Lusatia Park CC Round Three.
First XI:
The first two day match of the season saw us host Warranwood at Woori Yallock.
Warranwood batted first and Angus Gelly shone with the new ball, taking the first two wickets in his first outing for the club with the red ball.
Wickets never tumbled in a hurry, but our bowlers consistently hit their lines making it difficult to score; Angus took another, as did Lochie Winter-Annette, however it was Mr Consistent Terry Bennett who shone with his workhorse nature, giving us 25 overs, taking 6-76.
We bowled Warranwood out in the 73 over for 211.
In our seven overs in the evening, Corey Winter-Annette and Michael Nicholls held off their bowlers and we go into next week 0-15.
Second XI:
Our Second XI was fielding a very different team this week against Lilydale at The Gateway, with many outs.
Batting first, Dean Worrley got us off to an ideal start, hitting a rapid 37.
Lucas Parker looked very strong with 34 including an imperious six straight back over the head of an old rival.
He was unfortunately run out thanks to his captain’s terrible calling between the wickets.
Most contributed down the batting order, including 34 from Stephen Morgan saw the total approaching 200, before number ten Luke Thomas made the point that he should be batting higher with 44 off 39, bringing our total to 246 before also being run out.
We took to the field with confidence and struck early, with Marty White dismissing the opener, and Stephen Morgan spinning his way to a wicket also.
The game is evenly poised with Lilydale on 2-58.
First Women’s XI:
Wandin’s Women’s team came to Woori Yallock to take on our girls.
Much like the men, it was a bit of a different looking team, with more than a few debutantes.
This included five players from the extended Diggins family, with the youngest being 13-year-old Abi.
Wandin batted first and started very strong; an opening partnership of 193 made the going difficult, but we fought back in the last few overs, and Wandin ended their innings on 5-207, Bocky a standout with the ball; claiming 3-44.
In the batting innings, Caitlyn Parker continued her good form, carrying her bat through the Lusatia Park innings; supported by each batter as they held an end.
Mac’s stand with Caity saw a 60-run partnership, but in the end it wasn’t quite enough.
Caitlyn’s fine innings saw an unbeaten 83 off 92 balls, getting the total to 6-158, falling short by 50 runs.
U14:
Our U14 team continued their unbeaten run against St Andrews at JW Manson Reserve, in a complete performance.
Batting first, opener Jacob Ahmad continued a great season, this time with 49 not out off 40 balls.
Joel Pritchard (20 retired), Mason McNeill (15) and Cameron Philpot (21 retired) all contributed to get the total to 6-146, despite a double hat-trick from an opposition bowler.
The bowlers then proceeded to keep it tight and not allow the opposition to score freely.
Four bowlers had the same figures of 1-5; Alexander Mason, Mason McNeill, Maxwell Diggins and Levi Smit.
St Andrews came up short with 6-80 off their 25 overs and our U/14s have three wins.
U12:
The team took on Yarra Glen at Wickhams Road on Friday night and batted first.
Maxwell Diggins retired on 13 off his 25 balls, his big sister Abi also retired, both of them batting solidly, some extra assistance at home from coach of the club Tim Diggins may be contributing
Levi Smit finished off the innings with a quickfire 16 off 18, pushing our total to 6-92.
Yarra Glen were strong with the bat, and despite some good bowling by Maxwell (1-10) and a Daniel Philpot (2-2) Yarra Glen were able to score 4-130 and take the win.
