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MANLY cricket captain Tim Cruickshank says his team has again paid the price for a lack of consistency with Saturday’s costly loss to Sydney at Drummoyne Oval. After being dismissed for 159, Sydney reached 161 for the loss of six wickets. It is a result that adds pressure on Manly’s race to the finals with two vital games left against Fairfield and Hawkesbury. “If we win one of those last...Read More

Manly had a weekend that saw 3rd and 4th grade strengthen their semi finals chances however 1sts and 5ths had losses which see them slip a bit. The highlight though was the gutsy performance from 2nd grade who were looking down the barrel following Baker’s dismissal for 85 only to see Virdi and Visser combine for a great 100+ partnership to get us home. Sitting in 5th position we have...Read More

The Manly Waratah’s will be participating in the ‘Pink Stumps Day’ on March 9 with our annual Past v Present T20 game. Given our recent experience with breast cancer with the Queen on Manly Cricket, Fiona Lyon, succumbing to the disease, we have named the game in her honour, ‘the Fiona Lyon Cup’. The Pink Stumps Day is a McGrath Foundation initiative which gives cricket communities across Australia the chance...Read More

ON SUNDAY, our one-day premiership hopes were washed away in frustrating circumstances. Our opponents Northern Districts qualified for the finals one place higher than us and the rules state that, due to a washout, the higher placed team will advance to the final. There was little we could do except watch the rain hammer down on a bleak Waitara Oval. Our one-day form had been outstanding all season and I...Read More

THE Manly Under 14 District cricket team capped what has been a great season by being crowned NSW state champions. The local lads claimed the title after a dominant performance playing in the State Challenge at the Sydney Cricket Ground last weekend. Coach Paul O’Sullivan said it was the first time a team from Manly had claimed that title. And it came after the team previously won the Harold Moore...Read More