http://www.gryphons.org.au/ The Monash University Gryphons Cricket Club is from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and has men's and women's teams. en-us Copyright 2008 Monash University Gryphons Cricket Club. All Rights Reserved. 9/02/2012 11:05:40 AM 100 http://www.gryphons.org.au/news/story.asp?storyid=301 <b>Item by Stephen Pearson on 11/12/2011 9:45:04 PM EST</b><br>The 2nd annual Craig Robinson Cup Twenty20 cricket match was held on Sunday December 11th 2011. The MGAFC won the toss and had a bat, making 94 all out, a total the cricket club were able to chase down for the loss of only 3 wickets. The score card is below: <pre> Craig Robinson Cup 2011 MUGCC v MGAFC @ East Caulfield Reserve #1 11-Dec-2011 MoM: Glen Wadley Medal: Rahul Jhaveri Umpires: Matt Healy and Craig Robinson MGAFC 1. W.Pocock * st. A.Jangiti b: S.Gupta 42 (40) 2. T.Mackie c: N.Boothman b: N.Skill 4 (8) 3. P.Warren # c: N.Boothman b: R.Jhaveri 24 (34) 4. M.Davies c: A.Jangiti b: L.Cleary 0 (3) 5. C.Leeton c: N.Boothman b: R.Jhaveri 6 (7) 6. K.Cherian b: R.Jhaveri 4 (8) 7. D.McConville st: A.Jangiti b: R.Jhaveri 1 (4) 8. M.Tapscott b: L.Cleary 1 (3) 9. C.Mackie st: A.Jangiti b: L.Cleary 0 (3) 10. D.Walter c: R.Jhaveri 2 (9) 11. J.Rose not out 0 (2) 12. A.Flowerday Extras: (1b, 3lb, 6wd, 0nb) 10 Total: 94ao Fow: 1-13 (Mackie), 2-70 (Pocock), 3-75 (Davies), 4-82 (Leeton), 5-89 (Warren), 6-89 (McConville), 7-92 (Tapscott), 8-92 (Cherian), 9-94 (Mackie), 10-94 (Walter) N.Skill 2-0-1-7 (2wd) A.Bajwa 2-0-0-11 (3wd) S.Sanghari 2-0-0-11 S.Gupta 4-0-1-31 (1wd) N.Boothman 2-0-0-8 L.Cleary 4-0-3-12 R.Jhaveri 3.2-0-5-10 (inc. bat-trick) MUGCC 1. S.Thomas c: W.Pocock b: C.Leeton 7 (6) 2. A.Jangiti # c: W.Pocock B: C.Leeton 6 (13) 3. A.Bajwa c: M.Tapscott b: W.Pocock 66 (55) 4. A.Rajdeep c & b: C.Leeton 4 (20) 5. S.Gupta run out (C.Robinson) 5 (7) 6. S.Sanghari c: T.Mackie b: C.Mackie 11 (8) 7. B.Costar c: D.McConville b: D.Walter 2 (5) 8. D.Baulch * c: D.Walter b: C.Mackie 5 (4) 9. L.Cleary c: C.Mackie b: J.Rose 9(6) 10. N.Boothman b: C.Robinson 2 (4) 11. R.Jhaveri c: M.Tapscott b: C.Robinson 1 (2) 12. N.Skill Extras: (4b, 0lb, 7wd, 6nb) 17 Total 135ao Fow: 1-7 (Thomas), 2-18 (Jangiti), 3-75 (Rajdeep) 4-96 (Gupta), 5-100 (Bajwa), 6-107 (Costar) 7-118 (Sanghari), 8-122 (Baulch), 9-134 (Cleary) 10-134 (Boothman), 11-135 (Jhaveri) K.Cherian 2-0-0-15 (2wd) C.Leeton 4-0-3-9 T.Mackie 1-0-0-7 (3nb) M.Davies 2-0-0-16 (1nb) M.Tapscott 1-0-0-11 (2nb 3wd) A.Flowerday 2-0-0-9 P.Warren 1-0-0-14 (1wd) W.Pocock 2-0-1-19 (1wd) D.McConville 1-0-0-7 D.Walter 1-0-1-3 C.Mackie 1-0-2-16 J.Rose 1-0-1-4 C.Robinson 1-0-2-1 </pre> 11/12/2011 9:45:04 PM http://www.gryphons.org.au/news/story.asp?storyid=300 <b>Item by Anna Broomhall on 21/11/2011 1:02:05 PM EST</b><br>So apparently my match reports are on an adhoc basis this season... After a disappointing turn of events last week saw us forfeit for the first time since I’ve been wearing the Royal Blue, I was itching to get onto the park against the Fluoro Pink of Bayswater Park for the second time in 2 weeks. After a very lazy day in bed on Saturday hearing the dreadful weather outside I wasn’t all that certain that it was an option but waking up to beautiful sunshine on Sunday was a welcome relief. A quick ground check by KB and I first thing cleared up any concerns and we were ready to kick off. Well, we were missing two of our players in H and Jaff who were kept from getting to the ground on time by some mischief makers in the Universe, and keeping with the randomness of the weather, I decided to bat first. That would probably be the first time I have opted to do that in about 4 seasons. A big welcome to Ella’s mate Karen who came down to have a crack – always nice to see someone new around the traps! With H still not at the ground, Cat and Scooby reignited their opening partnership and got off to a great start, Cat continuing her great season despite the dead piece of willow she waves about in the middle (seriously dude, get that new bat knocked in!), while Scooby continued on her merry way. Once Cat got herself set, she actually was doing the bulk of the scoring and was scoring at a higher rate than Scooby – quite a remarkable feat and an innings that included one glorious 4 down through fine leg. While there were a few chances that went down, she took advantage and together they put on an opening stand of 44 before the keeper finally snagged a catch and Cat walked off, incredibly disgruntled to discover that she again landed on 17. Dom headed in at number 3 and after watching a few flighty innings this season from our youngest player, she looked very calm and composed against some great bowling. No (well not many) wild swings, and she picked the balls to go after. The running between the wickets was great with some tight runs squeezed in and really putting the