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In Orange District Cricket Association terms, right now that’s Orange City all over.
After suffering their fourth straight loss to start the 2016-17 season the Warriors are running dead last without a victory on the board.
Compounding that, the side has the bye in the final round before the Christmas break, putting it in a situation the greens haven’t faced in recent memory – going into the second half of the season winless in red-ball cricket.
“Obviously it’s not ideal, we don’t want to be in this situation but we won’t make excuses. The corner has to be turned and I’m confident it will happen,” Orange City skipper Craig Rogan fired.
“I still think once we do turn that corner things will become a lot easier for us, it’s just a matter of coming together as a side a bit better.”
The Warriors were on the cusp of their maiden win of the summer heading into the second day of their clash with Centrals on Saturday, sitting at 3-96 chasing the red and blacks’ 7-172.
Orange City lost three wickets early on day two though – Shaun Grenfell (10), Dave Boundy (5) and Joey Kay (1) – to quickly fall behind the eight-ball at 6-111.
Skipper Craig Rogan (29 not out) and vice captain Ed Morrish (10) did their best to steady the ship, adding 30 for the seventh wicket and putting their side back into a position to potentially steal a win, but the latter’s dismissal sparked a tail-end collapse that ultimately saw the greens fall 19 runs short.
Nick Dunlop (66), George Olsen (50) and Matt Burgess (28 not out) went out in search of quick runs, giving skipper Daryl Kennewell the chance to declare at 7-170, leaving Centrals 189 in front with 20 overs remaining in the day.
We won’t make excuses. The corner has to be turned and I’m confident it will happen.
- Orange City skipper Craig Rogan
With an outright result unlikely either way, Orange City finished 4-51 before time was called.
“We just didn’t place the value on our wickets we should’ve and didn’t have the composure to get the job done,” Rogan said.
“It was a combination of good bowling and not so good decisions when we were batting, but hats off to Centrals.”
Matt Findlay
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
