It was perfect weather for cricket on Saturday as teams took to the field for the start of round 2.

The 1’s played their first game on home turf this week against Nuriootpa, winning the toss and electing to bat. After a shaky start, the innings looked to be stabilised by Sam Colquhoun (35) and Trent Goers (19), but this was short lived and Tanunda found themselves in trouble at 8/71. A handy 27 from Dylan Abinett late in the innings scratched the total up to 104. We had 20 overs at them and they finished 1/26 at stumps, with Mitchell Boschen taking the wicket. Adelaide Brighton Cement players of the week goes to Sam Colquhoun. Special mention to Bailey Smith for making his A grade debut for the club and playing a key role in the partnership with Dylan.

The 2’s traveled to Sandy Creek for what was to a pretty rough day of cricket. After electing to bat, early signs were positive with the foundations of an innings being built by Wayne Akkerman and Lachy Childs. It was all downhill from there though, with a steady flow of wickets seeing Tanunda all out for 59 giving Sandy Creek 24 overs to bat before stumps. They came out aggressively and finished 5/97 with wickets going to Micah Linke, Lachie Miller, Stuart Ratsch and Wayne Akkerman. Ultimate Engineering player of the week goes to Wayne Akkerman for his efforts with both bat and ball.

Gawler Central forfeited in the 4’s, gifting us the points there.

The U16s played on the first game of “pink ball cricket” on Tanunda Oval on Friday night in a T20 against Greenock. Tanunda batted first and got off to a great start with openers Luca Whitelum and Jackson Docherty each making 19. However, runs were hard to come by from there on in, as Tanunda finished on 7/47. Greenock managed the chase well getting to 5/85 after their 20 overs to claim victory. Rikard Czanik took 2 wickets, while Oscar Harms, Luca Whitelum and Angus Blieschke each took 1. A solid effort there with promising signs in both innings, just need to put it all together.

Chateau Tanunda hosted the U14s on Saturday morning where Tanunda won the toss and sent Nuriootpa in to bat. The innings started well with Tomas Heuzenroeder taking 2 wickets opening the bowling, but some strong performances with the bat from Nuriootpa got them to 9/130 after the 40 overs. Mitchell Manning took 1 wicket, as did James Roehr, Sam Noack and Braydan Schaefer, while Harry Lienert picked up 2 late in the innings. A good effort here lads, if everyone contributes to the chase a good win will be had.

Tanunda U12 whites hosted Eudunda/Robertstown at Faith East on a breezy, sunny Saturday morning, with Skipper Walter Kinlock winning the toss and electing to bowl. An excellent effort in the field, with the bowlers quickly adjusting to the swing friendly conditions. Ned McAlister was the star with the ball, not only taking his 1st wicket in cricket, but also his 2nd and then 3rd in 3 consecutive deliveries – a fair start to your cricketing career (even if the third wicket accidentally came off the 7th ball of the over : )). Oscar Dahlitz got a wicket with his 1st delivery of the day, with Jack Underwood the other wicket taker. Walter Kinlock led from the front in Tanunda’s innings, hitting a huge 6 and a 4 on his way to top scoring on 15. Nick Travers and Ned McAlister also hit 4s as the team did a great job of rotating the strike via singles. Another great effort only 2 weeks into the season, well done boys.

The U10 whites took on the Nuri tigers this week. It was a strong performance with bat and ball. Everyone bowled well and with tight fielding Nuri could only manage 27 runs. Well done to Charlie Homburg for taking his first wicket for the club. It was an awesome display with the bat making a total of 150 with the loss of only 6 wickets. Lots of 4’s hit with strong showing from Noah Schulz, Daniel Robinson and Ben Mernagh who also hit a 6. Well done lads for an all round great game.

A somewhat challenging week of cricket overall, hopefully we can bring home some points next week as the two-day games are completed.

A good weekend of cricket overall for Tanunda, with some positive results coming in.

The 1’s travelled back across to Greenock to defend their total of 173, where Greenock resumed at 1 for 4. There was some early controversy with the team sheets with Christian Gattermayr only being listed in one of the score books, reducing to a sub-fielder. This fired up his partner in crime Mitchell Boschen, who took 5 wickets in a Tundarri Sales & Service man of the match performance as Greenock were all out for 62. Other wicket takers were Trent Goers with 3, and Luke Samain and Dylan Abinett with 1 each.
Skipper Nathan sent them back in to have a crack at outright, but as the pitch flattened out and Dilshan Abinett got hit for a few home runs, this turned out to be a lost cause with Greenock finishing on 2/75. Nonetheless, a solid first round effort from Tanunda to bring home the points.

The 2’s were back at Tanunda oval to chase Truro’s total of 236 on a pitch that played surprisingly well considering the rain during the week (well done to everyone who helped get it up). Schwayne Akkerman and Bailey Smith were early wickets to fall leaving Tanunda in trouble at 2/4, but it was again the youth of Tanunda that came to the rescue. Kyle Graetz anchored the innings making 41 in a nice partnership with Jackson Gray (25). Brodie Robinson (35) provided a late cameo with Adam Norman (21), but Tanunda just didn’t have the run rate to get the win finishing 8/175. A promising result though for a young side to post a competitive total against a side that played finals last season. Lynas Valley Ford man of the match goes to Jackson Gray for his 4 wickets and 25 runs.

