38 SPORT
FRIDAY JANUARY 20 2017
Rovers to apply pressure
Anthony Geppa
CRICKET
Ellis holds key according to Paterson
MENTAL lapses are all part of
the development of a young
side but PROBuild Rovers captain Matt Paterson said they’ll
need to be kept to a minimum
this week against Gapview
Works.
Poor concentration at crucial times cost Rovers in their
previous
encounter
with
Works, losing the one-day
clash by a comfortable 81 runs.
Paterson said he expects his
young side to fade in and out of
games at times but added
they’ll need to be sharp in tomorrow’s crucial match.
“I think we try not to think
about winning and losing too
much it’s just about us improv-
ing week-to-week,” Paterson
said.
“If we get beaten by a better
side then it’s all right but we
just need to bat and bowl for 90
overs and field for 45 and we
should be fine.
“The previous game against
Gapview we had a few lapses
and
Schmitty
(Graeme
Schmidt) got away from us.
“We have a pretty young
side so that’s got to be expected, it’s just about minimising
the damage done in those lapses and being able to regroup.”
Paterson singled Gapview
captain Ben Ellis out as the
club’s man in form, saying his
wicket will go a long way to
winning the game for Rovers.
Ellis is in red-hot form this
season with Paterson saying
his side plans on putting the
pressure on Gapview’s skipper.
“I think (Ben is a major key),
if you can get Benny out then
you’re generally halfway home
really,” he said.
“Obviously he’s a class act
though so we’ll have to bowl in
the right areas to him and pressure him into making a mistake.
“We need to build that pressure because at the end of the
day he’s another batsman but
we’ll try keep him on strike as
much as we can, it is generally
pretty hard to get someone out
from the nonstriker’s end.”
Rovers will need to find a
way of winning without strike
bowler Lachlan Boal however
with Boal unavailable for the
clash.
Gapview meanwhile will be
looking to put a disappointing
loss in their previous outing to
West behind them when they
take to the field.
Works will head into the
match as favourites however,
having beaten Rovers twice in
the one day competition already this season.
Rovers and Gapview will
meet tomorrow at Albrecht
Oval with play beginning from
12.30pm.
Gapview’s Ben Ellis will be a key player.
Picture: CHARLIE LOWSON
Imparja
Cup now
a family
affair
Anthony Geppa
CRICKET
JFederal Asbuild captain Jack Harding will be a key batsman for his side in their match against West tomorrow.
Picture: CHARLIE LOWSON
Federal desperate for first win of season
Anthony Geppa
CRICKET
AFTER picking up their first
one day point due to a washout
this past weekend, Federal Asbuild will now be looking to
add their first win of the season.
Federal finally got on the
board last week when their
round six clash against Gapview Works was abandoned
due to rain, the only way the
club has registered points in
any format of the game in the
2016/17 season.
The club has struggled with
inconsistency so far this season, often putting together
strong spells in a game without
being able to hold their momentum.
Federal will need to be at
their best if they hope to register their first win of the year tomorrow as they face a
dominant West side looking to
defend their one day crown.
West’s bowlers were chal-
lenged in their previous match
against Federal, conceding 157
runs in a good display from
Federal’s batsmen led by captain Jack Harding.
The Bloods chased the target down with ease however
with opening batsman Nick
Whyte leading the way with a
composed 69 not out, with
Whyte again looming as a key
wicket in West’s batting line
up..
Federal Asbuild and West
will face off tomorrow afternoon from 12.30 at the traditionally bowler-friendly Jim
McConville Oval with predicted cloudy conditions likely to
suit swing bowlers.
THE Imparja Cup has well and
truly become a family affair for
Community
Men’s
team
Brothers in Arms.
First playing in the tournament in 2010, the team made
up of friends have encouraged
their wives and sisters to enter
a women’s team into the competition.
Brothers in Arms team
member Glen Clark said the
amount of fun his side has
every year inspired their wives
and sisters to be a part of the
competition, saying they now
enjoy it as much as the men.
“We’ve been involved for
about five or six years now and
we just started up as a group of
fellas that just wanted to have a
hit really,” Clark said.
“We’re more or less made
up of all the brother boys that
hang out on the weekend and
we thought we should just get
out there and have a crack.
“When we played all the ladies came to support and
watch and they must have seen
how much fun we were having
and how everyone interacted
and came together.
“They put a team in themselves and now they all love it,
they look forward to it every
year now.”
Clark said the two sides use
the tournament as a way to
help encourage family interaction throughout Central Australia, saying it’s important to
spend time together.
“It shows people out there
in the community what sort of
families there really are out
there, you can have fun together and encourage each other,”
he said.
“We like to try encourage
other families to do the same,
whether it’s going out there on
Saturday and throwing a frisbee together or whatever it is.”
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