A BLISTERING century from James Crosthwaite and an eventual bonus point win still wasn’t enough to see the Waratahs finish in the top six after the final game of their campaign. Manly restricted hosts St George to 216 runs from 50 overs, with Matt Alexander taking 3-28 from eight overs. Crosthwaite then hammered the Saints’...Read More
STAND-IN Waratahs skipper Jay Lenton is adamant his team can chase down the Whales’ imposing total at Allan Border Oval on day two this weekend.After winning the toss last Saturday morning, the home side elected to bat on an absolute belter of a deck tailor made for the batsmen. And 81.5 overs later they posted...Read More
GRAHAM Reserve has long been known as ‘Atmosphere Park’ by all of us at Manly. Yes, it’s a term laced with sarcasm because it’s fair to say the dusty old outfield and low bounce pitch made it very hard to get up for games there. But we’re now searching for a new nickname after the...Read More
FORMER Manly Daily journalist Brenton Cherry came back to haunt the northern beaches after his century guided Parramatta to a brilliant round 13 win over Manly on Sunday at Graham Reserve. The Waratahs looked home and hosed at stumps on Saturday following gritty hundreds from Jarrod Rawlings (120) and James Crosthwaite (111). But Cherry (132)...Read More
IT’S probably fair to say Matt Alexander and Michael Visser were not front and centre of my plans when I looked at our first XI at the start of the year. “Viss” and “Mattoes” have been getting the job done in our lower grades for a couple of seasons but they had a bit of...Read More
WARATAHS skipper Adam Crosthwaite was very content at stumps on Saturday at Drummoyne Oval. Not only did the comfortable victory see his side rocket back into the top six, it truly was a group effort with all five bowlers snaring two wickets each. Given 12 months ago Manly had the luxury of calling on the...Read More
KEEPING grade players in the game beyond the age of 30 has been a challenge for as long as I have been around. Many would love to kick on for another 5 to 10 years but, understandably, work and/or family commitments take priority and older players are often lost to the game. It is something...Read More