Women’s XI:
Finally a Sunday with great weather.
Our Women’s XI took on St Andrews at JW Manson Reserve and bowled first.
It was great team effort, while stalwart Caitlyn Parker took three crucial wickets, it was the youngsters that shone again with the ball.
Lucy Pritchard continued her phenomenal season taking two wickets, and Abi Diggins, who also plays in our U12s, finishing with figures of 2-16 off five overs.
St Andrews still managed 8-151 off their 36 overs setting our batters a task.
Losing wickets early it was looking dire, and at 3-20 it could have been a disaster, however, Caitlyn Parker stood strong yet again in another dominant display.
Ably supported by Sam Reynolds (23) and Ella Amore (13 not out), Caity belted 73 off 69 before being dismissed with just one run to get.
With plenty of wickets to spare, we passed the total in the 31st over, securing a third win in a row, and now in a good position just before Christmas.
Second XI:
Another wet Saturday saw our Second XI venture to Healesville again to see if we could get a result.
Healesville were keen to get on; needing only 100 runs for the victory.
Despite being offered a draw, and heavy rain and thunder and lightning at 1pm, at 2pm they broke out the leaf blowers and Super Sopper and with the radar looking clear we were happy to get on to try and get the seven wickets we needed.
Success came early with Viren Kumar striking to dismiss a strong bat with a lucky wicket.
Jai Gupta followed suit with another absolute corker and soon they were five down.
In an inspired move, the evergreen Marty White was thrown the ball and he made it talk, taking 3-15 in an excellent spell.
Stephen Morgan dismissed a dangerous batter and then tidied up the number 11 to see us get the victory.
A great bowling and fielding effort saw us take 7-49 for the day, to get an important two-day victory.
Fourth XI:
With our Firsts and Thirds unable to get on their grounds; Wickhams Road Reserve once again held up for the second week in a row, and our Fourth XI were also able to get on to play.
Taking on Vermont, we batted first in a 24 over game; the youngsters shone, Joel Pritchard hitting 17 and Cam Philpot 10, great contributions.
Grayson Rhoads in his first match for the club batted well, scoring 21 not out to see the total to 7-97 at the end of the innings.
The juniors also delivered with the ball, Mason McNeill was inspired, opening the bowling and taking 3-2 off his three overs.
Oscar Broussard also took a wicket as the ball was shared around, giving everyone a good go.
Despite the great effort all around, Vermont were able to chase the runs down, passing the score six wickets down.
Another great experience of senior cricket for this enthusiastic Fourth XI.
U14:
On yet another wet Saturday morning; our U14 side managed to get a match in, and with reduced overs still got a great win.
Taking on Warranwood; we bowled first and kept it tight as usual.
Wickets to Jacob, Joel, Mason and Abi, as well as a run out to Maxwell saw Warranwood’s total get to 78 after 20 overs.
Losing big hitter Jacob Ahmad early was a concern, but Cam Philpot smashed 30 off 25, and Joel and Oscar chipped in to make sure we got the victory before the rain really set in.
We finished with 1-98 off 11 overs, a rousing victory.
