Most cricket experts reckon that if your team wins the toss you should bat first 99.9 percent of the time. Penrith took the opposite course when they hosted the Campbelltown Camden Ghosts on the first day’s play of the round 13 match. Winning the toss, the home team had no hesitation in inviting the Ghosts… Read more »
It was ever so close – a win by a very narrow margin – but it was one the Campbelltown Camden Ghosts desperately needed to help get their season back on track. But they did it the hard way, allowing Manly Warringah to get within five runs of victory. When the Ghosts took the last… Read more »
Another season is quickly slipping away for the Camden Campbelltown Ghosts men’s first grade team. Still without a premiership trophy 33 years after entering the Sydney premier cricket competition, the Ghosts will need a mighty effort to make this year’s finals. Especially after three consecutive losses in a row, which have pushed the team dangerously… Read more »
There was just one bright spot from the heavy defeat of Campbelltown Camden Ghosts at the hands of Western Suburbs on the weekend. Teenage leg spinner Tanveer Sangha picked up a total of eight wickets in the match, four from each innings, to confirm his status as a rising star of Australian cricket. His excellent… Read more »
Ghosts first grader Nathan Baker completed a wonderful week as substitute fieldsman spending the Sydney Test with the Australian team in the fourth Test against India, which ended in a draw. Apart from being on standby to field he also tended to mid field deliveries of drinks and players’ gear and and assisted in training…. Read more »
A remarkable innings of 148 from captain Phil Wells has helped the Campbelltown Camden Ghosts win their final match before Christmas. Batting second in the round eight match against Hawkesbury at Owen Earle Oval the Ghosts lost eight wickets in reaching the winning target of 360 runs. The home side had declared at 9/359 on… Read more »
Two tremendous T20 wins by the Campbelltown Camden Ghosts women’s and men’s first grade teams on the weekend were punctuated by a brilliant individual performance in each of the games. As JASON ELLSMORE reports, women’s Big Bash star Lauren Cheatle smashed 39 runs off 16 balls, including eight boundaries in the big win over Universities…. Read more »
Next Saturday’s first grade NSW Premier Cricket at Raby between Campbelltown Camden DCC and Gordon DCC promises to be a great day with both teams’ evenly poised heading into day two, reports JASON ELLSMORE. If it wasn’t for a tough final 45 minutes of play on day one, the Ghosts may have considered themselves holding… Read more »
A blend of youthful talent and solid first grade experience was the perfect mixture as the Ghosts defeated Blacktown in round five of NSW Premier Cricket on Saturday, reports JASON ELLSMORE. The Ghosts bowlers toiled well in restricting Blacktown to 8/231 in the first innings having sent the Warriors into bat for the morning session…. Read more »
When your captain, who has scored more than 10,000 grade runs, doesn’t get a bat, things must be looking up. Campbelltown Camden Ghosts legendary skipper Jarrad Burke, who was listed to bat at number eight on Saturday at Raby against Eastern Suburbs, was content to sit outside the dressing room and watch his charges pile… Read more »
Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club have a massive task ahead of them if they are to snatch their first win of the season. The Ghosts will have to score almost 400 when play resumes this Saturday in the two day away match against Parramatta. Last season the Ghosts showed they can chase big totals, but… Read more »
Campbelltown Camden Ghosts fell just a few runs short in the 2018-19 NSW Premier Cricket season opener against University of NSW Cricket Club at Raby Sports Complex. The Ghosts batted first in the limited overs fixture and only managed 118 runs when they were all dismissed in the 40th over. The home side made things… Read more »