pressure on the fielders. Another 40 run partnership was had before Scooby was bamboozled for the first time all day and her bails went a’knockin’. H finally got her chance at number 4 and started well with her traditionally strong defence and our top 4 was starting to look really good. Dom finally played a false shot and paid for it with her wicket but our top 4 had got us to 100 after 33 overs and our best batting-first innings that I can remember for a long time. Jaff joined H in the middle and couldn’t quite get it away before holing out to the close in fielder and with wickets in hand, H and I tried to go the tonk in the last 2 overs – we did quite well against quality bowling and we ended 4/115 after the full 40. Yes the scoring rate slowed as we progressed, but a great effort from all top 6 batsmen to get us there for the loss of only 4 wickets and a great confidence day in the middle. Bayswater have one of the strongest bowling lineups and apart from Cat’s 3 lives, we weren’t giving them opportunities and we took it right to them. Facing down the opposition skipper who slaughtered us two weeks earlier, I tossed Dom the new ball to open with H and it worked a treat – Dom’s focus for the day was avoiding that one loose ball of the over that they could cash in on, and really built the pressure so that Helen could turn the screws with pace from the other end. Eventually a great bowling partnership paid off with Cat finally snaffling a catch off H in gully – the “finally” refers to the fact that catches have flown both sides of her all season, not that she has been dropping them… a great catch it was too, taken very confidently and being described as “Steve Waugh-like” by our favourite umpire Joe… a compliment received VERY well from our vice-skipper. I came on early and decided after half an over of my usual outswingers that I wanted to try something different and gave fast-off-breaks a crack… I quite like it I have to say, other than the missing skin from my spin finger as a result of giving the brand new seam a good rip… my colleagues think I’m soft. Maybe a little. However, they have refused my offer to catch cricket balls to see how unsoft each of them happen to be. After yet another great opening spell from H, Cat came on and again the commentary from Joe says it all – “an unbalanced run up for the first two but then a far more balanced delivery” created the perfect drifting nut that snuck through Lecia’s very strong defence and sent the stumps flying. One of the balls that is a pleasure to watch from behind the pegs. Gee it was nice. The whole time the fielding was spot on – Kaz certainly a welcome addition in the field and doing a fabulous job in the tough covers/midwicket areas, very calm with a great arm (look I’m a rhymer!), all the bowlers certainly appreciated having that extra player out there. The backing up from all Gryphons was magnificent and the hustle to cut off the singles or reduce the twos was the best I’ve seen all season – thumbs up to everybody out there yesterday. Ella gave another great performance with her spell; the well set skipper was wetting herself with excitement about the fact there was only a straight midwicket and a fine leg with me standing at close mid-on but completely unable to cash in as Ella got her line and length absolutely spot on. We got them to drinks at exactly the half way point of the run chase and felt confident that if we could break the next partnership, we’d be a good chance to push them right to the end. KB had a good start before a wayward second over and I had one of those fortuitous wonders where I changed to around the wicket and immediately fluked a wicket, with McClusker taking a solid catch (despite her look of panic) at wide mid-on. I was licking my lips with the new batsman looking rather bunny-like and decided to skip the finger spin for straight up darts, bellowing at Jaff to get out of my way as I lunged for a return catch… Jaff doing some very quick calculations in her head and deciding that she would be certainly the worst off in any collision and I luckily managed to just get there at grab it at knee height. I would have looked a little silly if it had gone down, so glad it stuck! That was the last wicket for the day as the skipper had enough and focused on punishing anything slightly short or wide. Unfortunately as the bowlers tired we just gave them that one ball every couple of overs to keep the run rate higher than required. Franky and Cat did well to force them to face extra balls as they strived to hit the winning runs but just frustrating them – they finally passed our total in the 36th over. A big shout out to both Lushy and Trace who managed to get down for a fair portion of yesterday, always nice to see old friends! Next week we’re facing a struggle to get enough for a team – another