By Travis Gloury
Under 10, 12 and 14 all resume post Christmas next week.
Under 16
One day game – 25 overs per team
Yarra Glen 8/120
Eastfield 7/72 all out
Yarra Glen boys batted first and were soon 4/16 before Kade Smith (16) and Charlie Watts (37 off 27 balls) got our innings back on track.
Under 14 player Riley Galea(13), was the only other batsman to reach double figures and along with Tristian Riddiford, Daniel Shaw and Tobi Pauli all contributed some handy runs towards the tail end of the innings to post a competitive total of 8/120 cc after 25 overs.
Eastfield got off to a good start with the bat and looked to be in control at one for 52 after 10 overs.
Kade Smith was introduced into the attack with immediate success, breaking a 34 run partnership and claiming a further two wickets in the same over to have the opposition under pressure at 4/52 and with only eight batsman.
A steady flow of wickets saw the return of their retired opening batsman to continue the run chase for the final wicket.
Kade Smith claimed his fourth and final wicket of the match when Tobi Pauli pulled off a sensational outfield catch to claim victory to have Eastfield all out for 72 in a great fightback by the team to stay in the hunt for finals contention.
Seniors
1st XI
One Day game – 40 overs each
Bayswater Park 2nd XI 9/123 cc
Yarra Glen 6/125
Bayswater Park were sent into bat after captain Tim Lilley won the toss with Jordan Bain and Phil Cowan partnering well with the new ball, not allowing the batsman any easy runs.
Brodie McCann got the first break through at the 16th over at 1/35 after a build up of pressure on the batsman with some tight bowling.
The opposition were 1/51 at the half way drinks break at 20 overs.
The next six overs saw reward for the tight bowling with the fall of an additional four wickets with two to Jordan Bain, the first of Tony`s four wickets and another to captain Tim Lilley as Bayswater Park slumped to 5/70. Bayswater Park continued to tick the scoreboard over and finished their allotted 40 overs 9/123 with leg spinner Tony Biddiscombe collecting four wickets, returning the exceptional figures of 4/18 off eight overs with three maidens.
Jordan Bain was outstanding with the ball once again conceding only 18 runs off eight overs with two maidens and collecting two wickets along the way. Phil Cowan claimed 2/32 off eight overs and Brodie McCann claiming 1/22 off seven with off spinner Brad (Happy) Willmore conceding only 17 runs off his five overs.
Yarra Glen’s run chase began with the early loss of Phil Cowan, with Charlie Watts joining Ash Waters to take the team score to 2/18 in the 11th over when Charlie was dismissed, caught from an excellent piece of outfielding at deep mid wicket.
Tony Biddiscombe and Ash Waters both remained unbeaten at the 20 over half way drinks break at 2/40, slightly behind the opposition at the same stage with a run rate of four runs per over required in the last 20 overs, with eight wickets in hand.
The next three overs saw a further 20 runs added to the teams score as the pair set about chasing down the required total before Ash was dismissed caught at first slip from a thick edge for a well made 35 on a slow outfield, that would have otherwise produced 50 to take the teams score to 3/83 in the 28th over in a 65 run partnership.
Tim Williamson, Liam Senti, Bob Scott and Tim Lilley all partnered Tony who finished 57 not out in a chanceless innings to get the team over the line and claim victory with a couple of overs to spare and keep Yarra Glen’s finals hopes alive as Yarra Glen embarks on the final three two-day games to complete the home and away season.
Well done to Yarra Glen 1st XI and to Tony Biddiscombe on a man of the match performance to claim four wickets and produce an unbeaten half century with the bat.
2nd XI
One day game – 36 overs cc
St.Andrews 6th XI 7/213 cc
Yarra Glen 4/215
St.Andrews got away to a dominant start with the bat on a quick St.Andrews outfield.
Dave Prewett claimed the first wicket in the 20th over at 1/112.
A steady flow of runs and wickets over the next 16 overs saw first change bowler Xavier Bosua claim 4/24 off six overs with a wicket each to Noah Evans and Sam Gloury with the St.Andrews innings finishing on 7/213 after 36 overs.
The run chase got off to a good start with Noah Evans and Shaun Beath at 0/49 in the 10th over before Shaun(21) was caught.
Sam Gloury Joined Noah Evans at 3/51 the following over after the dismissals of Shane Fordham and Dave Prewett.
Sam and Noah spent the next 20 overs chipping away at the deficit before Sam was caught behind for 50 in a 119 run partnership including seven boundaries and a six, with Noah unbeaten on 85.
With 44 runs required and 32balls remaining, Blake Davey joined Noah in a quest for quick runs with Noah bringing up his century in the process with some excellent batting.
The result of the game came down to the equation of 11 runs required off the final four balls of the match and finally four runs required from the final ball.
In a game that will long live in the memory for those who witnessed it.
Noah took a step towards the off stump, cleared the front leg and launched the ball deep towards the mid wicket boundary and sailed over the fieldsman’s head for six to claim victory off the final ball!
Blake finished with 16 n.o with the victory keeping the team in touch with the ladder leaders as Yarra Glen approaches the final few games of the home and away season.
Well done Noah on an exceptional innings and to our 2nd XI on a great team effort.
3rd XI
One day game – 35 overs per side
Wandin 3rd XI 7/244
Yarra Glen 83
Wandin batted first with a strong batting line up to post a total of 7/244 of 35 overs.
Terry Brown and Damon Cowan both took 2 wickets each with single wickets to Lachlan Cowan, Dylan Shambrook and Daniel Shaw.
In reply, captain Lucas Walsh and Dylan Shambrook both top scored with 19 and Terry Brown added 17 runs to go with his two wickets but unfortunately Yarra Glen wasn’t able to establish any lengthy batting partnerships against a strong Wandin outfit.
