By Bryce Edwards
Wandin 1st XI vs Warrandyte 3rd XI
Wandin 1st XI returned to playing at home this week against Warrandyte’s 3rd XI searching for their first win for the season.
Wandin won the toss and chose to bat first.
David Thorne and Jamie Elliott would open the batting, getting off to a quick start with the bat, it would be David Thorne who would fall first and a few more wickets would fall before Tim Thorne would combine with Jamie Elliott and both would bat an absolute treat with the pair putting on a 50-run partnership.
Jamie Elliott would fall on 50, but then Tim Thorne would fall in 68 after some big hitting, but Wandin would be in a great position with Liam Senti coming in late with a handy 34 not out, improving the total to 9/241.
The Wandin bowlers would finally have a big total to bowl too and even though Warrandyte would hang in there with the bat, Wandin would restrict their total to all out for 214.
It was a great win for Wandin with all bowlers making a great contribution. Lachlan Alderman was the pick of the bowlers with 3/41 off 6 overs.
Wandin 2nd XI v Wantirna South 3rd XI
Wandin would travel to Wantirna South, win the toss and elect to bowl first. In a tight first twenty overs between bat and ball Wantirna South would be 3/78 , A Webb 35 and J Galvin with two wickets. With Galvin taking two more shortly after the drinks break the game was evenly poised. This brought B Harrington 48 and A Kinghorn 28* to the crease, and they would quickly increase the scoring rate.
With the dismissal of Harrington off the bowling of M Kogleman 3/33 the last 10 overs would be controlled by Wandin and they would keep Wantirna South to 7/173, a gettable but tricky target.
Wandin would start poorly with the bat and quickly find three back in the shed before finding a partnership between Galvin 28 and Marshall 50 which would see the side get over 100 and some belief in victory.
With their dismissals and the game in the balance G Gosland 39* would guide Wandin to a hard-fought victory with the remaining batsmen and see Wandin finish on 8/178 off 38 overs.
Wandin 3rd XI vs Kilsyth
A home game for Wandin who won the toss and batted first. T Day and T Seeger got the Dogs off to great start putting on a 50-run partnership after 11 overs, T Day 25 and T Seeger 24.
C Leckie started off perfectly, with support from A Brown 7 and J Dowthaite 10 and after 19 overs Wandin were 4/82 with C Leckie going along nicely.
M Owens and C Leckie put on 82 and after 32 overs Wandin sat at 5/160. P Laws came in and went off, smashing a quick 26 not out in a superb effort, while C Leckie just missed out on a 50, out for 49. M iles joined P Laws putting on 40 in 4 overs which was absolutely great to watch, seeing Wandin finish the innings on 6/203.
Kilsyth started off very quickly with some big hitting early, racing to 1 for 159 off 23 overs but to Wandin’s credit, the players kept their spirits up. T Seeger bowled superb for 1/26 off 7, a great effort against some big hitting, M Rayner weaved some magic and tightened the game up with a superb 4/28 off 6 overs in a great spell and S Robinson bowled a treat 2 overs 2/1, fantastic by Sammy.
Kilsyth finished on 8/209 off 33 overs, and overall it was a great effort by all. Wandin fought to the end and the improvement each week is amazing.
