21/12/10
With the black eyed peas- "I gotta Feeling" blaring out across Rotary as the Cooma Tigers took to the field little did we know how good tonight really was going to be. The Cooma cats won the toss and elected to bat under wonderful conditions. The Cats got off to a shaky start loosing 2 crucial wickets in the 3rd over to quick bowler Steve Murphy (2/24). At 2/14 after 3 overs D Azanovski (29) and W Gowland (24) set about getting the Cats into a handy position and with a couple of big overs the Cats were in a position to post a handy score, Wickets fell at regular intervals but so did the boundaries, The middle order and tail all fired posting many sixesto all parts of the field. All bowlers came in for a bit of stick best of the Tigers bowlers was I Elliot with 3/19. After 20 overs The Cats posted a very good score of 150.
The Tigers set the tone for the chase with the first ball from C Harmer being smashed to the boundry of the bat of G Van der Plaat (9). Harmer stuck to his line and was rewarded in the last ball of the 1st over removing the middle stump of the dangerous Van der Plaat. The early loss of Van Der Plaat didn’t slow down the Tigers and the runs continued to flow at a great rate, Murphy (24) and C Jenkins (55) showed you didn’t need to slog to score quickly with some incredible running between the wickets. With the help of some sloppy fielding from the Cats, the Tigers were increasing there run rate every over. The loss of Murphy didn’t slow down the Tigers. Elliot (26) and C Jenkins continued to dominate the Cats bowlers as the boundaries started to flow at regular intervals. At 2/76 off 9 overs the Tigers were starting to take the game away from the Cats. Gowland (1/21) was bought back on to bowl and got the vital break through dismising I Elliot. Chris Jenkins was joined by older brother Andrew (17) and the pairs running between the wickets was something to behold turning 1'sinto 2's and taking the fielders arm on more then one occasion. At 3/135 with 4 overs to go the Tigers looked home and hosed. D Azanovski (1/22) in his final over got the break through dismising A Jenkins. With the Tigers tail looking a little
inexperienced, C Jenkins tried to lift the tempo but went for one big hit too many with Stu Wood (1/25) removing his off stump. C Jenkins received a standing ovation from the 75+ strong crowd. With 9 runs required from 12 balls some tight bowling was required and Corey Harmer and Stu Wood delivered restricting the Tigers batsman it all came down to the Tigers needing 2 off the last ball. Schoon missed the ball but they managed to scramble a bye as the keeper was standing back making it a TIE!!! sending the game to a Super Over.
The Tigers batted 1st in the Super over with Jenkins and Murphy putting on 11 off the W Gowland over. The Super over for the cats lasted 3 balls with A Jenkins picking up Gowland with a great catch on the boundry and Azanovski being bowled.The Tigers eventual winners in what will be remembered as one of the best games
of cricket ever seen on the Monaro.
The Final of the KFC Clash of the codes will played between the Stallions and Tigers at Rotary on Friday 4th Feb 2011.
Stallions Reign Supreme
14/12/10
Cooma Monaro Express
THE Stallions Rugby League Club clinched victory over the Red Devils Rugby Union Club on the cricket pitch when the traditional rivals went head to head in the Monaro’s first 20/20 clash of the codes match played on Friday night.
The Stallions dominated from the beginning, winning the toss and electing to bat. Opening batsmen Steve Dunn set the pace of the match hitting 18 off the first over which included two sixes over mid on. Dunn went on to make an impressive score of 71. In the fifth over, with the score at two for 31, Dunn was joined at the crease by middle order batsmen Tim Williams. The pair dominated the Red Devils bowlers hitting a number of boundaries to all parts of the field in the true style of the 20/20 format of cricket. They went on to score 114 off 60 balls in what was considered an awe-inspiring partnership. The partnership put the Stallions in a dominant position, posting a final score of 192.
The Red Devils got off to a solid start with Jimmy Nichols and Damo Roach posting an opening partnership of 50. With a strong Stallions bowling attack and the wicket wearing the batting order crumbled. The Devils were all out for 105 in just the 16th over.
Tim Williams was awarded the Aussie Hotel and KFC sponsored man of the match award with his high score of 79 and bowling figures of 1/19.
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