SYDNEY WINDIES CRICKET CLUB INC.

ABN: 75 154 809 900, INC9885483

P O BOX 225, WILLOUGHBY NSW 2068

CAPTAIN’S REPORT 2008/09 SEASON

From: David Gemmola

Played 20 Won 6 Lost 7 Tied 1 Cancelled 6

The Sydney Windies CC welcomed the opportunity to be a part of the CSCA in season 2008/09 and have very much enjoyed the change of cricket environment.

The highlight of the season was probably defeating the 07/08 Jack Pace competition winner - Kings Old Boys in our first game of the season proving to ourselves that we would be a competitive team in the CSCA. Other notable games were a tie with Barker Old Boys and a 1 run victory against Sydney Uni Veterans in successive weeks.

Unfortunately unavailability of many core players to the Windies from previous season due to injury and work commitments meant that we struggled to get our best team on the park. Our batting in particular lacked depth due to our best three batsmen only playing on average six games each of the fourteen played. This lack of depth was reflected in the batting averages being well down on previous seasons. Our leading run scorer was Nick Mallory who scored a healthy 371 runs at 28.5. Other notable performances with the bat were Ratish Jassra with 213 runs at 26.6, Vernon Lopes 207 runs at 41.4 and David Merritt with 166 runs at 23.7 with 5 of his 12 innings being undefeated.

The bowlers welcomed the transition to turf wickets and the added assistance provided on the more grassy wickets. The need to bowl a tighter length compared with synthetic was probably the biggest problem faced. An absence for most of the games of two of our leading bowlers from previous seasons meant our attack was not as potent as in previous seasons. David Gemmola was the highest wicket taker with 18 wickets at 14.9 and an average of 2.9 rpo. Other notable performances were by Ratish Jassra with 9 wickets at 12.4 and a strike rate of only 17.4 balls, Vijay 8 wickets at 19.8 and Mohammed Ghani 8 wickets at 20.4. The highlight though was Calvin Jacob’s 5 wicket haul for only 21 runs against Reg Bartley XI in his one outing for the year.

Thank you to the 25 players who donned the whites for the Sydney Windies in season 2008/09 and we are looking forward to next season and, in particular, the opportunity to be a part of the Jack Pace competition.

Statistics for Season 2008/09

Batting

Player / Innings / Dismissed / Runs / Average / Highest Score / 50s
Nick Mallory / 15 / 13 / 371 / 28.5 / 72 / 2
Ratish Jassra / 8 / 8 / 213 / 26.6 / 45 / 0
Vernon Lopes / 5 / 5 / 207 / 41.4 / 73 / 2
David Merritt / 12 / 7 / 166 / 23.7 / 32 / 0
David Gemmola / 12 / 11 / 153 / 13.9 / 28 / 0
Dhirent Tikku / 8 / 8 / 139 / 17.4 / 37 / 0
Adam Learmonth / 5 / 4 / 109 / 27.3 / 40 / 0
Ninaad Karve / 8 / 8 / 99 / 12.4 / 34 / 0
Greg McInness / 13 / 12 / 70 / 5.8 / 12 / 0
Kevin Pathinather / 3 / 3 / 64 / 21.3 / 38 / 0
Vijay / 4 / 2 / 42 / 21.0 / 35 / 0
Doug Lindsay / 3 / 3 / 36 / 12.0 / 24 / 0
Mohammed Ghani / 9 / 8 / 35 / 4.4 / 11 / 0
Ted Walsh / 4 / 3 / 32 / 10.7 / 13 / 0
David Bennett / 1 / 1 / 27 / 27.0 / 27 / 0
Vikrant Bhan / 2 / 1 / 12 / 12.0 / 12 / 0
Walter Hinckson / 4 / 4 / 10 / 2.5 / 8 / 0
Nick Malloy / 1 / 1 / 10 / 10.0 / 10 / 0
Thanan Elalingam / 1 / 1 / 7 / 7.0 / 7 / 0
Senthuran Elalingam / 1 / 1 / 7 / 7.0 / 7 / 0
Richard Aitkins / 7 / 3 / 7 / 2.3 / 3 / 0
Puneet Jassra / 1 / 1 / 4 / 4.0 / 4 / 0
Robert Boone / 4 / 1 / 1 / 1.0 / 1 / 0
Vishal / 1 / 1 / 0 / - / 0 / 0
Calvin Jacob / 1 / 1 / 0 / - / 0 / 0

Bowling

Player / Overs / Maidens / Wickets / Runs / Average / Runs per Over / Strike rate
David Gemmola / 97.3 / 26 / 18 / 268 / 14.9 / 2.75 / 32.5
Ratish Jassra / 26.4 / 2 / 9 / 112 / 12.4 / 4.24 / 17.8
Vijay / 34.0 / 2 / 8 / 155 / 19.4 / 4.56 / 25.5
Mohammed Ghani / 38.0 / 4 / 8 / 163 / 20.4 / 4.29 / 28.5
Ninaad Karve / 43.0 / - / 7 / 227 / 32.4 / 5.28 / 36.9
Doug Lindsay / 35.0 / 13 / 6 / 109 / 18.2 / 3.11 / 35.0
Adam Learmonth / 29.0 / 3 / 6 / 131 / 21.8 / 4.52 / 29.0
Ted Walsh / 33.0 / 1 / 6 / 142 / 23.7 / 4.30 / 33.0
Greg McInness / 30.3 / - / 6 / 159 / 26.5 / 5.25 / 30.5
Calvin Jacob / 6.0 / 2 / 5 / 21 / 4.2 / 3.50 / 7.2
Robert Boone / 14.0 / 2 / 5 / 50 / 10.0 / 3.57 / 16.8
Richard Aitkins / 52.0 / 5 / 5 / 208 / 41.6 / 4.00 / 62.4
Kevin Pathinather / 3.0 / - / 2 / 9 / 4.5 / 3.00 / 9.0
Nick Malloy / 7.0 / - / 2 / 38 / 19.0 / 5.43 / 21.0
Vikrant Bhan / 8.3 / - / - / 55 / 6.63
Vishal / 3.0 / - / - / 23 / 7.67
Nikhil Jhinhan / 1.0 / - / - / 6 / 6.00
Vernon Lopes / 2.0 / - / - / 10 / 5.00
David Bennett / 2.0 / - / - / 18 / 9.00