By Travis Gloury
Under 12
Yarra Glen vs Wandin
Wandin (1) 3/97
Yarra Glen 3/100
With a beautiful Friday evening greeting players and parents Yarra Glen captain Flynn Bain won the toss and elected to bowl.
The recent warm weather and multiple cuts saw the Yarra Glen oval in lovely condition.
Wandin openers took full advantage of the conditions with the first wicket falling to Josh Holland (1/19 off 3 overs), Wandin 1/39.
Flynn Bain (1/6 off 3 overs) was the next wicket taker with a lovely caught behind to keeper Xander Neilsen.
Yarra Glen bowlers would continue consistent line and length bowling, a run out in the 22nd over saw Wandin finish 3/97 off 23 overs.
Yarra Glen were set the task chasing 4.26 an over, Wandin made an early break through taking the wicket of Flynn Bain (1). Wyatt Hill (31n.o) would join Harvey Williamson (11n.o) and bat with maturity, both retiring. Xander Neilsen (4n.o) would be joined by Heath Burke (1) who was the second wicket to fall, Yarra Glen 2/40.
Ollie Lilly (4n.o), Poppy Mcleish (0n.o) and first gamer Nixon Murphy (6n.o) all batted their allotted balls and retiring.
With retiring batters of Harvey and Wyatt returning to the crease the match was down to a last over thriller requiring five to win Wyatt would drive a beautiful boundary for four and Harvey finishing the match with a lofted cover drive for two.
Yarra Glen winning the match finishing on 3/100.
Well done to Yarra Glen’s 12’s!
Under 14
Wandin vs Yarra Glen/Kilsyth
Wandin 9/113
Ben Holland 4/7 off three overs
H.Monds 2/4
Daniel Shaw 1/11
Yarra Glen/Kilsyth 2/133
Lawson Appleton 24
Lucas Burke 17
Daniel Shaw 15
R. Mehra 21
T.Harper 18
U16 Match report
This week Yarra Glen’s U16’s played Lusatia Park in a rescheduled one day game after Lusatia were unable to field a team over the Australia Day long weekend.
Yarra Glen lost the toss and found ourselves batting first. In a solid batting effort we compiled 8/122 off our 25 overs.
While no one player made a huge score, it was a solid team effort with many players chipping in with important contributions including Kade Smith (16n.o), Sam Gloury (15), Charlie watts (12), Dylan Shambrook (12n.o), Sam O,Callaghan (10 n.o), Riley Galea (9), Sam Holland (8) and Sam Donnelly (7).
A Competitive score but one that would require Yarra Glen to bowl and field well to get the chocolates.
While Yarra Glen’s bowlers consistently put the ball in the right areas, Yarra Glen’s fielding was a little off in the hot conditions.
A few chances were shelled and the Lusatia batsmen rode their luck to get close to our total.
Ultimately, however, they fell short, finishing at 8/107, 16 runs short of the target.
Wicket takers for Yarra Glen included Sam Gloury (2/10), Kade Smith (2/13), Sam Donnelly (1/13), Mitch Amerlaan (1/8) and Riley Galea (1/3).
Congratulations to Yarra Glen boys on a solid win which keeps their finals chances alive with two very important games to come to finish off the home and away season.
Seniors
3rd XI
An exciting day for the club with the re opening of the Gabba in more than a decade saw Yarra Glen boys take on an experienced Wandin 3rd XI.
Yarra Glen’s innings got off to a good start and looked promising at 3/57 at the half way point.
Under 14 player Lucas Burke produced a very good innings of 44 with some lovely shots all around the ground including three boundaries with supporting roles from captain Lucas Walsh (19) including a big six and Dylan Shambrook (14) before our boys were finally dismissed in the final over for 107.
A wicket each to Dylan Shambrook, Sam Donnelly and Nathan Deringowski wasn`t enough to slow the Wandin run rate and their batting depth proving too strong in the end, reaching the required target in the 17th over.
2nd XI
Apon Captains agreement, the game was called off after Spencer Boers was the final wicket to fall in the 1st over of the day with neither team wishing to pursue second innings points .
1st XI
With first innings points already decided, Yarra Glen’s injury riddled 1st XI toiled away with 10 players claiming an additional two wickets before a Heathwood declaration, leaving 57 overs remaining in the day, 121 runs in front on first innings.
Number 3 batsman and Under 16 captain Sam Gloury arrived at the crease in the eighth over to weather some hostility and the new ball hooping around.
After a nasty blow to the helmet in the hot conditions, Sam batted for over two hours in partnership with Tim Lilley and Tony Biddiscombe with a defensive approach from all batsman.
Tim Lilley was dismissed after a formidable 1 and 3/4 hrs at the crease.
Tony Biddiscombe battled the tail end of a virus which clearly affected his energy levels at the crease however managed to steer the ship as wickets fell around him and remained unbeaten with Matt Donnelly as Heathwood pushed hard to take the final wicket for outright points with 14 balls remaining.
