North Nowra Cambewarra Cricket U11 Blues team played the old traditional enemy Nowra over the weekend. As usual, nearly everyone arrived early wearing their best Saturday morning faces. You just can’t beat the early morning cricket games after a late Friday evening spent on the internet.
OK, back to the game. North Nowra Cambewarra fielded first. I’m going to shorten it to NNCCC so we don’t waste too much ink. Just repeating, NNCCC fielded first after Micah Edwards did a sterling job winning the toss and deciding to field first. The toss winning continues this teams winning streak. We’re running good at the moment.
The game highlights were plentiful. Where do we start? There’s a lot to mention with little time and even less space afforded to us to detail everything before this article ends. Wicket Keeper Tully Dennis took a great catch off a Toby Huard thunderbolt. Troy Sweet rattled the stumps and Jacob Zerafa did also, not once – but twice in a single over. Micah Edwards, Alex Jelavic and Harry Evans all bowled well, conceding few runs. Jack Walsh and Jack Sweet both bowled very tight overs conceding few runs and troubled Nowra’s enthusiastic batters.
In the batting department, we ran like racehorses gaining heaps of runs. Quite a coincidence considering there’s so much Melbourne Cup excitement in the air. Or perhaps it was all that tiresome running we did at training? This team just loves to score runs while the spectators enjoy tranquility of Bomaderry Veladrome Oval while resting their weary bodies and legs. They could remember being able to run that well 30 years ago, but alas….. A batting highlight was Toby Huard and Jack Walsh running 5 from a single delivery. Good one boys! Of course, as you’d fully expect, everyone batted well.
In conclusion, we had better mention the result, although in this age of positive thinking and enjoyment for all, the score is hardly of any relevance. It’s the least important issue since both teams did play very well with no injuries to any players or spectators. It does seem a shame to have a winner and a loser, as the real winner on the day was cricket. Beating Nowra is way down the list of our important team objectives, however the record will forever reflect a triumph for North Nowra Cambewarra over Nowra 8/159 to 6/107 on the 3rd November 2012. Well done, NNCCC.