08/02/2026
BIG WEEKEND OF JUNIOR CRICKET
Started Friday night at Thomas Turner with the U10s producing a hard fought 11 run win against Adelaide Warriors, with the match going down to the last couple overs. Young Malav from the Warriors (26 from 16) looked like stealing the win for the opposition, but the boys kept their heads to hold on.
Every player scored runs, with 6 players reaching double figures.
Over to Gepps Cross for the top of the table clash against the undefeated North Pines and another thriller! This game going down to the last ball, with the team requiring 2 runs for the win, and Adnan who has had a huge season, hitting the winning runs.
Kenil with 21no though was the catalyst for the chase, keeping a calm head and guiding the team through the chase.
Earlier it was Lachlan Bobridge who did the damage, removing the dangerous Reyman Guru cheaply, before sending back the #3 Digvijay a few balls later to have the Redbacks reeling at 2/27.
Saturday came around and the 14s continued on their merry way, this time bowling out ATCO for 98 thanks largely to a partnership between Patrick Luyten and Henry Kalisch that yielded 5/13 in 4 overs to rattle the Hornets. In reply, the side batted the overs to finish 198. Ansh Ohri with 44 the main man with the bat.
12 overs left to play, and the aim was to try and get 4 wickets - alas only got the 2 as ATCO dug in and showed great heart.
Nearly a memorable moment though, Henry on a hat trick from the 1st innings came in, forced the error from the batsman, unfortunately fell only metres short of the fielder Ansh, who then thinking quickly collected and completed a run out.
The 14's have now only lost 1 minor round match in 2 seasons, and look well positioned for another return to finals.
Finally, the U16's closed the day out in the Men's LO8 competition. Batting first the good guys piled on a massive 6/286 - Aksat Duiwala a return to form with 85 not out anchored the innings, whilst Abdul Rehman finally delivered on potential hitting 67 as the two 16s shared a 134 run partnership.
In reply Athelstone weren't ever really in the game, despite a flamboyant 74 from their middle order batsman Poojan. Laoutaris with 3 wickets, whilst Browning, Aksat and Prabhbir all picked up 2.
Only other junior mention is Ansh who played B Grade (LO3), taking a sharp catch at square leg then came on to rip through the Parafield middle order, collecting 2/7 off 4 overs.