double header of T20’s involving Kingston Heath and Frankston so please put the call out and see if we can get some players – we’re down Ella, Cat and Bel so far, so please keep your ears pricked for any potentials! Another apology for my training attendance this year… I’m as frustrated as anyone that I can’t get down at the minute trust me. My training is amounting to flicking a cricket ball around the office and my workmates are as keen as me to get me out of the office… I’ll keep trying I promise! Great effort yesterday guys, imagine how we’ll go when we get back to a Happy Full team Day! Cheers all, Skip 21/11/2011 1:02:05 PM http://www.gryphons.org.au/news/story.asp?storyid=299 <b>Item by Anna Broomhall on 24/10/2011 7:09:33 PM EST</b><br>Good evening all and apologies for the delay in match reports... bloody work. I commence this report by declaring the possibility of good news... as we farewelled our dear friend Maz on Saturday, we may have regained one old Gryphon and recruited one new one... November 20 is the day they have promised to come down and pull on the whites. I neither confirm nor deny that we were a number of drinks into the day’s activities. But anyhoo! Unfortunately as we drove to Pakenham our numbers did not increase as the temperature did so we were staring down the barrel of a 28 degree day with 9 players. Despite this, I decided to stick with tradition and bowl first. I admit, possibly not the greatest decision of my cricketing career. Anyhoo! We said our g’days to Raylene, an old Hawk/part-time Gryphon who mentioned that it was kind of odd to face off against her old team and things continued down the odd path as the opening bat retired hurt within 4 overs. Not even I get injured that quickly! H and I licked our lips as the new batsman came to the crease looking rather nervy and I congratulated H through slightly gritted teeth as she managed to send the bails flying first. That commenced a great partnership for Pakenham as the day continued to warm up and the gaps only seemed to get bigger as we went on. Dom was doing some splendid work on the boundary, including one unbelievable slide near the boundary. Would have been even cooler if she didn’t miss the ball and have to clamber up to grab it. But it didn’t go for 4 so we counted it as a win! Despite the gaps and the heat, we were a touch quieter than normal but still in good spirits and kept ourselves entertained through the day – H2O became Wadda which quickly morphed into Franky... much to her confusion as this happened in the course of a single over and she was left standing at the top of her run going “who’s Franky?” After drinks I decided to give my finger spinners (read: not very much spin) a crack and after managing to get them away from the legside (much to the batters disappointment), adn pairing with Cat who was also keeping it tight, I finally drifted one in and luckily it hit the stumps or Jaffa and I would have passed out with disappointment. After a bit of whackety-whack action from the number 5, I repeated the dose and suddenly there was a bit more energy in the field. Ella was having no luck in the field, managing to jinx herself after mentioning that a dropped catch was her first dropped catch fine, the ball just chased her around – not easy catches mind you, but Ella was very relieved when Cat snaffled a catch off her bowling in her last over and Raylene was finally out for a very well made 64. Plaudits to all Gryphons who clapped her off – nice to see after she exhausted us on a hot day. While they managed to get to 173, on a hot day to keep them under 5 an over was a fabulous effort. All the bowlers learnt quickly to keep it as far away from legside as possible, the fielders trotted about from one side of the ground to another without complaint and we still kept a sense of humour about ourselves for the full 40 overs. After we traipsed into the shade and gratefully sank down to replenish ourselves with afternoon tea (which was quite impressive I have to say), without our trusty Scooby to open the batting, H took Cat out with her. A few streaky shots to get the scoreboard ticking denied Raylene the reward for having 4 slips and a gully as there were 3 catches dropped in the first 2 overs. Eventually Cat fell to a ripper inswinger from the leftie and lost her stumps and Dom managed to get to 3 runs before befalling the same fate. Bel tried for 2 when there was only 1 while H was continuing on her merry way and I headed into the middle to meet her. At that point we were 3/16 and not looking particularly likely, but H and I decided to stay out there and enjoy some time in the middle. I managed to get off the mark my first ball which I am very proud of – usually it takes me at least 20 balls for that to happen, I think that is the first time in my Gryphons career to have a 