The Weekly Times - TWT - 28 November 2018

Wednesday 28 November, 2018 THE WEEKLY TIMES 27
Around the Clubs, Sport & Entertainment
Hot shot Healy is
Player of Twenty20
AUSTRALIAN cricket golden girls Alyssa Healy and
Ellyse Perry have stamped themselves in unique company.
The decorated superstars
covered themselves
in glory last
weekend in the Caribbean
by helping the
Southern Stars bring
home a fourth Women’s
ICC World Twenty20
championship trophy.
Both played key roles
in the Aussies crushing
eight wicket win over
England in the final at Sir
Vivian Richards Cricket
Ground in Antigua -
achieving a rare international
sporting feat.
Former Epping resident
Healy and dual international
Perry, who
are products of the Sydney
Tigers Cricket Club
based at Drummoyne,
are the only cricketers to
have figured in all four of
Australia’s World
Exciting all rounder
Ashleigh Gardner earned
the Player of the Final
award - grabbing 3-22
with the ball as the dominant
Aussies skittled
England for 105 before
posting an unbeaten 33
and combining with skipper
Meg Lanning (28 not
out) to steer the Aussies
(2-106) to an emphatic title
victory.
The flamboyant Healy
capped a memorable
2018 when she was
named Player of the
Tournament.
She proved the lynchpin
of Australia’s batting and
finished the tournament’s
top scorer with 225 runs
at an average of 56.25
and strike rate of 144.23.
The 28 year old Australian
keeper and dashing
opener finished with
four Player of the Match
awards and scores of 48
against Pakistan; 56 not
out against Ireland; 53
against New Zealand; 46
in the semi final win over
the West Indies and 22 in
the final against England.
Perry reached a record
breaking milestone in
the Cup final when she
trapped England’s Nat
Sciver in front to become
the first Australian and
second female in the
world to take 100 wickets
in Twenty20 international
Around the Wickets
with CHRIS KARAS
cricket.
The champion all
rounder has taken her
100 wickets across 102
matches at an average of
19.19 and only trails West
Indies off-spinner Anisa
Mohammed who took
146 wickets at 19.60.
MEANWHILE Sydney
Cricket Club squandered
an opportunity to consolidate
their lead in the
2018-19 NSW Premier
Cricket mens first grade
competition.
The Tigers suffered
a first innings loss to
Sutherland last Saturday
at Glenn McGrath Oval
and have now slipped to
second spot on 26 points
behind outright leaders
Sydney University (27).
Promising leg-spinner
Daniel Fallins proved the
architect for the Sharks
with a five wicket haul
that thwarted the visitors’
bid for victory.
Resuming at 7-285, the
Sutherland side added 36
runs in the morning session
to post a total of 321
before dismissing the Tigers
for 226.
Fallins, 22, who took six
wickets in his first class
debut for the Cricket
Australia X1 against touring
England last November,
bagged 5-80 from a
marathon 25 over spell
with support from quicks
Jayden Brown (2-10 off
seven overs) and Tom
Pinson (2-65 off 12).
Talented Sydney opener
Matthew Rodgers continued
his purple form patch
with a stylish knock of 59
while all rounder Nic Bills
(48 not out), skipper Dan
Smith (25) and keeper
Beau McClintock also
made valuable contributions.
Earlier in the day, under
rated Sydney all rounder
Ryan Felsch finished with
5-76 off 20 overs.
SECONDS: Sydney 5
dec 237 (Liam Gibson
113, Suffan Hassan 52,
Ash Squire 43, Sibghat
Khan 2-35, Daniel Rixon
2-49) & 4-67 (Justin
Mosca 32, Flynn Parker
2-34) d Sutherland 58
(Elliott Brookes 16, Nick
Amos 15, Hugh Sherriff
4-21, A Squire 3-3,
Alex Bloomfield 2-14,
Nick Govers 1-8) & 279
(E Brookes 61no, James
Arnold 51, D Rixon 42, S
Khan 42, Peter Saroukos
23, Callum Weatherall
19, H Sherriff 3-40, A
Bloomfield 3-53, Cameron
Holmes 3-67).
THIRDS: Sutherland
6-205 (Ethan Deal 71,
Josh Horner 32no, Pat
Driscoll 31, Dimitri Magoulias
27no, Alex Watkiss
18, Craig Di Blasio
4-39, Jack Nisbet 1-30,
Alex Rashleigh 1-43) d
Sydney 138 (Ollie Meroni
70, Steve King 26,
P Driscoll 4-16, Andrew
Ritchie 2-14, John Derwent
2-53, Joel Almond
1-15, J Horner 1-21).
FOURTHS: Sutherland
205 (James Hawksworth
52, Addison Grinham
50, Luke Maloney
41, Ben Pierce 34,
Avery Weilandt 6-52,
Jake Robertson 2-63,
Jack O’Brien 1-32, Ellis
Sherriff 1-41) d Sydney
177 (Liam Robson
36, A Weilandt 27no,
Sandeep Joshi 20, Michael
Ho 19, Lachlan
Ball 19, J Robertson 17,
Luke Cliff 3-27, B Pierce
2-26, Nick Wilson 2-54,
Andrew Ritchie 1-17,
Kieran Weatherall 1-18,
Jayden Hankin 1-21).
