Sajjad Qaiser smashed six over the boundary fence on his way to an impressive 100 not out.
In hot conditions, Warringah won the toss and on a very hard, flat wicket elected to bat first and posted a very imposing score of 9/323 declared.
All of the Eagles bowlers toiled away in the heat, with the pick of the bowlers being the two opening bowlers, Sajjad Qaiser with 4/89 off 22 overs and Blake Pearson with 3/52 off 14 overs.
Chasing down Warringah’s total of 323 was a huge task for the Eagles batsmen but they were up to the challenge and passed Warringah’s score only five wickets down, with two players recording impressive centuries.
Leading the way for the Eagles was dynamic opening batsman, Amanyjot Sing, whose power and aggression saw him hit the Warringah bowlers to all parts of the ground in scoring 124 runs, which included 21 fours and two sixes.
Not to be out done, Sajjad Qaiser produced an innings full of fine stroke play and controlled aggression to finish with a score of 100 not out, which included 11 fours and six sixes.
Solid contributions were also made by Peter Andonopoulos with 37 and Blake Pearson with 30.
Under the leadership of new captain Asad Usman, the First Grade has a new refreshed, positive approach to its cricket, which was clearly demonstrated in the excellent run chase to haul in Warringah’s 323 runs with 5 wicket in hand.
The team will be strengthened in its next match against Balmain-South Sydney with the return of key strike pace bowler, Matthew Bursa who was unavailable for the opening two rounds.
Lower grades: Second Grade: Auburn 165 (H Quinn 37, D Guila 22, A Hadley 20) and 1/75 d Warringah 126 (A Hadley 5/52, T Marlin 4/29); Third Grade: Auburn 226 (A Nagendiram 59, S Naeem 41, F Butterfield 38) lost Warringah 311 (Z Miza 3/61, S Naeem 3/35, S Tawakal 2/79); Fourth Grade: Auburn 119 (A Bailey-Fong 55) and 5-91 (A Bradshaw 30 no, T Barton 21) lost Warringah 245 (S Ullah 3/22, T Barton 3/34, S Zammit 3/45); Fifth Grade: Auburn 1/60 (R Singh 40 no) d Warringah 59 (R Barbon 4/13, S Ali 4/10; and Metropolitan Cup: Auburn 230 (M Mihaj 59, R Sharma 49, H Mohamed 32, S Guru 23, S Shinde 23) lost Hawkesbury 311 (U Buhary 2/61, A Sulaiman 2/70).
