By Bryce Edwards
Wandin 1st XI vs Mt Evelyn 2nd XI – by David Thorne
Wandin’s 1st XI would continue their match against Mt Evelyn’s 2nd XI with Mt Evelyn at the crease on 2/92 chasing 105.
Mt Evelyn would continue their good batting and chased down the Wandin total in 3 overs without the loss of wickets.
With a chance of an outright win, Mt Evelyn would declare as soon as they made the runs and sent Wandin back into bat.
Wandins batters would face the good bowling of Mt Evelyn with the plan to bat as many overs as possible to ensure they didn’t get out-righted. Wandin would bat for 48 overs and make 103 before being dismissed with the stand-out batters being Tim Thorne (25) and Luke Falkingham (22). This would leave Mt Evelyn with 28 overs left in the day chasing 105 for outright victory and Wandin needing to bowl Mt Evelyn out for less than 105 for a chance at reserve outright.
With a slight chance of reserve outright, Wandin bowlers would be in full attack mode. Jarrod Dobson picked up the opening batsman for a duck in the 5th over to set them on their way with constant wickets falling thereafter.
Wandin would bowl and field extremely well but unfortunately would run out of overs to get the Mt Evelyn batsman out with the score finishing on 8/74.
J. Dobson 4 overs 1/20
L. Falkingham 5 overs 1/15
L. Alderman 9 overs 2/18
L. Curwood 6 overs 3/11.
It was a fanatic fightback from Wandin but unfortunately fell just short of a come-from-behind victory
Wandin 2nd XI v Healsville 2nd XI – by Rick Painter
The second week would see Healesville chasing 412 for victory after B Edwards scored 198 to secure Wandin a large total with J Drummond and B Grace being the pick of the bowlers.
Healesville would turn up for the fight after losing a quick wicket, M Wallace and J Heywood would take the score to 91 before Heywood was dismissed for 75 off the bowling of J Galvin who would in the same spell take 2 more to have Healesville at 4/103 and Wandin in a solid position. The father-son duo of Max and Ben Wallace would keep fighting and extend the score to 194 before T Seeger would take both scalps in consecutive balls in different overs to again put Healesville on the back foot. Despite being behind the run rate S Fawdry would bat brilliantly for 93 and find allies in Adamson 34 and Drummond 32 to take the score to 9/359, which would please the Healesville faithful even though not they did not end up getting the win, and Wandin moves into the top four for the first time this season.
Wandin 3rd XI vs Mooroolbark – by ‘The Don’
Wandin’s 3rd XI once again won the toss and decided to bat first, opening with B Gallante and T Day. T Day was holding his end as B Gallante pounced with superb hitting before T Day was out for 3 and J Polido joined B Gallante at the crease. J Polido survived early with luck going his way, while B Gallante went on scoring at will and quickly. As J Polido was starting to hit the middle, B Gallante retired with a great 52 and B Christfield joined J Polido and was straight into the attack although he unfortunately fell for 14 but looked great. M Owens joined J Polido and watched him make superb 52. Then P Laws came out swinging as Wandin were running out of overs and before long it was P Laws out for 10. T Hall joined M Owens and Wandin finished on 4 /186 with M Owens 28 not out T Hall 7 not out.
To give Mooroolbark credit their field placement was one to remember.
Thinking they had enough on the board, Wandin’s T Hall and A Brown opened the bowling and they both bowled very tidily with T Hall 5 overs 0/16 in an awesome effort and A Brown 5 overs 1/29 and improving each game.
B Christfield bowled superbly finishing with 7 overs 2/30 proving once again that he is a very handy inclusion this year. With Mooroolbark 3/99 at drinks, Wandin hit their straps bowling B Gallante and C Kneebone in tandem spin to slow them right up and Wandin took control with brilliant fielding by all. P Laws always gives 120 per cent, M Polido the fielding specialist with a great catch and even better run out, B Gallante the star in every way with an awesome catch and very tidy bowling at 2/18 off 6 overs C Kneebone always bowls well, T Day 2 wickets and was on a hattrick, S Robinson, the most improved player this year, bowled well and K Lorie chipped in. Wandin cleaned up Mooroolabrk who were all out for 159.
Wandin Women vs Templeton – by Charlotte Edwards
Wandin took on Templeton at home following a win last week against Bayswater Park. Wandin won the toss and elected to bat as the light rain set in for the day. Lowrie (15 runs) and Burgi (12 runs) opened the batting holding a steady partnership until Burgi was unfortunately dismissed. Peluso followed with a quick 16 runs, with Edwards coming in and facing out the rest of the innings, finishing on 46 runs not out, and pairing with Peet, Curwood and Lazarus along the way. The girls posted 161 runs, with Templeton needing 162 to win.
With the sun pushing through for the second innings, Templeton opened to Friend (2/20) and Curwood (1/35), with Friend taking a quick wicket off her first ball. However, with a strong partnership between Drury and Payne, Templeton held steady at drinks, with the game continuing hot for the second half. It came right down to the final overs, as George (1/20) and Lowrie (1/18) took their wickets, and Templeton needed 7 off the last over. It was ball for ball, but Wandin got over the line, defeating Templeton by 2 runs in a very close match.
