How Sweet It Is ! - The Grand Final 8.10pm July 4th 2007

Much strategising was done in the days leading up to the GF about when to bat, who to bowl etc and hard decisions were taken . The Cutters won the toss and batted , deciding to "put the runs on the board"and put pressure on the younger Bogan's. A brilliant opening stand of 35 from Donaldson and Dowell got the team off to a fantastic start. 23 from Perry and Hill and a very solid 28 from Vlastuin and Rock meant that the total that the Bogan's were looking to beat was 86.No mean task .

Tony and Brendan managed 32 for the first pair and the Bogan's looked like they were on their way.The Cutters put the clamps on Ash and James and some super bowling from Donaldson held them to 20 .

Mark ( their gun) and Rob needed a substantial 35 to win the game . No mean task !
They seemed up to it though, advancing the score to 81 with one over to go. 6 balls to go, 6 runs to win. A tie would see The Cutters triumph as they had already won two skins.
A one off the first ball meant that 5 off 5 was the ask.
Mark hit the second ball back to Hill, the bowler who ran to the bowlers stumps , and took the bails off. Run Out!. Now 8 were needed off 4.Much tougher .The next ball , Phil Rock affected a great stumping and the elusive premiership was looking a reality.3 off the next ball meant that 8 was needed off 2 . Mark dragged the 5 th ball onto his stumps meaning that The Bogan's needed 11 off the last ball to win . A legal ball was all that was needed, Mark was welcome to hit a 7 off it . A donkey drop legal ball was delivered, Mark swung, Perry takes the catch,Bogan's make 73 and The Cutters snare their second premiership, winning 86 to 73.

Phil Rock was named man of the match.

A fantastically exciting game and the consensus was that Bogan's and the rest of Div 4 were more worthy opponents than The Cutters adversaries when they won their first premiership.

Perhaps the most significant event of the post match celebrations was the announcement from the captain, Richard Perry, that officially................

THE MONKEY IS OFF THE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Preliminary Final - 1st July 2007

The Cutters batted first and accumulated a serviceable 85 and tight bowling made sure that the Camels were never in the hunt,managing only 61. It was on to the "Game of Significance "against the Cutters nemesis Bogan's Heroes.

First Semi Final - 27 June 2007

Beam Team were The Cutters adversaries and the Cutters lost the toss and batted first making 91 .Professional bowling and great strategies held the Beamers to 81 and our heroes moved onto the preliminary final to play Eot Lemac spelt backwards.The camels had finished on top and were a polished, athletic outfit.

Qualifying Final - 20th June 2007

The Cutters batted first and compiled a very serviceable 92. The Bogan's , though were up to the task and sent the score to 3-0 as they rushed to 107, thanks mostly to 4 7s and a total of 33 from Mark Bogan.The Cutters now found themselves in a cut throat First Semi Final .

Winter Season 2007

The previous 5 seasons had seen The Cutters make 3 Grand Finals ,for only one premiership,and the pressure was on for the team to close out the season in the appropriate manner.

The season started off in average fashion and at the half way point The Cutters found themselves with some work to do in order to finish in the top portion of the Final Five of Div 4.

The second half of the season was much more successful and , come finals time , the boys found themselves in second position on the ladder , and in the qualifying final ,playing Bogan's Heroes, who had defeated The Cutters twice during the home and away season.

FOBS - Last game of home and away

5 Cutters played 5 FOBS - that was the agreement .

FOBS needed a win to make the finals and The Cutters - Mark,Paul,Carlos and Murray,with the help of Tom , a friend of Mark's , were looking to finish off the season on a positive note.

FOBS won the toss and batted . The first pair got off to a flier and racked up 37 as the brains trust of The Cutters worked out a suitable field with the abbreviated number of fielders available.

From here the skill of your favorite indoor cricket team was brought to bear and the final two pairs were only able to add another 29 between them .

Paul's bowling was again instrumental in putting the brakes on .Our fielding was not as good as it could have been - it was just as well the skipper was absent .

Carlos and Paul opened the innings and soon racked up 29 - a great start.
Mark and Murray added 35 ,leaving the pair of Tom , and lucky Paul ,who was given the honours course in batting , little to do.They added 18 - The Cutters running out winners 82 to 66.Tom is moving to Queensland so will leave the team with an unbeaten record.

It's now on to the finals where The Cutters need to continue with the consistent efforts of the past season .

A Great Season Continues

Last night the great season of 2006-2007 continued to roll on .

The Cutters were in the field first against a new opponent WHK Greenwood.Things were not looking too flash as the first pair raced along to 37 .

Some great fielding and bowling from "The Don" helped stem the flow of runs and the next two pairs were only able to manage -1 and 10 respectively.

Set a target of 47 to win ,the opening pair of Dowell and Rock started explosively and almost passed the number on their own .

Another great partnership from the Vlastuin,Donaldson pair consolidated the innings and the final Perry/Hill pair completed what was a very professional performance coming so close to the finals.