Herbert and James picking up 2 each. A lot of fun had today for the AGL. Award winners were Emmett, Herbert and James.
ABC Gold Rovers 202 def Norths Grass Up Blue 78
Typical stinking very hot day at Endeavor Park saw Rovers ABC Gold finish the trifecta against Norths with 3 from 3 wins, all in fine fashion.
With Coach James taking the Everlong trip to Townsville to partake in some coaching development sessions with Dave Grohl, the team were guided by the triple A rated, second tier coach/management – Alison, Andrew and Adam. Fortunately, no Monkey Wrench in the works this time!
Norths won the toss and elected to bat, a curious decision on a scorching day, and were immediately put under the blow torch by Bradley with 2/1 off the first over and finishing with figures of 3/3. Wickets continued to fall, just about every over, with stellar performances in the field, Briana with 2 runouts and a catch, and behind the wicket, by Ben ending up with 4 catches, and another diving, sprawling near miss.
Norths ending up with 12/63… sometime there are Times like These…
Rovers turn to bat and opening with the sisterhood combination of Briana and Leisel, and a POM winning performance for not losing her wicket! This was followed by James and Aaron proving a solid combination in the middle order with 14 runs a piece, and James with his first 4 front of the wicket! Kiania contributed with 9 and Rovers didn’t lose a wicket until the 7th over. Definitely not pretenders.
What followed can only be described as Best of You, ABC Gold Rovers! Bradley, Johno, Oscar and Ben sharing a 90 between them with all fielders on the fence as the ball went sailing over and through, to the boundary, 14 times between them.
All up ABC Gold Rovers ending 3/142 before the wickets were added.
Congratulations to POM Liesel for not getting out, and Johno for solid performances all around.
It’s times like these you learn to live again.
Westpac Rovers 136 lost to Barron River Red 182.
A big shoutout to Rovers juniors Caleb and Hugh, who are representing Peninsula at the U14 Queensland School Sport State Championships in Toowoomba this week!
What a fantastic achievement for both boys. We wish you all the best for the week ahead and hope you enjoy every moment of the experience.
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