FIFTHS: Sutherland
7 dec 302 (Reaf Bremer
116, Julian Dimas
88, Ronak Bedi 28no,
Brendon Piggott 21no,
Prathamesh Agalgaonkar
21, Joe Lister
2-69, Ethan Richards
1-36, Anay Baruah 1-36)
d Sydney 182 (Daniel
Hall 90, Samad Shaikh
45, Rohith Pulla 13, J
Lister 12no, Javed Mohammed
7-54, Nathan
Whittingham 3-49).
Steel Cage Wrestling Lockout
Flamboyant Australian keeper batter and former Epping resident Alyssa Healy receives her ICC World
Twenty20 Player of the Tourenament award from West Indies cricketing great Sir Vivian Richards after the
Southern Stars crushing championship win over England in the final in Antigua last weekend.
Sydney FC looking
to bolster firepower
SYDNEY FC is looking to lift its game in front of goal after its recent
slim pickings in the goal-scoring department during the early stages of its
2018/19 A-League campaign.
Coach Steve Corica is on
the lookout for a speedy
striker that can make a habit
of finding the back of the
net - preferably on board
with the Sky Blues in times
for the start of his side’s
Asian Champions League
campaign.
Sydney FC’s early unbeaten
run came to a grinding
halt on the weekend when
its “Mexican” rivals Melbourne
Victory, took out the
first ‘Big Blue’ of the season
2-1.
On a positive note - a
sell-out bumper crowd of
19,081 got acquainted with
temporary home ground,
Jubilee Stadium in Kogarah.
While the Sky Blues are
pulling their weight in possession,
Corica conceded
his side needed to threaten
its opponents in attack
much more, revealing he’s
in the hunt for another goal
poacher.
“We would’ve like to have
threatened more. I think we
threatened a lot more than
what they did. The scoreline
doesn’t show that,” Corica
said.
And while the A-League’s
title heavyweight still boasts
a goal difference that ranks
it among the top handful of
sides in this season’s competition,
Corica has kept a
keen eye on adding to his
strike force.
The club hasn’t yet signed
a replacement for Trent Buhagiar,
who rocketed into
first-team contention during
the pre-season but tragically
fell victim to an ACL injury
on the eve of round one.
Buhagiar led the team’s
goalscoring tally during the
FFA Cup, while star import
Siem de Jong has also had
to settle for an extended
stint on the sideline due to
a hamstring injuryalso remains
sidelined with a hamstring
injury.
“We’ve got a little bit of
time before January, but
we’ve already started looking
and there’s a few options
at the moment,” Corica
said.
“Buhagiar… was a big
threat with his pace. If we
can find someone like that,
that’d be great,” Corica
said, refusing to make excuses
for his team’s second
straight loss to their arch
rivals.
And he insisted Jop Van
Der Linden would learn
from the “brainsnap” that
resulted in the penalty that
ultimately eventual gamewinner.
The pressure will be on
the Sky Blues to get back
into winning mode when it
travels up the F3 for Saturday’s
away clash with
bottom-of-the-table Central
Coast Mariners.
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MEANWHILE Western
Sydney Wanderers will take
on English powerhouse
Leeds United at the new
Western Sydney Stadium
on Saturday July 20 to officially
open the stadium for
football.
Wanderers CEO John
Tsatsimas, alongside NSW
Minister for Sport Stuart
Ayres, club legend Dean
Heffernan and Wanderers
goalkeeper Jada Whyman,
today announced the club’s
first match at the new stadium
against storied English
football club Leeds United
on Saturday 20 July.
Tickets for the Western
Sydney Wanderers v Leeds
United friendly will go on
sale next month.
Western Sydney Wanderers
CEO John Tsatsimas
said the match will be the
first opportunity for Wanderers
fans to experience
the new stadium against
the famous Leeds United
Football Club.
“Our incredible members
and fans have waited a long
time to see this stadium
come to fruition and we
cannot wait to play our first
match there against a club
with so much history and
tradition in Leeds United,”
said Tsatsimas.
AUSTRALIAN Wrestling Entertainment returns to Concord RSL Community
Club this Friday night November 30 with a 15ft steel cage main event.
This lockout match features
Psykotic with Princess
Venom in his corner
locking horns with Bruza
the Serb who’ll have Mr
Money and Niki Nitro
for support for the AWE
Championship.
Wrestling fans will be
entertained by a Tag
Team championship ladder
match: the gold will
be hanging from the ceiling
featuring The Young
Guns v Burnie Mac and
Dan Archer. Also on the
card is the “king of cool”
Robbie Zucco v Bronson,
Masked Mauler
v Taylor Trucker plus
Blakestone the Machine
v international star Kingston
Eclipse. Tickets $25
adults; $20 kids; o to 3yrs
FREE. Doors open 7pm
with bell time 7.30pm.
Book online www.trybooking.com/YWEN
or phone Concord RSL
9743-1308.
Fans encountered this bold, sky blue signage as they arrived at Kogarah Jubilee Oval last Sunday, which
along with whole-of-stadium Sydney FC branding, left them in no doubt they’d found their side’s temporary
home ground. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO.