Back to cricket after the Christmas break, the Lusatia Park 1st XI ventured to Wonga Park to play the home side.
Lusatia Park were sent in and didn’t get off to a great start losing the first two wickets with only 19 on the board. Lochie and Andy then added 57 when Andy fell and only 6 runs later Lochie went for 31. Adam was the only one offering any real resistance with the next four wickets adding 76 to the total until Adam Dunn went for a gutsy 39. The 9th wicket fell eight runs later but with still seven overs to face, Lusatia Park needed to to try and push the total to at least 200 to defend a reasonable target. With some lusty hitting and a bit of luck, Matty and Terry got the side to 203 thanks to a fine cameo from Matty with 22 off 22 including three fours and a 6. Playing the top side and defending a modest target, Lusatia Park had to bowl at their best. They picked up the first two wickets for only 20 runs but unfortunately, it was all downhill from there. With a couple of dropped catches which may have changed the game somewhat, Wong Park’s third-wicket partnership took them past Lusatia Park’s score with five overs to spare. A great batting performance from T.Parker with 107 n.o.off only 114 balls and their captain D.Keane 64 n.o.
The Lusatia Park 2nd XI were sent into bat against Chirnside Park. Mick Dwyer top-scoring with 31 out of the team’s total of 163 after 40 overs. The game was abandoned 13 overs into the seconf innings due to lightning and rain.
The Lusatia Park 3rd XI had a great win against Healesville away scoring 6/198 from their 36 overs thanks to a fantastic second wicket partnership of 119 between Corey Winter-Annette and Ben Hubbard, Corey 51 retired off only 37 balls with eight fours and two sixes and Ben 30. Lee Philpot also made a great contribution with 51 retired off only 36 with 10 fours. Healesville could only manage 109 in their run chase with Lusatia Park’s main wicket takers Tayte Hubbard with 3/22 and Lee Philpot 3/25.
Sunday’s Women’s game v St Andrews was abandoned due to lightning and heavy rain.
