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Anecdotes – Semi Finals (Day 2) – 8 March 2026

Anecdotes
D1 Blue - Vs Kissing Point @ Auluba Oval - 14122025: standing L-R Niranjan Suruliappan, Navneet Singh, Mahesh Shinde, Vinoth Sambasivam, Tej Randhawa, Daniel McEwen, David Tanna, Glen McEwen, Malinda Dharmadasa, Shehan Fernando, Cory Brookhouse Seated : Bala Raghuraman

Quiet Achievers

While we give lots of coverage to our elite players who are setting personal milestones and new Club and Association records there are also a number of ‘quiet achievers’ who keep doing amazing things without much fanfare. For starters, how about these achievements:

Brahadesh ‘Ram’ Ramamurthy & Praneel Singh

Ram (C1) has the equal 2nd best bowling economy rate across all Grades with an economy rate of 2.4 runs / over from 621 overs.

Our best economy rate is 2.1 / over from Gavan Hassett (1996/97 to 2008/09) in B & C Grades.

Praneel (C2 Blue) is number 9 on our all-time list with an economy rate of 2.6 runs / overs from 615 overs.

C1 - Semi Final - Brahadesh Ramamurthy 4 for 23 Vs Castle Hill @ Caddies Creek - 28022026
C1 – Semi Final – Brahadesh Ramamurthy 4 for 23 Vs Castle Hill @ Caddies Creek – 28022026
C4 Grand Final - Praneel Singh after Scoring 111* in The Grand Final. This is our 554th ton, Pranell's 2,000th run and just the 1st century scored in a Grand Final since Phil Wurth's ton (109) in A2 back in 28/3/2015. Greenway Park 15 Anbd 16 March 2025
Praneel Singh after scoring 111 no in the Grand Final 2024-25

Ravi Gunna & Jack Hando

Ravi (C4 Red Captain) has the 6th best bowling average in our history (players who have taken 100 wickets or more) with an average of 12.3 runs / wicket.

Also, Jack Hando (A1) has taken 126 wickets at an economy rate of 12.4 runs / wicket – the 7th best in our History.

The best bowling average in our History is 10.1 / wicket by Gavan Hassett.

C4 Red - Ravi Gunna 100 wickets Vs C4 Blue @ Dural Park - 21022026
C4 Red – Ravi Gunna 100 wickets Vs C4 Blue @ Dural Park – 21022026
A1 - Oliver Makin (4/25) & Jack Hando (4/42) vs Kenthurst - Parklands Oval - 18112025
A1 – Oliver Makin (4/25) & Jack Hando (4/42) vs Kenthurst – Parklands Oval – 18112025

James Makin & Peter Lees

James (A1) has taken the 4th most dismissals by a non-keeper in our History with 166 catches and Peter Lees (D1 Blue) is number 6 on the all-time list with 146 catches.

A1- 3 players over 50 years old - James Makin, Phill Hando, Phil Wurth - Kenthurst ark - 20122025
A1- 3 players over 50 years old – James Makin, Phill Hando, Phil Wurth – Kenthurst ark – 20122025
D1 6,000 runs peter lees vs st ives wahroonga samuel king oval 14022026
D1 – 6,000 runs – Peter Lees – Vs St Ives Wahroonga – Samuel King Oval – 14022026

1st Team to 100 Competition points

Congratulations to our D1 Blue (Roger) side that won the D1 Grade Minor Premiership and in the process ticked over 100 competition points – finishing on 105 points.

Helping our cause was that this is the first season the Competition was run exclusively as a one-day competition.

The boys played 21 games won 15 and lost 3.

Well done to the boys on this great achievement – now to focus on getting through to the GF.

D1 Blue - Vs Kissing Point @ Auluba Oval - 14122025: standing L-R Niranjan Suruliappan, Navneet Singh, Mahesh Shinde, Vinoth Sambasivam, Tej Randhawa, Daniel McEwen, David Tanna, Glen McEwen, Malinda Dharmadasa, Shehan Fernando, Cory Brookhouse Seated : Bala Raghuraman
D1 Blue – Vs Kissing Point @ Auluba Oval – 14122025: standing L-R Niranjan Suruliappan, Navneet Singh, Mahesh Shinde, Vinoth Sambasivam, Tej Randhawa, Daniel McEwen, David Tanna, Glen McEwen, Malinda Dharmadasa, Shehan Fernando, Cory Brookhouse
Seated : Bala Raghuraman

Website insights

Since going live in January 2026, our new website has had an amazing impact with just on 50,000 views – this includes 5 months of the year that had winter sports with no cricket!

Our top 3 sites, by viewership are: Seniors Match Reports (60% of all views), Anecdotes, 20% and News 10%.

What is especially interesting is the geographic spread of Views – we have people from all over the World among those who are regular readers of our Match Reports.

Over  the last 30 days, the number of views from other countries are:

Top 5 countries

  1. USA – 143 visitors
  2. India – 40
  3. Italy – 32
  4. UK – 28
  5. China – 20

Other countries

Germany (6); Pakistan (6); Canada (4); Sweden (3); France (2); Ireland (2); New Zealand (2); Vietnam (2); Indonesia (1); Iraq (1); Japan (1); France (1); South Africa(1); Turkey (1); UAE (1); Ukraine (1).

So…when you catch-up on our website keep in mind that we have a global viewing audience.

Sheep Station Trophy – Grand Final

Since starting in A2 on 16/12/2017 the Seniors have played in their official ‘Sheep Station Trophy’ games. This weekend our first Seniors Semi Final was played in the C4 game between the Blues (Rob) and Red (Ravi).

After the weekend results we have our first-ever Seniors Sheep Station Trophy Grand Final with the B1 game between the Reds (Todd) and Blues (Prats). More on this next week.

While the Seniors have a Sheep Station Trophy game in some Grades, in Juniors it is more common with a lot more Teams and fewer Grades.

This Sunday we have another instalment of a Grand Final version of the Sheep Station Trophy when our U14 Purple (1st) plays our Gold (2nd) side at Greenway Park starting at 10.00 am.

As background, previous Sheep Station Grand Finals have been played:

  • U11s – 2 times
  • U12s – 3
  • U13s – 2
  • U14s – 1
  • U15s – 3
  • U16s – Nil
U12 Grand Final Sheep Station Trophy - WPHC Gold Vs WPHC Green @ Campbell Park - 08032025
U12 Grand Final Sheep Station Trophy – WPHC Gold Vs WPHC Green @ Campbell Park – 08032025