By Bryce Edwards
Wandin 1st XI Vs Seville 2nd XI – written by Dave Thorne
With the last round of the season upon us, Wandin would take on Seville at home.
Seville would win the toss and choose to bat.
Wandin opening bowlers Leigh Curwood and Jarrod Dobson would open the proceedings with Leigh picking up the opening wicket in his first over.
From then on it would be hard going for the Wandin bowlers with Seville digging in with the bat, until Lain Senti came onto bowl, picking up 3 wickets to have Seville at 5/104 after 40 overs at afternoon tea.
After afternoon tea, Seville’s batters would be hard to get out with the next wicket falling late in the innings with the score 6/240 with Seville batting through the day and finishing on 8/272.
It will be a tough total to chase next week for the Wandin batters to hopefully finish off their season with a win.
Wandin 2nd XI v Eastwood 2nd XI – written By Rick Painter
Wandin would win the toss and elect to bowl first and after a tight contest for the first dozen overs before Wandin got the first wicket and drinks would see the score at 2/48. The score would build to 68 when a double wicket would halt any forceful batting from the home team, and after another small partnership, two more wickets would fall to have Eastwood 6/110 at tea. The score would edge along to 133 before the remaining four wickets would fall on that score .
M Kogelman would bag 4/15 and D Trembath with 4/21 would be the key destroyers for Wandin whilst McKenzie, Thomas and Boote would all contribute 20 odd with the bat.
With 24 overs left in the day, Wandin would start nervously at 2/9 but a partnership of 68 between Galvin and Edwards would steady the innings before Galvin (39) was one of two late wickets and would leave Wandin at 4/80 just 54 runs away from victory, with B Edwards on (32*) they would only have to hold their nerve and wickets to cement a top two finish at the end of the home and away season.
Wandin 3rd XI vs Chirnside Park 5th XI
Wandin would host the top-of-the-table Panthers.
Dogs won the toss and bowled and were again unlucky with nothing going their way early. Young guns Kai and Sam struck with a wicket each Blake Jules taking a scalp and Arch taking 2. Young Kai worked overtime in the field to keep the score to 6/240
With a fighting bulldog spirit, Wandin were determined to make a scrap of it. Greg showed the intent early as he pounded his first ball to the pickets. Game on. Greg and Lawsy fell chasing quick runs Ben 54* and Matt 26 would steady the side as they inched closer. The in-form Jules (33) would stride out and make a mess of the panther attack, before his brother one-upped him with (34) but Archie (30*)and Ben Cooly got Wandinhome after a flurry of late wickets with 2 balls to spare. Edge of your seat finish as Wandin scored 9/242.
Wandin couldn’t make finals so had nothing to lose and that makes the side a dangerous team as curtains close next week. Beware the wounded bulldog.
Wandin Womens vs Bayswater Park
Wandin faced Bayswater Park at Home. It was the inaugural ‘anything but a bag’ round for the girls, getting the energy up for their final game at home this year.
Bayswater Park won the toss and elected to bat. Bayswater Park came into the bat with O Edwards (1/6 off 5) and K Friend (1/26 off 5) tackling the strong bats. Holding a strong partnership, Bayswater Park was on 1/65 at drinks. A Peet (0/14 off 3) and K Peet (1//11 off 4) had the bats in all sorts, with J Lowrie (1/22 off 3) and N George (1/13 off 3) bowling strong overs too. Dismissing 3 strong bats, C Edwards (3/18 off 5.3) took out the last wicket with just 3.3 overs to go. With the fielding and bowling both very strong, Wandin kept Bayswater Park to just 118 runs, needing 119 off their 30 overs to win.
C Edwards (60*) and J Trembath (0) opened the batting, kicking off the innings. Unfortunately, Trembath was dismissed early, with K Friend coming in with Edwards. Their partnership set the foundation for Wandin’s innings, leaving both still in and the scoreboard on 70-odd at drinks. After Friends dismissal, both T Clancy (0) and D Wilson (2) came in to bat, but it was the sister of Edwards, O Edwards (10*) who was able to lock in the win with C Edwards, getting the final runs with 7 overs to go.
It was both an amazing batting and bowling innings by Wandin, keeping them strong going into finals.
Best on Ground for our ‘anything but a bag’ round went to Gayle Burgi, whose car was able to hold all her belongings for the day
