Christmas is nearly here! Welcome to the penultimate BWCUCC newsletter before the mid-season break.
In this edition:
- Results from last Saturday
- Draw for the weekend
- Senior Player Profile: Scott ‘Singles’ Inglis
- Al Brown Update
- Last days of cricket for 2017
Results from last weekend
While the Premiers and the 2A Men are midway through 2-day games, scorecards for all completed matches from the weekend are visible on CricHQ. Here is a quick run-down of results:
- BWU Premier Men (match in progress)
- BWU 2A Men (match in progress)
- BWU 2B Men (57/8) lost to LPW (279/5)
- BWU Cannons (96/4) beat Marist Harewood 3A (95/10)
- BWU Presidents Foxes (173/8) lost to East Shirley Blue (175/8)
- BWU Boomers (105/10) lost to Sumner 3B (106/1)
- BWU Punjab Daredevils (78/10) lost to Sydenham 3C (272/9)
- BWU T20 DDT (117/1) beat Sydenham T20 Blues (115/7)
- BWU T20 Believers (55/7) beat Southern Districts (42/7)
- BWU T20 Strikers (130/9) beat Riccarton Hogs (76/7)
- BWU 1 – no scorecard entered
- BWU 2 (141/6) lost to Merivale Papanui (142/8)
- BWU 3 (57/7 & 13/2) lost to Halswell 4 (159/2 & 150/2)
- BWU 4 lost to Sydenham Wilson D Vipers
- BWU 5 (132/10) lost to Sumner (187/4)
- BWU 6 – no scorecard entered
- BWU 7 (49/0 & 28/2) lost to Cathedral Grammar 3 (44/6 & 42/2)
- BWU 8 (30/0 & 30/0) lost to Sumner Stingrays (78/0 & 59/0)
- BWU 9 – no scorecard entered
- BWU 10 (114/4) lost to Sumner Mermaids (126/2)
Draw for this weekend
The full draw for all (Junior and Senior) Burnside teams for this weekend is on CricHQ.
The weather outlook for Burnside Park is looking pretty good, with a high of 20C and no rain to speak of on Saturday:
In the event of wet weather, cancellations will be broadcast on Newstalk ZB 1098, posted to the CJCA website, the CMC website, and on the CMC Facebook page. Keep an eye out for mid-week ground closures and any draw or ground changes on the Burnside Cricket Facebook page.
Senior Player Profile: Scott Inglis
Sponsored by: Fox & Associates
Nickname: Singles
Age: 44
Occupation: Management Accountant
Preferred Occupation: Ice cream taster
How long have you played at BWC: 18 years
Funniest Player at the club: Scott Inglis
Hairiest player at the club: Shane Young
Best Bowling : 6-fer
Highest Score: 34*
Favourite player: Brent Thomson
Favourite BWC moment: The slip’n’slide
Which Hollywood star would play you in a movie: David Fox
If I could be one person for a day I would be: Angus Harman
Al Brown Competition Update
As of Wednesday, Chris El Capitan Peters pulled away slightly with the Premier Men and 2A teams points for the weekend locked up in a ‘match in progress’ black hole. There was a slight shuffle at the bottom of the top 10 table with plenty of Boomers in the mix, as well as two players from the Junior club. Stay tuned for updates and player movements next week.
| Player | Team | Matches | Bat | Bowl | Field | Total | |
| 1 | Chris Peters | Cannons | 5 | 13.66 | 37.19 | 6.34 | 57.19 |
| 2 | Scott Inglis | Premier Men | 9 | 1.49 | 31.86 | 7.3 | 40.67 |
| 3 | JJ Naude | Premier Men | 9 | 27.21 | 10.29 | 1.41 | 38.91 |
| 4 | Matt Farrant | Premier Men | 9 | 5.07 | 27.46 | 4.85 | 37.35 |
| 5 | Cam Hawkins | Premier Men | 9 | 32.34 | 0.0 | 4.38 | 36.73 |
| 6 | Joshua Kenny | BWU 2 Juniors | 6 | 19.0 | 10.71 | 3.76 | 33.47 |
| 7 | Vishal Brahmbhatt | Boomers | 6 | 15.57 | 5.77 | 9.52 | 30.86 |
| 8 | Regan Wilson | Boomers | 4 | 4.47 | 22.19 | 1.36 | 28.04 |
| 9 | David O’Brien | Boomers | 2 | 10.74 | 14.11 | 1.28 | 26.13 |
| 10 | Nick Smith | BWU 2 Juniors | 6 | 2.03 | 19.91 | 3.91 | 25.84 |
View this season’s complete Al Brown points table here. If you are not in list, make sure you captain (or the person designated by your captain) is filling a full scorecard on CricHQ each weekend. No scorecard = No points = No questions. If you are not sure please ask Shane , Arun , or Gareth).
Last day(s) of cricket for 2016
This Friday evening (16th), and this Saturday (17th) mark the end of cricket for the 2016 year for the junior and senior club. Have a great cricketing weekend. See you on the park!
Gareth Gibson
BWCUCC
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