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| Contributed by Peter North | ||
| Monday, 11 February 2008 | ||
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Before Bayswater-Morley resumed the WACA first-grade pennant contest with Rockingham-Mandurah at Stan Twight reserve on Saturday, circumstances seemed to be stacking against their chances of success. Although the Bears were chasing the modest target of 180 and already had 1-86 on the board, the word was that the pitch would be poorly affected by the substantial mid-week rains, and coupled with the fact that opener Liam Davis, after scoring an unbeaten 53 at the end of the first day, had been seconded to the Western Warriors, the picture was looking grim
But all the pre-game apprehension would prove to be in vain as Andrew Levy, who was the official replacement for Davis, proceeded to make a solid contribution of 34 in a partnership of 62 with Matthew Birrell which brought the score to 2-149, well within striking distance. Birrell was then joined by Chris Hall in a pairing which produced 156 runs and after Hall was dismissed for a fine 82, Birrell finally fulfilled his promise and reached his maiden first-grade century. Birrell finally was dismissed for a very mature knock of 131, taken from 228 balls and featuring 20 boundaries. The rest of the day was utilized by all the batsmen to compile the highest single first-grade innings total in the history of the club, comfortably surpassing the previous mark of 7-433. Michael Thistle was in blistering form in belting an unbeaten 80from only 46 balls, as was Brendan Mills who belted 42 from his 25 balls faced. Teenager Phil Adams contributed 26 and Grant Thistle remained unbeaten on 22. The hapless Rockingham attack suffered the indignity of having each of their three front-line bowlers conceding over 100 runs, closing attended by left-arm spinner Grant Vink with 1-97. The Bears return to Hillcrest next week to take on University in a one-day fixture.
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