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Oak Flats, Port Kembla and Wests do well in junior cricket
Going into the final two rounds of the combined Illawarra/South Coast junior cricket competitions, Oak Flats leads the under 16A competition from Thirroul, Balgownie and Corrimal with Dapto and Wests Illawarra still in the hunt for a semis berth.
In the under 16B competition, Port Kembla has a healthy lead over Kiama which is closely followed by Keira, Wests Illawarra, Gerringong and Warilla Sports.
Wests Illawarra is undefeated in the under 14As while Shellharbour has only dropped one game on the first innings. Keira which has won 5 games from 8 and Balgownie with 4 from 8 make up the top four. Corrimal in fifth spot would appear to have an outside chance of making the four.
McCrae top scores as Edwards compiles second century
Hayden McCrae has scored 119 not out for Helensburgh in round 7 of the combined Illawarra/South Coast under 16A junior cricket competition to lead the batting honour board in that competition. Oak Flats’ Ryan Maguire also scored a ton (103 not out) in round 7. Of the other 7 century makers in the competition so far, Oak Flats’ Nathan Brown is the only player to score two hundreds. Hayden McCrae has just missed out on having two centuries to his name, having also scored 95 in round 4.
In round 9 of the combined under 14A competition, Tyler Edwards of Wests Illawarra scored 116 not out. This was his second century for the competition, having scored 100 not out in round 3. Other centuries in the competition have been scored by Shellharbour’s Jake Edwards, Corrimal’s Daniel Baldwin and Thomas McDevitt. Up to round 9, no centuries had been scored in the 16B competition with 96 in round 1 from Keira’s Christopher Moore still best, although Helensburgh’s Isaac Shaw was unlucky to finish on 95 not out also in round 1.
Verma adds five wicket haul to century
West Illawarra’s Rahil Verma led the bowlers in round 7 of the under 16A combined Illawarra/South Coast competition by taking 5 wickets for 32 runs off 9.2 overs against Balgownie. This bowling performance shows his outstanding all round ability as previously in round 4 he had scored 100 not out following his 92 in round 2.
Thomas Fogarty of Jamberoo/Albion Park was best of the bowlers in round 6 taking 5 for 22. Still topping the 16A bowling list is Jamberoo/Albion Park’s Alex Bruce who had taken 6 for 43 in round 1 against Wests Illawarra.
In the 16B competition Port Kembla’s Nicholas Purdevski was top of the bowlers in round 8 with 5 for 16 off 6 overs against Shellharbour while Thirrouls’s Jackson Gray did best in round 9 with 5 for 22 off 6.4 overs. Keira’s Mario Fernando still heads the bowling hall of fame with 6 for 19 taken in round 2 against Kiama.
Wollongong Hawks hunt NBL basketball title
Having been in the top 4 of National Basketball League all season the Wollongong Hawks have four games to play in February to secure a semi final spot.
The Hawks home games, tipping off at 7.30pm, at WIN Entertainment Centre for the rest of the preliminary rounds are as follows:
Saturday February 6, v Gold Coast
Friday February 12, v Melbourne
The Hawks also have two remaining away games in the preliminary rounds. These are against New Zealand (February 4) and Adelaide (February 13).
Illawarra players miss out as NSW loses close series in Claxton Shield
There were four Illawarra players in the NSW Patriots team that qualified for the preliminary final series of the 2010 Claxton Shield against South Australia. All four are local junior products. Trent D'Antonio, Josh Dean (both Cardinals), Tim Atherton (Berkeley Eagles) and Jarrett Commane (Dapto Chiefs) all played a big hand in NSW qualifying for the preliminary finals series.
Unfortunately, after winning the first game in the preliminary final series, NSW lost the next two narrowly to miss out on qualifying for the Shield finale against Victoria.
See Illawarra & South Coast Twenty 20 cricket games
Illawarra andSouth Coast senior cricket teams will be playing a Twenty 20 competition through February and March. 16 teams are playing in four pools of four teams with the pool rounds taking place on Wednesday nights, February 3, 10 and 17.
Activities including sports taping course at NSW Sport and Recreation
Future programs include:
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