The NSW women make it six in a row at Imparja Cup

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Worrin Williams

‘We were starting

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’ Worrin Williams

Queensland captain

n From Page 28‘‘That was the plan

we set out to do andBradley (Stout) and my-self got it right tonight,’’he said.

‘‘Stouty just did histhing and I was just outthere for support.’’

Duroux was in theaction again just threeballs later, removingStout for a swashbuckl-ing 46 from 32 deliveries,including smashingfour sixes and twoboundaries. ‘‘We finallygot off to the start wewere looking for and itwas in the final, whichwas nice,’’ he said.

With Queensland ontop, NSW captain JeffCook was forced tochange his attack regu-larly , using eightbowlers throughout the20 overs.

T h e d e f e n d i n gchampions were look-ing at a run chase ofmore than 175 butpulled the reins in dur-ing the late overs, led bycaptain Cook (1/20 offfour overs).

2012 Man of theMatch Pat Rosser wast a r g e t e d b y t h eQueensland battingline-up, with 46 runstaken off his four overs.

Rosser’s horror nightcontinued when he wasclean bowled in the veryfirst over by Queens-

land’s Man of theMatch hero AshleyRenouf (3/19 from fourovers).

Williams said the latehitting from John Hay(31 from 19 balls) andthe early spell fromRenouf regained hisside the momentum inthe match.

‘‘We were starting toget bogged down andJohnny came out andstarted clearing build-ings with his bat,’’ hesaid. ‘‘And for Alexto snare Rosser inthe first over was ahuge wicket.’’

Williams was happyto bat first and knewchasing under lightswould have been tough.

‘‘I’m just glad Jeff(Cook) won the toss be-cause I didn’t knowwhat to do,’’ he said.

New South Wales wasalways behind the runrate and lost consistentwickets throughout.

Duruox played a lonehand with the bat, scor-ing an unbeaten 43from the top of theorder. Glenn Martinchipped in with twowickets (2/17 from fourovers) and Williams wasproud of the effort.

‘‘The boys were greatout there and we justdidn’t want to give theNew South Wales guysanything,’’ he said.

Sweet number six

Dale Fletcher

New South Wales captain Julie Muir (withtrophy) and her teammates celebrate theirwomen’s 2013 Imparja Cup win

Picture: JUSTIN BRIERTY

NEW South Wales have madeit six straight Women’s Stateand Territory Imparja Cupwins with a 46-run win againstthe Invitational XI at TraegerPark on Saturday.

Roxsanne Van Veen was theunanimous choice for Playerof the Match after shesmashed 64 from just 45 deliv-eries as NSW set the compe-tition newcomers 135 forvictory.

NSW captain Julie Muirsaid her side just knows how towin the big games.

‘‘This is just like Christmas,it comes around every year,’’Muir said.

‘‘We got off to a good startwith the bat and that reallyput us in a good position in thegame.’’

Van Veen and NicoleHoneysett (27 from 36 balls)guided the NSW inningsbeautifully, combining for a78-run third wicket partner-ship. ‘‘I thought a good targetwould be around 125 but weended up with a fairly goodtarget,’’ Muir said.

‘‘But Roxsanne was seeingthem like a beach ball. She hasgreat hand-eye co-ordinationand she has a lot of toe in thatbat of hers.’’

With runs on the board, theInvitational XI were alwaysgoing to find the chase toughagainst the defending champ-ions, but run-outs cost the sidebadly.

Kareena Jacobson-Loganfell in the first over from abrilliant piece of fielding fromSamantha Hinton.

When Anita Silva (8) wastrapped leg before by AshleyGardner in the sixth over, theInvitational side was strug-gling at just 2-19.

More run-outs followed,three in total, including theprized scalp of captain SallyMoylan (23) to make the score5-41, and the Invitationalsnever recovered.

Some cameo late hittingfrom Amanda Silva (23 from 35

balls) and Jacinta Goodger-Chandler (20 runs from 15balls) saw the Invitational sidefinish on 6/88 after their 20overs.

‘‘We really pride ourselves inthe field and we showed thattoday,’’ Muir said.

Gardner (1-20 off four overs),Veronica Gordon (1-10 fromfour overs) and Jemma Astley(1-12 from three overs) sharedthe rest of the dismissals. Muirsaid the side will continue toget stronger in the years tocome.

‘‘There are a lot of youngergirls ready and waiting tocome and take the spots fromus older girls,’’ she said.

‘‘That will only make theside that much tougher tobeat.’’

Just the Sort of result hoped forDale Fletcher

All Sorts celebrate their Community Men’s titlewin on Saturday Picture: DALE FLETCHER

ALL SORTS havefinally tasted the ulti-mate success with a six-run triumph in theCommunity Men’sImparja Cup final atT r a e g e r P a r k o nSaturday.

It was the first timeplayers from the AllSorts have won the fin-al and Greg Drew saidthe team was thrilledwith the win.

‘‘It got really closethere in the end, but theboys held their nervewell,’’ Drew said.

Drew was particularlyimpressed with Ben andAaron Kopp, whoturned the match on itshead with two latewickets each.

‘‘Those boys really didbowl well at the deathand it got us home,’’Drew said.

‘‘Some of these boyshave been in finals be-fore and haven’t won, soto get this one is great.’’

Defending a run-a-ball 85 to win the title,the All Sorts struggledto keep the KalanoCrocs from scoringfreely in the openingovers of the run chase.

The Crocs were cruis-ing to victory and were0/46 in the seventh overbefore the All Sortscame storming back.

All Sorts, with theKopps firing, took fivequick wickets as theCrocs slumped to 5/65in the 13th over.

Needing 16 from thefinal over after being infront of the run rate formost of the chase, theCrocs had one lastchance to snatch vic-tory, needing a super

eight off of the finalball, but it wasn’t to be.

‘‘We will celebratethis win well, it has beena long time coming,’’Drew said.

The All Sorts peakedat the right time of theweek, after losing theirfirst match against TiwiIslands Japarrika onTuesday.

‘‘We didn’t start allthat well, but we endedthe week pretty good,’’Drew said.

In the Major Centresdecider, Darwin made itback-to-back victorieswith a 93-run wina g a i n s t M a r a n o aMurries.

D a r w i n c a p t a i nJarred Franey was ec-static with the win.

‘‘We showed todaywhat we are made of,’’he said.

Darwin smashed2/179 off their 20 overswith Colin Lamont thestar with the bat,clubbing an unbeaten

98 off just 69 deliveries.

Lamont was well sup-ported by Aaron Hill,who made 58 from 51balls and was part of a154-run opening stand.

Hill then set the tonewith the ball for Dar-win, removing TulsaMailman with thesecond delivery of therun chase.

His speed and accu-racy was far too goodfor the Queensland-based side, who re-turned after missinglast year’s event due toCyclone Yasi.

Quick early wicketshaunted the Murries’run chase, and theycrashed to 8/40 at onestage before a finalwicket stand sawMaranoa reach 86 in the16th over.

Peter Franey finishedwith 3/11, while Hilladded 2/12 and ShaneFraney 2/10 before tak-ing over behind thestumps.

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