6th Grade were defending just 90 runs and had to chase a lot of leather on Saturday as SJ Blues compiled 7/321 with a declaration. Paul McLean 3/29 and Steve Hall 2/52 were our best bowlers. Batting a second time we ended the day on 3/39 with Shane Wood making 30. Good luck for next week’s final game.

ODA had a big win vs Perth Tamil, batting first and making 206 with Waqas Mehdi making 67 with 5 sixes and 3 fours, scoring the bulk of the runs. We then bowled the opposition out for 155 with Rajsatinder Singh taking 5/45 and Asim Mehmood 2/29 the destroyers.

ODC had a rare loss vs SJ Blues, bowling first we kept them to 156 with Reddy Madamshetti 3/29 D Narasani 2/22 and K Nagarjuna 2/24 the best with the ball. Chasing a moderate score we were still in with a chance at 7/122 but we fell just 20 runs shy at 136. D Canakapalli 34 RK Madamshetti 27 and SR Katta 21 our top scorers.

ODE had another good win vs Piara Waters, winning the toss and batting first we made 6/172 with Manu 41 Della 27 Richo 21 and Stewie 20 all contributing. With the ball we struck early and continued taking wickets on a regular basis, finally bowling them out for 105. Russell Tillbrook 2/11 Stuart Riseley 2/12 and Manu 2/20 the best of our bowlers.

Milestones for the Tigers

Rajsatinder Singh from ODA took 5/45 on the weekend and took his overall tally of wickets for the Tigers to 100 at an average of 16.63, taking a five-for 4 times and a best of 6/37 vs Kardinya in 2009/10. He has played 83 games in his 6th season with the Tigers.

Manu Pathinaike from ODE took 2/20 on Saturday taking his total wickets for the Tigers to 100 at an average of 18.13 and a best return of 4/19 vs Cockburn last season. Manu has played 87 games in his 7th season with the Tigers.

Shane Wood scored 60 runs in his last game and took his total runs for the Tigers to 1004 at an average of 17.31 with 4 fifties and highest score of 93 vs Riverton this season. Shane has played 66 games in his 7th season with the Tigers.

Reddy Madamshetti from ODC scored 27 runs on Saturday taking his total runs for the Tigers to 1012 at an average of 13.14 with 3 fifties and a highest score of 81 vs Leeming last season. Reddy has played 80 games in his 6th season with the Tigers.