100% strike rate! Woohoo! Of course that didn’t continue for any of the rest of my innings, but I’ll take what I can get. H was doing her best to hit the boundary and I was sending some fine abuse her way when the ball would stop inside the cones. My groin lasted about 15 runs before it went “ruh-roh” and while I tried to stick it out, it was unfair on Helen’s great hitting that I could only struggle one and I was afraid it might actually do some lasting damage so I relented and Dom strutted to the crease to join us. Dom’s running paid off for H in the first over as she made Dom earn her stripes. While I didn’t take immediate advantage of having a runner, I eventually got the hang of it and took great pleasure in my mis-timed tonkety-tonks and screaming “RUN! LOOK FOR TWO!” Dom would then occasionally get excited as she got to the strikers end and be ready to face up when she’d remember she was doing the most uncredited and thankless job cricket has to offer. Eventually I got sick of giving them chances and hit one straight down a fielders throat and Ella came on after waiting patiently. Unfortunately Bandit while she actually hit some cracking shots, she was unrewarded for them on the scoreboard and when she was eventually run out, there was another ch-ching in the fine tin for a duck egg in the book. By this stage we were in the last over, H was on 48 and Franky was sent out with 5 balls to go and STRICT instructions to GET TO THE OTHER END! With only slight pressure to do so from our end and Rayls pulling all the fielders in to crowd her, it took 3 balls and she smacked one through the gap – the biggest cheer I think I’ve heard for a single while 100 runs down! With only 2 balls, even the Pakenham supporters were willing H on and she did them proud, cracking it through the leg side for the required 2 runs for the 50. In true H style, she finished off her spell with a strong defensive shot and the game was over, falling 89 runs short. A fabulous effort to bowl 10, race around in the field and then carry the bat for our innings, Indy rewarded Mum with a few passionate leaps onto her stomach and a couple of head whacks for good measure. Also a great effort to keep Pakenham in the field when it would have been easy to collapse ala Round 2. It is now 7.30 and I'm still at work so I'm off – I'm stuck in Sydney Wednesday so will miss training again – apologies to all, I know it’s very slack. Week off this week with Cup Week so enjoy it and see you all next Wednesday! Cheers all, Skip 24/10/2011 7:09:33 PM http://www.gryphons.org.au/news/story.asp?storyid=298 <b>Item by Ben Gordon on 20/10/2011 12:01:33 PM EST</b><br><b>Men</b> Don Baulch (life member) Craig Robinson (life member) Stephen Pearson (life member) Nathan Pearce Shelaan Mathes Chinthaka Samarajeewa Priyath Amaratunga Siddharth Shangari John Page Ranjit Nair Malitha Siriwardena Darren Taylor-Zach Sriyan Ameratunga Udesh Pathiranage Morgan Cole David Barry-Macaulay Aseem Bharani Kumudu Ananda Matt Green Andy Casely Ben Gordon Ben Costar Ryan Tanner Ruwan Wellalage Rahul Jhaveri Janitha Mawasinghe Anoop Longwani Abhi Mishra Prem Jayaraman <b>Women</b> Tracy Widdows (life member) Helen Jones Helen Casely Alison Chapman Katherine Broome Belinda Pearson 20/10/2011 12:01:33 PM http://www.gryphons.org.au/news/story.asp?storyid=297 <b>Item by Anna Broomhall on 10/10/2011 8:27:42 PM EST</b><br>Round 1 – Season 2011/12 Good morning all and I hope you’re feeling as sore and sorry for yourself as I am this morning! Welcome to Season 2011/12! After a rather short off-season followed by an even shorter pre- season, 10 Gryphons turned up at ECR yesterday to kick off. With a raft of changes to our team list that see a welcome return of Bel Pearson and a welcome to new recruit Dom, Lushy enjoyed her first game of retirement from the safety of the scorer’s table while in town visiting from her new home of Port Pirie. My year started off as normal, with the opposition winning the toss and sending us into the field. Par for the course really! With no Maddi, X or Mez to open the bowling, H took the new ball and started off well against the youngsters of Mt Martha. Despite having 10 in the field, we were covering the gaps well and the backing up was great – felt like an extension of last season. While no wickets came early, the pressure was on as H and I finished our opening spells, KB and Cat both had a crack and kept it tight before Dom came in and after no-balling her first, gifted me with a ripper second ball as it clipped the edge and went right. With my typical grace and elegance, I stumbled towards it, clutched it and then kind of ka-thumped to the turf. But it stuck! Huzzah! A Tonker took her place and went whackety-whack to increase the run rate until Dom’s second over sent a rocket down Bandit’s throat at square leg, who