Senior As (Red) Match Report 21/10/06

Star Varsity Red 217 off 44.4 Overs
Charlie Rivers 35
Dricuss Van Jaarsveld 76
Cam Vette 29
N ross 4-38

Melville Green 138
M Townsend 71
Paul O'Hallaran 4-21 off 6 overs (Hatrick)
Andre Le Clare 1-9 off 6 overs.

Magical Hat-trick secures victory.

Another fine lower order batting performance spearheaded by Dricus Van Jaarsveld with a block/bashed 76 not out, ably supported by late addition Cam "Cooch" Vette in a partnership of 80 plus runs. Star reached a score of 215 all out after looking decidedly short of runs at 132/9.

The real story of the day came in a the field with the Reds locked in atense battle. Melville were on track in terms of their run rate and had half their wickets intact. Paul O'Halloran snared a hat-trick starting with a surprisingly given LBW, followed by a skied sweep shot caught with a spectacular dive by the keeper, then a "talked the batter into taking a wild swing" catch at close-ish cover by that man Dricus (his third catch of the day)

An excited girlish squeal confirmed the deed as Paul jumped excitedly in the air.

The hat-trick turned the match with the final wicket being taken soon after.

To end the day Joel turned in a solid if somewhat repetitive effort as the Sheriff
A solid win leading the blues to a 2-1 record with Te Rapa and Boys High still to come.