By Bryce Edwards
Eager after the Christmas break, Wandin Womens took on Templeton at Templeton Reserve to kick off 2023. Winning the toss, Wandin headed out to bowl opening with both Olivia Edwards and Jacqui Lowrie. Edwards kicked off the first over with a wicket on the third ball, starting a quick pace for Wandin’s attack. Holding steady at the drinks break, Templeton’s came back strong, but collective wickets from Nyree George (1/25 off 7), Tangi Clancy (2/28 off 5) and 2 more from Edwards (3/19 off 7) saw the dismissal of 8 more wickets leaving Templeton on 171, chasing 172 for the win.
Sky Wilson and Belinda Cuddon came in to face the opening bowling of Templeton, with their steady partnership broken as Wilson was dismissed early. Charlotte Edwards came in and was able to bat alongside many, as she retired not out on 52 shortly after drinks.
The intent from Dionne Wilson (13), Tangi Clancy (4) and all the further batswomen allowed the match to stay alive, and despite Edwards coming back in and making a further 9 runs (61), Wandin was unable to take the win today. The group effort was amazing and all learnt will be taken on next week! Good job girls and Officer is next week at home!
Wandin Vs South Warrandyte
Round 9 21/1/23
Wandin 1st would play south Warrandyte.
With Wandin only just in the top four it was a must-win game and would be a tough battle with 3 main 1’s players out.
Wandin’s Captain David Thorne would win the toss and choose to bat.
With Wandins openers in Rod Aitken not playing this game, Bryce Edwards would step into his shoes.
Bryce did well with a hard-fought 22 but with Wandin losing wickets often, they would post a total of 8/154 with some nice hitting towards the end from David Marshall and Daniel Trembath.
With a small but defendable total, Wandin bowlers would have to ball well.
Daniel Trembath would get Wandin off to a great start with a wicket in his first over and eventually taking 4 wickets, but South Warrandyte batted well and was too good on a day, chasing down Wandin’s total with 5 overs to spare.
Wandin 3rd XI vs Powelltown
Having won the toss, Wandin chose to bowl first on a very warm Saturday and a very fast outfield. Powelltown, second on the ladder, got on with it and made a very impressive start to the game, only losing their first wicket in the sixth over to be 1/40. With runs coming at a very steady rate on a very fast outfield, Powelltown at drinks would be 2/86 after 18 overs. With wickets or a slowing run rate, Wandin fought really hard to do both. With a never give up attitude that has slowly grown throughout the season, Wandin was able to restrict Powelltown to 6/180. A massive congratulation too goes to Cooper Kneebone for taking his first senior wicket.
J Kneebone 3/35, M Kogelmann 1/17, J Polido 1/26
G McRorie 35no, B Norman 25, D Anderl 25
Wandin’s turn to bat and all they had to do was bat in partnerships and bat the overs out, the game could have gone either way. Wandin had an excellent start but unfortunately lost their first wicket in the third over at 1/20. With the next partnership only six overs, the scores were moving along at a rapid rate to be 2/70 in the 9th over. The scores moved along quite well to be 4/98 at drinks, and what Wandin needed was a decent partnership, which they got with the next wicket coming at 5/140 and they were able to cruise to victory with six overs to spare and finish on 5/194.
M Ogelmann 51 retired, J Polido 42, M Owens 30
T Cope 2/24, D Anderl 2/33
