Our latest Australian Representative
Trisha Yadav, Stage 3 Girls, has just completed a fantastic U16 Indoor Cricket World Championship in South Africa. This Championship has been held every 2-years since 2003.
Trisha is in elite company. She is just our 8th player to represent Australia and our 2nd player to Captain Australia, joining the great Lisa Sthalekar who Captained Australia in the ODI Series Vs New Zealand in 2006. Check out our dedicated ‘Australian Representatives’ Photo Gallery – Australian Representatives
How about this for outstanding achievements for someone who is just 15 years of age:
- Prior to be being selected to play for Australia, Trisha Captained NSW to a National Championship win
- Captained Australia, just our 2nd player to achieve this amazing achievement
- Captained Australia to a Tournament win
- Won the Tournament MVP
Well done Trisha.
West Penno Colours around the World
For those new to our Club, we have a dedicated Photo Gallery to showing West Penno Colours being displayed around the World – West Penno Colours around the World
Everyone associated with our Club, Players & Supporters, is welcome to have a photo included in this special Gallery. The only requirement is that the photo must include wearing Club playing gear: cap, playing / training shirt.
Our latest photo is from Finland, under the Northern Lights – check it out.
This Gallery has an amazing collection of 52 photos from 24 different countries and 41 different locations.
If you are travelling, anywhere in the World, just pack your West Penno cap / playing or training shirt and send a photo to Ross Anderson and it will become part of this great photo gallery.
Close but no cigar
Our C4 (Ravi) boys had a dominant day against Oakhill College 4th X1 on Saturday. Bowling first, we rolled Oakhill for just 41 runs in 22 overs. Ravi dominated with bowling figures of 4/13 off 7 overs.
While a great performance, it just fell short of the Club record low C4 Grade score of 38 scored by St Ives @ Hassell Park on 30/10/2021.
While on records, Ravi Gunna continues to set standards in bowling economy. In this game his economy rate is just 1.85 runs / over.
After this performance, he will be closer to the top 6 bowlers off all time based on economy rates.
What makes this even more interesting is that 2 current players, Ravi (C4) and Brahadesh (Ram) in C2 are both in the top 7 bowlers of all time, based on economy rates.
Our all-time top performers are:
| # | Name | Years | Overs | Economy |
| 1 | Gavan Hassett | 1996/97 to 2008-09 | 555 | 2.1 |
| 2 | Daryl Daniels | 1994/95 to 2001/02 | 877 | 2.4 |
| 3 | Phil Hayes | 2001/01 to 2020/21 | 604 | 2.4 |
| 4 | Geoff Richards | 2007/08 to 2015/16 | 594 | 2.4 |
| 5 | Brahadesh Ramamurthy (C2) | 2020/21 to current | 643 | 2.4 |
| 6 | John Rose | 2016/17 to 2023/24 | 661 | 2.6 |
| 7 | Ravi Gunna (C4) | 2021/22 to current | 498 | 2.6 |
A bit of history
For a bit of fun, take a step back in time to 1897 for the oldest video of cricket being played. The film is of Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the SCG nets and includes film of great players of the past such as W G Grace.
Check out the following link and take a trip back in time – 1897 cricket video
Website page updates
James Makin, our Seniors Director has worked his magic and updated the website to bring to life our major Seniors statistical records.
Our Club records are second to none and go back to 1946/47.
The records cover Seniors only due to the long history of patching together manual records that, pre PlayHQ, were kept on paper records held by Team Managers. For Juniors and Girls, statistics simply aren’t available, so it’s not possible to aggregate similar historical Leader boards.
However, our ‘Awards & Records’ (in the Club History menu) does have details of the limited records that have been sourced through manual effort over many years.
With the latest enhancements we now have:
- On the Home page a great visual of the Season’s best achievements and also personal milestone tracking
- There is also a new tab in our Club history Stastics Hub – Seniors, This is a great, easy to source data base that is worth playing around with.
The data is updated after every round.
What would your Decision be?
Questions
Question 1
The batters attempt three runs. The first run is short at the bowler’s end, and the second run is short at the striker’s end.
- What actions are required from either umpire?
- How many runs are scored?
- How shall the umpire signal this to the scorers?
Question 2
The bowler delivers a front-foot No ball. The ball passes well wide and out of reach of the striker, misses the wicket-keeper, and runs along the ground to the boundary.
- How many runs are scored, and how are they recorded?
- How shall the umpire signal this to the scorers?
Question 3
As the striker plays at the ball, they accidentally drop their bat, which contacts the wicket-keeper before falling back onto the stumps and breaking the wicket. There is an appeal. What action shall either umpire take, and why?
Question 4
The striker hits a fair delivery, the sixth of the over, and the ball travels backwards towards the striker’s end wicket. In trying to defend their wicket, they strike the ball a second time, preventing the ball from being caught on the full by the wicket-keeper. There is an appeal…
a) How should the bowler’s end umpire answer the appeal? (Law 37.3)
- Which batter shall face the first ball of the next over? (Law 37.5)
Question 5
A No ball is hit into the air. As the fielder is about to take the catch, the non-striker yells loudly to distract the fielder from catching the ball and the ball is dropped due to the distraction. On appeal, who, if anyone, is Out? Which batter shall face the next delivery? (Law 37.3)
What would your Decision be?
Answers
Question 1
a. When the ball becomes dead, both umpires shall call and signal Short run. Either umpire shall call Dead ball (Law 20.4.2.3), come together to discuss what occurred, and confirm which of the attempted runs was short at their respective ends.
b. One (1) run shall be scored and credited to the batting side. Two of the short runs occurred on different runs by the same batter, with the third run being completed. Only the third run shall be scored.
c. The umpire at the bowler’s end shall signal Short run to the scorers and wait for acknowledgment, before re-signalling Short run and waiting for a second acknowledgement. The umpire shall inform the scorers as to the number of runs to be recorded from the delivery. Laws 2.13.1.4 and 18.4
Question 2
a. Five (5) runs are scored and credited to the batting side. They shall be recorded as one (1) No ball against the bowler, and four (4) Byes. Law 21.15 b)
b. The umpire shall signal No ball, Byes, and Boundary 4. Each signal is to be acknowledged separately by the scorers. Law 2.13.2
Question 3
The striker’s end umpire shall answer the appeal Not out, and the ball remains in play.
Law 35.2 Not out Hit wicket
The striker is not out under this Law should their wicket be broken in any of the ways referred to in 35.1 if the following applies:
- the wicket is broken by a part of the striker’s detached equipment or bat not held in hand, which has come into contact with any other person before breaking the wicket.
Question 4
a) The umpire shall give the striker Out, Obstructing the field.
b) The fielding captain shall decide which batter is to face the next delivery.
Question 5
The umpire shall give the non-striker Out, Obstructing the field. The striker for that delivery shall face the next delivery. (Law 37.3)