WITH their Agrade game reduced to 69 overs per side, Merinda Park didn’t have the best of conditions with the ground a lot quicker than the previous week.
The Cobras needed a good bowling and fielding performance, but unfortunately Kooweerup amassed 9/420.
Anthony Burr bowled well to claim his first fivewicket haul at the senior level.
His figures didn’t do him justice, with 5/110 from 12 overs.
New player Clayton Riddle also did well to claim 2/50 from 12 overs to follow his 90 not out with the bat.
Jarrod Armitage and Jess Mathers were the other wicket takers for Merinda Park with one each.
B GRADE
After Upper Beaconsfield declaring prior to the start of play, the Cobras fought back well after the poor performance with the bat last week.
Making 9/184 by stumps, there were some good performances with the bat including 61 from wicketkeeper Andrew Syddall, Heath Gibson (27), Nick Reed (23), Shaun Hughes (18) and Jason Edwards with (17).
Captain for the game Tony Clarke was also impressed with the batting of Gareth Duff to hold off the Upper Beaconsfield bowlers.
D GRADE
Playing a oneday game against Emerald, Merinda Park had its second loss for the season.
In a close game, the Cobras batted first and scored a respectable 8/143 from 40 overs.
Andrew Martin – yet to be dismissed in his past four innings – played well to score 49 not out, with Darren Smith and Craig Robertson scoring 19 each and Mark DiPilla 17.
Emerald unfortunately went on to score 6/153 from their 40 overs with captain John Proctor the best of the wicket takers with 2/23 from eight overs.
Opening bowler Pat Graham was very economical with 0/12 from eight overs.
Other bowlers to pick up wickets were Darren Smith, Andrew Martin and Grant Pearson.
E GRADE
Chasing 279 against Lyndhurst, the Cobras fell short by 69 runs at stumps.
The team scored 9/210, Michael McCalman the pick of the bats with 52.
Dion Olszewski made a fine return to form with 44, with Jeff Gillespie scoring 24 and Steven Burr 22 not out.
F GRADE
Merinda Park had their first loss of the season against Devon Meadows.
The Cobras scored 5/156 with Devon Meadows making 4/191.
There were some good performances, with Chad McKie making 23, Jason Pongracic 41 and 2/29 from five overs, and his brother Matthew Pongracic scoring 33 not out.
The other wicket taker was Robert Clarke, with 1/43 from six overs.
UNDER 17
Chasing 152 against top side Kooweerup, the Cobras played well to score 5/196.
Andrew Martin made 52 retired with Matthew Grayson also scoring 50 retired.
There was some good lower order batting with Marcus Beaver scoring 27, Paul Boland 22 and Nathan Beaver 15.
UNDER 15 RED
The Cobra took on Pakenham Upper, scoring 8/105 and Pakenham Upper scoring 6/146.
Some good performances with the bat from Anthony Burr with 22 and 1/6 from six overs, Tim Shepherdson 20, Les Howell 12 and Dylan Compt 11 and 2/11 from three overs.
The other wicket takers were Daniel McCalman and Beau Langhans with one each.
UNDER 15 WHITE
Chasing 168 against Devon Meadows, the Merinda Park fell short by 62 runs after being bowled out for 106.
Daniel Andreadis did well with the bat, scoring 23, as did Matthew Hughes with 18 and Matthew Pongracic with 14.
