By Bryce Edwards
After a loss in the toss, Wandin’s women were sent out to bowl against Norwoods opening bats. Off to a quick start Norwood batted strong, but the skied ball caught by Bec Kneebone saw one of Norwoods good bats head back to the rooms, and kept the game exciting. Alongside the 2/14 and 2/6 from Olivia and Charlotte Edwards, Norwood were kept to respectable 133 after there 20 overs, with a total of 134 needing to be made in Wandins following 20 overs
Coming in after the break, the loss of 3 quick wickets left Wandin sitting at 3/17 after 5 overs. But coming into bat next, the 50 off 42 balls from Charlotte Edwards kept the chase alive, and with collective runs from Dionne Wilson and Nyree George, it allowed the intent to stay firing. Finishing the innings, both Edwards girls saw off the final overs, with Maya Leckie coming in at the last over, but unfortunately it was a loss to the Wandin girls this week. Falling short by 28 runs, the efforts of Wandin in both the field and batting was outstanding, and ones of which they should all be very proud of. Keeping the game of cricket alive with banter and energy, both teams performed at an amazing standard today, and it makes it so exciting to see what is in the future of this 22/23 season.
Next week’s game is against St Andrew’s at JW Manson, let’s go doggies!
Wandin C grade played its first game for the season against Kilsyth on Saturday 12 November.
Kilsyth won the toss and chose to bat first.
Wandin bowling openers Jamie Oakley and Daniel Trembath got Wandin off to a good start and had the position 5/69 after 20 overs.
After drinks, Kilsyths batting improved and they posted a total of 8/166 after 35 overs
Jamie Oakley 2/26 off 7 overs
Daniel Trembath 1/26 off 7 overs
Hamish Lammott 0/19 off 5 overs
Jackson Kneebone
1/27 off 5 overs
David Marshall 1/9 off 3 overs
Shaun Doolan 1/20 off 3 overs
David Thorne 1/20 off 5 overs
With a chasable total, Wandin openers batters Rod Aitken and Jamie Elliot got to work and had Wandin looking good at 0/50 off 10 overs but then an unlucky run out had Jamie Elliott out for 13.
From there it wasn’t Wandins day with wickets falling often and Wandin being bowled out for 117.
Rod Aitken 45
David Marshall 31.
Wandin CC 2nd XI v Mt Ev 3rd XI
The match was played at Mt Evelyn’s second ground.
Mt Evelyn won the toss and elected to bat. And after a quick wicket, the Mt Evelyn batsmen went to work and were scoring well but losing wickets and after 20 overs were 5/146 . Another quick wicket after the tea break and a tightening of the screws held Mt Evelyn to a tricky but gettable 186. L Patterson top scored with 54 for the home side, and T Cumberland was the top wicket taker with 4/46
Wandin’s innings also started with the quick wicket of B Costigan. From there, the game quickly became in Wandin’s favour when a blistering batting display from M Rayner and M Kogelman yeilded 69 runs from the next 5 overs before M Kogelman was dismissed for 37. The run rate slowed slightly but smart partnerships between M Rayner, T Cumberland, and B Edwards saw Wandin enable a comfortable victory with a total of 3/188.
M Rayner finishing on 93*
A Whiting 2/14
Wandin 3rd XI vs Healesville 4th XI
Played on a very average Gladysdale ground with long grass and a mud pit at one end due to ground availability, the toss was won by Healesville who elected to bowl first.
After a poor start to the game, Wandin was 2/7 after two overs. Drinks cameat the 18th over with the scores at 3/55 as Wandin found no shot value in the long grass. At the end of the innings, Wandin had made a respectable score of 7/141.
M Owens 54 retired, A Brown 15, R Vallence 16 not out
It was Healesville’s turn to bat and after a good start to their innings, they lost their first wicket in the tenth over with scores at 1/69. By drinks, scores were at 3/117 with Healesville only needing 25 more runs for victory. A quick fire 49 from A Keath and P Singh 24 not out saw Healesville call the game with a total of 4/188.
M Polido 1/11 was the pick of the bowlers for Wandin.