The 4’s had the road trip to Mallala where they were sent in to bat. Matt Fechner got us off to a good start with 20 at the top of the order, backed up by Saxon Dswonitzky (28) and Phil Graetz (31). A shout out to Dan and Brad Marshall who somehow put on a partnership of 35 by scoring 20 off the bat between them; those mad skills brought the total to 8/155 from the 40 overs. Early wickets to Jamie Roehr had Mallala at 2/2, from where they never fully recovered being bowled out for 84. Sam Cox and Mark Hoklas also took two wickets. A special mention Wayne ‘Bish’ Bishop who took the last wicket of the day on his first ball, giving him figures of 1/0 from 1 ball! Yourtech Services goes to the bloke who was nothing more than a backpacking tourist on Thursday, Elliot Rich for an excellent effort behind the stumps, welcome aboard.

The U16’s travelled to Gawler Central where they won the toss and elected to bat. Jonah Whitelum (58no) and Riley Westbrook (18) made a good start with a 34 run opening stand. Luca Whitelum retired on 15 to bring Tomas Heuzenroeder to the crease who finished not out on 7 to bring the total to 2/109. Gawler batted well with 2 players reaching 50 to make light work of the chase, finishing 2/152. Jordan Rosenzweig and Angus Blieschke picked up a wicket each, and Luca Whitelum was economical only going for 6 runs from his 3 overs.

With the winter weather the Under 14 game was rescheduled into a 20/20 game at a damp Williamstown oval. Losing the toss we were sent in to bat first looking for a solid batting performance against an extremely experienced and older opponent, but we struggled to get anything away and with some poor shot selections we lost wickets consistently. Liam Cook (6no) showing how it should be done top scoring, with Syd Pick the only other batsman to trouble the scorers. At the end of the innings the Tanunda had only managed a very disappointing 9/16. Tanunda’s bowling and fielding effort was much more to the standard we have set, with some great line and length bowling from Syd Pick (3/11), Braydan Schaefer (2/9) and James Roehr (2/8). Mitch Manning took a screamer of a catch diving forward from the slips, while Sam Tapscott took 2 catches Liam Cook, James Roehr and Hayden Spehr all held onto one. Sandy Creek finished on 9/85. The message from the coach to the players is that they need to value our wickets more when batting and have the patience to keep the good balls out and put away the poor deliveries. This week’s game is against Nuriootpa so the lads will need to bounce back with a strong performance this week. All will be working hard on our batting techniques at training this week!!

The Under 12’s was an “All Tanunda” affair with Tanunda White taking on Tanunda Black at Faith West. Tanunda Black won the toss and had a bat, allowing the White’s to enjoy the “cake of soap experience”. The bowling and fielding effort for the first game of the year was excellent throughout the morning. Mitchell Radzevicius was top scorer for the Black’s, with a real team effort full of singles. Best with the ball for the White’s were Harry Bobinson, Kobi Schulz, Nick Travers and Jack Underwood with 2 wickets each, whilst Sam Roestenburg, Darcy Thompson, Oscar Dahlitz and Drake Desilva each got their seasons underway with a wicket.

Just as the oval started to dry out the win and rain arrived making it a particularly “wintery” start to the season. Roles were reversed and it was Tanunda White’s turn to bat with Darcy Thompson top scoring with the bat with Walter Kinlock and Sam Roestenburg finding the boundary. Lots of singles with great running between wickets a highlight of the innings. Best of the bowling for the Black’s were Chloe Rozensweig, Remi van der Vanne, and Walter Holmes with a wicket a piece.

The Under 10 White had a great first up effort against Willaston at Faith East on Saturday morning, getting a win by 1 run . It was a solid batting performance and great to see the enthusiasm in the field. Well done Daniel Robinson, Jack Homburg, Will Hansen, Charlie Homburg and Ashton Sherwood for playing their first game for Tanunda. Well done boys for a great team effort.

So, a solid start to the season with 2/3 senior teams bringing home the points, and some promising signs for the 2’s and juniors.

It’s great to be back into cricket season with the opening round being a two day game for the 1’s and 2’s, while the 4’s picked up some free points due to a Kapunda forfeit.

The 1’s went across to Greenock to try their luck on a brand new pitch where they lost the toss and were sent in to bat. A nice partnership between James Marshall and Brett Grocke got Tanunda off to a great start to be 1/108, before a good old fashioned batting collapse took us to 7/130, and was capped off by Nick Norman rocking back for a pull shot and getting LBW – fair to say that one stayed low. Pistol Pete Mernagh came to the rescue however, making 29 in a crucial partnership with Dilshan Abinett. Tanunda finished on 173, and with the final wicket coming in the 70th over Mitchell Boschen got one over to have a crack at Greenock’s openers. He picked up one wicket which left Greenock 1/4 at stumps, and sets up what should be a great second day. Tanunda Clubhouse A grade player of the week goes to Jimmy Marshall for top scoring with the bat.

With the bad boys of TCC sidelined due to suspension, it was down to Wayne Akkerman and Adam Norman to captain the 2’s at Tanunda oval against Truro. Things started well for Tanunda after winning the toss and bowling, with Stuart Ratsch taking a wicket on the second ball of the day. From there though things got a bit hairy as Truro settled in at the crease. The young bowlers of Tanunda led the way however, with Jackson Gray taking 4 wickets, Lachie Miller 2, and Kyle Graetz, Cooper Ratsch and Nic Burton picking up 1 each. Jackson found himself twice on a hat trick, and he’ll be bowling his hat trick ball next innings as he took the last wicket of the day. Truro finished on 236, but with a decent batting line up the chase could be on for Tanunda next week. Big thanks to Barossa Valley Brewing for providing some of their Indian Summer Ale for after the game, it went down well after chasing balls for 65 overs! Player of the week here was Jackson Gray for his efforts with the ball.

All sides including Juniors will be taking to the oval next week… Best of luck to all sides on Saturday, hopefully we can pick up some points in the opening game of the season!