The battle of the campuses ended in a draw at Sydney University Oval on Saturday when UNSW batted out day two in their Round 6 Belvedere Cup encounter.
Chasing Sydney University’s 3(dec)-348, UNSW’s kept wagging as they ended day two on 324 with two wickets in hand.
Batting at No.7. Tahminul Islam contributed 84, while No.6 Marcus Atallah posted 60 and No.8 Suthangan Thanabalasingam scored 30 after opener Joseph Byrnes headed the visitors in the right direction with a patient 58 off 141 deliveries.
Ben Joy collected 3-53 off a 21-over spell as UNSW held on for 100 overs to force the draw.
Damien Mortimer (143) and Ben Trevor-Jones (87) contributed the bulk of Sydney University’s runs on day one, with a 124-run third wicket partnership, while Hayden Kerr (64 not out) and skipper Liam Robertson (44 not out) capitalised with a 90-run fourth wicket partnership.
While the Kenso Clan and the Camperdown Bookworms earnt a point each for all of that hard work, Sydney University maintained the lead in the NSW Premier Cricket First Grade competition on 27 points, with Sydney (26), UNSW (26), Penrith (25), Bankstown (24) and Sutherland (22) making up the top six.
Sydney University also head the Second and Fourth grade ladders and lie second in Third and Fifth grades to head the Club Championship on 648 points ahead of Bankstown (568) and Penrith (465).
Round 7 will see Sydney University head west to take on 18th placed Hawkesbury in a two-day fixture at Owen Earle Oval
Scoreboard
Sydney Premier Grade cricket competition – Round 6 (Two-day fixtures)
First Grade: Sydney University 3(dec)-348 off 86 overs (Damien Mortimer 143, Ben Trevor-Jones 87, Hayden Kerr 64 not out, Liam Robertson 44 not out; Declan White 1-46) drew with UNSW 8-324 (Tahminul Islam 84, Marcus Atallah 60, Joseph Byrnes 58, Suthangan Thanabalasingam 30; Ben Joy 3-53, Liam Robertson 1-22) off 100.5 overs at Sydney University Oval on Saturday. Toss: UNSW. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sydney University 1, UNSW 1.
Second Grade: Sydney University 5-322 off 84.2 overs (Ryan McElduff 111, Ryan Danne 84, Varun George 54; Thomas Scoble 2-84, Connor Brown 2-85) defeated UNSW 319 off 104 overs (Connor Brown 73, Vincent Hreszczuk 48, Danny Bhandari 47, Nivek Tanner 46, Angus Gilmore 39; Josh Toyer 3-74, Kieran Tate 2-28, David Miller 2-36) on the first innings at David Phillips South on Saturday. Toss: UNSW. Batted first: UNSW. Points: Sydney University 6, UNSW 0.
Third Grade: Sydney University 7(dec)-290 off 53 overs (James Crowley 75, Matthew Powys 65, Ash Cowan 38, Alasdair Grant 37; Dean Jones 3-79) defeated UNSW 152 off 44 overs (Jack Lawson 5-42, Henry Clark 3-19) and 3-128 off 39 overs (Nikolas Tsoukalas 59 not out; Jazz Rinka 2-42) on the first innings at St Paul’s College Oval on Saturday. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: UNSW. Points: Sydney University 6, UNSW 0.
Fourth Grade: Sydney University 358 off 79.2 overs (Vince Umbers 197, Ed Arnott 57, Matthew Moran 43; Ankit Patel 6-82) defeated UNSW 130 off 62 overs (Charles Williams 36; William Masojada 6-28, Tom Hill 2-24) on the first innings at David Phillips North on Saturday. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sydney University 6, UNSW 0.
Fifth Grade: Sydney University 6-295 off 80 overs (Hugh Kermond 114, Liam Coelho 58, Brayden Dilley 50; Akash Biradar 1-30, Cheran Ganesan 1-29) defeated UNSW 112 off 54.5 overs (Prakhar Sharma 26, Adam Finkelstein 20; Zohirul Islam 3-15, Andrew Wilkinson 2-12) on the first innings at Camperdown Park on Saturday. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Sydney University.
Metropolitan Cup – Round 7
Sydney University 5(dec)-321 off 68 overs (Billy Barge 114 not out, Ryan Blayney 86, Shihub Rahman 39; Timothy Miller 3-53) defeated UNSW 114 off 39.4 overs (Tom Bird 47 not out; Luca Dimehlio 5-20, Billiy Barge 3-57) and 2-117 off 32 overs (Prabhjot Dhanoa 43, Simon Jasper 30) on the first innings at David Phillips North on Saturday. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sydney University 6, UNSW 0.
