Transplanters win friendly
LAUREN WRIGHT AND BEN MCCLELLAN
THE rain made play difficult, but it wasn’t enough to put a stop the Bradman Foundation and the Australian Transplant team battling it out on Monday.
The Transplanters turned the tables on their hosts with an eight-run win to record their first victory over the Foundation in their three meetings.
Sutton Forest’s Michael Campbell-Jones represented the Highlands strongly with the Transplanters and was unlucky not to take more wickets.
With the rain posing a constant threat, play didn’t start until 12.30pm and the game ended up being a 30-over match.
The day was not about the game itself, but raising awareness about organ and tissue donation. Transplant team chairman, Jeffery Sewell, said each player was celebrating a second lease on life.
“It’s about the fact that we really do celebrate a second innings in life instead of being hooked up to machines,” he said.
“It’s a celebration and acknowledgement of the thoughtfulness of an unknown person, their graciousness in a very troubled time [which] really made a difference.”
International umpire and Bowral Cricket Club patron Simon Taufel said officiating the game was a humbling experience.
“To put something back into the sport and obviously with the transplant facilities and match here, it’s about helping them enjoy they’re cricket. It’s a good reality check for me,” he said.
The Transplanters posted a healthy 151 with Bradman bowlers John Lindsay, Nathan Cooke and skipper Tony Capps getting among the wickets.
Darren Vanderhoff top scored with 72.
In reply, Cooke (44no) and Capps (28) put on a 60-run fourth wicket stand.
The batsmen had the Foundation on track for their third win over the Transplanters when Cooke retired hurt.
He copped a ball in the face from a deflection off his bat, while Capps also endured a bit of chin music from the Transplant attack.
Vanderhoff also starred with the ball, taking three wickets in four balls, narrowly missing out on a hat-trick.
Capps said Taufel and fellow umpire John Ewing allowed play to continue in very wet conditions and the Transplanters made the most of the drier conditions when they were bowling.
Sutton Forest’s Michael Campbell-Jones represented the Highlands strongly with the Transplanters and was unlucky not to take more wickets.
With the rain posing a constant threat, play didn’t start until 12.30pm and the game ended up being a 30-over match.
The day was not about the game itself, but raising awareness about organ and tissue donation. Transplant team chairman, Jeffery Sewell, said each player was celebrating a second lease on life.
“It’s about the fact that we really do celebrate a second innings in life instead of being hooked up to machines,” he said.
“It’s a celebration and acknowledgement of the thoughtfulness of an unknown person, their graciousness in a very troubled time [which] really made a difference.”
International umpire and Bowral Cricket Club patron Simon Taufel said officiating the game was a humbling experience.
“To put something back into the sport and obviously with the transplant facilities and match here, it’s about helping them enjoy they’re cricket. It’s a good reality check for me,” he said.
The Transplanters posted a healthy 151 with Bradman bowlers John Lindsay, Nathan Cooke and skipper Tony Capps getting among the wickets.
Darren Vanderhoff top scored with 72.
In reply, Cooke (44no) and Capps (28) put on a 60-run fourth wicket stand.
The batsmen had the Foundation on track for their third win over the Transplanters when Cooke retired hurt.
He copped a ball in the face from a deflection off his bat, while Capps also endured a bit of chin music from the Transplant attack.
Vanderhoff also starred with the ball, taking three wickets in four balls, narrowly missing out on a hat-trick.
Capps said Taufel and fellow umpire John Ewing allowed play to continue in very wet conditions and the Transplanters made the most of the drier conditions when they were bowling.
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