U14 Male State Champs QFs: 鈥楳acca鈥 in league of his own

Harvey’s incredible innings of 132 came from just 103 deliveries and included 17 fours and two sixes.

However, for one player to have such success there needs to be someone else at the other end.

Max James (27) opened the batting with Harvey and the pair put on 104 before James was dismissed.

Jake Woinarski soon joined the party, smashing 57 off 47 balls as part of a 119-run fourth wicket partnership with ‘Macca’.

The Breakers batted out their overs and finished with 5-250.

Harvey further extended his lead in the rankings for the highest run scorer of the tournament – he has scored an incredible 322 runs at an average of 80.5.

In response, the Knights had no answers.

They promptly lost 2-1 at the start of the innings and could not recover.

A brilliant team bowling performance by the Breakers knocked the Knights over for just 99, with Liam Witts (2-17) and Miles Sellenger (2-23) the multiple wicket takers.

The Breakers will face the Southern Pioneers in one of today’s vital semi finals.

The Pioneers had a surprisingly easy win over the previously-undefeated Inner South East Scorpions in their quarter final matchup.

The Scorpions won the toss and elected to bat, but that would be the only success they would experience all day.

A disciplined Pioneers bowling outfit didn’t give the Scorpions’ batsmen an inch, quickly dismissing them for just 60.

Dulnath Hendawitharana took 3-12 while the rest of the wickets were spread.

In their run chase, the Pioneers coasted to victory in 18.4 overs with the loss of just one wicket.

Ashley Chandrasinghe (19*) and Nivin Sathyajith (25*) continued their strong form with bat, seeing their side over the line and into a semi final.

The Northern Rivers won their way through in a thriller against the Western Waves.

After being set a target of 8-120 by the Waves (Lachlan Field 32, Ethan Baxter 2-11), the Rivers left it until the last ball of the match to take the win.

With nine wickets down and numbers 10 and 11 Nick Gladman and Jarrett Miles at the crease, the Rivers needed one to win off the last ball.

Miles successfully clipped the ball through mid-wicket for three, bringing up the nail-biting win for his side.
Todd Murphy (32) and Callum McCarty (25) top scored in the Rivers’ total of 9-123.

The Rivers will play the Western Spirit in their semi final, who accounted for the South East Sharks in another close game.

Led by Patrick Rowe (49), the Sharks were able to set a reasonably competitive total of 122.

In reply, the Spirit measured the chase perfectly, coming up with the winning runs in the second-last over and with five wickets down.

Rory Kalnins (45) and Dylan Brasher (28) did the job at the top of the order, setting the platform for the Spirit to take the game.

To recap, today’s semi finals see the Northern Rivers take on the Western Spirit, and the Southern Pioneers play the South East Bayside Breakers.