Historically speaking Orange City has been just as susceptible to a massive collapse as the rest of Orange District Cricket Association’s sides, if not more so toward the back end of a season, such is the Warriors’ capacity for being bundled out at the semi-final stage.
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Look no further than the dying stages of last summer for proof of that, when the Warriors lost 7-13 to be skittled for 122 by Cavaliers in the preliminary final. They were routed by Centrals the game before that too, losing 3-0 in a top order collapse to the tune of 7-46.
The greens fell rapidly at times at the start of the 2016-17 season too but so far it’s only happened once this season, when Orange City lost 7-55 to fall 18 short against Cavaliers.
That’s the only loss Orange City has suffered on its way to a 19-point buffer at the top of the table.
So it’s clear what Kinross must do when its round 13 clash against Orange City resumes on Saturday afternoon, with the Warriors 1-66 chasing 173 to win.
Spark a collapse, starting with unbeaten batsmen Tim Low (38 not out) and Craig Rogan (21 not out).
“There’s still a lot of cricket left in the game, but we need early wickets,” Kinross skipper Fletcher Rose said.
“We all need to be putting pressure on Orange City and trying to put them on the back foot, if we can take one, two, three quick wickets then we’re right back in it, we could have a good crack at winning from there.”
The students will have to, if they want to keep their hopes of playing finals cricket alive.
Kinross, mathematically speaking, isn’t yet out of the finals equation despite having won just one game and has the benefit of playing all of the remaining games.
The students will have to win their last three games though and outright points in at least one wouldn’t do any harm either, a run that must start on Saturday.
“We certainly haven’t given up on playing finals cricket even if we have had a bit of a disappointing season so far,” Rose said.
“We’ll just be looking for a few good results in the next couple of weeks to finish the season and, you never know, maybe we’ll get there.”
Saturday’s second day starts at 1pm at Wade Park, with at least 80 overs to be bowled.
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.