swallowed it easy as you like. It stayed 2 down for a while, a few catches went just high or just short or just wide... Mazza bearing the brunt of a couple of them and Jaff left wringing her hands after a rocket bounced off her hands. H nearly pulled off an absolute screamer at shortish mid-wicket and it just tumbled out as she hit the deck. Not content with those grass stains, she then decided to partake in a Dizzy Gillespie vs Steve Waugh type collision with Scooby – it was impressive and rather entertaining as they both bounced back to their feet but oy... it looked like it could have been baaaaad.. Finally Maz, H and Jaff looked on with envy as Cat was gifted the easiest of catches at widish slip off my bowling. Ella took her second catch of the day quickly thereafter as H was rewarded for her quality spell. Cat returned the favour for me as I was also gifted with a nice slooow easy catch in slips – looking back I'm surprised that we didn’t get boffed on the head... we had it easy! The run rate started to go up as their Coach came in and went tonkety-tonk, but all the while the attitude in the field was great. We were backing up, providing relay throws (although that is something we need to work on at training!) and being nice and vocal in our support for each other. Jaff finally managed to be on the receiving end of a nicer catch in at short cover and then I finished them off with an LBW and just kissed the bails of their number 10 with the last ball of my 10 over spell. So our first 37 overs in the field yielded 8/117 – not a bad effort to get rid of the cobwebs! After saying g’day to some of our youngsters in Mez and X who decided the best way to enjoy a day off cricket was to... watch some cricket, Scooby broke in a new opening partner in H. While the first 12 overs was quite slow as each batter watched closely and got the feel of the bowling, Scoobs eventually got the singles ticking and by drinks had worked their way up to and beyond the required 3 an over run rate and we were 0/67 and looking strong. H then decided to show the youngsters of Mt Martha a lesson in sportsmanship and spent quite a bit of time explaining to the umpire that she thought she was out – the most involved “walk” I’ve ever witnessed! The coach did express sincere gratitude for H’s conduct – nicely done H! I'm not going to get into a debate about whether walking is right or wrong – I don’t feel one way is better than another and am happy for everyone to make their own choice. I'm not a walker, but don’t feel any pressure to walk or not. The only thing I would say on the issue is if you’re going to make the decision to be a walker, make it properly – don’t make it dependant on the game situation! Cat came and left, lamenting her nice new bat sitting at home, and Dom came and went even quicker – deciding to be a bandit in batting as well as bowling! I managed to keep out the hat-trick ball, and after appreciating the “helpful” feedback from the sidelines, Scoobs and I were settling into a rhythm of the required 2-3 runs an over. Lauren took that opportunity to ignore the giant inside edge onto my THIGH and decide that was enough for a Leg Before Wicket decision... crazy. Scooby was even unluckier a few balls later as she was nearly falling over down legside on 48 (just as we were winding up to applaud the 50) – apparent LBW can also mean Leg Before WicketKEEPER... We were starting to feel a tad nervous as Bel and Maz joined in the middle and with 9 overs to go, needed 15 runs. Plenty of time and not many runs, but also not many wickets in the shed and not much time in the middle for the combined remainder! While both Bel and Maz took their time to find their feet, eventually the singles started and then Bel just broke loose and went crackety-crack – we closed them out at the end of the 38th over, 5/119. Some great positives from yesterday for our first match: • Despite having 10 in the field, the coverage we provided each other was fabulous – the support, backing up and relay throws were great. Well done to each and every one out there! • KB’s fielding at point – great work mate, you kept it nice and tight and closed off that area of the ground for them. • H’s all round performance – opening the batting and bowling, the Shane Watson of the season apparently! Great work and loved the attitude throughout the day. • One more individualised mention I promise... Scooby’s effort both behind the stumps and then to guide us nearly all the way home was fabulous – congrats on picking up where you left off last season! As we discussed yesterday, Dandenong have dropped out of our comp so we will have a redraw released this week. We definitely have another home game this weekend though, so I look forward to seeing you at training (5.30 start) or at ECR next weekend! Cheers all, Skip 10/10/2011 8:27:42 PM